is there any word from Universal itself saying that it is dead?
There would have been some sort of announcement... we would have heard of this some other way...
They didn't do it for An american tail and Balto, for which they stopped doing anything after having made two direct-to-video sequels. Ok, they've not been running since more than one decade like the Land before time sequels, but still.
Stopping a series is always seen as a bad thing, so they never talk about it.
I don't know if it may interest you or not, but we had to send them a petition to know if they definitely stopped the Balto sequels or not. Here's what Glenn Ross answered (he is the head of Universal Studios Home Family Entertainment) :
"We had been entertaining the idea of producing another Balto movie, but the sad truth is that not enough people bought the last one to make it attractive to produce another. You see, in order to be able to produce a film, we have to know enough people are interested in buying it to be able to pay for the cost and marketing.
We really like the Balto character and are pleased to know that there are people like you out there that are such big fans.
My best regards,
DICTATED BUT NOT READ,
Glenn Ross
Of course I'm not saying that this little bit of info is absolutely true, I just wanted to inform you that you shouldn't be surprised if they stopped the TV series and/or the LBT sequels...
I still think it's bad news, one more company turning to 3D...(yes Universal is preparing its first 3D animated film, The Tale of Despereaux which is to be released late 2008)