Kingdom of the Sun (Former Version of The Emperor's New Groove)

Kingdom of the Sun is the original version of The Emperor's New Groove, directed by Roger Allers.

Voice cast

 * Owen Wilson as Pacha
 * David Spade as Manco
 * Eartha Kitt as Yzma
 * Harvey Fierstein as Huaca
 * Laura Prepon as Nina
 * Carla Gugino as Mata

Plot
Prince Manco switches places with a llama herder named Pacha. A witch named Yzma figured it out and turned Manco into a llama. She later decides to blot the sun into darkness with the darkness god Supai.

Why It Was Cancelled

 * 1) Test audiences didn’t like the Prince & the Pauper storyline and how dark some of the story is.
 * 2) Some felt Sting's songs were too experimental.
 * 3) Roger Allers stepped down from director since he didn't have enough time to complete his film with a set date for December 2000 as a way of merchandise deals. Had he been given enough time, it would have been released sometime in 2003.
 * 4) Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame weren't financially successful.

Result

 * 1) Roger Allers would later co-direct Open Season in 2006.
 * 2) Mark Dindal became the new director and made The Emperor's New Groove, released in December 2000.
 * 3) The tone changed from a typical Disney musical with sprinkles of Incan culture to a slapstick comedy akin of Looney Tunes.
 * 4) Owen Wilson was replaced by John Goodman to voice Pacha as the character is older in the final film.
 * 5) Yzma isn't a darkness seeking witch and just a mad scientist.
 * 6) Sting's old songs are scrapped with new ones made for the retool.
 * 7) Manco was renamed Kuzco because the earlier means "vagina" in Japanese and "bad movie" in Turkish.
 * 8) The version is showcased in the 2002 documentary "The Sweatbox".
 * 9) Harvey Fierstein, Laura Prepon and Carl Gugino's characters and lines were scrapped.