Originally posted by: ocpmovie
John Loter chimes in with the latest on Don Hahn's planned Thief restoration ... news from Comic Con ....

Don Hahn and daughter stopped by our
booth- met them briefly last year, but this time I talked to him a bit
more and said "Do you mind if I ask you about a rumor- The Thief and
The Cobbler restoration?"

I can't remember exactly what he said but it sounded like a "someday"
kind of project. He did tell me [and was clearly excited about it] that
they got ALL the artwork from Miramax and it is sitting "along with
Snow White and Pinnocchio" [in Disney's Animation Research Library,
where all art is stored]. "Beautiful Errol LeCain backgrounds", etc.

SO.... I asked him if he was aware of you and your efforts on a fan
restoration and he was NOT. I said you did an amazing job and that he
needs to see it. He joked that maybe he should hire you and I said YES!

My tail is wagging. A LOT! This is fantastic information. I really, really hope it's true that all the artwork was kept. Oh please, oh please, oh please!! And it's great that Don Hahn is now aware of your project. This could of course come to nothing, but I truly hope not. I hope that all your efforts have finally set a spark to the tinder. All we need now is for Dick to get behind it - and of course, that's the make-or-break element.

I shall be following this story for as long as it takes now. It's become one of my life obsessions. I was thinking of getting a bumper sticker made... Can you get those on CafePress, I wonder? Hmm...

Edit: Ah. Just realised that all the artwork from Miramax was kept. I guess that means that the Koreans may still have lost large parts of it?