 The movie began as a script, written in 1994 by Jason Wolthuizen and  Chris Wojnicz. It was illustrated in 1995 by Wojtek Trzcinski  (3,600+ individually hand drawn cells). It was pitched to several,  major Hollywood studios in 1997. It was unshelved by Jason in 2001  after meeting Devin Scott, who did the Soundscape production and  Original Score (2002/2003). Completed for DVD with Dolby 5.1 Digital  Surround on November 1, 2003.