Living Lines Library: The Emperor's New Groove (2000)

KUZCO

Design by Joseph C. Moshier

by Joe Moshier

LLAMA KUZCO

by Joe Moshier

PACHA

by Joe Moshier

KRONK

Design by Joe Moshier

by Joe Moshier

Model sheet by Tony Bancroft

Animation key poses by Tony Bancroft

YZMA

Design by Andreas Deja

by Andreas Deja

Design by Joe Moshier

by Joe Moshier

Kitten Yzma model sheet

Chaca poses

Chaca & Tipo

ADDITIONAL CHARACTERS

Jaguar model sheets by Sandro Cleuzo / design by Joe Moshier

Early concepts

Early design by Peter de Sève

Never made characters
Design by Joe Moshier

by Joe Moshier

Design by Sandro Cleuzo

by Sandro Cleuzo

Rough model sheet by Sandro Cleuzo

by Sandro Cleuzo

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Silvie4/23/2011 6:58 am
why didnt that girl get included in the story? who was she supposed to be? Her design is great!
Hi, I'm Curi.5/15/2011 8:51 pm
She was originally Kuzco's love interest. She wasn't included because the very formulaic story wasn't that popular with test audiences, so a lot of the project was reworked and she was taken out, along with a lot of songs by Sting. (This is what I heard, anyway.)
Mark Kilkelly5/24/2011 2:00 am
The original title of the film was Kingdom in the Sun and was to be directed by Roger Allers along with Mark Dindle. Allers wanted the film to be on a weeping scale like the Lion King but Dindle aimed for more snappy comedy so there were creative differences along with the shopworn story that caused the project to be reworked once Allers left Disney since he wasn't confident that the film could be completed in time. Dindle made the film into what it is today, excluding many of the original characters intended to be featured including the girl.
Peter Nagy-Galambosi5/24/2011 10:55 am
Thanks Mark!
Anonymous12/03/2013 9:08 am
I heard that girl's name was Nina, but now I just learned that she was called Mata!

if anybody has her real name, please reply, thanks!

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