There are more cartoon-based theatrical features moving into production than ever before. The demand for CGI animation and 3-D thrills has contributed greatly to this, but so has the complete dearth of new ideas from which to make animated fantasy films (AVATAR and most of Pixar's outputs being notable exceptions). With executives afraid to take a chance on anything new, they gladly fall back on characters from classic children's books, comic books, toy lines, old Saturday morning cartoons,...