
TV spots began to air between September and October 2006. The second theatrical trailer was released on May 5, 2006, and was shown before Alternate Reality, Over the Hedge, Cars, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, Nacho Libre, The SkyToons Movie, Mixed Too!, Monster House, The Ant Bully, Barnyard, RandomToons: Tooned Out!, How to Eat Fried Worms, Greenuts 2, Everyone's Hero, and Open Season. The first theatrical trailer was released on February 10, 2006, and was shown before Curious George, The Pink Panther, Circus Bears, Doogal, The Shaggy Dog, Ice Age: The Meltdown, and The Wild. The official teaser was released on November 4, 2005, and was shown before Chicken Little, Yours, Mine and Ours, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Meerkats, and Cheaper by the Dozen 2, and Hoodwinked!. Wendy's promoted the film with a set of 5 kids' meal toys featuring the characters from the film.
The main goal for the artstyle and animation for the film is to mix between the typical Pixar-style animation with a Dr. Seuss book Daisy-Head Mayzie to turn into an computer-animated film after the failure of Universal/ DreamWorks' The Cat in the Hat.ĭallas Sharp was attached to create direct the film, while Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio was hired by the studio to write the film. On November 2003, Paramount Animation acquired movie rights for the Dr.