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===''The Wind in the Willows''===
In February 2003, it was reported that del Toro was working with [[The Walt Disney Company]] on a [[Live-action animated film|live action/CGI animated]] film adaptation of [[Kenneth Grahame]]'s novel ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'', which he co-wrote with [[Matthew Robbins (screenwriter)|Matthew Robbins]].<ref name="Variety3">{{cite magazine|last=Dunkley|first=Cathy|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/del-toro-bullish-on-disney-wind-1117881381/|title=Del Toro bullish on Disney 'Wind'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=February 27, 2003|access-date=April 28, 2024}}</ref> By November that year, del Toro confirmed that he was no longer attached to the project. "The approach I planned proved to be very expensive and probably weird to the studio. [...] I cherish a scene in which [[Mr. Toad]] was paraded though London a bit like ''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|The Elephant Man]]''. No wonder they found it weird."<ref name="MovieWeb"/> In 2008, he further explained why he chose to leave the helm; "It was a beautiful book, and then I went to meet with the executives and they said, 'Could you give Toad a skateboard and make him say, "radical dude" things?' and that's when I said, 'It's been a pleasure ...{{'"}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Utichi|first=Joe|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/exclusive-del-toro-on-why-wind-in-the-willows-went-away/|title=Exclusive: del Toro on Why ''Wind in the Willows'' Went Away|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=July 12, 2008|access-date=April 28, 2024}}</ref>
===''At the Mountains of Madness''===
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