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After Aladdin Clements and Musker pushed to make a science fiction version of Treasure Island, but Jeffrey Katzenberg was unenthusiastic. The studio wanted the pair to direct a story about the Greek God Hercules, and so Ron and John negotiated a new deal wherein they directed a movie of the muscular deity first, then took up work on Treasure Planet. Fans of Gerald Scarfe, they brought the British artist onto Hercules to create a fresh look for the hand-drawn feature. With Treasure Planet, they integrated large amounts of CG work into one of the last Disney movies created with pencils and paper. […]