The closure of Blue Sky Studios was a result of Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox and the financial challenges of maintaining three separate animation studios. The studio's closure left 450 employees without work.
On February 9, 2021, Disney announced that it was closing Blue Sky Studios in April 2021. A spokesperson for the company explained that in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic's continued economic impact on all of its businesses, it was no longer sustainable for them to run a third feature animation studio.
In January 2022, fans of the tropical tale received the exciting news that Rio 3 is officially in the works (via The DisInsider). As with most animated movies, the development and production process is extensive, often spanning several years.
Blue Sky's final film was Spies in Disguise, which was released on December 25, 2019. The studio's final production overall was the miniseries Ice Age: Scrat Tales, released on April 13, 2022.
However, in 2021, Blue Sky Studios was shut down permanently due to the COVID pandemic. After seeing how important Scrat was to fans, Disney made a decision.
acquired 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets in a deal valued at $71.3 billion. At the time, Walt Disney Animation Studios president Andrew Millstein joined Blue Sky as co-president alongside co-president Robert Baird; both will be leaving the company with the shutting of the studio.
Currently, DreamWorks operates out of offices at Universal Studios Hollywood. DreamWorks is also distinct from its former animation division of the same name, which was spun off in 2004 and became a subsidiary of NBCUniversal in 2016.
Ownership of Blue Sky Studios was assumed by The Walt Disney Company as part of their 2019 acquisition of 21st Century Fox, which concluded on March 20, 2019.
In August 2016 the corporation was acquired by NBC Universal (also known as NBCUniversal), a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation, which was originally a cable television operator. Owing to the slow pace of animated feature production, the first two DreamWorks Animation features were not released until 1998.
It's officially confirmed that Zootopia 2 is happening, and after nearly a decade since the original, the anticipation is high. Zootopia is set in a world where humans don't exist and quirky anthropomorphic animals take on everyday roles, such as a ram working as a chemist and a sloth employed at the DMV.
In Walt Disney Animation Studios' all-new epic animated musical, Moana 2, three years since her first voyage, Moana is on an expansive journey in search of people beyond the shores of Motunui.
In 2023, it was disclosed that another installment was in progress, with no details regarding its release. Now, DiscussingFilm has affirmed that the forthcoming Frozen 3 is set to hit theaters in 2026.
The first five films were produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by its then parent company 20th Century Fox (now known as 20th Century Studios). The series features the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary and Chris Wedge, who were the only constant cast members for the original films.
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.
Who owns Bluesky? Though Jack Dorsey funded Bluesky and sits on the company's board, he is not involved in day-to-day development. The CEO of Bluesky is Jay Graber, who previously worked as a software engineer for the cryptocurrency Zcash, then founded an event-planning site called Happening.
On January 24, 2006, Disney announces that it will purchase animation studio Pixar for $7.4 billion dollars. By the end of 2005, Pixar had become a giant in the world of movie animation, on the strength of its blockbuster hits Toy Story (1995), A Bug's Life (1998), Monsters, Inc.
In a groundbreaking agreement announced in July 2021, Netflix secured a deal with Universal's renowned animation studios, DreamWorks and Illumination. This exclusive partnership grants Netflix the limited-time streaming rights to all new animated movies released by these studios, for the US audience.
Following the unprecedented success of Shrek and Shrek 2, DreamWorks Animation continued to expand the Shrek universe with several sequels and spin-offs, including Shrek the Third (2007), Shrek Forever After (2010), Oscar®-nominated Puss in Boots (2011) and Oscar®-nominated Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022).
Blue Sky was acquired by the Walt Disney Company as part of their 2019 acquisition of the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox, which concluded on March 20, 2019.
' But some now see the Fox deal as a mistake. Disney CEO Bob Iger arriving at the 92nd Academy Awards in February 2020 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Will history judge Walt Disney Co.'s $71.3-billion purchase of 21st Century Fox a success?
It was less interested in Fox's production capacities and more keen to acquire Fox's own film and television libraries to help expand the streaming service's library.
