B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations (partially found unreleased DreamWorks Animation film; 2015): Difference between revisions

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Status: Partially Found

B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations is an American CGI action comedy film made by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Tony Leondis (best known for directing the films Lilo & Stitch 2, Igor and The Emoji Movie). According to an official description on a piece of merchandise for the film, the film would have followed ghosts Jackson Moss and Watts, who both join the titular Bureau of Otherworldly Operations (after Jackson's life was taken after saving a child from a giant rolling cookie), which is an organization dedicated to protecting living humans from hauntings by evil ghosts known as "Haunters". While working in the B.O.O., the two uncover a plot from the agency's "Most Wanted Haunter" that plans to destroy the organization with his ghost army, under the alliance of "SKARE". The two must work together and face off against the haunter's army in order to save all of ghostkind and humankind.^[1]

While the film was initially set to be released on June 5th, 2015, DreamWorks decided to move the release date seven months back to November 2014 in order to avoid competition with Pixar's Inside Out, before ultimately removing it from the release schedule entirely in order to find a different release date.^[2] While the film was speculated to have been pushed back to a 2016 release date, it was ultimately never added back into Dreamworks' release schedule. While there has been no official announcement on the status of the film, the lack of information on it since 2015 (along with DreamWorks removing the official website for it in late 2019) strongly indicates that the film was unofficially cancelled and will almost certainly never see the light of day.

Avaliable Footage

On September 10th, 2016, Nayoun Kim Charoenchai uploaded an animation reel on Vimeo, that showed 20 seconds of B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations footage.

On January 17th, 2017, former animation supervisor Alexis Wanneroy uploaded an animation reel on his Vimeo account that included footage from B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations. On January 29th, 2019, Wanneroy uploaded another animation reel on his Vimeo account that showed most of the same footage from the previous reel, with the only notable difference being a small clip that had an unfinished render, and another cancelled DreamWorks film titled Larrikins. On February 9th, 2019, Wanneroy uploaded a pre-production reel that showed more animation from both cancelled movies. In June of the same year, Twitter user Art of Lost and Cancelled Media uploaded a compilation video of clips taken from the two reels that showed footage from both movies.^[3] Wanneroy's combined animation reels contain 46 seconds of footage from B.O.O., with around 24 seconds of that footage appearing to be from final renders.

On February 15th, 2017, Jon Gutman uploaded a previs rough layout reel on Vimeo, which included 2 minutes of B.O.O. footage (though without audio, having been overdubbed with the score of the Pixar short film "The Blue Umbrella").

On September 15th, 2022, animator Sébastien Wojda uploaded an animation reel that was originally made in 2019. The reel included clips from various cancelled DreamWorks projects, including B.O.O., Larrikins, and Me and My Shadow. The reel contains exactly one minute of animation clips from B.O.O., none of which are final renders.

At unknown dates, animator Maciej Gliwa added a fully-rendered clip from B.O.O. on his personal portfolio website (although Maciej removed it sometime in January 2023), and Kirsh Bauman uploaded an animation demo reel solely dedicated to B.O.O., also on his own website.

On April 12th, 2024, Internet Archive user "Teenagecommunistsfromouterspace" uploaded the entire PDFs of The Art of B.O.O., and B.O.O. 101, books that were intended to be released alongside the movie (and are somehow still remaining on the Amazon website, perpetually unavailable for purchase), which also features various stills of the feature in varying states of completion, including finalized, previs, and storyboards.

Despite more footage and production material from B.O.O. finding its way online over the years, as of 2024, the total amount of footage found for this film is just nearly 6 minutes long, and roughly 1 minute and 15 seconds of that footage is shown to have final renders, which is clearly far from all the material made for the film. While B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations appears to have been cancelled fairly late in development (as indicated by multiple shots having final or near-final renders, along with the apparent production of merchandise for the film), it is unclear just how much of the film was complete before its cancellation.

Voice Cast

Seth Rogen - Jackson Moss
Melissa McCarthy - Alexandra Graham "Watts" Watson
Bill Murray - Addison Drake
Matt Bomer - Moss' Ex-Wife's Husband
Octavia Spencer - Captain Book
Rashida Jones - Moss' Ex-Wife
Jennifer Coolidge - Carole Sue
Benjamin Stockham - Henry

Gallery

Merchandise

RP Mini Product. "Hauntlet Mini Flashlight"
A cover for an activity book for the film.
A promotional poster for the film.
B.O.O. branded beach towel, featuring renders of Henry, Smelvin, and Drake with his dog Lionel.
Front of tag for B.O.O. branded beach towel.
Back of tag for B.O.O. branded beach towel.

Models and turnarounds from Raffaello Vecchione and Phil Zucco

Jackson Moss
Turnaround of Jackson Moss (animated gif)
Jackson Moss expression test
Turnaround of human Jackson Moss model (animated gif)
Turnaround of Jackson Moss (animated gif)
Another human Jackson Moss turnaround (animated gif)
Carole Sue
Turnaround of Carole Sue (animated gif)
Captain Book
Turnaround of Captain Book (animated gif)
Watts
Addison Drake's dog, Lionel
Turnaround of Lionel (animated gif)
Turnaround of an unknown character (animated gif)
(animated gif)
(animated gif)
Turnaround of another unknown character (animated gif)
Model of the Boo U. character
Turnaround of Addison Drake (animated gif)
Addison Drake expression test

Videos

Alexis Wanneroy's 2017 animation reel.

Alexis Wanneroy's 2019 animation reel.

Wanneroy's pre-production reel.

Nayoun Kim Charoenchai's animation reel.

Sébastien Wojda's animation reel.

Animation clips from Maciej Gliwa and Kirsh Bauman.

Jon Gutman's Previs rough layout reel.

External Link

References

↑ Amazon listing for an activity book that contains a plot description for B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations. Retrieved 5 Dec '22
↑ Variety article on the release date of B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations. Retrieved 22 Mar '18
↑ Art of Lost and Cancelled Media's tweet with the compilation video. Retrieved 09 Jul '19

[1] Amazon listing for an activity book that contains a plot description for B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations. Retrieved 5 Dec '22

[2] Variety article on the release date of B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations. Retrieved 22 Mar '18

[3] Art of Lost and Cancelled Media's tweet with the compilation video. Retrieved 09 Jul '19

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-'''''B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations''''' is an American CGI action comedy film made by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Tony Leondis (best known for directing the films ''Igor'' and ''The Emoji Movie''). According to an official description on a piece of merchandise for the film, the film would have followed ghosts Jackson Moss and Watts, who both join the titular Bureau of Otherworldly Operations, which is an organization dedicated to protecting living humans from hauntings by evil ghosts. While working in the B.O.O., the two uncover a plot from the agency's "Most Wanted Haunter" that plans to destroy the organization with his ghost army. The two must work together and face off against the haunter's army in order to save all of ghostkind and humankind.<ref>[https://amazon.com/B-Doodle-Book/dp/1941341144/ Amazon listing for an activity book that contains a plot description for ''B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations''.] Retrieved 5 Dec '22</ref>
+'''''B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations''''' is an American CGI action comedy film made by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Tony Leondis (best known for directing the films ''Lilo & Stitch 2'', ''Igor'' and ''The Emoji Movie''). According to an official description on a piece of merchandise for the film, the film would have followed ghosts Jackson Moss and Watts, who both join the titular Bureau of Otherworldly Operations (after Jackson's life was taken after saving a child from a giant rolling cookie), which is an organization dedicated to protecting living humans from hauntings by evil ghosts known as "Haunters". While working in the B.O.O., the two uncover a plot from the agency's "Most Wanted Haunter" that plans to destroy the organization with his ghost army, under the alliance of "SKARE". The two must work together and face off against the haunter's army in order to save all of ghostkind and humankind.<ref>[https://amazon.com/B-Doodle-Book/dp/1941341144/ Amazon listing for an activity book that contains a plot description for ''B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations''.] Retrieved 5 Dec '22</ref>
 While the film was initially set to be released on June 5th, 2015, DreamWorks decided to move the release date seven months back to November 2014 in order to avoid competition with Pixar's ''Inside Out'', before ultimately removing it from the release schedule entirely in order to find a different release date.<ref>[http://variety.com/2014/film/news/dreamworks-animation-to-scare-up-new-release-date-for-b-o-o-bureau-of-otherworldly-operations-1201359058 Variety article on the release date of ''B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations''.] Retrieved 22 Mar '18</ref> While the film was speculated to have been pushed back to a 2016 release date, it was ultimately never added back into Dreamworks' release schedule. While there has been no official announcement on the status of the film, the lack of information on it since 2015 (along with DreamWorks removing the official website for it in late 2019) strongly indicates that the film was unofficially cancelled and will almost certainly never see the light of day.
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 On February 9th, 2019, Wanneroy uploaded a pre-production reel that showed more animation from both cancelled movies. In June of the same year, Twitter user Art of Lost and Cancelled Media uploaded a compilation video of clips taken from the two reels that showed footage from both movies.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ArtofLostandCan/status/1135524558323290118 Art of Lost and Cancelled Media's tweet with the compilation video.] Retrieved 09 Jul '19</ref> Wanneroy's combined animation reels contain 46 seconds of footage from ''B.O.O.'', with around 24 seconds of that footage appearing to be from final renders.
-On February 15th, 2017, Jon Gutman uploaded a previs rough layout reel on Vimeo, which included 2 minutes of ''B.O.O.'' footage (though without audio).
+On February 15th, 2017, Jon Gutman uploaded a previs rough layout reel on Vimeo, which included 2 minutes of ''B.O.O.'' footage (though without audio, having been overdubbed with the score of the Pixar short film "The Blue Umbrella").
 On September 15th, 2022, animator Sébastien Wojda uploaded an animation reel that was originally made in 2019. The reel included clips from various cancelled DreamWorks projects, including ''B.O.O.'', [[Larrikins (partially found unfinished DreamWorks film; 2013-2017)|''Larrikins'']], and [[Me and My Shadow (partially found footage of unreleased DreamWorks animated film; 2010-2017)|''Me and My Shadow'']]. The reel contains exactly one minute of animation clips from ''B.O.O.'', none of which are final renders.
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 At unknown dates, animator Maciej Gliwa added a fully-rendered clip from ''B.O.O.'' on his personal portfolio website (although Maciej removed it sometime in January 2023), and Kirsh Bauman uploaded an animation demo reel solely dedicated to ''B.O.O.'', also on his own website.
-Despite more footage and production material from ''B.O.O.'' finding its way online over the years, as of 2023, the total amount of footage found for this film is just nearly 6 minutes long, and roughly 1 minute and 15 seconds ''of'' that footage is shown to have final renders, which is clearly far from all the material made for the film. While ''B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations'' appears to have been cancelled fairly late in development (as indicated by multiple shots having final or near-final renders, along with the apparent production of merchandise for the film), it is unclear just how much of the film was complete before its cancellation.
+On April 12th, 2024, Internet Archive user "Teenagecommunistsfromouterspace" uploaded the entire PDFs of The Art of B.O.O., and B.O.O. 101, books that were intended to be released alongside the movie (and are somehow still remaining on the Amazon website, perpetually unavailable for purchase), which also features various stills of the feature in varying states of completion, including finalized, previs, and storyboards.
+Despite more footage and production material from ''B.O.O.'' finding its way online over the years, as of 2024, the total amount of footage found for this film is just nearly 6 minutes long, and roughly 1 minute and 15 seconds ''of'' that footage is shown to have final renders, which is clearly far from all the material made for the film. While ''B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations'' appears to have been cancelled fairly late in development (as indicated by multiple shots having final or near-final renders, along with the apparent production of merchandise for the film), it is unclear just how much of the film was complete before its cancellation.
 ==Voice Cast==
 * Seth Rogen - '''Jackson Moss'''
-* Melissa McCarthy - '''Watts'''
+* Melissa McCarthy - '''Alexandra Graham "Watts" Watson'''
 * Bill Murray - '''Addison Drake'''
 * Matt Bomer - '''Moss' Ex-Wife's Husband'''
 * Octavia Spencer - '''Captain Book'''
 * Rashida Jones - '''Moss' Ex-Wife'''
-* Jennifer Coolidge - '''Carol Sue'''
+* Jennifer Coolidge - '''Carole Sue'''
 * Benjamin Stockham - '''Henry'''
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 File:Boocolorbook.jpg|A cover for an activity book for the film.
 File:Booposter.jpg|A promotional poster for the film.
-File:Boo towel.png|''B.O.O.'' branded beach towel.
+File:Boo towel.png|''B.O.O.'' branded beach towel, featuring renders of Henry, Smelvin, and Drake with his dog Lionel.
 File:Boo towel 1.jpeg|Front of tag for ''B.O.O.'' branded beach towel.
 File:Boo towel 2.jpeg|Back of tag for ''B.O.O.'' branded beach towel.
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 File:Raffaello Vecchione - character 8 turnaround - BOO.gif|Turnaround of Jackson Moss (animated gif)
 File:Raffaello Vecchione - character 7 turnaround - BOO.gif|Another human Jackson Moss turnaround (animated gif)
-File:Raffaello Vecchione - hostess ghost 7 - BOO.jpg|A hostess ghost
+File:Raffaello Vecchione - hostess ghost 7 - BOO.jpg|Carole Sue
 File:Raffaello Vecchione - hostess ghost 6 - BOO.jpg
 File:Raffaello Vecchione - hostess ghost 5 - BOO.jpg
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 File:Raffaello Vecchione - hostess ghost 2 - BOO.jpg
 File:Raffaello Vecchione - hostess ghost 1 - BOO.jpg
-File:Raffaello Vecchione - character 13b turnaround - BOO.gif|Turnaround of the hostess ghost (animated gif)
+File:Raffaello Vecchione - character 13b turnaround - BOO.gif|Turnaround of Carole Sue (animated gif)
-File:Raffaello Vecchione - police ghost 7 - BOO.jpg|A police officer ghost
+File:Raffaello Vecchione - police ghost 7 - BOO.jpg|Captain Book
 File:Raffaello Vecchione - police ghost 6 - BOO.jpg
 File:Raffaello Vecchione - police ghost 5 - BOO.jpg
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 File:Raffaello Vecchione - police ghost 2 - BOO.jpg
 File:Raffaello Vecchione - police ghost 1 - BOO.jpg
-File:Raffaello Vecchione - character 15b turnaround - BOO.gif|Turnaround of the police officer ghost (animated gif)
+File:Raffaello Vecchione - character 15b turnaround - BOO.gif|Turnaround of Captain Book (animated gif)
 File:Raffaello Vecchione - security ghost 7 - BOO.jpg|Watts
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 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20190313200828/https://dreamworks.com/boo/#registration/login An archived version of the official website for the film.]
 *[https://dreamworks.fandom.com/wiki/B.O.O.:_Bureau_of_Otherworldly_Operations Page on the DreamWorks Wiki detailing the film.]
+*[https://archive.org/details/the-art-of-boo The Art of B.O.O., an incomplete artbook featuring various renders and concept art made for the film.]
+*[https://archive.org/details/boo-101 B.O.O. 101; A series of documentation bibles made either for marketing or a standalone book, that details much lore about the film.]
 ==References==