Following work on "Aladdin", Clements, along with Musker, resumed their work on "Treasure Planet", which was again turned down by Katzenberg in 1993, who disapproved of setting the adaptation of a classic adventure tale in outer space. A deal was struck with the two directors to create another commercial film before he would approve "Treasure Planet". Rejecting projects in development such as "Don Quixote", "The Odyssey", and "Around the World in Eighty Days", they were later informed of animator Joe Haidar's pitch for a "Hercules" feature, and signed onto the project.