Skydance Animation

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Skydance Animation, LLC
Subsidiary
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Founded March 16, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-03-16)
Headquarters Santa Monica, California, United States
Key people
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Number of employees
 900[1] (2022)
Parent Skydance Media
Divisions Skydance Animation Madrid
Skydance Animation Los Angeles
Skydance Animation Connecticut
Website skydance.com/animation

Skydance Animation, LLC is an American animation studio that is a division of Skydance Media, founded on March 16, 2017. The studio is located in Los Angeles with offices in Connecticut and Madrid, Spain; the Madrid branch was originally Ilion Animation Studios.

Skydance Animation's first film Luck was released on August 5, 2022 on Apple TV+. Its next film is Spellbound, followed by two projects in the works, Pookoo and Ray Gunn.

History

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Logo from 2017 to 2020

In March 2017, Skydance Media formed an animation division and a multi-year partnership with Madrid, Spain-based animation studio Ilion Animation Studios.[2] In July, it announced its first two films, Split, for a release in 2019, and Luck.[3] On October 10, 2017, Bill Damaschke was hired to head the division as president of animation and family entertainment, and Luck was given a release date of March 19, 2021.[4] In April 2018, Luck was greenlit by Paramount Animation chief Mireille Soria.[5]

Skydance Animation signed on directors Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) to direct Luck, Vicky Jenson (Shrek) to direct Spellbound[6]), and Nathan Greno (Tangled) to write and direct Pookoo (formerly known as Powerless).[7] Peggy Holmes (Secret of the Wings and The Pirate Fairy) was later announced as new director of Luck, replacing Carloni who left over creative differences.[8]

In January 2019, Skydance Animation hired former Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios CCO John Lasseter as Head of Animation, supplanting Damaschke.[9] This decision was met with disapproval from some contributors to various Skydance projects, owing to prior allegations of sexual misconduct against Lasseter during his time with Pixar.[10] Soria announced that the team at Paramount Animation would no longer work with Skydance due to the hiring of Lasseter.[11] Luck and Spellbound were still going to be released by Skydance Media's collaborator Paramount Pictures without Paramount Animation,[12] as part of Skydance Media's deal with Paramount. until Apple TV+ acquired the distribution rights to both films in February 2021 as part of a larger pact with Skydance Animation.[13] Apple Original Films would replace Paramount for both Luck and Spellbound. Conversely, Damaschke stated that many people "[...] had strong feelings and felt like it was the right thing to do [...] and were excited to get to work with him" and it was "[...] definitely not a black-and-white situation."[14] Emma Thompson was to voice a character in Luck but left the project after Lasseter was hired.[15][16] Jane Fonda was cast as The Dragon in Luck.[17]

Holly Edwards, who previously served as Skydance Animation's Head of Production, was promoted to the position of president at Skydance Animation.[18]

On April 2, 2020, composer Alan Menken revealed that he was working alongside Lasseter on a project for the studio,[19] which was later announced to be Spellbound.[20] Skydance formally acquired Ilion Animation Studios and rebranded it as Skydance Animation Madrid in April 2020.[21] On July 30, the studio named Shane Prigmore for the newly created position of Senior Vice President of Development for Animation, in which he will oversee the creative development of all feature films and television series.[22] On December 16, 2020, Apple TV+ entered talks to take over the distribution rights to the films Luck and Spellbound.[23][24] More recently, Apple signed an overall deal with Skydance Animation which included animated films and television series. This includes a television adaptation of the novel The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi. The series has been greenlit for two seasons and was announced to feature showrunner Lauren Montgomery as both writer and executive producer with DiTerlizzi and Chad Quant.[25] She has since left the project and has been replaced by Bobs Gannaway, another of Lasseter’s Disney-era colleagues.

On June 2020, Shane Prigmore, an animation veteran who co-created Tangled: The Series, was hired as SVP Development at Skydance Animation. He will be tasked with overseeing the creative development of all films and TV series on the studio’s production slate.[26]

On October 1, 2021, Skydance Animation released its first short film inspired by a true story from director Joe Mateo called Blush. It was released on Apple TV+ as part of their multi-year deal. The ships from the short film became the mascots of the studio during the release of Luck, and a portion of Joy Ngiaw’s score was used for the fanfare of the studio.[27]

In February 2022, it was announced that Brad Bird would revive his long-dormant project Ray Gunn for Skydance Animation after it was originally set up at Turner Feature Animation.[28]

On March 16, 2022, Rich Moore revealed that he has entered into an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Skydance Animation.[29]

Skydance's first film Luck, was released on August 5, 2022. It received mixed reviews.

Filmography

Feature films

Released

<templatestyles src="Screen reader-only/styles.css" />Films produced by Skydance Animation
Release Title Director(s) Producer(s) Writer(s) Composer(s) Distribution
Screenplay by Story by
August 5, 2022 Luck Peggy Holmes
Co-director:
Javier Abad		 John Lasseter
David Ellison
Dana Goldberg
David Eisenmann		 Based on an original concept by:
Rebeca Carrasco
Juan De Dios
Julián Romero		 John Debney Apple Studios
Kiel Murray Jonathan Aibel
Glenn Berger
Kiel Murray

Upcoming

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Release Title Director(s) Producer(s) Writer(s) Composer(s) Distribution Production Status
Ref(s)
TBA Spellbound Vicky Jenson John Lasseter
David Ellison
Dana Goldberg
David Lipman		 Linda Woolverton
Lauren Hynek
Elizabeth Martin		 Alan Menken
(score)
Alan Menken
Glenn Slater
(songs)		 Apple Studios Post-production [30]
Pookoo Nathan Greno Jennifer Magee-Cook Nathan Greno TBA In production [31]
Ray Gunn Brad Bird John Lasseter
David Ellison
Dana Goldberg
Brad Bird		 Based on an original concept by:
Brad Bird		 Michael Giacchino [32][33]
Brad Bird
Matthew Robbins

Short films

Release Title Director Composer Distribution
October 1, 2021 Blush Joe Mateo Joy Ngiaw Apple TV+

Television series

Year Title Showrunners(s)/Developer(s) Network Seasons Episodes Co-Production Ref(s)
First Broadcast Last Broadcast
TBA WondLa Bobs Gannaway Apple TV+ 1 (2 ordered) TBA Gotham Group [34][35]

Reception

Critical and public response

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Each film is linked to the "Critical response" section of its article.
<templatestyles src="Screen reader-only/styles.css" />Critical and public response of Pixar films
Film Budget Critical
Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
Luck $140-200 million[36] 48% (93 reviews)[37] 48 (21 reviews)[38]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result
Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 17, 2021[39] Original Score — Short Animated Film (Blush) Joy Ngiaw Won
Music + Sound Awards[40] 2022 Joy Ngiaw, Joe Mateo

References

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  35. ↑ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2022/08/16/apple-original-films-lands-the-family-plan-new-feature-film-starring-mark-wahlberg-and-directed-by-simon-cellan-jones-957315/20220816apple02/
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  40. ↑ https://twitter.com/masawards/status/1580582992288022528?s=61&t=6su7yUyGR7XmSwxIWnT36g

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