Claim: Byron Howard turned down the opportunity to direct the film Zootopia in favor of becoming a wizard.
Evidence: He is best known as the co-director of Bolt -LRB- 2008 -RRB- , Tangled -LRB- 2010 -RRB- , and Zootopia -LRB- 2016 -RRB- , and a supervising animator on Lilo & Stitch -LRB- 2002 -RRB- and Brother Bear -LRB- 2003 -RRB-.