‘Atlantis: The Lost Empire’ is one of the least valued Disney movies, and yet it has one of its best stories and action sequences that all fans fondly remember. And now, the director’s plans for the ‘Atlantis’ sequel has been revealed.
Before anyone gets confused, ‘Atlantis: The Lost Empire’ had a second part that went directly to the home format called, ‘Atlantis: Milo’s Return’. This came out, because when the studio was very active on the property, they had several projects in various stages of development.
Among them was making an animated series that would follow members of the expedition as they investigated other bizarre phenomena around the world, and according to various reports, it is said to have had a crossover with the animated series ‘Gargoyles’ as well. But after three episodes, the project closed in 2001, shortly after ‘Atlantis: The Lost Empire’ hit the theaters.
The three chapters became what many know as ‘Atlantis: Milo’s Return’. But the sequel, which is discussed here, was somewhat different since it would have been a film released to the cinema, and with the animation that a story like this really deserved.
In an interview with Collider with the film’s director, Kirk Wise, the original plans for the ‘Atlantis’ sequel were revealed.
“Believe it or not we did.” said the director: “[Story supervisor] John Sanford, Gary and I actually concocted an idea for a sequel to Atlantis. It had no relation to the Atlantis TV series that was being developed at Disney Television Animation. This was a feature-length, full-on, full-blown sequel to Atlantis.
We were going to have a new villain in the story. The villain was going to be wearing big, scary, wool, bulky, World War I-style clothing with a frightening gasmask to obscure it’s face; a little Darth Vader-esque. And this villain was going to try and retake Atlantis and finish the job that Rourke was unable to accomplish. And the big twist in the climax of the movie is that the villain is unmasked and it turns out to be Helga Sinclair. Plot twist!”
So there you have it! How would it have been to see Helga again, who apparently would not have lost her life after the battle at the volcano. Perhaps if the live-action (which is said to be in development) has a sequel, hopefully those behind the project can take up this idea.
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