B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations
DreamWorks had cast, books and a heavily animated ghost comedy, then removed it from the calendar and abandoned more than $100 million of production.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Never Born
- Peak stage
- near release
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A nearly completed animated feature produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Tony Leondis.
Two clumsy ghosts would join a supernatural agency charged with protecting humans from hauntings.
Existence timeline
DreamWorks reveals a supernatural comedy.
Voice recording and animation move ahead.
The film leaves its original June 2015 slot.
Crew accounts place large portions near completion.
Studio restructuring strands the feature.
Books and portfolio reels preserve portions of B.O.O.
Why it ended
A studio restructuring and schedule changes stopped production before the planned 2015 release.
Last confirmed trace
Tie-in books, crew reels, artwork and accounts from production staff preserve the unreleased film.
What it left behind
B.O.O. is one of the strongest modern examples of a major animated feature disappearing deep into production.
How we classified it
The proposed archive unit never reached ordinary public access in the form being documented.
The strongest verified milestone maps to near_release under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.