History Trivia / TheGoodDinosaur

* TroubledProduction: The concept to do a CGI dinosaur movie had been gestating since the famed post-''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' lunch meeting in 1995. When production finally began almost twenty years later, it languished through various re-writes and re-casting. Fans became suspicious after a lack of updates and any footage of teenager Arlo or the dinosaur farming community in the trailers until Bob Peterson was finally let go as director, with writer Peter Sohn being placed in the role instead. Then, a few months short of its original 2014 release date, the filmmakers couldn't come up with a good enough ending. As they were coming off of [[WesternAnimation/Cars2 two]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} films]] that had sent Pixar's popularity into a steep decline, studio head John Lasseter decided to postpone the release. Then, less than six months before its November 2015 release, Disney itself announced that [[http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2015/06/12/meet-the-new-cast-of-disneypixars-the-good-dinosaur/?cmp=SMC%7Cnone%7Cnatural%7Cblginsider%7CInsiderJune%7CTWT%7Cdinosaurcast-DisneyPixar%7CInHouse%7C2015-0612%7C%7C%7Cesocialmedia much of the originally-announced voice cast had been replaced after having recorded all their parts]] [[http://thedissolve.com/news/5957-disney-announces-all-new-voice-cast-for-the-good-d/ and some characters dropped altogether]] as the script was extensively rewritten.

* StillbornFranchise: The toyline was supposed to make this franchise the next big CashCowFranchise for Pixar after their successes with ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' and ''Franchise/ToyStory'', with a wide range of toy dinosaurs for children to collect. However, it failed because of the film being a BoxOfficeBomb and [[UncertainAudience having many scenes that scared the target audience]].

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Where do we start? The trailers covered Poppa's death, Arlo's friendship to Spot, the meeting of Forrest Woodbush, Arlo helping the cowboy T-Rexes, Arlo encounters the main villain, Thunderclap and also the climax. In short, the trailers just showed you the entire movie.
* TroubledProduction: Again, where do we start? The concept to do a CGI dinosaur movie had been gestating since the famed post-''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' lunch meeting in 1995. When production finally began almost twenty years later, it languished through various re-writes and re-casting. Fans became suspicious after a lack of updates and any footage of teenager Arlo or the dinosaur farming community in the trailers until Bob Peterson was finally let go as director, with writer Peter Sohn being placed in the role instead. Then, a few months short of its original 2014 release date, the filmmakers couldn't come up with a good enough ending. As they were coming off of [[WesternAnimation/Cars2 two]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} films]] that had sent Pixar's popularity into a steep decline, studio head John Lasseter decided to postpone the release. Then, less than six months before its November 2015 release, Disney itself announced that [[http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2015/06/12/meet-the-new-cast-of-disneypixars-the-good-dinosaur/?cmp=SMC%7Cnone%7Cnatural%7Cblginsider%7CInsiderJune%7CTWT%7Cdinosaurcast-DisneyPixar%7CInHouse%7C2015-0612%7C%7C%7Cesocialmedia much of the originally-announced voice cast had been replaced after having recorded all their parts]] [[http://thedissolve.com/news/5957-disney-announces-all-new-voice-cast-for-the-good-d/ and some characters dropped altogether]] as the script was extensively rewritten.

* ExecutiveMeddling: In August 2013, Bob Peterson was removed from the project due to story problems and left the film to pursue another project, being replaced by Peter Sohn.[[note]]Before then, Sohn was co-director.[[/note]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} This]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars2}} wasn't]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} the first time]] a director was replaced at Pixar. Peterson later said that there was no hard feelings about the situation, and that he's glad it turned out the way it did.

* StillbornFranchise: The toyline was supposed to make this franchise the next big CashCowFranchise for Pixar after their successes with ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' and ''Franchise/ToyStory'', with a wide range of toy dinosaurs for children to collect. However, it failed because of the film being a BoxOfficeBomb and [[UncertainAudience having many scenes that scared the target audience]].

* TroubledProduction: Again, where do we start? The concept to do a CGI dinosaur movie had been gestating since the famed post-''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' lunch meeting in 1995. When production finally began almost twenty years later, it languished through various re-writes and re-casting. Fans became suspicious after a lack of updates and any footage of teenager Arlo or the dinosaur farming community in the trailers until Bob Peterson was finally let go as director, with writer Peter Sohn being placed in the role instead. Then, a few months short of its original 2014 release date, the filmmakers couldn't come up with a good enough ending. As they were coming off of [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars2}} two]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} films]] that had sent Pixar's popularity into a steep decline, studio head John Lasseter decided to postpone the release. Then, less than six months before its November 2015 release, Disney itself announced that [[http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2015/06/12/meet-the-new-cast-of-disneypixars-the-good-dinosaur/?cmp=SMC%7Cnone%7Cnatural%7Cblginsider%7CInsiderJune%7CTWT%7Cdinosaurcast-DisneyPixar%7CInHouse%7C2015-0612%7C%7C%7Cesocialmedia much of the originally-announced voice cast had been replaced after having recorded all their parts]] [[http://thedissolve.com/news/5957-disney-announces-all-new-voice-cast-for-the-good-d/ and some characters dropped altogether]] as the script was extensively rewritten.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Albanian dub: Creator/KristenShalaveci (Arlo) and Creator/MegiMysliu (Libby) have also worked together on ''WesternAnimation/BubbleGuppies'', ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'', ''WesternAnimation/GoDiegoGo'', ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'', ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'', ''WesternAnimation/RobTheRobot'', ''WesternAnimation/TeamUmizoomi'', and ''WesternAnimation/WonderPets''.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Albanian dub: Creator/KristenShalaveci (Arlo) and Creator/MegiMysliu (Libby) have also worked together on ''WesternAnimation/BubbleGuppies'', ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'', ''WesternAnimation/GoDiegoGo'', ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'', ''Anime/MaryAndTheWitchsFlower'', ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'', ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'', ''WesternAnimation/RobTheRobot'', ''WesternAnimation/TeamUmizoomi'', ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', and ''WesternAnimation/WonderPets''.

* NamesTheSame: The name of "Arlo" will later be used for a [[WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy singing alligator humanoid.]]

* StillbornFranchise: The toyline was supposed to make this franchise the next big CashCowFranchise for Pixar after their successes with ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', with a wide range of toy dinosaurs for children to collect. However, it failed because of the film being a BoxOfficeBomb and [[NightmareFuel having many scenes that scared the target audience]].

* TroubledProduction: Again, where do we start? The concept to do a CGI dinosaur movie had been gestating since the famed post-''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' lunch meeting in 1995. When production finally began almost twenty years later, it languished through various re-writes and re-casting. Fans became suspicious after a lack of updates and any footage of teenager Arlo or the dinosaur farming community in the trailers until Bob Peterson was finally let go as director, with writer Peter Sohn being placed in the role instead. Then, a few months short of its original 2014 release date, the filmmakers couldn't come up with a good enough ending. As they were coming off of [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars2}} two]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} films]] that had sent Pixar's popularity into a steep decline, studio head John Lasseter decided to postpone the release. Then, less than six months before its November 2015 release, Disney itself announced that [[http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2015/06/12/meet-the-new-cast-of-disneypixars-the-good-dinosaur/?cmp=SMC%7Cnone%7Cnatural%7Cblginsider%7CInsiderJune%7CTWT%7Cdinosaurcast-DisneyPixar%7CInHouse%7C2015-0612%7C%7C%7Cesocialmedia much of the originally-announced voice cast had been replaced after having recorded all their parts]] [[http://thedissolve.com/news/5957-disney-announces-all-new-voice-cast-for-the-good-d/ and some characters dropped altogether]] as the script was extensively rewritten.

* MeaningfulReleaseDate: The movie's final release date, 11/25/2015, is three days after the 20th anniversary of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''[='=]s (Pixar's first full-length film) original release on 11/22/1995.

* AcclaimedFlop: Well, "acclaimed" might be a stretch. It received a generally positive reception with critics and fans, but its Thanksgiving release date meant that the film had to [[DuelingMovies go up against]] ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' just a few weeks later. This combined with an okay response opposing the generally acclaimed response from the studio ultimately resulted in this being the company's first financial failure.