'Earth Farm' Is Cancelled By Universal Animation

Variety

July 8, 2019

"Earth Farm", the original Universal animated film that was set in November 2021, is officially cancelled, according to Universal Animation.

The film would have been the directorial debut of William Jennings and be produced by Brandon Minez ("Computeropolis", "Computeropolis 2"), Phil Lord and Christopher Miller ("The Lego Movie") from a screenplay by Jennings, Thomas Lennon, and Erica Rovinoja.

According to Universal Animation president David Stainton, the reason of cancelling the film is that they found the concept and premise too similar to their own 2010 animated feature "Computeropolis 3" as well as Sony Pictures Animation's "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" (in which producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller also directed and wrote).

Producer Brandon Minez has now moved to produce "Computeropolis 5", which was also set in 2021.