Before Tarzan swung onto screens, the character was considered box office poison. A string of live-action failures in the 1980s had made the property feel dated. Disney’s archive from 1995–1998 tells a story of intense development hell. Early concept art, much of which resides in the Walt Disney Animation Research Library (the true "archive"), reveals radically different visions: a comedic Tarzan voiced by Steve Martin, a noir-ish 1930s take, and even a version set in a post-apocalyptic jungle.
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