In 1996, Disney regulars Wise, Trousdale, Murphy, and producer Don Hahn were debating their next project over a pitcher of margaritas. ''We wanted adventurers thrown together by fate, strange underground civilizations, bizarre creatures -- and flying machines,'' says Wise. '''Atlantis' seemed like a nice vessel to contain all that.'' The friends soon floated a plot: In 1914, a ragtag troop led by earnest amateur cartographer Milo Thatch fights its way to the legendary lost land -- and finds people instead of a ruin.
Fox was their first choice to voice Milo. ''We [envisioned] a kind of Jimmy Stewart, Harold Lloyd guy,'' explains Wise. ''Michael has such a distinct voice, and a wonderful, spunky underdog quality.'' According to the directors, the actor let his son decide if Dad would work on ''Atlantis'' or another otherworldly animated project, ''Titan A.E.'' Boasts Trousdale, ''The 8-year-old saw the coolness of our movie.'' Or maybe he just got a look at the ''Titan A.E.'' script.
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