Paramount Animation

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Paramount Animation
Division
Industry Animation
Motion pictures
Founded July 2011; 5 years ago (July 2011)
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States
Key people
 Annie Laks
(Vice President)
Owner Viacom
Number of employees
 10 (2017)[1]
Parent Paramount Pictures

Paramount Animation is the animated film division of Paramount Pictures.[2] Its first animated film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water was released on February 6, 2015.[3]

History[edit]

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.[2] 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.[4] In February 2012, Stainton resigned for personal reasons, with Paramount Film Group's president, Adam Goodman, stepping in to directly oversee the studio.[5] It was also announced that The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, a 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.[3]

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,[6] Variety reported that Paramount Animation was in the process of starting development of several animated films with budgets of around US$100 million.[7]

The studio relies on other animation studios and visual effect companies to provide the animation on their films. This includes Nickelodeon Animation Studios (The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Spongebob 3), Mr. X and Moving Picture Company (Monster Trucks), Ilion Animation Studios (Amusement Park); with the main studio only having about 10 employees working there.[1]

Filmography[edit]

Feature films[edit]

Released films

# Title Release date Co-production with Budget Gross RT MC
1 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water February 6, 2015 Nickelodeon Movies and United Plankton Pictures $74 million $323.4 million[8] 80% 63
2 Monster Trucks[9][10][11] January 13, 2017 Disruption Entertainment and Nickelodeon Movies $125 million $62.3 million[12] 33% 41

Upcoming films

Title Release date Co-production with
Gnomeo & Juliet: Sherlock Gnomes[13] January 12, 2018 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Rocket Pictures, and Mikros Images
Amusement Park[11] July 13, 2018[14] Ilion Animation Studios and Nickelodeon Movies [15][16][17]
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 3[18][11] February 8, 2019 Nickelodeon Movies and United Plankton Pictures

Films in development

Title
Shedd[19]
Giant Monsters Attack Japan[20]
Untitled Sci-fi Project [21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Faughnder, Ryan (January 13, 2017). "2017's first big flop? How Paramount's 'Monster Trucks' went awry". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 29, 2017. 
  2. ^ a b 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. 
  3. ^ a b Szalai, Georg; Miller, Daniel (February 28, 2012). "Paramount to Release 'SpongeBob' Movie in Late 2014". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 5, 2012. 
  4. ^ L. Weinstein, Joshua (October 10, 2011). "Paramount Names David Stainton Animation President". The Wrap. Retrieved October 10, 2011. 
  5. ^ Fleming, Mike (February 22, 2012). "Paramount President Of Animation David Stainton Resigns". Deadline. Retrieved February 22, 2012. 
  6. ^ Finke, Nikki (August 20, 2012). "EXCLUSIVE: DreamWorks Animation To Fox For New 5-Year Distribution Deal; Paying Fees Of 8% Theatrical And 6% Digital". Deadline.com. Retrieved August 20, 2012. 
  7. ^ Graser, Marc; Kroll, Justin (17 August 2012). "Paramount ramping up animation slate". Variety. Retrieved 17 August 2012. 
  8. ^ "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 5, 2015. 
  9. ^ Finke, Nikki (July 31, 2013). "Paramount Animation Plans 'Monster Trucks' Live Action-Toon Franchise: In Final Talks With Blue Sky's Chris Wedge To Direct". Deadline. Retrieved August 1, 2013. 
  10. ^ "TOLDJA! Paramount Sets Date For 'Monster Trucks' & 'SpongeBob' Movies". Deadline. August 1, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013. 
  11. ^ a b c Sneider, Jeff; Verhoeven, Beatrice (November 10, 2015). "Paramount Bumps 'Monster Trucks' to 2017, Sets 'Spongebob Squarepants 3' for 2019". The Wrap. 
  12. ^ "Monster Trucks (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 16, 2017. 
  13. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony. "Johnny Depp Lending His Voice To Paramount/MGM's 'Sherlock Gnomes', Sequel To 'Gnomeo & Juliet'". Deadline. Retrieved 6 November 2015. 
  14. ^ Ashley Lee (January 26, 2017). "Paramount Shifts Animated 'Amusement Park' to July 2018". Retrieved January 28, 2017. 
  15. ^ Hopewell, John. "Annecy: Paramount Animation, Spain's Ilion Ally on 3D Tentpole (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 August 2016. 
  16. ^ Uriondo, Miguel Ángel. "'Amusement Park', la mayor película de animación de la historia de España". sabemos digital.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015. 
  17. ^ Peña, Ángel. "'Ilion goes to Hollywood': la edad de oro de la animación española". expansion.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016. 
  18. ^ Viacom (April 30, 2015). ""@ParamountPics is in development on sequels to existing franchises: @WorldWarZMovie, @JackReacher & @SpongeBobMovie" - TD". Twitter. Retrieved June 5, 2015. 
  19. ^ McNary, Dave (January 22, 2014). "Paramount Animation Taps 'Paperman's' John Kahrs to Direct 'Shedd' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved January 22, 2014. 
  20. ^ Rigney, Todd (August 31, 2015). "Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Giant Monsters Attack Japan Still Alive at Paramount Animation". DreadCentral.com. Retrieved 8 October 2015. 
  21. ^ Anthony D'Alessandro (October 15, 2015). "'The Signal' Scribe David Frigerio Sells Sci-Fi Pitch To Paramount Animation". Retrieved February 20, 2017. 

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