Disney’’s new film, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, is opening this weekend and has much talk surrounding it regarding its un-Disney-like format.

Disney is straying away from their standard film structure for Atlantis. You won”t find talking animals or singing characters in this adventure movie. “We”ve made the equivalent of a fun ride at Disneyland. There is danger, there is movement and there is excitement,”” said co-director Kirk Wise. At one point, the main character, Milo Thatch, voiced by Michael J. Fox, was going to have a pet sidekick rat, but that idea was scrapped because it was a step backwards. However, don”t let this make you think that Disney has stopped production on musicals altogether. Disney is currently working on a new animated feature entitled “Sweating Bullets.” With regards to this in-production film, Thomas Schumacher, president of Disney feature animation, said, “Is the musical coming back? Why yes. We”ve got musical cows.