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For those of you noticing that Disney's new movie The Wild looks suspiciously like a Dreamwork's Madagascar, here is the reason: The head of Dreamworks animation, Jeff Katzenberg, was the former head of The Walt Disney Company's film studios.
Jeff Katzenberg was the head Disney's film studios, but was forced to resign in 1994. Katzenberg was really pissed about this. At the suggestion of a friend, he made an agreement with Steven Speilberg and David Geffen to start the movie studio SKG (Speilberg, Katzenberg, Geffen) Dreamworks.
As the head of Disney film studios, Katzenberg left Disney with intimate knowledge of all of their future film plans. He also had important contacts at Disney. Katzenberg plan was revenge, and to fufill his goal he decided to steal Disney's ideas.
First there was the movie about a colony of ants called A Bug's Life which he stole and rebranded as Antz.
After that there was a movie with a big monster as a central character, Monsters Inc., which inspired Katzenberg to create Shrek. Notice in Shrek all the jokes made at the expense of Disney.
Then Disney had an undersea adventure called Finding Nemo. Again Katzenberg copied the backdrop and produced A Shark Tale.
Which brings us to The Wild. Katzenberg actually stole the idea from Disney and had it in theaters, in the form of Madagascar, almost a year before The Wild was released.
So there you have it. Jeff Katzenberg has wanted to hurt Disney in bitter retaliation for having been fired. To this end, he started his own animation studio and attempted revenge by stealing from his former em
