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Atlantis: Milo's Return
DVD release poster.
Directed by	Victor Cook Toby Shelton Tad Stones
Written by	Thomas Hart Henry Gilroy
Starring	James Arnold Taylor Cree Summer John Mahoney Jacqueline Obradors Don Novello Corey Burton Phil Morris Florence Stanley Frank Welker Steven Barr Clancy Brown Jean Gilpin Kai Rune Larsen Bill Fagerbakke Thomas F. Wilson Floyd Westerman Jeff Bennett William Morgan Sheppard
Music by	Don Harper
Editing by	John Royer
Distributed by	Walt Disney Home Video
Release date(s)	May 20, 2003
Running time	1 hour, 20 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
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Atlantis: Milo's Return, released in 2003 is the direct-to-video sequel to the film Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

Originally, Disney was developing a sequel entitled Shards of Chaos; it was abandoned once the movie was less than successful. The released "sequel" consists of three animated shorts, originally meant to be three episodes of a series that was never completed called Team Atlantis. Allegedly, ten minutes of additional animation was done to link the stories more closely.

Cree Summer (Kida), Corey Burton (Mole), Don Novello (Vinny), Phil Morris (Dr. Sweet), Jacqueline Obradors (Audrey), John Mahoney (Whitmore), and Florence Stanley (Wilhelmina) all reprise their roles from the first film, with James Arnold Taylor replacing Michael J. Fox (who was suffering from serious illness) as Milo and Steve Barr replacing Jim Varney (who died before the first film was finished) as Cookie.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast and crew 3 DVD Features 4 Team Atlantis Series 5 Criticsm 6 External links

Milo Thatch and his comrades leave Atlantis to investigate mysterious forces causing trouble on the surface. Their travels take them from the frigid Nordic Mountains to the dry and baking Southwest as they discover legends, sea monsters, and spirits opposing them. During the escapades Kida comes into a greater understanding of just how powerful the Mother Crystal is, and she must choose between hiding it and sharing it with the rest of mankind. Milo and Kida discover the mystery is supposedly linked to an artifact called The Spear of Destiny.

Directed by

• Victor Cook
• Toby Shelton
• Tad Stones

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)

• Henry Gilroy
• Thomas Hart main writer

Cast

• James Arnold Taylor .... Milo (voice)
• Cree Summer .... Kida (voice)
• John Mahoney .... Whitmore (voice)
• Jacqueline Obradors .... Audrey/Nurse (voice)
• Don Novello .... Vinny (voice)
• Corey Burton .... Mole (voice)
• Phil Morris .... Dr Sweet (voice)
• Florence Stanley .... Packard (voice)
• Frank Welker .... Obby/Mantell (voice)
• Steve Barr .... Cookie (voice)
• Clancy Brown .... Volgud (voice)
• Jean Gilpin .... Inger (voice)
• Kai Rune Larsen .... Seaman/Gunnar
• Bill Fagerbakke .... Sven (voice)
• Thomas F. Wilson .... Carnaby (voice)
• Floyd Red Crow Westerman .... Chakashi (voice)
• Jeff Bennett .... Sam McKeane (voice)
• William Morgan Sheppard .... Erik Hellstrom (voice)

Voice Director

• Greg Weisman

Original Music

• Don Harper

Film Editing

• John Royer

Art Department

• Nathan Chew .... storyboard artist

Sound Department

• Elliot Anders .... dialogue editor
• Joshua Chase .... sound effects editor
• Steve Dierkens .... music recordist
• Arnold Geher .... adr engineer
• Marilyn Graf .... foley mixer
• Eric Lewis .... assistant dialogue editor and assistant dialogue recording engineer

Other crew

• Joshua P. Edwards .... script coordinator
• Carin-Anne Greco .... animation storyboard artist
• Don Harper .... conductor
• Dave Metzger .... orchestrator

• Game: "Search for the Spear of Destiny"
• Random course generator
• Matching correct artifacts with the lost city you learn about how to recover the Spear and save the city
• Deleted scene OR alternate ending
• Interactive Menus
• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and DTS 5.1 Digital Surround Sound
• English, French, and Spanish tracks on DVD
• 80 min long.
• Widescreen.

The Last is one of the episodes of Team Atlantis that wasn't animated and featured an appearance by Demona from Gargoyles. It introduces the hunter known as Fiona Canmore, known friend to Dr Sweet. The episode would have Demona using The Praying Gargoyle statue to bring Gargoyle Statues in Paris alive to kill the local humans.

Scripts and Voice recording of the episode can be seen at The Gathering conventions. Marina Sirtis reprises her role as Demona, and Fiona Canmore is voiced by Sheena Easton.

Many fans of the first movie seemed disappointed with this direct to video sequel. It had an obviously lower budget, and seemed to take place in more recent times, despite the original movie taking place in 1914.

Another odd fact is it would seem the characters act as if they never had any of the fortune they gained from the end of the first movie at all: The money is never even mentioned.

• Atlantis: Milo's Return at the Internet Movie Database
• Milo's Return at Disney DVD & Video
• Ask Greg - Information on Team Atlantis

v • d • e Disney direct-to-video animated features
Sequels, Prequels and Midquels
The Return of Jafar (1994) • Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) • Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) • Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) • Belle's Magical World (1998) • Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000) • The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000) • Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) • Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002) • 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • Mulan II (2005) • Tarzan II (2005) • Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005) • Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005) • Kronk's New Groove (2005) • Bambi II (2006) • Brother Bear 2 (2006) • The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006) • Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007) • The Little Mermaid III (2007)
Films based on TV series
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999) • Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001) • Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (2001) • Mickey's House of Villains (2002) • Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) • Tarzan & Jane (2002) • Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade (2003) • Recess: All Growed Down (2003) • Leroy & Stitch (2006)
TV Pilots
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken (1995) • Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off (1997) • Hercules: Zero to Hero (1998) • Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) • Stitch! The Movie (2003) • Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003)
Other
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999) • Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004) • Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004) • Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004) • Tinker Bell (2007)