"What happens when the last remaining male and female blue-footed newts on the planet are forced together by science to save the species, and they can't stand each other? Newt and Brooke embark on a perilous, unpredictable adventure and discover that finding a mate never goes as planned, even when you only have one choice. Love, it turns out, is not a science."
Pixar announced
Newt two years ago with a planned 2012 release date, but pushed another Pixar project,
The Bear and the Bow (retitled as
Brave), ahead of
Newt.
Newt was originally set as the feature-length directorial debut for Gary Rydstrom (Pixar short
Lifted). Pixar didn't include
Newt as part of its slate of upcoming projects that were announced in April. A month later, an unnamed source told
Entertainment Weekly that Pixar had taken
Newt off of the development schedule to allow the creative teams to focus on other upcoming projects.
