History Trivia / AtlantisTheLostEmpire

** Helga's introduction, early on, was differently storyboarded than the final version: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z0gyp1H548U

** In a 2020 interview, Kirk Wise revealed that a true sequel called ''Atlantis: Shards of Chaos'' was being planned out at one point. It would have introduced a new villain who was described as "wearing big, scary, wool, bulky, World War I-style clothing with a frightening gas mask" and would have lead an army of mercenaries to take back Atlantis to finish Rourke's work. The twist would have been that this new villain was actually Helga Sinclair who survived her fall at the end of the first film and be brought back as a "early-20th-century cyborg"

* DuelingMovies: This was the second Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon film in a row to deal with [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks Pictures']] ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'', this time with the hidden city/MsFanservice lead angle. This duel was much closer than the one with ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' thanks to both ''Atlantis'' and ''El Dorado'' scoring about the same Rotten Tomatoes score (upper 40's), underperforming, and becoming [[StillbornFranchise Stillborn Franchises]]. ''Atlantis'' does have an edge as it got a DirectToVideo sequel, while ''El Dorado'' was a worse BoxOfficeBomb and buried that franchise stone dead before [=DreamWorks=] could do anything with it. But given the reception of ''Atlantis''' second film from both audiences and critics, it's not much of a victory.

** In a 2020 interview, Kirk Wise revealed that a true sequel was being planned out at one point. It would have introduced a new villain who was described as "wearing big, scary, wool, bulky, World War I-style clothing with a frightening gas mask" and would have lead an army of mercenaries to take back Atlantis to finish Rourke's work. The twist would have been that this new villain was actually Helga Sinclair who survived her fall at the end of the first film and be brought back as a "early-20th-century cyborg"

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* BoxOfficeBomb: This was released two months after the literal monster hit that was ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' (which involved former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg) and around the same time as the original ''Film/{{The Fast and The Furious}}'', as well as opening the same day as ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider''. As a result, it made only $186 million against a budget of $120 million, making it one of Disney's biggest underperformers. This, along with the critical underperformance of ''Film/PearlHarbor'', [[http://decentfilms.com/articles/quovadisdisney prompted Peter Schneider (then chairman of Walt Disney Pictures, and former vice president of Feature Animation) to step down to form his own theatre production company]].

* BoxOfficeBomb: This was released two months after the literal monster hit that was ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' (which involved former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg) and around the same time as the original ''Film/{{The Fast and The Furious}}'', as well as opening the same day as ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider''. As a result, it made only $186 million against a budget of $120 million, making it one of Disney's biggest underperformers. This, along with the underperformance of ''Film/PearlHarbor'', [[http://decentfilms.com/articles/quovadisdisney prompted Peter Schneider (then chairman of Walt Disney Pictures, and former vice president of Feature Animation) to step down to form his own theatre production company]].

* CreatorKiller: The film's failure at the box office was one of the events that led to Michael Eisner being exiled from Disney and stalled the careers of directors Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale (who'd previously directed ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''); Trousdale has since gone on to work on Creator/DreamWorks animated shorts while Wise eventually moved to a few documentaries, but was credited on an animated film with ''Open Season''. In addition, this was the first in the set of dominoes that made Disney give up on traditional animation (apart from [=DisneyToon=] Studios) for [[WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle a]] [[WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons brief]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}} period]]. Then they returned to traditional animation for a [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog short]] [[WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh time]], but now it seems as though that won't happen again.

** Before James Garner was cast as Rourke, Creator/KurtRussell, Creator/TommyLeeJones and Jack Davenport were all considered.

** Milo accusing Rourke of plotting to sell the crystal to the Kaiser originates from [[https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=AtlantisisWaiting2021&set=a.336671211406743 an early story outline]] where Rourke was working on Whitmore's orders to steal the crystal to sell to Germany.

** At one point Creator/MarkHamill was attached to this production. Just think about it...[[Franchise/StarWars Luke]] [[Creator/MarkHamill Skywalker]], [[Franchise/StarTrek Mr.]] [[Creator/LeonardNimoy Spock]], and [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Marty]] [[Creator/MichaelJFox McFly]] in a film with a story by [[Creator/JossWhedon Joss]] [[Film/TheAvengers2012 Freakin']] [[Series/{{Firefly}} Whedon]].

* BoxOfficeBomb: This was released two months after the literal monster hit that was ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' (which involved former Disney worker Jeffery Katzenberg) and around the same time as the original ''Film/{{The Fast and The Furious}}'', as well as opening the same day as ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider''. As a result, it made only $186 million against a budget of $120 million, making it one of Disney's biggest underperformers. This, along with the underperformance of ''Film/PearlHarbor'', [[http://decentfilms.com/articles/quovadisdisney prompted Peter Schneider (then chairman of Walt Disney Pictures, and former vice president of Feature Animation) to step down to form his own theatre production company]].

* DeletedScene: The prologue was going to show a group of vikings using the Shepherd's Journal and encountering the Leviathan instead of the Great Flood.

* DuelingMovies: This was the second Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon film in a row to deal with Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'', this time with the hidden city/MsFanservice lead angle. This duel was much closer than the one with ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' thanks to both ''Atlantis'' and ''El Dorado'' scoring about the same Rotten Tomatoes score (upper 40's), underperforming, and becoming [[StillbornFranchise Stillborn Franchises]]. ''Atlantis'' does have an edge as it got a DirectToVideo sequel, while ''El Dorado'' was a worse BoxOfficeBomb and buried that franchise stone dead before [=DreamWorks=] could do anything with it. But given the reception of ''Atlantis''' second film from both audiences and critics, it's not much of a victory.

* InMemoriam: The movie is dedicated to Jim Varney who died from lung cancer partway through production.

* BoxOfficeBomb: This was released two months after the literal monster hit that was ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' (which involved former Disney worker Jeffery Katzenberg) and around the same time as the original ''Film/{{The Fast and The Furious}}'', as well as opening the same day as ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider''. As a result it made only $186 million against a budget of $120 million, making it one of Disney's biggest underperformers. This film along with the underperformance of ''Film/PearlHarbor'', [[http://decentfilms.com/articles/quovadisdisney prompted Disney Studios chairman and Disney Animation alumni, Peter Schneider to step down as chairman of Walt Disney Studios to form his own theatre production company]].

* DuelingMovies: This was the second Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon film in a row to deal with Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'', this time with the hidden city/MsFanservice lead angle. This duel was much closer than the one with ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' thanks to both ''Atlantis'' and ''El Dorado'' scoring about the same Rotten Tomatoes score (upper 40's), underperforming, and becoming [[StillbornFranchise Stillborn Franchises]]. ''Atlantis'' does have an edge as it got a DirectToVideo sequel, while ''El Dorado'' was a worse BoxOfficeBomb and buried that franchise stone dead before DWA could do anything with it. But given the reception of Atlantis' second film from both audiences and critics, it's not much of a victory.

* BoxOfficeBomb: This was released two months after the literal monster hit that was ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' (which involved former Disney worker Jeffery Katzenberg) and around the same time as the original ''Film/{{The Fast and The Furious}}'', as well as opening the same day as ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider''. It made only $186 million against a budget of $120 million, making it one of Disney's biggest underperformers. This film along with the underperformance of ''Film/PearlHarbor'', [[http://decentfilms.com/articles/quovadisdisney prompted Disney Studios chairman and Disney Animation alumni, Peter Schneider to step down as chairman of Walt Disney Studios to form his own theatre production company]].

* BoxOfficeBomb: This was released two months after the literal monster hit that was ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' (which involved former Disney worker Jeffery Katzenberg) and around the same time as the original ''Film/{{The Fast and The Furious}}''. It made only $186 million against a budget of $120 million, making it one of Disney's biggest underperformers. This film along with the underperformance of ''Film/PearlHarbor'', [[http://decentfilms.com/articles/quovadisdisney prompted Disney Studios chairman and Disney Animation alumni, Peter Schneider to step down as chairman of Walt Disney Studios to form his own theatre production company]].

* BoxOfficeBomb: This was released two months after the literal monster hit that was ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' (which involved former Disney worker Jeffery Katzenberg) and around the same time as the original ''Film/{{The Fast and The Furious}}'' It made only $186 million against a budget of $120 million, making it one of Disney's biggest underperformers. This film along with the underperformance of ''Film/PearlHarbor'', [[http://decentfilms.com/articles/quovadisdisney prompted Disney Studios chairman and Disney Animation alumni, Peter Schneider to step down as chairman of Walt Disney Studios to form his own theatre production company]].

* BoxOfficeBomb: It made only $186 million against a budget of $120 million, making it one of Disney's biggest underperformers. This film along with the underperformance of ''Film/PearlHarbor'', [[http://decentfilms.com/articles/quovadisdisney prompted Disney Studios chairman and Disney Animation alumni, Peter Schneider to step down as chairman of Walt Disney Studios to form his own theatre production company]].

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** The prologue was going to show a group of vikings using the Shepherd's Journal and encountering the Leviathan instead of the Great Flood.

* TheOtherMarty: Lloyd Bridges was cast as Whitmore, but died just as production began. John Mahoney was given the role instead.
** In the Spanish version, the voice of Vanessa Garcel from the Mexican dub was used for Audrey's dialogue. Audrey was already voiced by Spanish voice actress Cristina Yuste but was presumably replaced by Garcel's recordings to give her [[ShownTheirWork a distinctive Latina personality and accent]]. Yuste did however voice Audrey in the videogame of the film.

** In a 2020 interview, Kirk Wise revealed that a sequel was being planned out at one point. It would have introduced a new villain who was described as "wearing big, scary, wool, bulky, World War I-style clothing with a frightening gas mask" and would have lead an army of mercenaries to take back Atlantis to finish Rourke's work. The twist would have been that this new villain was actually Helga Sinclair who survived her fall at the end of the first film and be brought back as a "early-20th-century cyborg"

* BadExportForYou: The European DVD has a tiny aspect ratio of 1.33:1, which is much smaller than the original 2.39: 1. Luckily the original ratio was restored on both digital versions and the Blu-Ray.

* BadExportForYou: The European DVD has a tiny aspect ratio of 1.33 : 1, which is much smaller than the original 2.39 : 1. Luckily the original ratio was restored on both digital versions and the Blu-Ray.

* BadExportForYou: The European DVD has a tiny aspect ratio of 1. 33 : 1, which is much smaller than the original 2.39 : 1. Luckily the original ratio was restored on both digital versions and the Blu-Ray.

* AnimationAgeGhetto: A major factor in the movie's failure. It was intended to be the beginning of a new movement for Disney that involved making animated films for older audiences. However, those same audiences, especially the teenage boys to whom ''Atlantis'' was marketed, were predisposed to ignore Disney animation-- not surprising considering that Disney has spent the entire previous decade making movies that were aimed first and foremost at very young children.

* DuelingMovies: This was the second Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon film in a row to deal with Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'', this time with the hidden city/MsFanservice lead angle. This duel was much closer than the one with ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' thanks to both ''Atlantis'' and ''El Dorado'' scoring about the same Rotten Tomatoes score (upper 40's), underperforming, and becoming [[StillbornFranchise Stillborn Franchises]]. ''Atlantis'' does have an edge as it got a DirectToVideo sequel, while ''El Dorado'' was a worse BoxOfficeBomb and buried that franchise stone dead before DWA could do anything with it.

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