Blue Sky Studios was a Connecticut-based CGI animation company, which made the Ice Age movies. It was a subsidiary of 20th Century Fox, and a division of Walt Disney Studios, owned by The Walt Disney Company.
Blue Sky Studios was a subsidiary of 20th Century Animation until its acquisition by Disney, as part of their acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets in 2019. Blue Sky was shut down in April 2021 by Disney due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its business operations.
Blue Sky Studios released popular films like Ice Age, Horton Hears a Who, and Robots. They seemed like one of the biggest names in animation. Yet the studio became victim to both a major corporate acquisition and cost-cutting efforts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 10, 2021, the studio officially closed.
A studio spokesperson told Deadline, “Given the current economic realities, after much consideration and evaluation, we have made the difficult decision to close filmmaking operations at Blue Sky Studios.”
DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA) (also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios or simply DreamWorks) is an American animation studio owned by Universal Pictures, a division of NBCUniversal, which is itself a subsidiary of Comcast.
She ultimately settled with Disney, which had purchased Blue Sky Studios, for the "Sqrat" trademark, but failed to stop Scrat from appearing in future Disney works despite the names being phonetically equivalent. The copyright to "Scrat" was granted to Fox.
A 20-year trademark lawsuit by Ivy 'Supersonic' Silberstein was recently settled. A judge sided with the graphic artist and verified that she was the sole owner of the 'Ice Age' character Scrat, a squirrel crossed with a rat designed by Silverstein in 1999.
Animated movies tend to take a little longer to make than live-action and Ice Age movies have usually had three to four years between releases. If everything works out in the development process, Ice Age 7 could be released in early 2025 or 2026 at the latest.
Silberstein apparently tried to pitch the critter to Blue Sky or Fox (who owned Blue Sky at the time) at one point, and later filed a lawsuit alleging that her copyright had been violated when Scrat appeared in Ice Age without compensation to her. I told you her character was part squirrel and part rat.
It started production on April 27, 2022 and it scheduled to probably release in 2024 on Disney Junior and Disney+. The Show will feature many of the Ice Age characters as babies or toddlers despite the fact that the characters weren't together when they were young as there voices are high pitched.
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The sixth film in the “Ice Age” franchise, “The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild,” is now streaming exclusively on Disney+. In this installment, possum brothers Crash and Eddie reunite with solo thrillseeker Buck Wild beneath the ice in The Lost World because they want to live like he does.
Ray Romano as Manny, a woolly mammoth and the leader of The Herd. He is also Ellie's husband, Sid and Diego's best friend and Peaches' father. John Leguizamo as Sid, a ground sloth and the founder of The Herd.
When the Fox deal was finalized in March 2019, Iger said in a statement, “Disney's and Fox's unparalleled collection of businesses and franchises will allow us to create more appealing high-quality content, expand our direct-to-consumer offerings and international presence, and deliver more personalized and compelling ...
Disney's acquisitions include The Muppets, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Fox, giving them ownership of major franchises like Toy Story and Star Wars. Disney's acquisition of Marvel for $4 billion has paid off, as the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the top-grossing film franchise in history.
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild is a 2022 animated adventure comedy film directed by John C. Donkin, in his feature directorial debut, with a screenplay by Jim Hecht, Ray DeLaurentis, and William Schifrin.
