Oswald the Lucky Rabbit The Series

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was a cancelled series that was possibly planned for a Disney+ release. It was being developed by Matt Danner and Disney Digital Network Animation.
==Development==
A series centered on Oswald was in development with the project announced in 2019 for a potential release on Disney+. Disney Television Animation veteran Matt Danner revealed that a series was in development as a follow-up for the team behind Legend of the Three Caballeros, but that they "got broken up and scattered to the wind". He expressed hope that the series could still be revived in the future and further hinted that another team would develop it as Disney was still heavily invested in wanting to revive the character.
On November 21, 2014, two animatics of the show was released on YouTube by Chris H. The animatic was not heavily realized by the public until January 21, 2023, when Disney Television Animation News re-released it, calling it: "Footless & Fancy Free". The project was helmed by the now defunct Disney Digital Network Animation. In the end of development, only eight episodes were written for the series, with a further two animatics having been completed.
In 2015, Steve Lowtwait, who works at Disney Animation, shared some of his experiences of working on the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series on Twitter, including the image of Oswald's left hand.
In July of 2019, the possible logo for the series was posted on the internet.
Eric Bauza, a voice actor known for his work on a series of Looney Tunes projects, and the reboot series Muppet Babies, was rumoured to voice Oswald in the series, who was also giving some hints on the series existing. On Twitter, he replied to a post saying that he will voice Oswald, saying: "Could you imaaaagine!?!". He then replied to a tweet about a series with a rabbit and he linked Matt Danner, who was working on the series. When he posted a picture with some Disney plushes, including Oswald, a fan replied with a zoomed shot of Oswald with the ....: "
Christopher Painter, who is a writer for SpongeBob SquarePants, wrote in his resume that he wrote some episodes for the series.
Some other evidence that the series is in development was found on Mark Baldo's LinkedIn page, saying: "Currently supervising the re-boot of Muppet Babies with Disney Jr., supervising production on Legend of the Three Caballeros a streaming animated series for the Disney Digital Network and developing an "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" show." The post was deleted as soon as it got attention.
In the end of development, only eight episodes were written for the series, with a further two animatics having been completed, with only the one from Chris H. shown to the public.
==Potential Cast==
*Eric Bauza as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
==Trivia==
*The episode "Footless & Fancy Free"'s title is a pun on the phrase "footloose and fancy free", and may also be a reference to the 1947 animated feature film "Fun and Fancy Free".
==Videos==
File:Oz-2
File:Ozclash
File:Oswald The Lucky Rabbit The Series - Footless & Fancy Free - Disney Digital Network Pilots
==Gallery==
File:2019-07-07-10 02 44-Window.webp
File:Tumblr c66d73d3a518844aba0ad0752e6d8e39 83eb7745 1280.png
File:5fe22e6cdc6ed4edca6848c6d8830de3.jpg
File:Oswald Pattern 2.jpg
File:FnG-OhtWAAEQPtw.png
File:FnG-OinWYAIUQKk.png
File:FnG-OmtXwAUDO7J.png
File:FnG-tE6WYAAWXd0.png
Category:Cancelled projects
Category:Disney shows
Category:Disney+ Originals