Foodfight! (partially found early version of CGI animated film; 2002)
Foodfight! was a CGI animated movie from Threshold Animation Studios that was set to be "Toy Story in a supermarket," as it was about a supermarket that came to life when the store closed and was supposed to have cameos from more than 80 famous food mascots and their products. Helmed by Larry Kasanoff, it was set to star big name actors Charlie Sheen and Hillary Duff playing original mascots like Dex Dogtective and Sunshine Goodness and was going to show what Threshold Animation Studios could do to the world, hopefully making them "the next-generation PIXAR."
The film hit a strike in its production someway along the road however, as in December 2002, hard drives containing the film's progress were reportedly stolen, leading to the entire film having to be made over again from scratch. As the majority of the budget was already spent on licensing products, mascots and actors and progress on the film that was now gone, it was given a new "live-action" take and was produced using insufficient software. On its heavily delayed release in 2012, the movie was critically panned, most criticism directed towards abysmal CGI animation that was stiff, jerky, lifeless and unfinished in addition to other problems like uncomfortable sexualisation and a terrible script.
It's unknown whether Foodfight! could have somewhat lived up to the hype surrounding its original production, but unfortunately the early progress on the film that may have been salvageable (there may have been around 60% of the film complete ) lies on the hard drives that to this day are still unknown as to their whereabouts. The few things that are available from the early version of Foodfight! include an early trailer with significantly better animation, displaying the various merchandise made to promote the film.