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Written by: Ron Friedman and Steve Bencich
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Budget: $
Box-Office: $ in the U.S., $ million worldwide
 
 
 
 

INTERESTING FACTS

  Pigs mixes the classic story with a twist: Once upon a time three pigs built three houses, out of straw, sticks, and bricks. Along came a wolf, who huffed and puffed... So, you think you know the rest? Think again. With David Wiesner at the helm, it's never safe to assume too much. When the wolf approaches the first house, for example, and blows it in, he somehow manages to blow the pig right out of the story frame. The text continues on schedule--'...and ate the pig up'--but the perplexed expression on the wolf's face as he looks in vain for his ham dinner is priceless. One by one, the pigs exit the fairy tale's border and set off on an adventure of their own. Folding a page of their own story into a paper airplane, the pigs fly off to visit other storybooks, rescuing about-to-be-slain dragons and luring the cat and the fiddle out of their nursery rhyme.

  Variety reported on May 8, 2002 that in its last days as a subsidiary of Artists Management Group, the Renaissance literary agency has optioned David Wiesner's bestselling kids' tome, The Three Pigs, to Disney Feature Animation.

  The Hollywood Reporter announced on August 9, 2002 that the team of Ron Friedman and Steve Bencich had signed a writing deal with the Disney's feature animation division that encompasses both production and development services for the studio. One of their first assignments would be to develop David Weisner's best-selling children's book The Three Pigs.

  An insider reported on August 20, 2003 that Disney was in negotiation with Michael Keaton and Beetlejuice co-star Geena Davis to voice the Big Bad Wolf and his wife, respectively. The Mouse House was also reportedly in talks with child actors Scott Terra, Angus T. Jones and Tyler Hoechlin to voice the three pigs; as well as Alex D. Linz and Josh Peck to voice two of their three hog cousins.

  It was reported a day later that child actor Angus T. Jones was no longer in talks with Disney, and might be replaced with one of two possibilities: Jungle Book 2's Haley Joel Osment or 39-year-old comedian Wanda Sykes.