Jan 11, 2004 - William Joyce's best selling book, "A Day with Wilbur Robinson*," is heading to the big screen with Walt Disney Feature Animation signed on to produce a feature length animated film based on the book.

Production is expected to begin in June 2004 with the studio targetting a 2006 release. Clark Spencer ("Lilo & Stitch") will executive produce the film and and Disney animation veteran Dorothy Mc Kim.

producing. Steve Anderson (head of story on "The Emperor's New Groove" and "Brother Bear") will helm the film.

In a press release announcing the studio's involvement in "A Day with Wilbur Robinson," David Stainton, president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, said, "William Joyce's charming and funny book has everything you could possibly want in an animated film and offers our animation team a rich world of possibilities. Steve Anderson has proven himself to be a great storyteller and will make a great director on this project, given his instincts and passion for the material. Clark Spencer did an amazing job producing 'Lilo & Stitch' and we are thrilled to have him and Dorothy Mc Kim lending their expertise to this project. Our goal at Disney is to tell great stories and to take full advantage of the medium, and 'A Day with Wilbur Robinson' gives us a chance to do both."

"A Day with Wilbur Robinson" Official Synopsis
A comedy-adventure tale that follows one fateful day in the life of a boy-genius who creates a mysterious machine with one fantastic purpose - to recover the lost memory of the past.

What he unlocks instead is time itself, and a visit with a future, a family, and a world whose survival all depends upon him.

* - the movie's title is "Meet the Robinsons"

Source: Walt Disney Pictures