Don Bluth's Puss in Boots

This is an Animated Movie idea for Don Bluth to make a concept of.

Plot
On a Rainy Night, an elderly miller heads for home, when He sees a family of cats (Lupo the Dad, Amara the Mom, and their kittens, Zola, Pazzo, Torta and Volpe) lost and hungry. the miller offers to give them a home. arriving home, the miller has the cats as Mousers to help deal with the rodent problem. life was great for everyone, until a year later, the Miller died from old age. in His will, The Miller bequeathed the Mill to Tonio, His eldest son. the donkeys to Alonzo, His middle son, and the family of cats to His youngest son, Paolo. knowing just as the mill was facing financial trouble, Paolo decides to leave home with the cats to find His fortune.

In a small village, as Paolo thinks about how to make money, a thief who just robbed a store pushes Paolo and steals Volpe. Volpe, on impulse screams for Paolo to save Him. Paolo who was surprised at first, manages to catch up to the thief and retrieve Volpe. the village policeman arrests the thief and thanks Paolo for His good deed and is given a cash reward, enough to buy a tent, food, supplies, and a pair of boots for Volpe to wear. making their home in the forest, near a kingdom. feeling that a tent in the forest isn't enough of a home, and that the Kingdom is looking for ways of finding and punishing those responsible for stealing from the kingdom's gardens and a shortage of food. Volpe goes to the kingdom at night and quietly stakes out around one garden. the cat manages to capture two rabbits, who is in fact, responsible for stealing the vegetables, just to feed their young.

The next morning, Volpe (wearing a cloak) presents the thieves to the king, who is impressed with the cat's humane methods of capturing the rabbits. the King's daughter decides to adopt the family of rabbits, providing them a home in the kingdom's courtyard. Volpe knowing that the lack of food is still a problem, makes a suggestion and get food from an obscure source. After hearing Volpe's plan, Paolo is unsure, but knowing that His brothers need money, He accepted, but has Volpe promise not to reveal His ability of speech to anyone. With 30 bags of flour, Paolo and His brothers head for the kingdom, but is attacked by a Larger-than-normal Wolf. Paolo, and his brothers, manage to reach the kingdom. and the wolf is revealed to be a malicious Sorcerer, named Rutile, who can turn into any animal but at a giant size. After being supplied with food, the king rewards the brothers with a bag of gold, and named them the kingdom's personal flour suppliers.

Two months later, As Volpe is thinking of ways to help Paolo, He falls in love with a beautiful cat named Foxglove, who charms Volpe, making Him forget about helping Paolo, and after nine dates, Volpe declares to Foxglove that He wants to marry Her. after a few seconds, Foxglove becomes uneasy and says that She'll think about it. returning to the tent, Volpe sees a note, saying that Paolo is returning home, due to Volpe not being committed to helping His owner. Volpe feeling that He didn't want to betray His owner decides to head to where Foxglove lives and put off the marriage, and when She sees Foxglove go inside a black castle, He goes in without being seen.

Once inside the castle, He realizes that Foxglove is Rutile's familiar, who asks for Rutile to free Her family from petrification. Rutile then tells Foxglove to distract Volpe, long enough for Him to take over the kingdom. Volpe, heartbroken with grief, heads for the kingdom to warn the king, but is spotted by Rutile. Volpe manages to get to the kingdom a few minutes before Rutile, warns the king, who has the soldiers take up arms. Rutile, as a Gryphon attacks the kingdom, and kidnaps the king's daughter. and petrifies the kingdom and those who live there, but leaves Foxglove. but, Volpe, gets Himself and Foxglove out seconds before the entire kingdom turned to stone. Foxglove, knowing that Rutile clearly abandoned Her, wants to help Volpe, but He angrily responds saying, "I won't marry a feline who is ruthless as that Sorcerer." and walks off to the mill with tears in His eyes.

At the mill, Volpe is sorrowing over what happened, then Foxglove arrived at the mill, asking for help. Volpe refused, but Amara presses Her son to hear Her out, which Volpe disdainfully agreed to. Foxglove explained to Volpe that Rutile has kidnapped the princess. Paolo after hearing it, goes to the black castle alone. Knowing that Paolo cannot hope to defeat Rutile, Volpe and Foxglove race to the castle.

Arriving there, Volpe sees many statues, who were once people. Volpe seeing how cruel Rutile is and how Foxglove has suffered, demands the sorcerer to come down, and He does, as a falcon, and He demands Volpe leave. the Cat refused and demanded the princess be freed and the kingdom restored. Rutile refused and chased the cats as different animals. soon, when Rutile cornered Volpe, The Sorcerer goes into the cat's mind and learn that He's afraid of mice, so He turns into a mouse to mentally torture Him before petrifying Him. Without warning, Foxglove impulsively attacks and gulps up Rutile. With Rutile's demise, since Foxglove was His familiar, She turned to stone. But, with the Sorcerer's demise, the Black Castle becomes shiny, the people are released from their petrified prisons. just as Paolo goes in the castle, The princess who was in a prison cell calls for help and Paolo freed Her. and They fall in love, They soon see Volpe shedding tears on Foxglove's petrified body, and said yes to being Married to Her, and like magic, Foxglove returns to life, as Volpe tearfully hugs Her.

At Volpe and Foxglove's wedding, They declare their love for each other. Six months later, Volpe's friends and Family are invited to attend Paolo's wedding to the princess, signifying a new future for the kingdom.

Cast of Characters

 * The Miller (Giuseppe) - Owner of a small mill and father of Tonio, Alonzo, and Paolo.
 * Tonio - The Miller's Eldest Son, noted for His good planning.
 * Alonzo - The Miller's Middle Son noted for His diligence.
 * Paolo - The Miller's youngest son and one of the main characters.
 * Lupo and Amara - The parents of Zola, Pazzo, Torta, and Volpe.
 * Zola - A Down to earth cat, and the first-born cat of Lupo and Amara.
 * Pazzo - A Quirky Cat and the second-born cat of Lupo and Amara.
 * Torta - A Kind-hearted cat and third-born cat of Lupo and Amara.
 * Volpe - A loyal, but tricky cat and fourth-born cat of Lupo and Amara. Volpe is also Musophobic, meaning He's afraid of mice. and the Main Cat Character of the story.
 * Rutile - An Evil Sorcerer who can turn into any animal at a giant size and the Main Villain of the story.
 * Foxglove - Rutile's familiar and Volpe's Love interest.