The second animated film Alan Menken scored to not be from Walt Disney Animation Studios after Sausage Party (2016).
The 24th theatrically released animated film released during the 21st century with a November release date outside of a Thanksgiving week after Rugrats in Paris (2000), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Brother Bear (2003), The Incredibles (2004), The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (2004), Chicken Little (2005), Flushed Away (2006), Happy Feet (2006), Bee Movie (2007), Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Megamind (2010), Happy Feet Two (2011), Wreck-It Ralph (2012), Free Birds (2013), Big Hero 6 (2014), The Peanuts Movie (2015), Trolls (2016), The Star (2017), Dr. Seuss's The Grinch (2018), Arctic Dogs (2019), Frozen II (2019), and Seal Team (2021).
Nathan Lane (the Oracle of the Sun) and John Oliver (the Video Reference voice) had both been in an incarnation of The Lion King. Lane was in the 1994 original traditionally animated film as Timon, whilst Oliver was in the 2019 live action reboot as Zazu.