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[[Has brief:: In January 2004, Pixar announced they would not be renewing their agreement with Disney, due to rising tensions between the two companies. While Pixar left to find different distributors, Disney bought the rights to the Pixar characters and created '''Circle Seven Animation'''.]]<ref>[http://animatedviews.com/2012/bob-hilgenberg-and-rob-muir-on-the-rise-and-fall-of-disneys-circle-7-animation/ Animated Views' article on the history of Circle Seven Animation.] Retrieved 17 Jun '18</ref><ref>[http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2005/08/08/655.aspx Jim Hill Media's article on Circle Seven Animation's formation.] Retrieved 17 Jun '18</ref> The company was formed to make direct-to-video sequels of Pixar’s movies.<ref>[http://slashfilm.com/secret-history-disneys-circle-7-animation-studio-originally-created-sequels-pixar-films/ Slash Film's article on the history of Circle Seven Animation.] Retrieved 17 Jun '18</ref> Circle Seven Animation had a total of 3 films in production.<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/2005/mar/16/business/fi-animate16 Los Angeles Times article on the forming of Circle Seven Animation.] Retrieved 17 Jun '18</ref> [[Has brief:: However, they didn’t get very far in production with their projects, as Michael Eisner (then-CEO of Disney) was kicked out, and Pixar was bought by Disney for approximately $7.4 billion. Thus, Circle Seven Animation was shut down on May 26th, 2006.]]<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/21/business/fi-pixarent21 Los Angeles Times' first article on the closing of Circle Seven Animation.] Retrieved 17 Jun '18</ref> When the studio closed, Circle Seven Animation had 168 employees.<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jan/26/business/fi-pixarent26 Los Angeles Times' second article on the closing of Circle Seven Animation.] Retrieved 17 Jun '18</ref> 

==Cancelled Projects==
===Toy Story 3===
Not to be confused with Pixar’s 2010 sequel film of the same name, Circle Seven's ''Toy Story 3'' would've focused on a malfunctioning Buzz Lightyear who is shipped off back to the original Buzz Lightyear factory in Taipei, Taiwan. But as it turns out, the Buzz Lightyear brand has been recalled, so Woody and the gang ship themselves to Taiwan to rescue Buzz.<ref>[https://io9.gizmodo.com/thank-god-this-version-of-toy-story-3-never-saw-the-lig-1676064012 I09's article on Circle Seven Animation's version of ''Toy Story 3''.] Retrieved 17 Jun '18</ref>

An earlier draft, written by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner (of [[Disney's Teacher's Pet (found Toon Disney animated series; 2000-2002)|Disney's ''Teacher’s Pet'']] fame) involved Andy visiting his grandmother’s house, with Woody and the gang ending up getting involved in a murder mystery.<ref>[http://joblo.com/movie-news/a-look-at-the-toy-story-3-you-didnt-see Joblo's article on Circle Seven Animation's version of ''Toy Story 3''.] Retrieved 17 Jun '18</ref>

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===Monsters, Inc.: Lost in Scaradise===
''Monsters, Inc.: Lost in Scaradise'' would have focused on Mike and Sulley wanting to celebrate Boo’s birthday. However, Boo has moved, which results in Mike and Sulley getting trapped in the human world, so Mike and Sulley go on a mission in the human world to search for Boo and find a way home in time for Mike and Celia's wedding.<ref>[https://youtu.be/x_ZFuf6Y6WM The full plot summary on ''Monsters, Inc.: Lost in Scaradise''.] Retrieved 09 July '21</ref>

Years later, Pixar started production on a prequel film to ''Monsters, Inc.'' entitled ''Monsters University''. Although it's been theorized/rumoured that ''Monsters, Inc.: Lost in Scaradise'' was reworked into ''Monsters University'', this however was not the case.

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===Finding Nemo 2===
Not to be confused with Pixar's 2016 sequel film ''Finding Dory,'' ''Finding Nemo 2'' (code-named ''"NEMO 2"'') would've focused on Nemo reuniting with his long-lost twin brother "Remy." Marlin (Nemo and Remy's father) then gets captured and sent to the aquarium "PLANET BLUE," so Nemo, Dory and Remy have to go and rescue him. Unlike Circle Seven's other planned films, no concept art for ''Finding Nemo 2'' has surfaced as of now.

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==Availability==
Very little video footage of these projects was ever released, most likely because Circle Seven Animation was shut down before they could produce any more video material. The only images to have surfaced of these projects are multiple pieces of concept art. It is unknown if Disney still has these scripts, as Pixar has stated that they will never look at the scripts.

Currently, ''Monster's Inc.: Lost in Scaradise'' is the only Circle Seven film to not have its script become publicly available.

==Findings==
At an unknown time, artist Shane Zalvin released artwork for many character designs he had created for Circle Seven's ''Toy Story 3''.<ref>[http://shanezalvin.com/?fa=design&sectionid=toystory3 Shane Zalvin's ''Toy Story 3'' design section.] Retrieved 18 Apr '20</ref>

On November 24th, 2010, artwork and details on the production of Circle Seven's ''Toy Story 3'' were revealed by screenwriters Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir on their blog, both of whom had worked on the script.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101207092418/http://bobrob.blogspot.com/2010/11/toy-story-3-disneys-circle-seven-style.html "''Toy Story 3'' Disney's Circle Seven Style" on Bob and Rob's blog.] Retrieved 18 Apr '20</ref> Days later on December 7th, 2010, the blog uploaded another piece of art by Rick Sluiter, along with more insight into what they thought of the "Pixaren't" label that the studio had received.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111128112332/http://bobrob.blogspot.com/2010/12/more-toy-story-3-circle-7-version.html More ''Toy Story 3'', Circle Seven version on Bob and Rob's blog.] Retrieved 18 Apr '20</ref> At a certain point, these blog posts were removed for still-unknown reasons.

On October 13th, 2018, Lost Media Wiki user [[User:Veggiefinder|Veggiefinder]] found the entire script for Circle Seven's ''Finding Nemo 2'' on the official Raindance Film Festival website.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/finding_nemo_2/mode/2up The entire script for ''Finding Nemo 2''.] Retrieved 07 Sep '19</ref>

On October 14th, 2018, a day after the ''Finding Nemo 2'' finding, Lost Media Wiki user Veggiefinder discovered that a "REVISED DRAFT" for ''Toy Story 3'' dated December 8th, 2004, was available to purchase for $15 on scriptcity.com, a website for buying and selling Hollywood scripts and stageplays.<ref>[https://scriptcity.com/all-scripts/movie-scripts/toy-story-3-detail Listing for the ''Toy Story 3'' script on scriptcity.com.] Retrieved 10 May '19</ref> The finding remained unnoticed until September 5th, 2019, when Lost Media Wiki user [[User:YoshiKiller2S|YoshiKiller2S]] found out about Veggiefinder's finding. After finding out, YoshiKiller quickly purchased the script and has since shared it with the public via Google Drive.<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L-zYXllQSTG9kn1DwNk3JM2QnHl3WpeM/view?usp=sharing Google Drive link to David Guion and Michael Handelman's draft of Circle Seven's ''Toy Story 3''.] Retrieved 05 Sep '19</ref>

On December 10th, 2019, Lost Media Wiki user YoshiKiller2S contacted former Circle Seven Animation screenwriter Jim Herzfeld and inquired about him possibly sharing his draft of ''Toy Story 3''. Jim Herzfeld quickly responded and gladly agreed to share his script with YoshiKiller, Yoshi then made it public the next day via Google Drive.<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Drs7TiFIrYXDJJ3jN8m7urrV1jNqdHFj/view?usp=sharing Google Drive link to Jim Herzfeld's "Recalled draft" of Circle Seven's ''Toy Story 3''.] Retrieved 11 Dec '19</ref>

On August 11th, 2020, Jim Herzfeld sent YoshiKiller2S a new piece of concept art from Circle Seven's ''Toy Story 3''. This piece was a colourized version of an already existing piece of concept art by Jim Martin, depicting the toys on a makeshift vehicle escaping the Taipei 101 building daycare. 

On December 4th, 2022, YouTuber "Hemmas Studios" uploaded a video revealing the plot of an undocumented draft of Circle Seven's Toy Story 3 (dubbed "The Blended Family Draft").<ref>https://youtu.be/oFSe7_j3YB4 Hemmas Studios' plot breakdown of the ''Blended Family Draft''.] Retrieved 09 Dec '22</ref>

==Gallery==
===Footage===
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===Videos===
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===Images===
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Toy Story 3.jpg|Teaser poster for the scrapped ''Toy Story 3'' shown at SIGGRAPH 2005.
Toy Story 3 Buzz.jpg|Rough animation still of ''Toy Story 3'' by Jim Martin.
Toy Story 3 factory.jpg|Concept art of the factory from ''Toy Story 3'' by Ric Sluiter.
Toy Story 3 Jesse concept art.jpg|Concept art from ''Toy Story 3'' by Ric Sluiter.
Toy Story 3 concept art.jpg|More concept art from ''Toy Story 3'' by Ric Sluiter.
toy story 3.jpg|Another piece of concept art from ''Toy Story 3'' by Ric Sluiter.
TS3Circle7RicSluiter (1).jpg|Woody concept art by Ric Sluiter.
TS3 Buzz.jpg|Buzz staring out the window by Ric Sluiter.
TS3 Taipei street closer copy.jpg|Concept art for the toys exploring the streets of Taiwan by Jim Martin.
TS3 Taipei alley.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art of a Taiwan alley by Jim Martin.
TS3 Taipei street drawing 1.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' greyscale concept art of a Taiwan street by Jim Martin.
TS3 Jim martin art1.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' colour concept art of a Taiwan street by Jim Martin.
TS3 Shopping cart comp.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art by Jim Martin.
C7A-TS3-CONCEPT-ART-cropped.png|''Toy Story 3'' colour concept art by Jim Martin.
TS3 Recall room pass 2.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art of The "Recall Room" by Jim Martin.
TS3 Recall room pass 3.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art of The "Recall Room" by Jim Martin.
TS3 Line office 2.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art by Jim Martin.
TS3 Daxx2.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art by Jim Martin.
TS3 Daxx4.jpg |''Toy Story 3'' concept art by Jim Martin.
TS3 Buzz-and-dax.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art by Jim Martin.
TS3 Cart revision.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art by Jim Martin.
TS3 Buzz line 1.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art by Jim Martin.
TS3 Conveyor belt 1 copy.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art by Jim Martin.
TS3 First round Crusher 1.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art by Jim Martin.
Crusher 1.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art by Jim Martin.
TS3 Crusher 2.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art by Jim Martin.
TS3 Crusher 9.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art by Jim Martin.
TS3 Buzz crusher comp 1.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art by Jim Martin.
TS3 Death of buzz copy.jpg‎|''Toy Story 3'' concept art by Jim Martin.
TS3 Operation meeting copy.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art by Jim Martin.
TS3 Operation buzz 3 copy.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art by Jim Martin.
6oU2tCb0W8Zd4pSZCox2HF.jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art for "Rosey," a recalled toy by Chris Aguirre
15 (Shane Zalvin).jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art for Apology Bear, a recalled toy by Shane Zalvin.
2 (Shane Zalvin).jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art for Cindy Scissors, a recalled toy by Shane Zalvin.
3 (Shane Zalvin).jpg|More ''Toy Story 3'' concept art for Cindy Scissors, a recalled toy by Shane Zalvin.      
7 (Shane Zalvin).jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art for Don B.B., a recalled toy by Shane Zalvin.
8 (Shane Zalvin).jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art for Don B.B., a recalled toy by Shane Zalvin.
9 (Shane Zalvin).jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art for Don B.B., a recalled toy by Shane Zalvin.
11 (Shane Zalvin).jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art for Don B.B., a recalled toy by Shane Zalvin.
12 (Shane Zalvin).jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art for Don B.B., a recalled toy by Shane Zalvin.
13 (Shane Zalvin).jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art for Don B.B., a recalled toy by Shane Zalvin.
14 (Shane Zalvin).jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art for Handy Hans., a recalled toy by Shane Zalvin.
10 (Shane Zalvin).jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art for Little D, a recalled toy by Shane Zalvin.
6 (Shane Zalvin).jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art for Mr. Kagoy, the founder of Wocka-Wocka Toys by Shane Zalvin.
4 (Shane Zalvin).jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art for Mini-RC, a recalled toy by Shane Zalvin.
5 (Shane Zalvin).jpg|More ''Toy Story 3'' concept art for Mini-RC, a recalled toy by Shane Zalvin.
TS3 Rosey (Shane Zalvin).jpg|''Toy Story 3'' concept art for "Rosey," a recalled toy by Shane Zalvin.
Scaradise 1.jpg|''Scaradise'' concept art (part 1).
Scaradise 2.jpg|''Scaradise'' concept art (part 2).
Scaradise 3.jpg|''Scaradise'' concept art (part 3).
Scaradise 4.png|''Scaradise'' concept art (part 4).
Scaradise 5.png|''Scaradise'' concept art (part 5).
Scaradise 6.png|''Scaradise'' concept art (part 6).
Monsters Inc 2 Script cover.jpg|The cover of the ''Monsters, Inc.: Lost in Scaradise'' screenplay.
</gallery>

==See Also==
===Advertisements===
*[[The Incredibles (found full version of McDonald's Happy Meal commercial for Pixar animated film; 2004)]]
*[[The Incredibles (found online promotional trailers for Pixar animated film; 2004)]]
*[[Pixar (partially lost early CGI animated commercials from animation studio; 1989-1998)]]

===Animation (Disney)===
*[[Alice in Wonderland (partially lost original draft of Disney animated film; 1939)]]
*[[Aladdin (found Howard Ashman treatment of Disney animated film; 1988)]]
*[[American Dog (partially found original version of "Bolt" Disney animated film; 2007-2008)]]
*[[The Black Cauldron (partially found deleted scenes of Disney animated film; 1985)]]
*[[Chanticleer (partially found production material of cancelled Disney animated film; 1940s-mid 1960s)]]
*[[Chicken Little 2 (partially found production material of cancelled sequel to Disney animated comedy film; 2006)]]
*[[Dumbo II (partially found production material from cancelled Disney animated sequel film; 2000s)]]
*[[Fantasia 2006 (partially lost production material for cancelled Disney animated sequel film; 2002-2004)]]
*[[Fraidy Cat (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated film; 2004-2005)]]
*[[Frozen (partially found early drafts of Disney animated film; 1937-2012)]]
*[[Gigantic (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated film; 2013-2017)]]
*[[The Jungle Book (lost Bill Peet version of Disney animated film; 1963-1964)]]
*[[Kingdom of the Sun (partially found original version of "The Emperor's New Groove" Disney animated film; late 1990s)]]
*[[The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (partially found production material and deleted scenes of Disney animated sequel film; 1995-1998)]]
*[[Maleficent (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated film; 2003-2005)]]
*[[Music Land (lost Disney animated anthology film; 1955)]]
*[[My Peoples (partially found production material of cancelled Disney animated film; late 1990s-early 2000s)]]
*[[Phineas and Ferb (lost production material of cancelled theatrical film of Disney Channel animated series; 2010s)]]
*[[The Search for Mickey Mouse (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated film; 2002)]]
*[[The Seven Dwarfs (partially found production material of cancelled direct-to-video prequel to "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Disney animated film; 2000s)]]
*[[Tangled (partially found early drafts of Disney animated film; 2001-2010)]]
*[[Tinker Bell (partially found first draft of Disney animated film; 2007)]]
*[[Treasure Planet II (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated sequel film; 2002)]]
*[[Wild Life (lost production material for cancelled Disney animated film; late 1990s-2000)]]
*[[Zootopia (partially found pre-rewrite version of Disney animated film; early 2010s)]]

===Animation (Pixar)===
*[[A Tin Toy Christmas (lost production material of cancelled Pixar animated Christmas TV special; early 1990s)]]
*[[Cars 3 (lost deleted scene of Pixar animated sequel film; 2017)]]
*[[The Good Dinosaur (lost original version of Pixar animated film; 2011-2013)]]
*[[Inside Out (lost original Bing Bong death scene of Pixar animated film; 2015)]]
*[[Made in Point Richmond (found miscellaneous content from Pixar DVD; 1986-2000)]]
*[[Newt (partially found production material of cancelled Pixar animated film; early 2010s)]]
*[[Toy Story (partially found early test footage of Pixar animated film; 1992)]]
*[[Toy Story 4 (found original script of Pixar animated sequel film; 2013-2017)]]
*[[Toy Story & Toy Story 2 (partially found intermissions for 3D double feature re-release of Pixar animated films; 2009)]]
*[[Toy Story "Black Friday Reel" (partially found rough cut of Pixar animated film; 1993)]]
*[[Toy Story "Jessie" (found Patsy Montana Award acceptance speech animation of Pixar character; 2000)]]
*[[WALL·E (partially found original treatments of Pixar animated film; 1994-2008)]]

===Audio===
*[[Enchanted (lost deleted song from Disney live-action/animated fantasy comedy film; 2007)]]
*[[Fantasia (partially lost original audio of Disney animated film; 1940)]]
*[[Jack Wagner (partially lost Disney Park background music collection from American actor; 1970s-2001)]]
*[[Mars Needs Moms (found Seth Green vocal performance of Disney motion-capture animated film; 2011)]]
*[[The Nightmare Before Christmas (lost original Vincent Price audio of Disney stop-motion animated film; early 1990s)]]
*[[Pinocchio (lost Mel Blanc's "Gideon the Cat" dialogue from Disney animated film; 1940)]]
*[[Toy Story 2 (partially found Bullseye dialogue test footage from Pixar animated sequel film; late 1990s)]]

===Live Action===
*[[101 Dalmatians (found "Spotted Landmarks" teaser trailer of Disney live-action film; 1995-1996)]]
*[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (found deleted scenes from Disney live-action film; 1993)]]
*[[Sleeping Beauty (partially found live action reference material for Disney animated film; 1959)]]
*[[Something Wicked This Way Comes (lost original cut of Disney dark fantasy film; 1982)]]
*[[Walt Disney (lost physical Mickey Mouse animation reference footage of animator; late 1930s)]]

===Short Films===
*[[Alice Comedies (partially lost series of Walt Disney animated short films; 1920s)]]
*[[Blowin' in the Wind (found Pixar animated short film; 1985)]]
*[[Lafflets (lost series of Walt Disney animated short films; 1922-1923)]]
*[[Language Arts Through Imagination (found series of Disney educational short films; 1988-1989)]]
*[[Mickey and Minnie Mouse (lost unauthorized pornographic animated short film; existence unconfirmed; 1936)]]
*[[Mickey's Man Friday (partially found production material of unproduced remake of Disney animated short film; 1939-1941)]]
*[[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (partially lost series of Walt Disney animated short films; 1927-1928)]]
*[[Poor Papa (found "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" Walt Disney animated short film; 1927)]]
*[[The Princess Academy (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated short film; 2009)]]
*[[Short Subject aka "Mickey Mouse in Vietnam" (found unofficial animated short film; 1968)]]
*[[Tales from Radiator Springs "To Protect and Serve" (lost episode of "Cars" animated miniseries; 2015)]]
*[[Totally Twisted Fairy Tales (partially found Disney animated short series; 1997)]]
*[[Uncle Walt (lost unauthorized Disney short film; 1964)]]

==External Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_7_Animation The Wikipedia page on Circle Seven Animation.]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_and_Cheri_Steinkellner The Wikipedia page on Bill and Cheri Steinkellner.]

==References==
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