Newt (2024)

"THIS PIXAR MOVIE IS NOT FANFICTION!"

- Peacock2007

Newt, stylized as newt, is an upcoming 2024 Pixar film. It would have been the studio's fourteenth feature film, a place that was ultimately taken by Brave.

Gary Rydstrom was going to make his full-length feature film directorial debut. The film was originally scheduled to be released during the summer of 2011, but was pushed back to 2012, and from there, it was cancelled due to similarities of Rio (2011 film) and replaced with Brave in Pixar's film schedule.

It was declared that Newt will be on Disney (Disney+), Netflix, and Pixar for July 2024 based on the cancelled film.

Plot
As described in the Disney press release:
 * "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? That's the problem facing Newt and Brooke, heroes of "newt," the Pixar film by seven-time Academy Award® winner for sound Gary Rydstrom, and director of Pixar's Oscar-nominated short, Lifted. 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."

Plot (2024)
The movie begins with a colony of blue-footed newts, led by the teenage Queen (Newtalina) and her daughter Princess Kito, lives in the middle of a river known as "Newt Kingdom". Every spring and summer, they live in a pond where they will be safe from a gang of bullying vultures, led by a vulture named Rameses.

One day, a courageous and clumsy inventor newt named Norman dives down underwater and comes out of the water to the vultures. Rameses discovers this, and demands twice as much water as compensation. When Norman earnestly suggests the newts enlist the help of bigger jungle animals to fight the vultures, Newtalina sees it as a way to get rid of Norman and sends him off.

Norman travels to "the city", there was a group of friendly humans on trailer. Happening upon the aftermath of a chaotic bar fight, Norman mistakes a troupe of jobless Jungle Beasts for the warrior creatures he seeks. The creatures, in turn, mistake Norman for a talent agent, and agree. Norman gets on a motorcycle during a thunderstorm and follows his friends back to Newt Kingdom. During a welcome ceremony upon their arrival, the Jungle Beasts and Norman discover their mutual misunderstandings. The Jungle Beasts attempt to leave, but a dark storm with wind appeared. Norman and his friends are are pursued by a nearby raven in the wheat field; while fleeing, they rescue Newtalina's younger sister Kito from the raven, gaining the newts' respect. At Norman's request, the Jungle Beasts continue the ruse of being "warriors", thus enabling them to continue enjoying the newts' hospitality. Learning that Rameses fears ravens inspires Norman to create a mechanic raven to scare away the vultures. Meanwhile, Rameses reminds his gang of the newts' superior numbers, warning them the newts will rebel if not kept in line.

The newts finish constructing the mechanical raven. During the subsequent celebration, the Jungle Beasts' orangutan boss, Rachel Orangutan, arrives, seeking to rehire them. The newts, angered to learn that Norman lied to them, exile him and the Jungle Beasts, and desperately attempt to go underwater for a new offering. Rameses returns and sees the mediocre offering; he takes over the island, and demands the newts' own water supply, planning to execute the Queen afterward. Overhearing the plan, Kito persuades Norman and the Jungle Beasts to return to Newt Kingdom.

Soon, the vultures create a dam to block all the water from the newt's pond causing a drought in Newt Kingdom.

After the Jungle Beasts distract the vultures long enough to rescue the Queen, Norman deploys the robotic raven. It initially fools the vultures, but Rachel who is also excited, shouts excitedly like wildfire. The robotic raven lands on the highest tree revealing Norman himself. Realizing the deception, Rameses has Norman publicly beaten to teach the newts a lesson, proclaiming that the newts are lowly life forms who live to serve the vultures. Norman asserts that Rameses actually fears the colony, because he has always known what they are capable of. This inspires the newts and the worldwide animals (including tigers, wolves, owls, penguins, peacocks, horses, cows, and parrots) to fight back against the vultures, driving all but Rameses away.

The creatures shove Rameses into the catapult to shoot him off of the kingdom, but rain suddenly begins to fall again. In the ensuing chaos, Rameses frees himself from the catapult and abducts Norman. The creatures pursue, with the latter catching up to Rameses and rescuing Norman. Norman lures Rameses to the lion's cave; believing the lion and raven are two lies, Rameses taunts it, until the lions and ravens begin chasing Rameses away.

Norman and Newtalina are saved on a bucket and are carried by a helicopter to break the dam causing the newts and the worldwide animals to feel overjoyed.

With the pond now at peace, Norman improves his inventions to use and helps underwater diving for the newts. He and Newtalina become a couple, and send Rameses's son Moses and a large number of newts to help and the Jungle Beasts on their next tour. Newtalina and Kito become the second Queen and Princess, respectively. The newts and the worldwide animals congratulate Norman as a hero, and bid a fond farewell to the jungle troupe.

In the end of the Newt film, all the newts begin whistling in admiration as a reference to the Chicken Little movie before the credits.

Runtime

 * 93 minutes

Release Date

 * July 1, 2024