CGImitation

What is it with CGI features that they seem to come in pairs?

It happened first with Antz, on it's own a good CGI film, but overshadowed by Pixar's A Bugs Life which came out almost simultaneously.

Then a couple of years ago audiences were less than impressed by Shark Tale, particularly since we'd had our fill of aquatic CGI in the form of Finding Nemo.

A tonight I was browsing the trailers in Front Row and came across The Wild, a Disney effort about a bunch exotic animals (including a giraffe and a lion) and the hilarity that ensues when they're lifted from the safe environs of a city zoo.

No, not Madagascar. This is different. Apparently.

I know these films have massive gestation times, but surely somebody could have peeked over the wall to see that not only were the guys at the next Silicon Graphics workstation making a similar film, but they were gonna get it in cinemas long before Disney was ready?