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DreamWorks cancelled an Australian musical after years of story, songs and animation work, leaving its creators to share only fragments.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Never Born
- Peak stage
- full production started
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
An Australian-set animated musical comedy developed at DreamWorks Animation and directed by Tim Minchin and Chris Miller.
The production developed characters, music, voice casting and animated sequences around a sheltered bilby crossing the Australian interior. It entered active feature production but did not reach release.
Existence timeline
DreamWorks begins work on the Australian animated musical.
Tim Minchin publicly joins the production's creative leadership.
Casting, animation and music work advance.
DreamWorks removes the project from its slate.
Artists and creators release limited examples of the unfinished work.
Why it ended
DreamWorks cancelled the film in 2017 during changes to its production slate after the Comcast acquisition.
Last confirmed trace
Concept art, demo music, animation clips and accounts from former crew members preserve the project.
What it left behind
For Australian artists and audiences, the cancellation became a high-profile loss of a rare studio feature designed around local animals, landscapes and voices.
How we classified it
The proposed archive unit never reached ordinary public access in the form being documented.
The strongest verified milestone maps to full_production_started under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.