| 39th | Top animation studios |
| Fate | Foreclosure |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 [1] |
| Defunct | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Key people | Don Bluth Gary Goldman |
| Industry | Animation |
| Products | Animated features |
Fox Animation Studios was a short-lived traditional animation production company, a division of 20th Century Fox, headed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. Fox Animation Studios was located at 2747 East Camelback Road in Phoenix, Arizona (85016). Anastasia, FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue, Bartok the Magnificent and Titan A.E. are the only films produced by the company.
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The department was designed to compete with Walt Disney Feature Animation, which had phenomenal success in the 1990s with the releases of films such as Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992) and The Lion King (1994). Walt Disney Pictures veterans Bluth and Goldman came to Fox from Sullivan Bluth Studios, which had produced An American Tail, The Land Before Time, and both All Dogs Go To Heaven and Rock-a-Doodle, among other films.
Before Don Bluth came to Fox, the studio released three animated features during the 1990s which were produced by outside studios - FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Once Upon a Forest, and The Pagemaster, all of which did poorly at the box office. Even before, Fox distributed two Ralph Bakshi features, Wizards and Fire and Ice and Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure by Richard Williams.
The studio's films were not as successful as Disney's animated movies were. Only one of its two theatrical releases, Anastasia (1997), turned a profit. Its other theatrical release Titan A.E. made only USD $9,376,845 in its opening weekend, with an estimated production budget of $75,000,000, and the studio was shut down as a result. The last film set to be made was going to be an adaptation of Wayne Barlowe's illustrated novel Barlowe's Inferno; it was set to be done with near complete CGI.
Fox Animation Studios' only other production was a direct-to-video sequel to Anastasia, Bartok the Magnificent. Bluth and Goldman were considered to produce Ice Age as a CGI animated film, but passed on the script.
Today, Blue Sky Studios serves as the animation producer for 20th Century Fox. Blue Sky's films have included success films such as the Ice Age films, Robots, and Horton Hears a Who!
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| Type | Division of 20th Century Fox |
|---|---|
| Industry |
CGI animation Motion pictures |
| Founded |
1997[1] (original date, defunct 2000) 2009 (relaunch) |
| Founder(s) |
Don Bluth Gary Goldman John Pomeroy |
| Headquarters | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Products | Animated features |
| Owner(s) | News Corporation |
| Parent | 20th Century Fox |
Fox Animation Studios is an animation production company, a division of 20th Century Fox, founded by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. Fox Animation Studios was located at 2747 East Camelback Road in Phoenix, Arizona (85016). After 9 years of foreclosure, 20th Century Fox revived the Fox Animation Studios label in 2009. The first movie produced by the resurrected Fox Animation Studios was the recent film version of Fantastic Mr. Fox (from Regency Enterprises).
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FOX Animation Studios logo in 1994 thru 2000. |
The department was designed to compete with Walt Disney Feature Animation, which had phenomenal success in the 1990s with the releases of films such as Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992) and The Lion King (1994). Walt Disney Pictures veterans Bluth and Goldman came to Fox from Sullivan Bluth Studios, which had produced An American Tail, The Land Before Time, and both All Dogs Go To Heaven and Rock-a-Doodle, among other films.
Before Don Bluth came to Fox, the studio released three animated features during the 1990s which were produced by outside studios - FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Once Upon a Forest, and The Pagemaster, all of which did poorly at the box office. Even before, Fox distributed two Ralph Bakshi features, Wizards and Fire and Ice, and Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure by Richard Williams.
The studio's films were not as successful as Disney's animated movies were. Only one of its two theatrical releases, Anastasia (1997), turned a profit. Its other theatrical release Titan A.E. made only USD $9,376,845 in its opening weekend, with an estimated production budget of $75,000,000, and the studio was shut down as a result. The last film set to be made was going to be an adaptation of Wayne Barlowe's illustrated novel Barlowe's Inferno; it was set to be done with near complete CGI.
Fox Animation Studios' only other productions were two direct-to-video sequels to Anastasia and FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Bartok the Magnificent and FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue. Bluth and Goldman were considered to produce Ice Age as a cel animated film, but passed on the script.
Today, other out-source companies provide animation for Fox, such as Blue Sky Studios, whose successful films include the Ice Age films, Robots, Horton Hears a Who!, and the upcoming Rio.
20th Century Fox announced the revival of the Fox Animation Studios label on July 30, 2009, which began with the release of Fantastic Mr. Fox in November 2009, which was a sleeper hit at the box office. It was followed by Diary of a Wimpy Kid on March 19, 2010, and their next animated feature not to be produced by Blue Sky Studios, Welcome to the Jungle is currently in production.
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