For some reason, my brain fooled me into thinking this had been made already by a different studio and that it was called THE SECRET OF KELLS (which I really need to see). And then I realized they were 2 different projects.
Sorta related question: When NEWT got cancelled, was it because of Blue Sky's RIO? Or did RIO happen because NEWT was cancelled? 2 remaining animals from a blue species brought together to mate...? EDIT: Hmmmm.