Division of 20th Century Fox | |
Industry | Traditional animation CGI animation Motion pictures |
Founded | 1997 |
Headquarters | Century City, Los Angeles, California, U.S[1] |
Key people
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Vanessa Morrison (President)[2] |
Products | CGI animated films |
Owner | 21st Century Fox |
Parent | 20th Century Fox (1997–present) |
Twentieth Century Fox Animation (stylized as 20th Century Fox Animation) is the animation division of the film studio 20th Century Fox, tasked for production feature-length animated film.[3]
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History
Fox Animation Studios
Before 20th Century Fox started its animation division in 1997, 20th Century Fox released its first six animated films, such as Wizards, Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (both released in 1977), Fire and Ice (released in 1983), FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Once Upon a Forest and The Pagemaster. From 1994–2000,[4][5] they operated Fox Animation Studios, a traditional animation studio which was started to compete with Walt Disney Animation Studios, which was experiencing great success at the time with films such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King. The Fox studio, however, was not as successful. Their first feature Anastasia made nearly $140 million at the worldwide box office on a $53 million budget in 1997,[6] but their next feature, Titan A.E., was a large financial loss, losing $100 million for 20th Century Fox in 2000.[7] The lack of box office success, coupled with the rise of computer animation, led Fox to shut down the Fox Animation Studios.[5]
Blue Sky Studios
Since 1997, Fox owns Blue Sky Studios, a computer animation company known for the Ice Age franchise.[9] Fox has had much more success with Blue Sky, and the box office receipts of their films are competitive with those of Pixar and DreamWorks. They have released eleven features:
- Ice Age (2002)
- Robots (2005)
- Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
- Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
- Rio (2011)
- Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
- Epic (2013)
- Rio 2 (2014)
- The Peanuts Movie (2015)
- Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
Other films
- The Simpsons Movie (2007) (co-production by Gracie Films, Film Roman, and Rough Draft Feature Animation)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) (co-production with Indian Paintbrush, Regency Enterprises, and American Empirical Pictures)[10]
- The Book of Life (2014) (co-production with Reel FX)[11]
Television specials
- Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999) (co-production by DNA Productions, The Curiosity Company, and Fox Television Studios)
Short films
Produced with Blue Sky Studios
- Bunny (1998)
- Gone Nutty (2002)
- Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty (2005)
- No Time for Nuts (2006)
- Surviving Sid (2008)
- Umbrellacorn (2013)
- Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe (2015)
- Scrat: Spaced Out (2016)
Other films
- The Longest Daycare (2012) (co-production with Gracie Films and Film Roman)
- The Adventures of Chuy (2015) (co-production with Reel FX)
Upcoming films
- Ferdinand (2017)[12]
- Pigeon Impossible (2019)[13][14]
- Nimona (2020)[15][16][17]
- Anubis (TBA)[18][12][17]
- Mutts (TBA)[19][20]
- Mr. Men Little Miss[21][22]
- The Littlest Bigfoot (TBA)[23]
- Zita the Spacegirl (TBA)[24]
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon (TBA)[25]
- Momotaro (TBA)[26]
- The Dam Keeper (TBA)[27]
- Puff, the Magic Dragon (TBA)[28]
- Untitled Family Guy Film (TBA)[29][30]
- A Tale of Momentum & Inertia (TBA)[31]
- Escape from Hat (TBA)[32]
- With Kind Regards from Kindergarten (TBA)[32]
- The Witch Boy (TBA)[33]
See also
References
- ^ Burton, Michelle (June 12, 2011). "Long Beach Animation Careers - A Profile of the Art Scene, Top Employers, & Animation Schools/Programs". Animation Career Review. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ^ "20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios and Peanuts Worldwide Announce Iconic Peanuts Gang to Hit Theaters". Business Wire. October 9, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- ^ "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). 21st Century Fox. p. 19. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ^ Kaye, Jeff (May 6, 1994). "COMPANY TOWN : Fox Heats Up the Animation Wars : Movies: Heavyweight Don Bluth discusses the deal that will bring him and Gary Goldman home from Ireland.". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ a b Eller, Claudia (June 29, 2000). "20th Century Fox Closes Its Phoenix Animation Studio". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ Anastasia at Box Office Mojo
- ^ Palmeri, Christopher (September 19, 2013). "Despicable Me 2 Producer Knows How to Win the Box Office". Bloomberg. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ^ a b "Vanessa Morrison Re-Ups With Fox, Brian Keane With Blue Sky After ‘Ice Age 4′". Deadline. July 18, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
- ^ "Imaginative Pix takes interest in Blue Sky". Variety. August 28, 1997. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ^ Brody, Richard (November 2, 2009). "Wild, Wild Wes". The New Yorker. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
And doing it on the industrial scale required for a studio motion picture—this one is being produced by Twentieth Century Fox Animation—is a gigantic undertaking.
- ^ McClintock, Pamela (December 12, 2012). "Fox Animation Teaming With Guillermo del Toro on 'Book of Life' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
- ^ a b Chitwood, Adam (May 16, 2013). "DreamWorks Animation Moves B.O.O. Release Up to June 5, 2015 and TROLLS to November 4, 2016; Fox Dates ANUBIS and FERDINAND". Collider.com. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ^ Fox Consumer Products (August 23, 2016). "TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX CONSUMER PRODUCTS - BLE 2016 PREVIEW STATEMENT" (Press release). Virtual Press Office. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ^ "Pigeon Impossible". Box Office Mojo (2019). Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ^ Kit, Borys (June 11, 2015). "Fox Animation Nabs 'Nimona' Adaptation With 'Feast' Director (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
- ^ Riley, Jennel (February 9, 2017). "Oscar Winner Patrick Osborne Returns With First-Ever VR Nominee ‘Pearl’". Variety. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
I’m working with Blue Sky Animation and Fox on “Nimona,...
- ^ a b Couch, Aaron (June 30, 2017). "Fox Carves Out Dates for 6 Mystery Marvel Movies". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ^ McClintock, Pamela (December 20, 2013). "'Ice Age 5' to Hit Theaters Summer 2016". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
- ^ Kit, Borys (July 22, 2011). "'Mutts' Comic Strip Headed to Big Screen From 20th Century Fox (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
- ^ Dueben, Alex (December 13, 2016). "For Mutts’ Patrick McDonnell, It’s Always the Year of Yesh!". CBR. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ McClintock, Pamela (February 7, 2011). "Fox Sets 'Mr. Men' Animated Feature With Producer Shawn Levy (EXCLUSIVE)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
- ^ 20th Century Fox Film (January 27, 2015). "Fox Animation Acquires Film Rights to Sanrio’s Mr. Men Little Miss Properties" (Press release). Business Wire. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ^ Busch, Anita (September 16, 2016). "‘The Littlest Bigfoot’: Kids Book To Be Made Into Animated Feature". Deadline. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ^ Busch, Anita (September 14, 2016). "Fox Animation Picks Up ‘Zita The Spacegirl’ Book Trilogy For Chernin Entertainment". Deadline. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ Lodderhose, Diana (October 25, 2016). "Fox Animation Picks Up ‘The Girl Who Drank The Moon’ For ‘Kubo And The Two Strings’ Writer Marc Haimes". Deadline. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ Kit, Borys (November 10, 2016). "Fox Animation Nabs Rights to Children's Fantasy 'Momotaro: Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ Kit, Borys (November 16, 2016). "'The Dam Keeper' Feature Film in the Works From Fox Animation, Tonko House". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ Fleming Jr., Mike (December 9, 2016). "Peter, Paul & Mary Tune ‘Puff The Magic Dragon’ In Fox Deal With ‘Troll’s Helmer Mike Mitchell". Deadline. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ^ Baldwin, Kristen (November 30, 2012). "Seth MacFarlane reveals Oscar contest, 'Family Guy' movie plans". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 26, 2014). "Comic-Con: ‘Family Guy’ Feature Film On Hold; Season 13 Guest Stars & Stories Revealed". Deadline. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ^ Kit, Borys (April 20, 2017). "'Cars 3' Writers Tackling Animated Movie 'A Tale of Momentum and Inertia' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
- ^ a b Patten, Dominic (April 27, 2017). "‘Little Prince’s Mark Osborne & Scribe Adam Kline Link With Fox Animation For Two New Projects". Deadline. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
- ^ Kit, Borys (May 31, 2017). "Fox Animation Picks Up 'Witch Boy' Graphic Novel (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 4, 2017.