Paramount Animation

Paramount Animation
Division
Industry Animation
Motion pictures
Predecessor Famous Studios
Founded July 6, 2011 (July 6, 2011)
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States
Key people
 Mireille Soria
(President)[1]
Ramsey Naito
(Executive Vice President)[2]
Products Animated films
Animated television shows
Owner Viacom
Number of employees
 10 (2017)[3]
Parent Paramount Pictures

Paramount Animation is the animation studio division of Paramount Pictures.[4] The division was founded on July 6, 2011 in response to the success of Rango and DreamWorks Animation's departure from Paramount in 2012. Its first animated film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water was released on February 6, 2015,[5] and its latest release Sherlock Gnomes was released on March 23, 2018 with its next release being Wonder Park on March 15, 2019.

History

In July 2011, in the wake of critical and box office success of their animated feature, Rango and the departure of DreamWorks Animation upon completion of their distribution contract in 2012, Paramount announced the formation of a new division, devoted to the creation of animated productions.[4] It marks Paramount's return to having its own animated division for the first time since 1967, when Paramount Cartoon Studios shut down (it was formerly Famous Studios until 1956).

In October 2011, Paramount named a former president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, David Stainton, president of Paramount Animation.[6] In February 2012, Stainton resigned for personal reasons, with Paramount Film Group's president, Adam Goodman, stepping in to directly oversee the studio.[7] It was also announced that The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, a standalone sequel to 2004's The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and based upon the popular Nickelodeon TV show, SpongeBob SquarePants, is the studio's first film and was released on February 6, 2015.[5]

In August 2012, in the same month that DreamWorks Animation confirmed that it will be working with 20th Century Fox as distributor beginning in 2013,[8] Variety reported that Paramount Animation was in the process of starting development of several animated films with budgets of around US$100 million.[9]

On May 2016, Paramount Pictures announced that they had signed a deal with UK-based Locksmith Animation to co-develop and co-produce a series of animated projects to be released under the Paramount Animation label (with animation produced by Double Negative).[10] The following year, however, Paramount ended its deal with Locksmith when Paramount chairman and CEO Brad Grey was replaced by Jim Gianopulos, who decided that their projects did not fit in with Paramount’s other upcoming releases. Locksmith formed a multi-year production deal with 20th Century Fox four months later.[11][12]

In July 2017, Paramount Pictures named former DreamWorks Animation co-president Mireille Soria as the president of the studio.[13]

In April 2018, Paramount Pictures named former Blue Sky Studios and Nickelodeon Movies producer Ramsey Naito as the executive vice president of the studio.[14]

Process

Similar to the Warner Animation Group and Sony Pictures Animation, Paramount Animation relies on other animation studios and VFX companies to provide the animation on their films, with the main studio only having about 10 employees working there.[3] This includes Nickelodeon Animation Studio and Rough Draft Studios (The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge), Mr. X and Moving Picture Company (Monster Trucks), Mikros Image (Sherlock Gnomes), and Ilion Animation Studios (Wonder Park).

Some, such as the upcoming films like Sonic the Hedgehog (Marza Animation Planet & Blur Studio), Luck (Skydance Media and Ilion Animation Studios), and Monster on the Hill (Reel FX Creative Studios), are created outside of Paramount Animation, although they will be released under the studio's label.[15][16]

Filmography

Feature films

Released films

# Title Release date Co-production with Animation service(s) Directors Composers Budget Gross RT MC
1The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water[S]February 6, 2015Nickelodeon Movies
United Plankton Pictures		Rough Draft Studios
Iloura		Paul TibbittJohn Debney$74 million$323.4 million[17]80%63
2Monster Trucks[S]January 13, 2017Disruption Entertainment
Nickelodeon Movies		Mr. X
Moving Picture Company		Chris WedgeDave Sardy$125 million$64.5 million[18]30%41
3Sherlock GnomesMarch 23, 2018Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rocket Pictures		Mikros Image
(London and Paris)
Reel FX Creative Studios		John StevensonChris Bacon$59 million$89 million[19]27%36

Upcoming films

# Title Release date Ref(s) Co-production with Animation service(s) Directors Composers
4Wonder ParkMarch 15, 2019[20][21][22][23][24]Nickelodeon MoviesIlion Animation StudiosDavid FeissSteven Price
5Sonic the Hedgehog[S][R]November 8, 2019[25][26]Original Film
Sega		Marza Animation Planet
Blur Studio		Jeff FowlerTBA
6The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge[S]July 17, 2020[27][28][29][30]Nickelodeon Movies
United Plankton Pictures		Rough Draft Studios
Mikros Image		Tim Hill
7Untitled filmAugust 7, 2020[31]TBA
8Monster on the Hill[R]2020[32][33]Walden MediaReel FX Creative StudiosBradley Raymond
9Luck[R]March 19, 2021[34][35]Skydance MediaIlion Animation StudiosAlessandro Carloni

Films in development

TitleRef(s)
Giant Monsters Attack Japan[36]
Untitled Sci-fi Project[37]
The Flamingo Affair[38]
Clifford the Big Red Dog[S][39][40][41]
Split[R][42][43]
Monument Valley[S][R][44]
Untitled Transformers One animated film [45]
S Combines live-action with animation.
R Not produced, but released by Paramount Animation under its label.

Television series

Title Premiere date Network Co-production with
Wonder Park[46]2019NickelodeonIlion Animation Studios and Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Accolades

Annie Awards

YearFilmCategoryWinner/Nominee(s)Result
2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Animated Effects in an Animated Production Brice Mallier, Paul Buckley, Brent Droog, Alex Whyte and Jonothan Freisler Nominated
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Tom Kenny

Kids' Choice Awards

YearFilmCategoryWinner/Nominee(s)Result
2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Favorite Animated Movie Nominated

People's Choice Awards

Year Film Category Winner/Nominee(s) Result
2018 Sherlock Gnomes Favorite Family Movie Shortlisted

See also

References

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  2. ↑ McNary, Dave (April 12, 2018). "'Boss Baby' Producer Ramsey Naito Hired for Paramount Animation Post". Variety. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
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  4. 1 2 Finke, Nikki (July 6, 2011). "Paramount Expects DreamWorks Toon Exit; Studio Starts Paramount Animation Unit; Jeff Katzenberg Zeroing In Time Warner". Deadline. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
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