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'''''WALL·E''''' is a 2008 animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton and stars the voices of Ben Burtt as a trash compactor robot, named WALL·E, in a deserted Earth left to clean the planet. When he falls in love with a probe, he gets roped in an adventure and ends up saving the human race.
''WALL·E'' is a 2008 animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton that stars Ben Burtt as a trash compactor robot, named WALL·E, in a deserted Earth that's full of trash left to clean the planet. When he falls in love with a probe named EVE, he ends up in an adventure and ends up saving the human race.


Director Andrew Stanton conceived the idea of the film during a lunch with in 1994 with other Pixar alumni (as shown in the teaser for the film). He and Pete Docter (who later directed ''Monsters, Inc.'' and ''Up'') started working on the film with the rough title Trash Planet starting in 1995 after ''Toy Story'', but they did not know how to develop the story and both moved on with other projects. Stanton later decided to revisited the idea in after finishing work on ''Finding Nemo''. In late 2003 after the film premiered, Stanton along with a small crew created a rough story reel of the first act under the title ''W.A.L.-E.''
Director Andrew Stanton conceived the idea of the film during a lunch at in 1994 with other Pixar alumni (as shown in the teaser for the film). He and Pete Docter (who later directed ''Monsters, Inc.'' and ''Up'') started working on the film with the rough title ''Trash Planet'' starting in 1995 after ''Toy Story'', but they did not know how to develop the story and both moved on with other projects. Stanton later decided to revisit the idea after finishing work on ''Finding Nemo''.<ref>[https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-06-24-wall-e-main_N.htm USA Today article on ''WALL·E'''s development.] Retrieved 07 Nov '20</ref> In late 2003 after the film premiered, Stanton along with a small crew created a rough story reel of the first act under the title ''W.A.L.-E.''.


While the first act stayed basically unchanged through the production, he had a different idea for the other acts of the movie. The story was a Spartacus-inspired plot about a rebellion against boneless, green, see-through aliens, nick-named Gels, that spoke in complete gibberish. They were going to be revealed as deformed humans at the end of the film. The idea of the Gels, along with the rebellion plot, was scrapped because Andrew Stanton thought the idea was too complicated, and they were changed to humans so that the audience could easily see themselves in the characters. This eventually lead to the plot we are familiar with in the final movie.
Production officially started around 2004 to 2005, and while the first act stayed basically unchanged through the production, '''he had a different idea for the other acts of the movie'''. The story was a Spartacus-inspired plot about a rebellion against boneless, green, see-through aliens, nick-named Gels, that spoke in complete gibberish.<ref>[https://ohmy.disney.com/insider/2015/08/16/trash-planet-the-version-of-wall-e-you-never-saw/ An article about the film's original treatment.] Retrieved 21 Oct '18</ref> They were going to be revealed as deformed humans at the end of the film. The idea of the Gels, along with the rebellion plot, was scrapped because Andrew Stanton thought the idea was too complicated, and they were changed to humans so that the audience could easily see themselves in the characters. This eventually lead to the plot we are familiar with in the final movie.


==Availability==
==Availability==
Neither Pixar or Andrew Stanton have shared the original treatments of the film, but they have given some inside looks into the original ideas through the book ''The Art of WALL·E'' and the bonus features on the Blu-ray release of the film. This includes a full eight-minute documentary called "Captain's Log" that details the scrapped idea of the Gels. It is currently unknown if the original treatments will ever be released.
Neither Pixar or Andrew Stanton have shared the full original treatments of the film, but they have given some inside looks into the original ideas through the book ''The Art of WALL·E'' and the bonus features on the Blu-ray release of the film. This includes a full eight-minute documentary called "Captain's Log" that details the scrapped idea of the Gels.


==Video==
Crew members of the film who worked on the storyboards including Chris O’Dowd, Douglass Carney and Rob Gibbs have also uploaded scenes and small clips of the original treatments, in completed storyreel form, on their Vimeo accounts.
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It is currently unknown if a full script or workprint of any of the original treatments will ever be released.
 
==Gallery==
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==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)]]
*[[Disney Circle Seven Animation (partially lost production material of cancelled Pixar sequel films; 2004-2006)]]
*[[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 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)]]
===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/WALL-E Wikipedia page for ''WALL·E''.]


==Sources==
==References==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E WALL·E Wikipedia page]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110711103245/http://adisney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/wall-e/media/downloads/WALLEProductionNotes.pdf WALL·E production notes]
* [https://www.newsarama.com/358-how-andrew-stanton-pixar-created-wall-e-part-ii.html A look into the production of the film]
* [https://ohmy.disney.com/insider/2015/08/16/trash-planet-the-version-of-wall-e-you-never-saw/ A look into the original treament.]


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Latest revision as of 22:25, 19 March 2024

WALL-EPoster.jpeg

WALL·E poster.

Status: Partially Found

WALL·E is a 2008 animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton that stars Ben Burtt as a trash compactor robot, named WALL·E, in a deserted Earth that's full of trash left to clean the planet. When he falls in love with a probe named EVE, he ends up in an adventure and ends up saving the human race.

Director Andrew Stanton conceived the idea of the film during a lunch at in 1994 with other Pixar alumni (as shown in the teaser for the film). He and Pete Docter (who later directed Monsters, Inc. and Up) started working on the film with the rough title Trash Planet starting in 1995 after Toy Story, but they did not know how to develop the story and both moved on with other projects. Stanton later decided to revisit the idea after finishing work on Finding Nemo.[1] In late 2003 after the film premiered, Stanton along with a small crew created a rough story reel of the first act under the title W.A.L.-E..

Production officially started around 2004 to 2005, and while the first act stayed basically unchanged through the production, he had a different idea for the other acts of the movie. The story was a Spartacus-inspired plot about a rebellion against boneless, green, see-through aliens, nick-named Gels, that spoke in complete gibberish.[2] They were going to be revealed as deformed humans at the end of the film. The idea of the Gels, along with the rebellion plot, was scrapped because Andrew Stanton thought the idea was too complicated, and they were changed to humans so that the audience could easily see themselves in the characters. This eventually lead to the plot we are familiar with in the final movie.

Availability

Neither Pixar or Andrew Stanton have shared the full original treatments of the film, but they have given some inside looks into the original ideas through the book The Art of WALL·E and the bonus features on the Blu-ray release of the film. This includes a full eight-minute documentary called "Captain's Log" that details the scrapped idea of the Gels.

Crew members of the film who worked on the storyboards including Chris O’Dowd, Douglass Carney and Rob Gibbs have also uploaded scenes and small clips of the original treatments, in completed storyreel form, on their Vimeo accounts.

It is currently unknown if a full script or workprint of any of the original treatments will ever be released.

Gallery

"Captain's Log" bonus feature.

A slightly different early version of the film's opening.

"Gel" deleted scene (1/3).

"Gel" deleted scene (2/3).

"Gel" deleted scene (3/3).

A storyreel compilation including several short clips from early versions of the film.

See Also

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Animation (Disney)

Animation (Pixar)

Audio

Live Action

Short Films

External Links

References

  1. ↑ USA Today article on WALL·E's development. Retrieved 07 Nov '20
  2. ↑ An article about the film's original treatment. Retrieved 21 Oct '18
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