Atlantis (franchise)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a 2001 American traditionally animated action-adventure film created by Walt Disney Animation Studios—the first science fiction film in Disney's animated features canon and the 41st overall. It was written by Tab Murphy, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, and produced by Don Hahn.

Atlantis: Milo's Return, released in 2003, is Disney's twentieth animated direct-to-video sequel and is a sequel to Atlantis: The Lost Empire. It was written by Thomas Hart and Henry Gilroy and co-directed by Tad Stones, Toby Shelton, and Victor Cook.

In July 2019, a report stated Walt Disney Pictures was developing a live-action adaptation of Atlantis: The Lost Empire.[1] Tom Holland was reportedly under consideration to star as Milo Thatch.[1] Reports also suggested Disney was considering Guillermo del Toro as director.[2] However, del Toro refuted the rumors of his involvement through his Twitter account.[3] In May 2020, another report claimed that the Atlantis remake had entered early development.[4]

Originally, Disney was developing a theatrical sequel entitled Shards of Chaos, but it was abandoned once The Lost Empire was less successful than anticipated.[5] Other possible titles included Return to Atlantis or Let's Get Milo! It would have seen the return of Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise as directors, Don Hahn as producer, and John Sanford as story supervisor. According to Wise, the movie would have been set in the 1950s and would have seen most of the original characters return. The main villain was to be a cybernetic version of Helga Sinclair, who survived the balloon crash at the end of the first film and established her own mercenary group to raid Atlantis. Helga would have been up against Milo's friends, who would race to Atlantis in order to rescue him and presumably Kida.[6][7]

The film was also meant to provide a springboard for an animated television series entitled Team Atlantis, which would have presented the further adventures of its characters. The series would feature episodes with different legends incorporated, such as Puck, the Loch Ness Monster and the Terracotta Warriors. One of the episodes of Team Atlantis that was never animated entitled "The Last" featured an appearance by Demona from Greg Wiseman's previous Disney series Gargoyles and served as a pseudo-crossover between them. However, because of the film's under-performance at the box office the series was not produced either.

On May 20, 2003, Disney ended up releasing a direct-to-video sequel film called Atlantis: Milo's Return, consisting of three episodes planned for the aborted series, with some additional animation done to link the stories more closely.

Atlantis The Lost Empire: Search for the Journal is a first-person shooter game that was developed by Zombie Studios and published by Buena Vista Games, a subsidiary of Disney Interactive. It was released on May 1, 2001 for the Microsoft Windows platform and was a first-person shooter game, the first of two games based on the film developed by Zombie Studios and released for UPC labels from Kellogg's products for promotion.

Atlantis The Lost Empire: Trial by Fire (commonly known as Atlantis: Trial by Fire) was the second game developed by Zombie Studios and published by Disney Interactive, and was released May 18, 2001 for the Microsoft Windows platform. The game was based on the plotline of the film.

Atlantis: The Lost Empire is an action game developed by Eurocom for the PlayStation console which was released July 12, 2001. The player controls Milo, Audrey, Molière, Kida, and Vinny as they traverse Atlantis, unlocking its secrets. Some features in the game unlock others (such as a movie) by finding items hidden throughout the game. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 73.83% and 73 out of 100.

Atlantis: The Lost Empire was released by THQ for the Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Color. It is a platform game in which the player controls Milo and three other characters from the film across 14 levels on a quest to discover Atlantis. The game was met with average to mixed reviews upon release. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it 64.50% for the Game Boy Color version; and 55.86% and 51 out of 100 for the Game Boy Advance version.