Gabriel Garza: Unleashed

Gabriel Garza: Unleashed is an unreleased computer-animated film that was to be produced by Universal Feature Animation and Gingo Animation. The film, based on the Gabriel Garza series, was being directed by Michael Wildshill with a script written by Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman. Universal and Gingo started developing the film in 2001, but instead of using traditional animation, they wanted to use computer animation.

The film was originally going to be released in Christmas 2005, but it was pushed back to 2006. Unfortunately, due to the poor box office performance of The Gabriel Garza Movie (2002), the project was abandoned by Universal. Had this film been released, it would have been the first Gabriel Garza film to be computer-animated. This goal was later accomplished by a reboot in 2011.

Plot
The film would have revolve around Vio kidnapping Claire Jones, while he and his henchmen plan to make a machine to destroy Sinking Spring and rebuilt as Vio's new empire. While searching on the Internet, Gabriel finds out that Vio also plans for world domination, which led Vio to take over every country around the world. Fearing the world's destruction, Gabriel sets out on an adventure with a group of his friends (Roge, Leno, Cole, Loy, the Elves, and Jan Soto) to rescue Claire and stop Vio. At the same time, Claire meets other people whom Vio created until they were refused to follow Vio.

Production
In 2001, Universal Pictures announced plans for another Gabriel Garza theatrical film titled Gabriel Garza: Unleashed, but rather than using traditional animation, Universal wanted to use computer animation which would be produced at its feature animation department rather than be produced at its television animation department. In addition, many other titles were also considered during the film's development, such as The New Gabriel Movie, Gabriel: Revolution, and Gabriel Extreme.

Writers Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman were hired by Universal to write the script for the second film. Eventually, Bencich and Friedman wanted the film to feature a more experienced Gabriel Garza. By May 2002, the first draft was completed. Michael Wildshill was on board to direct the film.

However, after the release of The Gabriel Garza Movie, Universal felt the film should have made more money, which prevented the production of Gabriel Garza: Unleashed. Shortly thereafter, Unleashed was cancelled, due to The Gabriel Garza Movie being less successful than expected.

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