Warner Bros. Animation (currently known alternatively as Warner Animation Group for theatrically released films) is the animation division of Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Time Warner. The studio is closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters, among others. The studio is the successor to Warner Bros. Cartoons (formerly Leon Schlesinger Productions), the studio which produced Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon shorts from 1933 to 1963, and from 1967 to 1969. Warner reestablished its own animation division in 1980 to produce Looney Tunes related works.
Since 1990, Warner Bros. Animation has primarily focused upon the production of television and feature animation of other properties, notably including those related to Time Warner’s DC Comics publications.
History
1972 — 1989: Restarting the studio
The original Warner Bros. Cartoon studio, as well as all of Warner Bros.’s short subject production divisions, closed in 1969 due to the rising costs and declining returns of short subject production. Outside animation companies were hired to produce new Looney Tunes-related animation for TV specials and commercials at irregular intervals. In 1976, Warner Bros. Cartoon alumnus Chuck Jones began producing a series of Looney Tunes specials at his Chuck Jones Productions animation studio, the first of which was Carnival of the Animals. These specials, and a 1975 Looney Tunes retrospective feature film titled Bugs Bunny: Superstar, led Jones to produce The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie for Warner Bros. in 1979. This film blended classic Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts with newly produced wraparounds of Bugs Bunny introducing each cartoon. Warner Bros. responded to the success of this film by reestablishing its own cartoon studio.
Warner Bros. Animation reopened its doors in 1980 to produce compilation films and television specials starring the Looney Tunes characters. Friz Freleng left DePatie-Freleng (which became Marvel Productions after being sold to Marvel Entertainment), and returned to Warner as executive producer. Before leaving DFE, Freleng produced new animation for The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981). The new wraparounds for Bugs Bunny’s 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) and Daffy Duck’s Fantastic Island (1983) featured footage by a new Warner Bros. Animation staff, composed mainly of veterans from the golden age of WB cartoons, including writers John Dunn and Dave Detiege.
By 1986, Freleng had departed, with Steven S. Greene and Kathleen Helppie-Shipley taking his place. The studio continued production on special projects starring the Looney Tunes characters, sporadically producing new Looney Tunes shorts for theaters such as The Duxorcist (1987), Night of the Living Duck (1988), Box-Office Bunny (1990), and Carrotblanca (1995). Many of these shorts, as well as the new footage in the compilation film Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters (which includes The Duxorcist), were directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon, as well as Darrell Van Citters.
1989 — 1997: Moving into television animation
Beginning in 1989, Warner Bros. moved into regular television animation production. Warner’s television division was established by WB Animation President Jean MacCurdy, who brought in producer Richard Williams and much of his staff from Hanna-Barbera Productions’ A Pup Named Scooby-Doo series. A studio for the television unit was set up at the Sherman Oaks Galleria northwest of Los Angeles. Darrell Van Citters, who used to work at Disney, would work on the newer Bugs Bunny shorts, before leaving to form Renegade Animation in 1992. The first Warner Bros. original animated TV series Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1992) was produced in conjunction with Amblin Entertainment, and featured young cartoon characters based upon specific Looney Tunes stars, and was a success. Later Amblin/Warner Bros. television shows, including Animaniacs (1993–1998), its spin-off Pinky and the Brain (1995–1998), Freakazoid! (1995–1997), and Histeria! (1998-2000) followed in continuing the Looney Tunes tradition of cartoon humor.
Warner Bros. Animation also began developing shows based upon comic book characters owned by sister company DC Comics. These programs, including Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995), Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000), Batman Beyond (1999–2001), and Justice League/Justice League Unlimited (2001–2006) proved popular among both children and adults. These shows were part of the DC animated universe. A theatrical Batman spin-off feature, Mask of the Phantasm was produced in 1993 and bumped up to theatrical release. The film was well-received by critics but performed poorly at the box-office, although it eventually became a commercial success through its subsequent home video releases.
1997 — 2003: The rise and fall of Warner Bros. Feature Animation
Warner Bros., as well as several other Hollywood studios, moved into feature animation following the success of Disney’s The Lion King in 1994. Max Howard, a Disney alumnus, was brought in to head the new division, which was set up in two studios: one in Sherman Oaks near the television studio, and the other in nearby Glendale. Turner Feature Animation, later merged and named Warner Bros. Feature Animation, like all of the in-house feature animation studios proved an unsuccessful venture, as five of the six films it produced failed to earn money during their original theatrical releases (due to lack of promotion for their animated features). The first of Warners’ animated features was Space Jam (1996), a live-action/animation mix which starred NBA star, Michael Jordan opposite Bugs Bunny (Jordan had previously appeared with the Looney Tunes in a number of Nike commercials). Directed by Joe Pytka (live-action) and Bruce W. Smith & Tony Cervone (animation), Space Jam proved to be a success at the box office. Animation production for Space Jam was primarily done at the new Sherman Oaks studio, although much of the work was outsourced to animation studios around the world.
Following Space Jam’s success, Warner Bros. Feature Animation continued production on its next feature, Cats Don’t Dance (1997), which was met with warm critical and audience reception but bombed thanks to little marketing and fanfare. The following year, their next feature Quest for Camelot (1998), panned by both critics and audiences, but its soundtrack (especially one of the songs, «The Prayer«) did receive some accolades. The fourth Warner Bros. animated feature, Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant (1999), was not a commercial success, although it received rave reviews and performed well with test audiences. The Iron Giant would eventually became a modern cult classic. The studio’s next film, Osmosis Jones (2001) was another animated/live action mix which suffered through a troubled production. Directors Tom Sito and Piet Kroon completed the animation long before the live-action segments, eventually directed by Bobby & Peter Farrelly and starring Bill Murray, were begun. The resulting film was a box office flop, although it was successful enough on the home video market for Warner’s Television Animation department to produce a related Saturday morning cartoon, Ozzy & Drix (2002–2003) for its WB broadcast network.
Following the releases of The Iron Giant and Osmosis Jones the feature animation staff was scaled back, and the entire animation staff — feature and television — were moved to the larger Sherman Oaks facility. The final Warner Bros. Feature Animation production was another live-action/animation mix, Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), which was meant to be the starting point for a reestablishment of the classic cartoons brands, including a planned series of new Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts. The newer Looney Tunes were produced by Back in Action writer and producer Larry Doyle. while the Tom and Jerry shorts were produced by co-creator Joe Barbera, whom also wrote and directed some entries. After Back in Action, directed by Joe Dante (live action) and Eric Goldberg (animation), received mixed reviews and failed at the box office, production was shut down on the new shorts and the feature animation unit was dissolved to avoid the financial ruin of the entire studio. Two TV series based loosely upon the Looney Tunes property, Baby Looney Tunes (2002–2005), Loonatics Unleashed (2005–2007) and Tom and Jerry Tales (2006-2008) have assumed the place of the original shorts on television.
1996–present: Acquisitions and Warner Bros. Animation today
Warners’ parent company Time Warner merged with Turner Broadcasting System in 1996, not only reacquiring the rights to the pre-August 1948 color Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (plus all the B&W Merrie Melodies except Lady, Play Your Mandolin! and the post-Harman/Ising B&W entries, which WB had held on to since 1967 after merging with Seven Arts Productions, which had owned that cartoon and the B&W Looney Tunes) but also taking on two more animation studios: Turner Feature Animation and Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. Turner Feature was immediately folded into Warner Bros. Feature Animation, while Hanna-Barbera merged with Warner Bros. Animation itself. With the death of William Hanna in 2001, Warner fully took over production of H-B related properties such as Scooby-Doo, producing a steady stream of Scooby direct-to-video films (beginning with Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island) and two new series, What’s New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–2005) and Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006–2008). The Turner merger also gave WB access to the pre-1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library, which included its classic cartoon library (including such characters as Tom and Jerry, Droopy, Barney Bear, and Screwy Squirrel). WBA has since co-produced a few direct-to-video films with Turner which starred Tom and Jerry. Besides producing content for the daytime market, Warner Bros. Animation also produced Baby Blues with sister company Warner Bros. Television and 3 South with MTV Animation for primetime.
The series which Hanna-Barbera had been producing for Turner’s Cartoon Network before and during the Time Warner/Turner merger were shifted to production at Cartoon Network Studios, a sister company to Warner Bros. Animation. Warner Bros. Animation is today exclusively involved in the production of animated television programming and direct-to-video features. It produced many of the shows airing on the Kids’ WB Saturday morning programming block of The CW until May 24, 2008. These programs included Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, Krypto the Superdog, Xiaolin Showdown, The Batman, and the aforementioned Loonatics Unleashed and Tom and Jerry Tales. By 2007, the studio had downsized significantly from its size during the late 1990s. Warner Bros. downsized the studio further in June, shut down the Sherman Oaks studio, and had Warner Bros. Animation moved to the Warner Bros. Ranch in Burbank, California. In early 2008 after the demise of Kids’ WB!, Warner Bros. Animation became almost dormant with only Batman: The Brave and the Bold in production at the time.
To expand the company’s online content presence, Warner Bros. Animation launched the new KidsWB.com (announced as T-Works) on April 28, 2008. The new website gathers its core animation properties in a single online environment that will be interactive and customizable for site visitors. The Kids WB offers both originally produced content along with classic animated episodes, games, and exploration of virtual worlds, all supported by advertising. Some of the characters to be used in the project from the Warner libraries include those of Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera, and DC Comics.
On March 25, 2009, sister network Cartoon Network announced Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated in the Fall 2009-2010 season by Warner Bros. Animation. Warner Bros. Animation recently announced several new projects, such as The Looney Tunes Show (formerly called Laff Riot); a reboot of ThunderCats, and several series based on DC Comics properties such as MAD (TV series), Green Lantern, and Young Justice. Meanwhile, more recently, Fox has begun commence on a reboot of Hanna-Barbera’s The Flintstones, developed by Family Guy/American Dad! creator Seth MacFarlane.
Meanwhile, Warner Bros. Animation is producing also DC Showcase, a series of short subjects featuring lesser known comic book superheroes, to be released in tandem with direct-to-video films based on DC Comics properties.
On July 30, 2010 Coyote Falls, a 3D cartoon featuring Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner was released, being the first time WB Animation produced theatrically released content since The Karate Guard in 2005 (The only 2003-produced cartoon to have an theatrical screening) and the first time which the studio used full CGI and stereoscopic 3D. Two more theatrical Road Runner cartoons have followed during the year (Fur of Flying and Rabid Rider) but no more shorts were announced during the moment owing to the deepening recession in the US and production delays on most WB animation shows until much later, however, on June 8, 2011 Daffy Rhapsody a 3D CGI cartoon featuring Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd will be release with the movie Happy Feet 2, Two more will follow, I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat with Sylvester the Cat and Tweety Pie and Untitled Coyote & Road Runner.
2013-present: The rise and success of Warner Animation Group
The official Warner Animation Group logo.
On January 2013, Jeff Robinov found a «think tank» for developing theatrical animated films, known as the Warner Animation Group. It is the successor of the dissolved Warner Bros. Feature Animation. The group includes John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Nicholas Stoller, Phil Lord and Chris Miller and Jared Stern. Warner Bros. hopes the box office receptions of their films will be competitive to Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, DreamWorks Animation, Blue Sky Studios, Sony Pictures Animation, and Illumination Entertainment.
On February 7, 2014, Warner Animation Group released their first film The Lego Movie, a film animated by Animal Logic using Lego Digital Designer and Autodesk Maya as the animation technologies, Houdini Effects as the effects technology, Autodesk Softimage as the animation, compositing, rendering, and lighting technology, Pixar’s Renderman as the rendering technology, and Autodesk Inventor as the camera technology. This film also has a segment shot in live-action using Steadicam. It met with an overwhelming critical acclaim and is currently proving to be a box office success.
On January 8, 2013 Warner Animation Group announced their second film Storks which will be releasing in 2015. On the same day, they announced their third film Smallfoot which will be releasing in 2016.
On February 7, 2014, the same day The Lego Movie was released, Jared Stern and Michelle Morgan were hired to write Warner Animation Group’s first sequel The Lego Movie 2. However, later that year, it was reported that a spin-off film featuring Batman from The Lego Movie might take the sequel’s release date, pushing the sequel to May 18, 2018. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller returned to script and co-direct the sequel. Rob Schrab will direct it. On June 2016, the release date was pushed to February 8, 2019.
On March 27, 2015, It was reported that Jason Segel and Drew Pearce are going to co-direct and write a script to a new «Lego Movie» spin-off named «Billion Brick Race». Other WAG films announced in 2015 are based on Adventure Time, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, Speedy Gonzales and Bone.
In Late September 2015, it was reported that WB and WAG are working on an animated musical called Meet The Beatles to do with The Beatles, the film is to be directed by Paul King, who directed Paddington.
In March 2016, Warner Bros. announced plans for a shared universe of animated films based on various Hanna-Barbera characters, starting with S.C.O.O.B., a reboot of the Scooby-Doo film series, scheduled for September 21, 2018 in the United States.
Filmography
- Main article: List of Warner Bros. Animation filmography
Gallery
See also
- Warner Bros.
- Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
- Warner Home Video
- Warner Premiere
- Warner Bros. Television
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This article is about the studio founded in 1980. For its predecessor, see Warner Bros. Cartoons. For the feature animation division of Warner Bros. since 2013, see Warner Animation Group.
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Formerly | Warner Bros. Television Animation (1995–2003) |
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Predecessors |
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Founded | March 15, 1980; 43 years ago[1] |
Headquarters | 411 North Hollywood Way,
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Key people |
Sam Register (President, Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios, and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe) |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
Parent | Warner Bros. Television Studios |
Warner Bros. Animation Inc.[2] is an American animation studio which is part of the Warner Bros. Television Studios division of Warner Bros., a flagship of Warner Bros. Discovery. As the successor to Warner Bros. Cartoons, which was active from 1933 to 1969, the studio is closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters, among others. Warner Bros. re-established its animation division in 1980 to produce Looney Tunes–related works, and Turner Broadcasting System merged with WBD predecessor Time Warner in 1996.[1] In March 2001, Hanna-Barbera was absorbed into the studio.
In recent years, Warner Bros. Animation has specialized in producing television and direct-to-video animation featuring characters from other properties owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, including Turner Entertainment and the MGM cartoon studio, Hanna-Barbera, and DC Entertainment.
History
1970–1986: Restarting the studio
The original Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, as well as all of Warner Bros.’s short subject production divisions, closed its doors on October 10, 1969, due to the rising costs and declining returns of short subject production. Outside animation companies were hired to produce new Looney Tunes-related animation for TV specials and commercials at irregular intervals. In 1975, Warner Bros. Cartoon alumnus Chuck Jones began producing a series of Looney Tunes specials at his Chuck Jones Productions animation studio, the first of which was Carnival of the Animals. These specials, and a 1975 Looney Tunes retrospective feature film titled Bugs Bunny: Superstar (distributed by United Artists, the previous owner of the pre-1950 Warner Bros. library), led Jones to produce The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie for Warner Bros. in 1979. This film blended classic Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts with newly produced wraparounds of Bugs Bunny introducing each cartoon. Warner Bros. responded to the success of this film by reestablishing its own cartoon studio.
Warner Bros. Animation opened its doors on March 15, 1980, to produce compilation films and television specials starring the Looney Tunes characters. The studio’s initial head was Hal Geer, who had been the original studio’s sound effects editor during its final days, and he was soon joined by Friz Freleng, who left DePatie–Freleng (which became Marvel Productions after being sold to Marvel Comics), and returned to Warner as executive producer. The new wraparounds for The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981), Bugs Bunny’s 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) and Daffy Duck’s Fantastic Island (1983) featured footage by a new Warner Bros. Animation staff, composed mainly of veterans from the golden age of WB cartoons, including writers John Dunn and Dave Detiege.
By 1986, Freleng had departed, and Hal Geer also stepped down the following year. Geer was briefly replaced by Steven S. Greene, who in turn was replaced by Freleng’s former secretary Kathleen Helppie-Shipley, who would spearhead a major revival of the Looney Tunes brand in the years that followed. The studio continued production on special projects starring the Looney Tunes characters, sporadically producing new Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts for theaters such as The Duxorcist (1987), Night of the Living Duck (1988), Box-Office Bunny (1990), and Carrotblanca (1995). Many of these shorts, as well as the new footage in the compilation film Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters (which includes The Duxorcist), were directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon, as well as Darrell Van Citters.
1986–1996: Moving into television animation
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Industry | Television animation Television production |
Founded | 1981; 42 years ago in Burbank, California. |
Founder | Hal Geer |
Defunct | 2003; 20 years ago |
Fate | Folded into Warner Bros. Animation |
Successor | Warner Bros. Animation |
Area served |
Worldwide |
Key people |
Sam Register (President, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series) |
Beginning in 1986, Warner Bros. moved into regular television animation production. Warners’ television division was established by WB Animation President Jean MacCurdy, who brought in producer Tom Ruegger and much of his staff from Hanna-Barbera Productions’ A Pup Named Scooby-Doo series (1988–1991). A studio for the television unit was set up in the office tower of the Imperial Bank Building adjacent to the Sherman Oaks Galleria northwest of Los Angeles. Darrell Van Citters, who used to work at Disney, would work at Warner Bros. on the newer Bugs Bunny shorts, before leaving to form Renegade Animation in 1992. The first Warner Bros. original animated TV series Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1995) was produced in conjunction with Amblin Entertainment, and featured young cartoon characters based upon specific Looney Tunes stars, and was a success. Later Amblin/Warner Bros. television shows, including Animaniacs (1993–1998), its spin-off Pinky and the Brain (1995–1998), and Freakazoid! (1995–1997) followed in continuing the Looney Tunes tradition of cartoon humor.
Warner Bros. Animation also began developing shows based upon comic book characters owned by sister company DC Comics. These programs, including Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995), Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000), The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999), Batman Beyond (1999–2001), and Justice League/Justice League Unlimited (2001–2006) proved popular among both children and adults. These shows were part of the DC animated universe. A Batman spin-off feature, Mask of the Phantasm, was produced in 1993 and bumped up to theatrical release. The film was near universally-well received by critics but performed poorly at the box-office, though it eventually became a commercial success through its subsequent home video releases. In 2003, Warner Bros. Television Animation was folded and was subsequently merged with Warner Bros. Animation.
1990–2004: Warner Bros. Feature Animation
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Type | Division |
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Industry | Feature animation |
Predecessor | Turner Feature Animation |
Founded | 1994; 29 years ago in Burbank, California |
Defunct | 2004; 19 years ago |
Fate | Folded into Warner Bros. Animation |
Successor | Warner Animation Group |
Area served |
Worldwide |
During the rise of the animation renaissance in the early 1990s, Warner Bros. distributed its first animated films: The Nutcracker Prince[3][4] in 1990, which is a Canadian-produced feature film based on E. T. A. Hoffmann’s classic holiday tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King; and Rover Dangerfield[5] in 1991, whose title character is a dog whose look and mannerisms are inspired by his voice actor Rodney Dangerfield. Both films received negative and mixed reviews respectively and under-performed at the box office due to lack of promotion.[3][6][7][8] Three years later after the release of Rover Dangerfield, Warner distributed Don Bluth’s Thumbelina, which also received mixed reviews from critics and under-performed at the box office.[3]
That same year, Warner Bros., as well as several other Hollywood studios, moved into feature animation following the success of Walt Disney Feature Animation’s The Lion King. Max Howard, a Disney alumnus, was brought in to head the new division, which was set up in Sherman Oaks near the television studio in nearby Glendale.[9] Turner Feature Animation, later merged and named Warner Bros. Feature Animation, like all of the in-house feature animation studios, proved an unsuccessful venture, as six of the seven films, under-performed during its original theatrical releases (due to lack of promotion).[citation needed]
The first of Warner’s animated features was Space Jam (1996), a live-action/animated hybrid which starred NBA star Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny (Jordan had previously appeared with the Looney Tunes in a number of Nike commercials). The film featured live-action sequences directed by Joe Pytka and animated sequences directed by Bruce W. Smith and Tony Cervone. Space Jam received mixed reviews from critics but proved to be a success at the box office. Animation production for Space Jam was primarily done at the new Sherman Oaks studio, although much of the work was outsourced to animation studios around the world.
Before the success of Space Jam, a Turner Entertainment-run studio that spun off from Hanna-Barbera were already producing animated features following the success of the Disney features. The first was The Pagemaster, a fantasy adventure directed by Joe Johnston (live-action) and Maurice Hunt (animation) that starred the performances of Macaulay Culkin and Christopher Lloyd with the live-action segments serving as bookends for the film’s story. Released by 20th Century Fox, the film under-performed and received negative reviews from critics during its holiday release of 1994. After the merger with Turner and Warner Bros.’s parent company Time Warner in 1996, Turner Feature Animation completed its second and last feature, Cats Don’t Dance (1997), directed by Mark Dindal, which was met with warm critical and audience reception but under-performed due to little marketing and fanfare.[citation needed] By the time of the film’s release, however, Turner Feature Animation had merged with Warner Feature Animation and transferred a majority of its staff from said studio.
The following year, its next film, Frederik Du Chau’s Quest for Camelot (1998), underwent production difficulties and also received mixed reviews from critics. However, its soundtrack (such as one of the songs, «The Prayer») received some praise and accolades, including an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe win.
The third animated feature from Warner Feature Animation, Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant (1999), received widespread acclaimed reception from critics and audiences. However, the studio decided to rush its release to the end of the summer with a rushed marketing push.[citation needed]
The studio’s next film, Osmosis Jones (2001), was another animated/live-action mix that suffered through another troubled production. This time, the animation sequences, directed by Piet Kroon and Tom Sito, were completed long before the live-action parts were filmed, eventually directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly and starring Bill Murray. The resulting film received mixed reviews and underperformed, although it was successful enough on home video for Warner’s Television Animation department to produce a related Saturday morning cartoon, Ozzy & Drix (2002–2004) for its WB broadcast network.
Following the releases of The Iron Giant and Osmosis Jones, the feature animation staff was scaled back, and the entire animation staff – feature and television – were moved to the larger Sherman Oaks facility.
Warner Bros. Feature Animation’s final project, Looney Tunes: Back in Action was released in 2003. It was intended to be the starting point for a reestablishment of the classic cartoons brands, including a planned series of new Looney Tunes theatrical shorts, produced by Back in Action writer and producer Larry Doyle.[citation needed] After Back in Action, directed by Joe Dante (live-action) and Eric Goldberg (animation), received mixed reviews from critics and under-performed at the box office, production was shut down on the new shorts, and, in 2004, Warner Bros. Feature Animation was folded and merged into Warner Bros. Animation, and Looney Tunes has been mostly relegated on television until 2021’s Space Jam: A New Legacy.
Title | Release date | Co-production with | Animation services | Director(s) | Budget | Gross |
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Space Jam[S] | November 15, 1996 | Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Northern Lights Entertainment |
Main facility Bardel Entertainment Stardust Pictures Heart of Texas Productions Character Builders Chuck Gammage Animation Premier Films Ltd. Rees / Leiva Productions Spaff Animation Uli Meyer Features |
Live Action: Joe Pytka Animation: Bruce W. Smith Tony Cervone |
$80 million | $230.4 million |
Cats Don’t Dance | March 26, 1997 | Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Turner Feature Animation[a] David Kirschner Productions |
— | Mark Dindal | $32 million | $3.6 million |
Quest for Camelot | May 15, 1998 | Warner Bros. Family Entertainment | California and London WBFA facility Yowza! Animation A. Film A/S Heart of Texas Productions |
Frederik Du Chau | $40 million | $38.1 million |
The Iron Giant | August 6, 1999 | — | Main faculties A. Film A/S (uncredited) Duncan Studios (Signature Edition) |
Brad Bird | $70–80 million | $31.3 million |
Osmosis Jones[S] | August 10, 2001 | Conundrum Entertainment | Main faculties A. Film A/S (uncredited) Yowza! Animation |
Live-action: Bobby Farrelly Peter Farrelly Animation: Piet Kroon Tom Sito |
$70 million | $14 million |
Looney Tunes: Back in Action[S] | November 14, 2003 | Baltimore Spring Creek Productions Goldmann Pictures Lonely Film Productions GmbH & Co. KG |
Main faculties Yowza! Animation Mercury Filmworks |
Live-action: Joe Dante Animation: Eric Goldberg |
$80 million | $68.5 million |
- S Combines live-action with animation.
1996–2019: Acquisitions of libraries
Warners’ parent company Time Warner merged with Turner Broadcasting System in 1996, not only regaining the rights to the previously sold Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts but also taking on two more animation studios: Turner Feature Animation and Hanna-Barbera Productions. Turner Feature was immediately folded into Warner Bros. Feature Animation, while Hanna-Barbera merged with Warner Bros. Animation itself. Until 1998, Hanna-Barbera operated on its original lot at 3400 Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood, California, one of the last «big name» studios with a Hollywood zip code. Studio operations, archives, and its extensive animation art collection were then moved northwest to Sherman Oaks. Hanna-Barbera occupied space in the office tower adjacent to the Sherman Oaks Galleria along with Warner Bros. Animation.
Following the death of William Hanna in 2001, Warner fully took over production of H-B related properties such as Scooby-Doo, producing a steady stream of Scooby direct-to-video films and two new series, What’s New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–2006) and Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006–2008). The Turner merger also gave WB access to the pre-May 1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library, which included its classic cartoon library (including such characters as Tom and Jerry (originally created by the H-B duo), Droopy, Barney Bear, Screwy Squirrel, and George and Junior). WBA has since co-produced a series of direct-to-video films with Turner which starred Tom and Jerry. Besides producing content for the daytime market, Warner Bros. Animation also produced Baby Blues with sister company Warner Bros. Television and 3 South with MTV Animation for primetime.
The series which Hanna-Barbera had been producing for Turner’s Cartoon Network before and during the Time Warner/Turner merger were shifted to production at Cartoon Network Studios, a sister company to Warner Bros. Animation. WBA is today exclusively involved in the production of animated television programming and direct-to-video features. It produced many of the shows airing on the Kids’ WB Saturday morning programming block of The CW until May 24, 2008. These programs included Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, Krypto the Superdog, Xiaolin Showdown, The Batman, and the aforementioned Loonatics Unleashed and Tom and Jerry Tales. By 2007, the studio had downsized significantly from its size during the late 1990s. Warner Bros. downsized the studio further in June, shut down the Sherman Oaks studio, and had Warner Bros. Animation moved to the Warner Bros. Ranch in Burbank, California. In early 2008 after the demise of Kids’ WB!, Warner Bros. Animation became almost dormant with only Batman: The Brave and the Bold in production at the time.
To expand the company’s online content presence, Warner Bros. Animation launched the new KidsWB.com (announced as T-Works) on April 28, 2008. The website gathers its core animation properties in a single online environment that is interactive and customizable for site visitors. The Kids WB offers both originally produced content along with classic animated episodes, games, and exploration of virtual worlds. Some of the characters to be used in the project from the Warner libraries include those of Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera, pre-1986 MGM animated characters and DC Comics.
In 2009, sister network Cartoon Network announced Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated in the Fall 2009–2010 season by Warner Bros. Animation.[citation needed] Warner Bros. Animation recently announced several new projects, such as The Looney Tunes Show (formerly called Laff Riot); a reboot of ThunderCats, and several series based on DC Comics properties such as MAD, Green Lantern, and Young Justice.[citation needed]
Warner Bros. Animation is also producing DC Showcase, a series of short subjects featuring lesser-known comic book superheroes, to be released in tandem with direct-to-video films based on DC Comics properties.
On July 30, 2010, Coyote Falls, a 3D cartoon featuring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner was released, being the first time WB Animation produced theatrically released content since The Karate Guard (the last Tom and Jerry short) in 2005, and the first time the animation studio used full CGI and stereoscopic 3D. Two more theatrical Road Runner cartoons have followed during the year (Fur of Flying and Rabid Rider). On June 8, 2011, three more shorts were announced: I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat with Sylvester, Tweety, and Granny, which was released with Happy Feet Two; Daffy’s Rhapsody with Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd, which was released with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island; and Flash in the Pain starring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. All of these 6 shorts, directed by Matthew O’Callaghan and produced by Reel FX Creative Studios are available on the official Warner Bros. Animation YouTube channel.[10]
On October 27, 2014, Warner Bros. Animation collaborated with sister studio Williams Street for the first time for its first production for Adult Swim, Mike Tyson Mysteries, which satirizes the style and conventions of cartoons from the 1970s (such as Scooby-Doo) and celebrity-driven series such as Mister T.[11][12] Warner Bros. Animation also produced Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas—a stop-motion animated adaptation of the New Line Cinema film Elf and its musical adaptation—as a Christmas special for NBC, starring Jim Parsons[13]
2019–present: Reconstruction with animation
On June 11, 2018, a new series of shorts, Looney Tunes Cartoons, was announced by Warner Bros. Animation. Set for release in 2019 on both linear and streaming television platforms, its first «season» would feature 1,000 minutes (or 16 hours and 40 minutes) of new one-to-six minute cartoons featuring the brand’s marquee characters, voiced by their current voice actors in “simple, gag-driven and visually vibrant stories” that are rendered by multiple artists employing “a visual style that will resonate with fans.” Sam Register, president of Warner Bros. Animation, and Peter Browngardt, creator of Secret Mountain Fort Awesome and Uncle Grandpa, would serve as executive producers.[14]
In August 2021, it was announced that Jason DeMarco had been named SVP Anime & Action Series/Longform for Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios.[15]
On May 11, 2022, Warner Bros. Animation was moved under Warner Bros. Television after the dissolution of the Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics division by new owner Warner Bros. Discovery.[16]
On October 11, 2022, Warner Bros. Animation merged its development and production teams with Cartoon Network Studios as part of a further restructuring by Warner Bros. Discovery; the merger will not affect the studios’ output or branding.[17]
Filmography
See also
- Cartoon Network Studios
- Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
- Warner Animation Group
- Williams Street
- Turner Entertainment Co.
- DC Entertainment
- List of Warner Bros. theatrical animated feature films
- List of unproduced Warner Bros. Animation projects
- List of animation studios owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
Notes
- ^ Co-produced with Turner Feature Animation in post-production after Time Warner’s acquisition of Turner.
References
- ^ a b Maltin, Leonard (1987) [1980]. Of Mice and Magic. New York: Plume. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-45-225993-5.
- ^ «C2500359 — WARNER BROS. ANIMATION INC. | Statement of Information». California Secretary of State. January 18, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
- ^ a b c Horn, John (June 1, 1997). «Can Anyone Dethrone Disney?». Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ Broeske, Pat H. (September 30, 1990). «Eh, What’s Up, Doc?». Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ Solomon, Charles (August 19, 1990). «The New Toon Boom». Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ «The Nutcracker Prince». EW.com. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ «MOVIE REVIEW : Animated ‘Nutcracker’ Stumbles Badly». Los Angeles Times. November 21, 1990. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ «A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : DOG DAZE : Why (Woof) Can’t (woof) I ( woof) Get (woof) Any (woof) Respect (woof) ?». Los Angeles Times. September 22, 1991. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ Kenyon, Heather (April 1998) «An Afternoon with Max Howard, President, Warner Bros. Feature Animation«. Animation World Network. Retrieved June 16, 2007.
- ^ «Warner Bros. Animation». YouTube. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
- ^ Lowry, Brian (October 24, 2014). «TV Review: Adult Swim’s ‘Mike Tyson Mysteries’«. Variety. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ Keene, Allison (October 22, 2014). «‘Mike Tyson Mysteries’: TV Review». The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ «‘Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas’ TV Review on NBC». Variety. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ Patrick Hipes (June 11, 2018). «‘Looney Tunes’ Getting Short-Form Revival At WB Animation». Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (August 10, 2021). «Jason DeMarco Named SVP Anime & Action Series/Longform For Warner Bros Animation & Cartoon Network Studios». Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 12, 2022). «Tom Ascheim Exits As President Of Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classic». Deadline. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ «Warner Bros. TV Group Lays off 82 Staffers, Consolidates Some Unscripted and Animation Departments in Belt-Tightening Restructure». October 12, 2022.
Bibliography
- Jones, Chuck (1990). Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-374-12348-2.
- Maltin, Leonard (1987) [1980]. Of Mice and Magic. New York: Plume. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-45-225993-5.
External links
Media related to Warner Bros Animation at Wikimedia Commons
This article is about the studio founded in 1980. For its predecessor, see Warner Bros. Cartoons. For the feature animation division of Warner Bros. since 2013, see Warner Animation Group.
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Formerly | Warner Bros. Television Animation (1995–2003) |
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Predecessors |
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Founded | March 15, 1980; 43 years ago[1] |
Headquarters | 411 North Hollywood Way,
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Key people |
Sam Register (President, Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios, and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe) |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
Parent | Warner Bros. Television Studios |
Warner Bros. Animation Inc.[2] is an American animation studio which is part of the Warner Bros. Television Studios division of Warner Bros., a flagship of Warner Bros. Discovery. As the successor to Warner Bros. Cartoons, which was active from 1933 to 1969, the studio is closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters, among others. Warner Bros. re-established its animation division in 1980 to produce Looney Tunes–related works, and Turner Broadcasting System merged with WBD predecessor Time Warner in 1996.[1] In March 2001, Hanna-Barbera was absorbed into the studio.
In recent years, Warner Bros. Animation has specialized in producing television and direct-to-video animation featuring characters from other properties owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, including Turner Entertainment and the MGM cartoon studio, Hanna-Barbera, and DC Entertainment.
History
1970–1986: Restarting the studio
The original Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, as well as all of Warner Bros.’s short subject production divisions, closed its doors on October 10, 1969, due to the rising costs and declining returns of short subject production. Outside animation companies were hired to produce new Looney Tunes-related animation for TV specials and commercials at irregular intervals. In 1975, Warner Bros. Cartoon alumnus Chuck Jones began producing a series of Looney Tunes specials at his Chuck Jones Productions animation studio, the first of which was Carnival of the Animals. These specials, and a 1975 Looney Tunes retrospective feature film titled Bugs Bunny: Superstar (distributed by United Artists, the previous owner of the pre-1950 Warner Bros. library), led Jones to produce The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie for Warner Bros. in 1979. This film blended classic Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts with newly produced wraparounds of Bugs Bunny introducing each cartoon. Warner Bros. responded to the success of this film by reestablishing its own cartoon studio.
Warner Bros. Animation opened its doors on March 15, 1980, to produce compilation films and television specials starring the Looney Tunes characters. The studio’s initial head was Hal Geer, who had been the original studio’s sound effects editor during its final days, and he was soon joined by Friz Freleng, who left DePatie–Freleng (which became Marvel Productions after being sold to Marvel Comics), and returned to Warner as executive producer. The new wraparounds for The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981), Bugs Bunny’s 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) and Daffy Duck’s Fantastic Island (1983) featured footage by a new Warner Bros. Animation staff, composed mainly of veterans from the golden age of WB cartoons, including writers John Dunn and Dave Detiege.
By 1986, Freleng had departed, and Hal Geer also stepped down the following year. Geer was briefly replaced by Steven S. Greene, who in turn was replaced by Freleng’s former secretary Kathleen Helppie-Shipley, who would spearhead a major revival of the Looney Tunes brand in the years that followed. The studio continued production on special projects starring the Looney Tunes characters, sporadically producing new Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts for theaters such as The Duxorcist (1987), Night of the Living Duck (1988), Box-Office Bunny (1990), and Carrotblanca (1995). Many of these shorts, as well as the new footage in the compilation film Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters (which includes The Duxorcist), were directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon, as well as Darrell Van Citters.
1986–1996: Moving into television animation
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Industry | Television animation Television production |
Founded | 1981; 42 years ago in Burbank, California. |
Founder | Hal Geer |
Defunct | 2003; 20 years ago |
Fate | Folded into Warner Bros. Animation |
Successor | Warner Bros. Animation |
Area served |
Worldwide |
Key people |
Sam Register (President, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series) |
Beginning in 1986, Warner Bros. moved into regular television animation production. Warners’ television division was established by WB Animation President Jean MacCurdy, who brought in producer Tom Ruegger and much of his staff from Hanna-Barbera Productions’ A Pup Named Scooby-Doo series (1988–1991). A studio for the television unit was set up in the office tower of the Imperial Bank Building adjacent to the Sherman Oaks Galleria northwest of Los Angeles. Darrell Van Citters, who used to work at Disney, would work at Warner Bros. on the newer Bugs Bunny shorts, before leaving to form Renegade Animation in 1992. The first Warner Bros. original animated TV series Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1995) was produced in conjunction with Amblin Entertainment, and featured young cartoon characters based upon specific Looney Tunes stars, and was a success. Later Amblin/Warner Bros. television shows, including Animaniacs (1993–1998), its spin-off Pinky and the Brain (1995–1998), and Freakazoid! (1995–1997) followed in continuing the Looney Tunes tradition of cartoon humor.
Warner Bros. Animation also began developing shows based upon comic book characters owned by sister company DC Comics. These programs, including Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995), Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000), The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999), Batman Beyond (1999–2001), and Justice League/Justice League Unlimited (2001–2006) proved popular among both children and adults. These shows were part of the DC animated universe. A Batman spin-off feature, Mask of the Phantasm, was produced in 1993 and bumped up to theatrical release. The film was near universally-well received by critics but performed poorly at the box-office, though it eventually became a commercial success through its subsequent home video releases. In 2003, Warner Bros. Television Animation was folded and was subsequently merged with Warner Bros. Animation.
1990–2004: Warner Bros. Feature Animation
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Type | Division |
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Industry | Feature animation |
Predecessor | Turner Feature Animation |
Founded | 1994; 29 years ago in Burbank, California |
Defunct | 2004; 19 years ago |
Fate | Folded into Warner Bros. Animation |
Successor | Warner Animation Group |
Area served |
Worldwide |
During the rise of the animation renaissance in the early 1990s, Warner Bros. distributed its first animated films: The Nutcracker Prince[3][4] in 1990, which is a Canadian-produced feature film based on E. T. A. Hoffmann’s classic holiday tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King; and Rover Dangerfield[5] in 1991, whose title character is a dog whose look and mannerisms are inspired by his voice actor Rodney Dangerfield. Both films received negative and mixed reviews respectively and under-performed at the box office due to lack of promotion.[3][6][7][8] Three years later after the release of Rover Dangerfield, Warner distributed Don Bluth’s Thumbelina, which also received mixed reviews from critics and under-performed at the box office.[3]
That same year, Warner Bros., as well as several other Hollywood studios, moved into feature animation following the success of Walt Disney Feature Animation’s The Lion King. Max Howard, a Disney alumnus, was brought in to head the new division, which was set up in Sherman Oaks near the television studio in nearby Glendale.[9] Turner Feature Animation, later merged and named Warner Bros. Feature Animation, like all of the in-house feature animation studios, proved an unsuccessful venture, as six of the seven films, under-performed during its original theatrical releases (due to lack of promotion).[citation needed]
The first of Warner’s animated features was Space Jam (1996), a live-action/animated hybrid which starred NBA star Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny (Jordan had previously appeared with the Looney Tunes in a number of Nike commercials). The film featured live-action sequences directed by Joe Pytka and animated sequences directed by Bruce W. Smith and Tony Cervone. Space Jam received mixed reviews from critics but proved to be a success at the box office. Animation production for Space Jam was primarily done at the new Sherman Oaks studio, although much of the work was outsourced to animation studios around the world.
Before the success of Space Jam, a Turner Entertainment-run studio that spun off from Hanna-Barbera were already producing animated features following the success of the Disney features. The first was The Pagemaster, a fantasy adventure directed by Joe Johnston (live-action) and Maurice Hunt (animation) that starred the performances of Macaulay Culkin and Christopher Lloyd with the live-action segments serving as bookends for the film’s story. Released by 20th Century Fox, the film under-performed and received negative reviews from critics during its holiday release of 1994. After the merger with Turner and Warner Bros.’s parent company Time Warner in 1996, Turner Feature Animation completed its second and last feature, Cats Don’t Dance (1997), directed by Mark Dindal, which was met with warm critical and audience reception but under-performed due to little marketing and fanfare.[citation needed] By the time of the film’s release, however, Turner Feature Animation had merged with Warner Feature Animation and transferred a majority of its staff from said studio.
The following year, its next film, Frederik Du Chau’s Quest for Camelot (1998), underwent production difficulties and also received mixed reviews from critics. However, its soundtrack (such as one of the songs, «The Prayer») received some praise and accolades, including an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe win.
The third animated feature from Warner Feature Animation, Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant (1999), received widespread acclaimed reception from critics and audiences. However, the studio decided to rush its release to the end of the summer with a rushed marketing push.[citation needed]
The studio’s next film, Osmosis Jones (2001), was another animated/live-action mix that suffered through another troubled production. This time, the animation sequences, directed by Piet Kroon and Tom Sito, were completed long before the live-action parts were filmed, eventually directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly and starring Bill Murray. The resulting film received mixed reviews and underperformed, although it was successful enough on home video for Warner’s Television Animation department to produce a related Saturday morning cartoon, Ozzy & Drix (2002–2004) for its WB broadcast network.
Following the releases of The Iron Giant and Osmosis Jones, the feature animation staff was scaled back, and the entire animation staff – feature and television – were moved to the larger Sherman Oaks facility.
Warner Bros. Feature Animation’s final project, Looney Tunes: Back in Action was released in 2003. It was intended to be the starting point for a reestablishment of the classic cartoons brands, including a planned series of new Looney Tunes theatrical shorts, produced by Back in Action writer and producer Larry Doyle.[citation needed] After Back in Action, directed by Joe Dante (live-action) and Eric Goldberg (animation), received mixed reviews from critics and under-performed at the box office, production was shut down on the new shorts, and, in 2004, Warner Bros. Feature Animation was folded and merged into Warner Bros. Animation, and Looney Tunes has been mostly relegated on television until 2021’s Space Jam: A New Legacy.
Title | Release date | Co-production with | Animation services | Director(s) | Budget | Gross |
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Space Jam[S] | November 15, 1996 | Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Northern Lights Entertainment |
Main facility Bardel Entertainment Stardust Pictures Heart of Texas Productions Character Builders Chuck Gammage Animation Premier Films Ltd. Rees / Leiva Productions Spaff Animation Uli Meyer Features |
Live Action: Joe Pytka Animation: Bruce W. Smith Tony Cervone |
$80 million | $230.4 million |
Cats Don’t Dance | March 26, 1997 | Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Turner Feature Animation[a] David Kirschner Productions |
— | Mark Dindal | $32 million | $3.6 million |
Quest for Camelot | May 15, 1998 | Warner Bros. Family Entertainment | California and London WBFA facility Yowza! Animation A. Film A/S Heart of Texas Productions |
Frederik Du Chau | $40 million | $38.1 million |
The Iron Giant | August 6, 1999 | — | Main faculties A. Film A/S (uncredited) Duncan Studios (Signature Edition) |
Brad Bird | $70–80 million | $31.3 million |
Osmosis Jones[S] | August 10, 2001 | Conundrum Entertainment | Main faculties A. Film A/S (uncredited) Yowza! Animation |
Live-action: Bobby Farrelly Peter Farrelly Animation: Piet Kroon Tom Sito |
$70 million | $14 million |
Looney Tunes: Back in Action[S] | November 14, 2003 | Baltimore Spring Creek Productions Goldmann Pictures Lonely Film Productions GmbH & Co. KG |
Main faculties Yowza! Animation Mercury Filmworks |
Live-action: Joe Dante Animation: Eric Goldberg |
$80 million | $68.5 million |
- S Combines live-action with animation.
1996–2019: Acquisitions of libraries
Warners’ parent company Time Warner merged with Turner Broadcasting System in 1996, not only regaining the rights to the previously sold Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts but also taking on two more animation studios: Turner Feature Animation and Hanna-Barbera Productions. Turner Feature was immediately folded into Warner Bros. Feature Animation, while Hanna-Barbera merged with Warner Bros. Animation itself. Until 1998, Hanna-Barbera operated on its original lot at 3400 Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood, California, one of the last «big name» studios with a Hollywood zip code. Studio operations, archives, and its extensive animation art collection were then moved northwest to Sherman Oaks. Hanna-Barbera occupied space in the office tower adjacent to the Sherman Oaks Galleria along with Warner Bros. Animation.
Following the death of William Hanna in 2001, Warner fully took over production of H-B related properties such as Scooby-Doo, producing a steady stream of Scooby direct-to-video films and two new series, What’s New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–2006) and Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006–2008). The Turner merger also gave WB access to the pre-May 1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library, which included its classic cartoon library (including such characters as Tom and Jerry (originally created by the H-B duo), Droopy, Barney Bear, Screwy Squirrel, and George and Junior). WBA has since co-produced a series of direct-to-video films with Turner which starred Tom and Jerry. Besides producing content for the daytime market, Warner Bros. Animation also produced Baby Blues with sister company Warner Bros. Television and 3 South with MTV Animation for primetime.
The series which Hanna-Barbera had been producing for Turner’s Cartoon Network before and during the Time Warner/Turner merger were shifted to production at Cartoon Network Studios, a sister company to Warner Bros. Animation. WBA is today exclusively involved in the production of animated television programming and direct-to-video features. It produced many of the shows airing on the Kids’ WB Saturday morning programming block of The CW until May 24, 2008. These programs included Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, Krypto the Superdog, Xiaolin Showdown, The Batman, and the aforementioned Loonatics Unleashed and Tom and Jerry Tales. By 2007, the studio had downsized significantly from its size during the late 1990s. Warner Bros. downsized the studio further in June, shut down the Sherman Oaks studio, and had Warner Bros. Animation moved to the Warner Bros. Ranch in Burbank, California. In early 2008 after the demise of Kids’ WB!, Warner Bros. Animation became almost dormant with only Batman: The Brave and the Bold in production at the time.
To expand the company’s online content presence, Warner Bros. Animation launched the new KidsWB.com (announced as T-Works) on April 28, 2008. The website gathers its core animation properties in a single online environment that is interactive and customizable for site visitors. The Kids WB offers both originally produced content along with classic animated episodes, games, and exploration of virtual worlds. Some of the characters to be used in the project from the Warner libraries include those of Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera, pre-1986 MGM animated characters and DC Comics.
In 2009, sister network Cartoon Network announced Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated in the Fall 2009–2010 season by Warner Bros. Animation.[citation needed] Warner Bros. Animation recently announced several new projects, such as The Looney Tunes Show (formerly called Laff Riot); a reboot of ThunderCats, and several series based on DC Comics properties such as MAD, Green Lantern, and Young Justice.[citation needed]
Warner Bros. Animation is also producing DC Showcase, a series of short subjects featuring lesser-known comic book superheroes, to be released in tandem with direct-to-video films based on DC Comics properties.
On July 30, 2010, Coyote Falls, a 3D cartoon featuring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner was released, being the first time WB Animation produced theatrically released content since The Karate Guard (the last Tom and Jerry short) in 2005, and the first time the animation studio used full CGI and stereoscopic 3D. Two more theatrical Road Runner cartoons have followed during the year (Fur of Flying and Rabid Rider). On June 8, 2011, three more shorts were announced: I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat with Sylvester, Tweety, and Granny, which was released with Happy Feet Two; Daffy’s Rhapsody with Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd, which was released with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island; and Flash in the Pain starring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. All of these 6 shorts, directed by Matthew O’Callaghan and produced by Reel FX Creative Studios are available on the official Warner Bros. Animation YouTube channel.[10]
On October 27, 2014, Warner Bros. Animation collaborated with sister studio Williams Street for the first time for its first production for Adult Swim, Mike Tyson Mysteries, which satirizes the style and conventions of cartoons from the 1970s (such as Scooby-Doo) and celebrity-driven series such as Mister T.[11][12] Warner Bros. Animation also produced Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas—a stop-motion animated adaptation of the New Line Cinema film Elf and its musical adaptation—as a Christmas special for NBC, starring Jim Parsons[13]
2019–present: Reconstruction with animation
On June 11, 2018, a new series of shorts, Looney Tunes Cartoons, was announced by Warner Bros. Animation. Set for release in 2019 on both linear and streaming television platforms, its first «season» would feature 1,000 minutes (or 16 hours and 40 minutes) of new one-to-six minute cartoons featuring the brand’s marquee characters, voiced by their current voice actors in “simple, gag-driven and visually vibrant stories” that are rendered by multiple artists employing “a visual style that will resonate with fans.” Sam Register, president of Warner Bros. Animation, and Peter Browngardt, creator of Secret Mountain Fort Awesome and Uncle Grandpa, would serve as executive producers.[14]
In August 2021, it was announced that Jason DeMarco had been named SVP Anime & Action Series/Longform for Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios.[15]
On May 11, 2022, Warner Bros. Animation was moved under Warner Bros. Television after the dissolution of the Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics division by new owner Warner Bros. Discovery.[16]
On October 11, 2022, Warner Bros. Animation merged its development and production teams with Cartoon Network Studios as part of a further restructuring by Warner Bros. Discovery; the merger will not affect the studios’ output or branding.[17]
Filmography
See also
- Cartoon Network Studios
- Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
- Warner Animation Group
- Williams Street
- Turner Entertainment Co.
- DC Entertainment
- List of Warner Bros. theatrical animated feature films
- List of unproduced Warner Bros. Animation projects
- List of animation studios owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
Notes
- ^ Co-produced with Turner Feature Animation in post-production after Time Warner’s acquisition of Turner.
References
- ^ a b Maltin, Leonard (1987) [1980]. Of Mice and Magic. New York: Plume. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-45-225993-5.
- ^ «C2500359 — WARNER BROS. ANIMATION INC. | Statement of Information». California Secretary of State. January 18, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
- ^ a b c Horn, John (June 1, 1997). «Can Anyone Dethrone Disney?». Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ Broeske, Pat H. (September 30, 1990). «Eh, What’s Up, Doc?». Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ Solomon, Charles (August 19, 1990). «The New Toon Boom». Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ «The Nutcracker Prince». EW.com. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ «MOVIE REVIEW : Animated ‘Nutcracker’ Stumbles Badly». Los Angeles Times. November 21, 1990. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ «A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : DOG DAZE : Why (Woof) Can’t (woof) I ( woof) Get (woof) Any (woof) Respect (woof) ?». Los Angeles Times. September 22, 1991. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ Kenyon, Heather (April 1998) «An Afternoon with Max Howard, President, Warner Bros. Feature Animation«. Animation World Network. Retrieved June 16, 2007.
- ^ «Warner Bros. Animation». YouTube. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
- ^ Lowry, Brian (October 24, 2014). «TV Review: Adult Swim’s ‘Mike Tyson Mysteries’«. Variety. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ Keene, Allison (October 22, 2014). «‘Mike Tyson Mysteries’: TV Review». The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ «‘Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas’ TV Review on NBC». Variety. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ Patrick Hipes (June 11, 2018). «‘Looney Tunes’ Getting Short-Form Revival At WB Animation». Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (August 10, 2021). «Jason DeMarco Named SVP Anime & Action Series/Longform For Warner Bros Animation & Cartoon Network Studios». Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 12, 2022). «Tom Ascheim Exits As President Of Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classic». Deadline. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ «Warner Bros. TV Group Lays off 82 Staffers, Consolidates Some Unscripted and Animation Departments in Belt-Tightening Restructure». October 12, 2022.
Bibliography
- Jones, Chuck (1990). Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-374-12348-2.
- Maltin, Leonard (1987) [1980]. Of Mice and Magic. New York: Plume. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-45-225993-5.
External links
Media related to Warner Bros Animation at Wikimedia Commons
Эта статья о студии, основанной в 1980 году. О ее предшественнице см. Warner Bros. Cartoons . Информацию о подразделении художественной анимации Warner Bros. с 2013 года см. В Warner Animation Group .
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Основан | 15 марта 1980 г . ; 41 год назад |
Основатель | Хэл Гир |
Штаб-квартира | 411 North Hollywood Way,
Бербанк, Калифорния , США |
Действующие лица |
Сэм Регистр (президент, Warner Bros. Animation и Warner Digital Series) |
Владелец |
WarnerMedia Studios & Networks Group WarnerMedia, дочерняя компания AT&T |
Родитель | Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults и Classics |
Warner Bros. Animation американская анимационная студия , которая является частью Warner Bros. Entertainment , дочерняя компания AT & T «s WarnerMedia . Студия тесно связана, в частности, с персонажами Looney Tunes и Merrie Melodies . Студия является преемницей Warner Bros. Cartoons , студии, которая производила мультфильмы Looney Tunes и Merrie Melodies с 1933 по 1963 и с 1967 по 1969 годы. Warner восстановила свое анимационное подразделение в 1980 году для производства работ, связанных с Looney Tunes , и TBS. слилась с Time Warner (ныне WarnerMedia ) в 1996 году.
В последние годы Warner Bros. Animation сосредоточилась в основном на производстве телевизионной и прямой видео-анимации с участием персонажей, созданных другими объектами, принадлежащими Warner Bros., включая DC Comics , мультипликационную студию Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (через Turner Entertainment Co. . ) и Hanna-Barbera Productions .
История
1970–1986: перезапуск студии
Первоначальная студия Warner Bros. Cartoons , а также все подразделения Warner Bros. по производству короткометражных сюжетов закрылись в 1969 году из-за роста затрат и снижения отдачи от производства короткометражных сюжетов. Для создания новой анимации, связанной с Looney Tunes, для телешоу и рекламных роликов через нерегулярные промежутки времени были наняты сторонние анимационные компании. В 1975 году выпускник Warner Bros. Cartoon Чак Джонс начал продюсировать серию специальных программ Looney Tunes в своей анимационной студии Chuck Jones Productions , первым из которых стал « Карнавал животных» . Эти специальные предложения, а также ретроспективный художественный фильм Looney Tunes 1975 года под названием Bugs Bunny: Superstar (распространяемый United Artists , предыдущим владельцем библиотеки Warner Bros. до 1950 года) привели Джонса к созданию фильма The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner для Warner Bros. в 1979 году. В этом фильме классические короткометражки Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies сочетаются с недавно выпущенными эпизодами Bugs Bunny, представляющими каждый мультфильм. Warner Bros. отреагировала на успех этого фильма, восстановив собственную студию мультфильмов.
Warner Bros. Animation открыла свои двери в 1980 году для производства сборников фильмов и телешоу с участием персонажей Looney Tunes . Первоначальным руководителем студии был Хэл Гир , который был редактором звуковых эффектов первоначальной студии в течение ее последних дней, и вскоре к нему присоединился Фриз Фреленг , который покинул DePatie-Freleng (которая стала Marvel Productions после того, как была продана Marvel Comics ), и вернулся в Warner в качестве исполнительного продюсера. Новые обертки для The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981), 3-го фильма Bugs Bunny: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) и Daffy Duck’s Fantastic Island (1983) представлены кадрами нового персонала Warner Bros. Animation, состоящего в основном из ветеранов из золотой век мультфильмов WB, в том числе писателей Джона Данна и Дэйва Детиджа.
К 1986 году Фреленг ушел, и Хэл Гир также ушел в отставку в следующем году. На короткое время Гира сменил Стивен С. Грин, который, в свою очередь, был заменен бывшим секретарем Фреленга Кэтлин Хелпи-Шипли, которая возглавила крупное возрождение бренда Looney Tunes в последующие годы. Студия продолжала производство специальных проектов с персонажами Looney Tunes , время от времени создавая новые короткометражки Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies для таких театров, как The Duxorcist (1987), Night of the Living Duck (1988), Box-Office Bunny (1990) и Кэрротбланка (1995). Многие из этих короткометражек, а также новые кадры в сборнике «Охотники за крями» Даффи Дака (в который входит «Дуксорцист» ) были сняты Грегом Фордом и Терри Ленноном, а также Дарреллом Ван Ситтерсом .
1986–1998: Переход к телевизионной анимации.
Тип | Этикетка |
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Промышленность |
Телевизионная анимация Телевизионное производство |
Основан | 1981 ; 40 лет назад в Бербанке, Калифорния . |
Основатель | Хэл Гир |
Несуществующий | 2003 ; 18 лет назад |
Судьба | Сложено в Warner Bros. Animation |
Преемник | Warner Bros. Animation |
Штаб-квартира |
411 North Hollywood Way, Бербанк , Калифорния , США |
Обслуживаемая площадь |
по всему миру |
Действующие лица |
Сэм Регистр (президент, Warner Bros. Animation и Warner Digital Series) |
Начиная с 1986 года Warner Bros. перешла к производству регулярной телевизионной анимации. Телевизионное подразделение Warners было основано президентом WB Animation Джин МакКарди , который пригласил продюсера Тома Рюггера и большую часть его сотрудников из сериала « Щенок по имени Скуби-Ду» от Hanna-Barbera Productions (1988–1991). Студия для телевизионного блока была создана в офисной башне здания Imperial Bank, рядом с галереей Sherman Oaks Galleria к северо-западу от Лос-Анджелеса . Даррелл Ван Ситтерс, который раньше работал в Диснее , будет работать на новых Bugs Bunny шорты, перед отъездом , чтобы сформировать Renegade Animation в 1992 году Первые оригинальные мультсериала Warner Bros. Приключения мультяшек (1990-1995) был подготовлен совместно с Amblin Entertainment и с участием молодых героев мультфильмов, основанных на конкретных звездах Looney Tunes , и имел успех. Позже телешоу Amblin / Warner Bros., включая Animaniacs (1993–1998), его спин-офф Pinky and the Brain (1995–1998) и Freakazoid! (1995–1997) продолжил традицию мультяшного юмора Looney Tunes .
Warner Bros. Animation также начала разрабатывать шоу на основе персонажей комиксов, принадлежащих дочерней компании DC Comics . Эти программы, в том числе « Бэтмен: мультсериал» (1992–1995), « Супермен: мультсериал» (1996–2000), «Новые приключения Бэтмена» (1997–1999), « Бэтмен за гранью» (1999–2001) и « Лига справедливости / Лига справедливости». Безлимитный (2001–2006) оказался популярным как среди детей, так и среди взрослых. Эти шоу были частью анимированной вселенной DC . Дополнительный фильм о Бэтмене , « Маска призрака» , был снят в 1993 году и вскоре был выпущен в кинотеатрах. Фильм был почти повсеместно хорошо принят критиками, но имел низкие кассовые сборы, хотя в конечном итоге стал коммерческим успехом благодаря своим последующим домашним видео-релизам.
1990–2004: полнометражная анимация Warner Bros.
Тип | Разделение |
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Промышленность | Функциональная анимация |
Предшественник | Анимация Тернера |
Основан | 1990 ; 31 год назад в Бербанке, Калифорния . |
Несуществующий | 2004 г. |
Судьба | Сложено в Warner Bros. Animation |
Преемник | Warner Animation Group |
Штаб-квартира |
411 North Hollywood Way, Бербанк , Калифорния , США |
Обслуживаемая площадь |
по всему миру |
Во время подъема анимационного ренессанса в начале 1990-х, Warner Bros. распространила свои первые анимационные фильмы: «Щелкунчик-принц в 1990 году», художественный фильм канадского производства, основанный на классической праздничной сказке ЭТА Хоффманн « Щелкунчик и мышиный король». ; и Ровер Дэнджерфилд в 1991 году, чей главный персонаж — собака, чей внешний вид и манеры вдохновлены его голосовым актером Родни Дэнджерфилдом . Оба фильма получили отрицательные и неоднозначные отзывы соответственно и были недостаточно успешными в прокате из-за отсутствия рекламы. Спустя три года после выхода « Ровер Дэнджерфилд» , Уорнер распространила « Дюймовочку» Дона Блута , которая также получила неоднозначные отзывы критиков и была недостаточно успешной в прокате.
В том же году Warner Bros., а также несколько других голливудских студий перешли на полнометражную анимацию после успеха фильма Уолта Диснея « Король Лев» . Макс Ховард , выпускник Диснея , был назначен возглавить новое подразделение, которое было создано в Шерман-Оукс рядом с телестудией в соседнем Глендейле . Turner Feature Animation, позже объединенная и названная Warner Bros. Feature Animation, как и все собственные студии полнометражной анимации, оказалась безуспешной, поскольку шесть из семи фильмов плохо показывались во время своих оригинальных театральных выпусков (из-за отсутствия продвижение).
Первым из анимационных фильмов Warner был Space Jam (1996), гибрид живого и анимационного фильма, в котором снимались звезда НБА Майкл Джордан и Багс Банни (Джордан ранее появлялся с Looney Tunes в ряде рекламных роликов Nike ). В фильме представлены сцены с живыми актерами, снятыми Джо Пыткой, и анимационные сцены, снятые Брюсом В. Смитом и Тони Червоне . «Космический джем» получил неоднозначные отзывы критиков, но оказался успешным в прокате. Производство анимации для Space Jam в основном выполнялось в новой студии Sherman Oaks, хотя большая часть работы была передана анимационным студиям по всему миру.
До успеха Space Jam студия Turner Entertainment , которая возникла из Hanna-Barbera, уже создавала анимационные фильмы после успеха фильмов Disney. Первым был «Пейджмастер» , фантастическое приключение с участием Маколея Калкина и Кристофера Ллойда с фрагментами живых выступлений, служащими подставками для повествования фильма. Выпущенный компанией 20th Century Fox , фильм был недостаточно успешным и получил отрицательные отзывы критиков во время праздничного выпуска 1994 года. После слияния с Time Warner, материнской компанией Turner и Warner Bros., в 1996 году, Turner Feature Animation завершила свой второй и последний выпуск. фильм « Кошки не танцуют» (1997), который был встречен теплым приемом критиков и публики, но не был исполнен из-за недостатка рекламы и фанфар. Однако к моменту выхода фильма Turner Feature Animation объединилась с Warner Feature Animation и перевела большую часть своего персонала из указанной студии.
В следующем году его следующий фильм «В поисках Камелота» (1998) столкнулся с трудностями производства и также получил неоднозначные отзывы критиков. Тем не менее, его саундтрек (например, одна из песен » The Prayer «) получил некоторые похвалы и похвалы, в том числе номинацию на «Оскар» и победу на «Золотом глобусе».
Третий анимационный фильм от Warner Feature Animation, Брэд Берд «s The Iron Giant (1999), получил положительный прием от критиков и зрителей. Однако студия решила ускорить его выпуск до конца лета с помощью маркетингового толчка.
Следующий фильм студии, Osmosis Jones (2001), был еще одним миксом анимационного и живого действия, который пострадал от еще одного проблемного производства. На этот раз анимационные сегменты, снятые Питом Круном и Томом Сито , были завершены задолго до того, как были сняты фрагменты живых выступлений, которые в конечном итоге сняли Бобби и Питер Фаррелли с Биллом Мюрреем в главной роли . Получившийся в результате фильм получил неоднозначные отзывы и получил низкую оценку, хотя на домашнем видео он был достаточно успешным для отдела телевизионной анимации Warner, чтобы снять соответствующий субботний утренний мультфильм « Оззи и Дрикс» (2002–2004) для своей сети вещания WB .
После выпуска «Железного гиганта» и « Осмоса Джонса» штат анимационных фильмов был сокращен, а весь персонал — полнометражный и телевизионный — был переведен в более крупный объект Sherman Oaks.
Looney Tunes: Back in Action был выпущен в 2003 году. Он должен был стать отправной точкой для восстановления брендов классических мультфильмов, включая запланированную серию новыхтеатральных короткометражек Looney Tunes , спродюсированныхсценаристом и продюсером Back in Action Ларри Дойлом . После того, как фильм « Назад в действие» режиссеров Джо Данте (вживую) и Эрика Голдберга (анимация) получил неоднозначные отзывы критиков и был недостаточно показан в прокате, производство новых короткометражных фильмов было прекращено, а Looney Tunes в основном демонстрировали. понижен на телевидении с тех пор.
1996 – настоящее время: Acquisitions и Warner Bros. Animation сегодня
Материнская компания Warner ‘s Time Warner объединилась с Turner Broadcasting System в 1996 году, не только вернув права на ранее проданные короткометражки Looney Tunes и Merrie Melodies, но и купив еще две анимационные студии: Turner Feature Animation и Hanna-Barbera Productions . Turner Feature был немедленно включен в Warner Bros. Feature Animation, а Hanna-Barbera объединился с Warner Bros. Animation. До 1998 года Hanna-Barbera работала на своем первоначальном участке по адресу 3400 Cahuenga Boulevard в Голливуде, Калифорния , в одной из последних «громких» студий с почтовым индексом Голливуда. Студия, архивы и обширная коллекция анимационного искусства были перенесены на северо-запад, в Шерман-Оукс. Ханна-Барбера занимала место в офисной башне рядом с Sherman Oaks Galleria вместе с Warner Bros. Animation.
После смерти Уильяма Ханны в 2001 году компания Warner полностью взяла на себя производство таких объектов, связанных с HB, как Скуби-Ду , создав постоянный поток фильмов о Скуби, непосредственно транслируемых в видео, и два новых сериала, Что нового, Скуби-Ду? (2002–2006) и Шэгги и Скуби-Ду в разгадке! (2006–2008). Слияние Тернер также дало WB доступ к библиотеке Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , существовавшей до мая 1986 года , которая включала его классическую библиотеку мультфильмов (включая таких персонажей, как Том и Джерри (изначально созданные дуэтом HB), Друпи , Медведь Барни , Виноватая белка , а также Джордж и младший ). С тех пор WBA совместно с Тернером сняла серию видеофильмов, в которых снимались Том и Джерри. Помимо производства контента для дневного рынка, Warner Bros. Animation также производила Baby Blues с дочерней компанией Warner Bros. Television и 3 South с MTV Animation в прайм-тайм.
Сериал, который Ханна-Барбера продюсировал для Turner Cartoon Network до и во время слияния Time Warner / Turner, был переведен на производство в Cartoon Network Studios , дочерней компании Warner Bros. Animation. Сегодня WBA занимается исключительно производством анимационных телепрограмм и видеороликов. Он произвел множество шоу, транслировавшихся в субботу утренним программным блоком Kids ‘WB на канале The CW до 24 мая 2008 года. Эти программы включали Шэгги и Скуби-Ду Get a Clue! , Крипто Superdog , Сяолинь Showdown , Бэтмен , и вышеупомянутый Loonatics развязали и Том и Джерри Сказки . К 2007 году студия значительно уменьшилась по сравнению с ее размером в конце 1990-х годов. В июне Warner Bros. еще больше сократила студию, закрыла студию Sherman Oaks и перевела Warner Bros. Animation на ранчо Warner Bros. в Бербанке, Калифорния . В начале 2008 года, после закрытия Kids ‘WB !, Warner Bros. Animation практически бездействовала, и в то время в производстве находились только « Бэтмен: Храбрый и смелый» .
Чтобы расширить присутствие компании в Интернете, 28 апреля 2008 г. Warner Bros. Animation запустила новый KidsWB.com (объявленный как T-Works). Веб-сайт объединяет основные свойства анимации в единую интерактивную интерактивную среду, настраиваемую для каждого сайта. посетители. Kids WB предлагает как изначально созданный контент, так и классические анимационные эпизоды, игры и исследования виртуальных миров. Некоторые из персонажей, которые будут использоваться в проекте из библиотек Warner, включают персонажей Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera , анимационных персонажей MGM до 1986 года и комиксов DC .
В 2009 году дочерняя сеть Cartoon Network объявила о Скуби-Ду! Mystery Incorporated осенью 2009–2010 гг. Компанией Warner Bros. Animation. Warner Bros. Animation недавно анонсировала несколько новых проектов, таких как The Looney Tunes Show (ранее называвшаяся Laff Riot ); перезагрузка ThunderCats и несколько серий, основанных на свойствах DC Comics, таких как MAD , Green Lantern и Young Justice .
Warner Bros. Animation также производит DC Showcase , серию короткометражных фильмов с участием менее известных супергероев комиксов, которые будут выпущены в тандеме с фильмами, предназначенными непосредственно для видео, основанными на свойствах DC Comics.
30 июля 2010 года был выпущен 3D-мультфильм Coyote Falls с участием Хитрого Койота и Road Runner , который стал первым разом, когда WB Animation произвела театрально выпущенный контент после The Karate Guard (последний короткометражный фильм о Томе и Джерри ) в 2005 году, и Впервые анимационная студия использовала полноценную компьютерную графику и стереоскопическое 3D. В течение года последовали еще два театральных мультфильма Road Runner ( Fur of Flying и Rabid Rider ). 8 июня 2011 года были анонсированы еще три короткометражки: I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat с Сильвестром , Твити и Бабушкой , который был выпущен вместе с Happy Feet Two ; «Рапсодия Даффи» с Даффи Даком и Элмером Фаддом , выпущенная вместе с « Путешествием 2: Таинственный остров» ; и « Вспышка в боли» с Хитрым Койотом и Дорожным Бегуном в главных ролях . Все эти 6 короткометражек, снятых Мэтью О’Каллаганом и спродюсированных Reel FX Creative Studios , доступны на официальном канале Warner Bros. Animation на YouTube .
27 октября 2014 года Warner Bros. Animation выпустила свой первый шоу для Adult Swim под названием Mike Tyson Mysteries , в котором рассказывается о бывшем боксере Майке Тайсоне , призраке маркиза Куинсберри , приемной дочери Тайсона и голубя, которые разгадывают загадки. . Стиль шоу во многом заимствован из мультфильмов 70-х, в первую очередь из постановок Ханны-Барбера, таких как « Скуби-Ду», «Где ты?». и «Веселый фантом» ; однако он также содержит взрослый язык и концепции, наподобие Family Guy или South Park . В то время как каждый эпизод включает в себя загадку как средство создания кадра, часто они полностью игнорируются, поскольку сюжет принимает другое направление, а эпизоды иногда заканчиваются захватывающими моментами, которые никогда не раскрываются.
16 декабря 2014 года на NBC дебютировал специальный рождественский сериал Warner Bros. Animation « Эльф: Музыкальное Рождество Бадди» . Основанный на фильме New Line 2003 года « Эльф» и его бродвейской музыкальной адаптации « Эльф: мюзикл» , специальный выпуск был анимирован в покадровой анимации в стиле рождественских выпусков Rankin / Bass Productions , таких как « Рудольф Красноносый олень» и « Санта-Клаус». Иду в город . В Музыкальном Рождестве Бадди Санта рассказывает историю путешествия Бадди в Нью-Йорк, чтобы встретиться со своим отцом. Попутно его неумолимое веселье преображает жизнь всех, кого он встречает, и открывает его отцу глаза на волшебство праздника.
11 июня 2018 года Warner Bros. Animation анонсировала новую серию короткометражных фильмов Looney Tunes Cartoons . Планируемый к выпуску в 2019 году на платформах линейного и потокового телевидения, его первый «сезон» будет включать 1000 минут (или 16 часов 40 минут) новых мультфильмов продолжительностью от одной до шести минут с участием главных героев бренда, озвученных их нынешним голосом. актеры в «простых, увлекательных и визуально ярких историях», созданных несколькими художниками с использованием «визуального стиля, который найдет отклик у фанатов». Сэм Регистр, президент Warner Bros. Animation, и Питер Браунгард , создатель Secret Mountain Fort Awesome и Дядя Дедушка , будут исполнительными продюсерами.
В августе 2021 года было объявлено, что Джейсон ДеМарко назначен старшим вице-президентом по аниме и экшн-сериалам / Longform для Warner Bros Animation и Cartoon Network Studios .
2013 – настоящее время: Warner Animation Group
В январе 2013 года Джефф Робинов (в то время глава кинематографического отдела студии) основал отдел разработки сценариев, прозванный «мозговым центром» для разработки театральных анимационных фильмов, известный как Warner Animation Group, преемник распавшейся рисованной отдел анимации Warner Bros. Feature Animation. В состав группы входят Джон Реква , Гленн Фикарра , Николас Столлер , Фил Лорд, а также Кристофер Миллер и Джаред Стерн. Warner Bros. создали группу в надежде, что кассовые сборы ее фильмов будут конкурентоспособны с выпусками других анимационных студий. Сообщается, что группа чем-то похожа на «мозговой трест» Pixar Animation Studios с точки зрения того, как ее участники консультируются друг с другом и дают отзывы о проектах друг друга.
7 февраля 2014 года Warner Animation Group выпустила свой первый фильм, фильм «Лего» , анимационный фильм компании Animal Logic . Фильм был встречен положительными отзывами и имел кассовые сборы.
7 января 2013 года Warner Animation Group анонсировала свой второй фильм « Аисты» , который изначально планировался к выпуску в 2015 году, но был перенесен на 23 сентября 2016 года. В тот же день компания анонсировала свой третий фильм « Смоллфут» , который изначально был запланирован. для выпуска в 2016 году, но позже был перенесен на 28 сентября 2018 года.
7 февраля 2014 года, в тот же день, когда вышел фильм «Лего» , стало известно, что Джаред Стерн и Мишель Морган были наняты для написания сиквела фильма «Лего» . Было объявлено, что продолжение сиквела выйдет 26 мая 2017 года, но позже в том же году было сообщено, что дополнительный фильм с участием Бэтмена из фильма «Лего» может перенести дату выхода сиквела, отодвинув сиквел на 18 мая 2018 года. Фил. Лорд и Кристофер Миллер вернулись к сценарию и стали сорежиссерами сиквела. Режиссером фильма был Роб Шраб , но позже его заменил Майк Митчелл из-за «творческих разногласий». В июне 2016 года дата выпуска была перенесена на 8 февраля 2019 года.
Анимация аистов была анимирована Sony Pictures Imageworks и получила неоднозначные отзывы критиков.
10 февраля 2017 года Warner Bros. выпустила фильм Lego Batman Movie , получивший положительные отзывы критиков.
Фильм Лего Ниндзяго , основанный натеме игрушек Лего Ниндзяго , был выпущен 22 сентября 2017 года. После выхода фильм был встречен неоднозначными отзывами критиков.
24 января 2018 года было объявлено, что анимационный фильм доктора Сьюза « Кот в шляпе» находится в разработке в рамках творческого партнерства с Seuss Enterprises.
23 мая 2018 года было объявлено, что WAG выпустит анимационную адаптацию детской фантастической книги Джорджа Мартина «Ледяной дракон» . Мартин продюсирует и, возможно, напишет сценарий к фильму.
12 июля 2018 года было объявлено, что WAG выпустит анимационный фильм о Тото из «Чудного волшебника из страны Оз» . Новый фильм будет основан на детской книге Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of The Wizard of Oz .
По состоянию на 29 августа 2018 года Warner Bros. разрабатывает « Койот против Акме» , анимационный фильм « Хитрый Койот», продюсером которого является режиссер « Лего Бэтмен» Крис Маккей.
После выпуска в сентябре 2018 года Smallfoot получил 76% -ный рейтинг одобрения Rotten Tomatoes с в основном положительными отзывами критиков и собрал более 214 миллионов долларов по всему миру.
В октябре 2018 года было объявлено, что в разработке находится гибридный фильм с живыми боевиками и анимацией, основанный на Томе и Джерри , и что его производство начнется в 2019 году, а дата выхода назначена на 11 февраля 2021 года.
22 февраля 2019 года было объявлено, что Space Jam: A New Legacy с Леброном Джеймсом в главной роли выйдет 16 июля 2021 года.
После выпуска в феврале 2019 года фильм «Лего-фильм 2: Вторая часть» , продолжение фильма «Лего» , получил 86% -ный рейтинг одобрения « Гнилых помидоров» с в основном положительными отзывами критиков и собрал более 183,4 миллиона долларов по всему миру.
В октябре 2019 года Locksmith Animation заключила многолетнее производственное соглашение с Warner Bros., которое будет распространять фильмы Locksmith.
Анимированный перезагрузка Scooby-Doo серии фильмов под названием Scoob! Первоначально премьера была запланирована на 15 мая 2020 года, но затем он был отложен из -за пандемии COVID-19 . 21 апреля 2020 года было объявлено, что вместо этого он будет переходить на видео по запросу в ответ на пандемию. Он получил неоднозначные отзывы критиков.
Живой / анимационный фильм по мотивам « Тома и Джерри» был выпущен на международном уровне 11 февраля 2021 года и 26 февраля в США одновременно в кинотеатрах и на канале HBO Max , на котором также был представлен новый логотип компании, соответствующий дизайну нового щита. логотип, который Warner Bros. дебютировал еще в ноябре 2019 года. Как и его обычный логотип WB, который был обновлен ранее в том же году с помощью Locked Down , он создан Devastudios с облаками, созданными с помощью Terragen . Он получил в основном отрицательные отзывы критиков.
Space Jam: A New Legacy с Леброном Джеймсом в главной ролибыл выпущен 16 июля 2021 года и стал первым фильмом Warner Animation Group, в котором использовалась традиционная анимация. Он также получил в основном негативные отзывы критиков.
Фильмография
Смотрите также
- Cartoon Network Studios
- Семейные развлечения Warner Bros.
- Уильямс-стрит
- Turner Entertainment Co.
- DC Entertainment
- Список театральных анимационных полнометражных фильмов Warner Bros.
- Список неизведанных проектов Warner Bros. Animation
- Список анимационных студий, принадлежащих WarnerMedia
Документальные фильмы об истории анимации Warner Bros.
- Багз Банни: Суперзвезда
использованная литература
Библиография
- Джонс, Чак (1990). Чак Амак: Жизнь и времена мультипликатора . Нью-Йорк: Фаррар, Штраус и Жиру . ISBN 978-0-374-12348-2.
- Мальтин, Леонард (1987) [1980]. О мышах и магии . Нью-Йорк: Плюм . п. 273. ISBN. 978-0-45-225993-5.
внешние ссылки
- Warner Bros. Animation на IMDb
- Художественная анимация Warner Bros. на IMDb
Warner Bros. Animation является американская анимационная студия принадлежит Global Kids, молодых взрослых и Classics подразделение из Warner Bros. Entertainment , дочерняя компания AT & T «s WarnerMedia . Студия тесно связана, в частности, с персонажами Looney Tunes и Merrie Melodies . Студия является преемницей Warner Bros. Cartoons , студии, которая производила мультфильмы Looney Tunes и Merrie Melodies с 1933 по 1963 и с 1967 по 1969 годы. Warner восстановила свое анимационное подразделение в 1980 году, чтобы продюсировать Looney Tunes.— связанных работ, и в 1996 году TBS объединилась с Time Warner (ныне WarnerMedia ) [1].
В последние годы Warner Bros. Animation сосредоточилась в основном на производстве телевизионной и прямой видео-анимации с участием персонажей, созданных другими объектами, принадлежащими Warner Bros., включая DC Comics , мультипликационную студию Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (через Turner Entertainment Co. . ) и Hanna-Barbera Productions .
Первоначальная студия Warner Bros. Cartoons , а также все подразделения Warner Bros. по производству короткометражных сюжетов закрылись в 1969 году из-за роста затрат и снижения отдачи от производства короткометражных сюжетов. Были наняты сторонние анимационные компании для создания новой анимации, связанной с Looney Tunes, для телешоу и рекламных роликов через нерегулярные промежутки времени. В 1975 году выпускник Warner Bros. Cartoon Чак Джонс начал продюсировать серию специальных программ Looney Tunes в своей анимационной студии Chuck Jones Productions , первым из которых стал « Карнавал животных» . Эти специальные предложения и Looney Tunes 1975 годаретроспективный художественный фильм под названием « Багз Банни: Суперзвезда» (распространяемый United Artists , предыдущим владельцем библиотеки Warner Bros. до 1950 года) привел Джонса к созданию фильма «Багз Банни / Road Runner» для Warner Bros. в 1979 году. В этом фильме смешалась классика. Короткометражки Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies с недавно выпущенными обертками Bugs Bunny, представляющими каждый мультфильм. Warner Bros. отреагировала на успех этого фильма, восстановив собственную студию мультфильмов.
Warner Bros. Animation открыла свои двери в 1980 году для производства сборников фильмов и телешоу с участием персонажей Looney Tunes . Первоначальным руководителем студии был Хэл Гир , который был редактором звуковых эффектов первоначальной студии в течение ее последних дней, и вскоре к нему присоединился Фриз Фреленг , который покинул DePatie-Freleng (которая стала Marvel Productions после того, как была продана Marvel Comics ), и вернулся в Warner в качестве исполнительного продюсера. Новые образы для The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981), 3-го фильма Bugs Bunny: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) и Daffy Duck’s Fantastic Island(1983) — это кадры, снятые новым персоналом Warner Bros. Animation, состоящим в основном из ветеранов золотого века мультфильмов WB, включая сценаристов Джона Данна и Дэйва Детиджа.
К 1986 году Фреленг ушел, и Хэл Гир также ушел в отставку в следующем году. Гира ненадолго заменил Стивен С. Грин, который, в свою очередь, был заменен бывшим секретарем Фреленга Кэтлин Хелпи-Шипли, которая возглавила крупное возрождение бренда Looney Tunes в последующие годы. Студия продолжала производство специальных проектов с персонажами Looney Tunes , время от времени создавая новые короткометражки Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies для таких театров, как The Duxorcist (1987), Night of the Living Duck (1988), Box-Office Bunny (1990) и Carrotblanca(1995). Многие из этих короткометражек, а также новые кадры в сборнике «Охотники за крями» Даффи Дака (в который входит «Дуксорцист» ) были сняты Грегом Фордом и Терри Ленноном, а также Дарреллом Ван Ситтерсом .
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Warner Bros. Animation (Уорнер Бразерс Анимейшен) — отдел мультипликации компании Warner bros., филиал конгломерата Time Warner. Студия тесно связана с Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies и др. Эта студия является преемником компании Warner Bros. Cartoons (прежнее название Leon Schlesinger Productions), студия которая продюсировала мультфильмы Looney Tunes и Merrie Melodies в периоды с 1933 по 1963, и с 1967 по 1969 годы. Уорнер восстановил собственный отдел анимации, наладив рабочие отношения с компанией Looney Tunes.[1]
После 1990 года, Warner Bros. Animation сосредоточена на производстве продукции для телевидения и анимации, включая отношения с Time Warner’s DC Comics.
Примечания
- ↑ 1 2 Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1987). Of Mice and Magic. New York: Plume/Penguin Books. Pg. 273.
См. также
- Looney Tunes
Ссылки
- Официальный сайт Warner Bros. Animation (англ.)
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The Warner Animation Group (WAG) is the feature animation division of Warner Bros. Global Kids & Young Adults, itself a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment. Established on January 7, 2013, the studio is the successor to the dissolved 2D traditional hand-drawn animation studio Warner Bros. Feature Animation, which shut down in 2003. Its first film The Lego Movie was released on February 7, 2014 and its latest release was The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part on February 8, 2019; with their next release being a Scooby-Doo animated film on May 15, 2020.
History
In January 2013, Jeff Robinov (then head of the studio’s motion picture division) founded a screenplay development department, nicknamed a «think tank» for developing theatrical animated films, known as the Warner Animation Group. The group includes John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Nicholas Stoller, Jared Stern, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Warner Bros. created the group with the hope that the box office reception of their films will be competitive with other animation studios’ releases. The group is reportedly somewhat similar to Pixar Animation Studios’ «brain trust» in terms of how its members consult with one another and give feedback on each other’s projects.
On February 7, 2014, Warner Animation Group released their first film The Lego Movie, a film animated by Animal Logic, which also provided the animation for both spinoffs. It was met with positive reviews and proved to be a box office success.
On January 7, 2013, Warner Animation Group announced their second film Storks, which was originally scheduled for a 2015 release but was pushed to February 10, 2017 and later to September 23, 2016. On the same day, they announced their third film Smallfoot, based on the book Yeti Tracks by Sergio Pablos, was originally going to have a 2016 release as it was first announced on January 7, 2013. Then it was scheduled for release on February 9, 2018 but was later moved to September 14, 2018 and then September 28, 2018. Storks was animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks and was met with mixed to positive reviews from critics. Smallfoot was created by the same service and received a 76% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with mostly positive reviews from critics and has grossed over $192 million worldwide. There are possible plans for a sequel.
On February 7, 2014, the same day The Lego Movie was released, it was reported that Jared Stern and Michelle Morgan were hired to write The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. The sequel was announced to be released on May 26, 2017, but later that year it was reported that a spin-off film featuring Batman from The Lego Movie might take the sequel’s release date thus pushing the sequel to May 18, 2018. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller returned to script and co-direct the sequel. Rob Schrab was set to direct the film, but was later replaced by Mike Mitchell due to «creative differences». On June 2016, the release date was again pushed to February 8, 2019.
On February 10, 2017, Warner Animation Group released The Lego Batman Movie, which also received positive reviews from critics and box office success.
The Lego Ninjago Movie, based on the Lego Ninjago theme of Lego toys, was released on September 22, 2017. Upon release, the film was met with mixed reviews from critics and became the first film from the studio to fail to recoup its budget.
Smallfoot, based on the book Yeti Tracks by Sergio Pablos, was released on September 28, 2018. The film received a moderately positive reception from critics and a box office success.
On March 27, 2015, it was reported that Jason Segel and Drew Pearce were going to co-direct and write a script to a new «Lego Movie» spin-off film titled The Billion Brick Race.
Other WAG films in development are Speedy Gonzales and Bone.
In September 2015 it was reported that Warner Animation Group was working on an animated musical film titled Meet The Beatles, which is to be based on The Beatles and directed by Paul King, who also directed Paddington.
In March 2016, Warner Animation Group announced plans for a shared universe of animated films based on various Hanna-Barbera characters starting with a reboot of the Scooby-Doo film series, originally scheduled for September 21, 2018 in the United States. In October 2018, it was announced that the film is now set to be released in the first quarter of 2020. Another film part of the Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe will be based on The Jetsons, with Conrad Vernon set to direct and Matt Lieberman writing the screenplay. Other films part of the upcoming Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe also include a Flintstones and a Wacky Races film.
On January 24, 2018, it was announced that an animated Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat film was in development as part of a creative partnership with Seuss Enterprises.
On May 23, 2018, it was announced that WAG will produce an animated adaptation of The Ice Dragon, a children’s fantasy book by George R. R. Martin. Martin will produce and possibly write the script for the film.
On July 12, 2018, it was announced that WAG will produce an animated film about Toto from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The new film will be based on the children’s book Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of The Wizard of Oz.
On August 29, 2018, Warner Animation Group announced Coyote vs. Acme, a Wile E. Coyote animated film with The Lego Batman Movie director Chris McKay on board to produce.
In October 2018, it was announced that a live action/animated hybrid film based on Tom and Jerry is in development and that it would begin production in 2019.
On December 5, 2018, Chris McKay announced a sequel to The Lego Batman Movie was in the works at Warner Bros. with him once again directing.
On January 27, 2019, Warner Bros. confirmed that a film based on the Funko toys is in development.
On February 22, 2019, A Space Jam sequel, starring LeBron James, is scheduled for release on July 16, 2021.
Process
Similar to other animation studios such as Sony Pictures Animation and Paramount Animation, the studio outsources their animated films to different animation and visual effects studios. This would include Animal Logic (The Lego Movie franchise and the upcoming Bone film), Sony Pictures Imageworks (Storks and Smallfoot) and Reel FX Creative Studios (the upcoming Scoob film).
The studio is also planning to push for more original films like Smallfoot and Scooby-Doo as well as more that feature both animation and live-action with Space Jam 2 and Tom and Jerry starting out this tactic.
The budget for their films tend to range within $60–80 million. Their most expensive film is The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part at $99 million.
Filmography
- Main article: List of Warner Animation Group films
Feature films
Released films
# | Title | Release date | Co-production with | Animation services | Budget | Gross | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
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1 | The Lego Movie[S] | February 7, 2014 | Village Roadshow Pictures RatPac-Dune Entertainment Lego System A/S Vertigo Entertainment Lin Pictures |
Animal Logic | $60 million | $469 million | 95% | 83 |
2 | Storks | September 23, 2016 | RatPac-Dune Entertainment Stoller Global Solutions (uncredited) |
Sony Pictures Imageworks | $70 million | $183.5 million | 66% | 56 |
3 | The Lego Batman Movie | February 10, 2017 | DC Entertainment RatPac-Dune Entertainment Lego System A/S Lord Miller Productions Vertigo Entertainment Lin Pictures |
Animal Logic | $80 million | $312 million | 90% | 75 |
4 | The Lego Ninjago Movie[S] | September 22, 2017 | RatPac-Dune Entertainment Lego System A/S Vertigo Entertainment Lord Miller Productions Lin Pictures |
$70 million | $123 million | 56% | 55 | |
5 | Smallfoot | September 28, 2018 | Zaftig Films | Sony Pictures Imageworks | $80 million | $214 million | 76% | 60 |
6 | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part[S] | February 8, 2019 | Lego System A/S Vertigo Entertainment Lord Miller Productions Rideback |
Animal Logic | $99 million | $183.3 million | 86% | 65 |
Upcoming films
# | Title | Release date | Co-production with | Animation services | Current Production Status |
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7 | Scoob | May 15, 2020 | Hanna-Barbera Atlas Entertainment Primate Pictures 1492 Pictures |
Reel FX Creative Studios | Pre-production |
8 | Tom and Jerry[S] | April 16, 2021 | Turner Entertainment | N/A | |
9 | DC Super Pets | May 21, 2021 | DC Entertainment | ||
10 | Space Jam 2[S] | May 21, 2021 | SpringHill Entertainment |
Films in development
Title |
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The Jetsons |
Bone |
The Billion Brick Race |
Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat |
Speedy Gonzales |
Meet the Beatles |
The Ice Dragon |
Toto |
Coyote vs. Acme |
Tom and Jerry [S] |
The Flintstones |
Wacky Races |
Untitled Lego Batman Movie sequel |
Untitled Funko film |
- SCombines live-action with animation.
Short films
# | Title | Release date |
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1 | Enter the Ninjago | June 17, 2014 |
2 | The Lego Movie: 4D — A New Adventure | January 29, 2016 |
3 | The Master | September 23, 2016 |
4 | Pigeon Toady’s Guide to Your New Baby | December 6, 2016 |
5 | Dark Hoser | June 13, 2017 |
6 | Batman is Just Not That Into You | |
7 | Cooking with Alfred | |
8 | Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That? | |
9 | Shark E. Shark in «Which Way to the Ocean?» | December 19, 2017 |
10 | Zane’s Stand Up Promo | |
10 | Emmet’s Holiday Party | December 10, 2018 |
Franchises
Title | Release date |
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The Lego Movie | 2014–present |
Gallery
Posters
The Lego Batman MovieFebruary 10, 2017
The Lego Ninjago MovieSeptember 22, 2017
The Lego Movie 2: The Second PartFebruary 8, 2019
Logos
The Lego Movie (2014) variant
Storks (2016) variant
Lego Ninjago: The Master (2016) variant
The Lego Batman Movie (2017) variant
The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) variant
Smallfoot (2018) variant
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) variant
See also
- Morlus Animation
- Warner Bros. Animation
- Warner Bros. Feature Animation
Trivia
- This company has not yet made a G-rated production, as every one of its feature-length films so far has been rated PG by the MPAA, due to stricter reasons.
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