Sony Pictures Animation
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Sony Pictures Animation is an American computer-animated movie production company. It is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. The company was founded in May 2002. It is working closely with Sony Pictures Imageworks, which takes care of the digital production. Theatrical releases are distributed by Columbia Pictures, and direct-to-video releases are distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Their first movie Open Season was released on September 29, 2006, along with two direct-to-video sequels: Open Season 2 (released on September 24, 2008) and Open Season 3 (released on October 21, 2010) and Open Season 4 scheduled to release in 2016. The studio's most successful movie to date is The Smurfs. However, its most critically acclaimed movie is Arthur Christmas, which was co-produced with Aardman Animations.
Feature Films[change | change source]
| Title | Release Date | Co-production with | Animation services |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Season | September 29, 2006 | N/A | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| Surf's Up | June 8, 2007 | N/A | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | September 18, 2009 | N/A | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| The Smurfs | July 29, 2011 | The Kerner Entertainment Company | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| Arthur Christmas | November 23, 2011 | Aardman Animations | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| The Pirates! Band of Misfits | April 27, 2012 | Aardman Animations | Double Negative |
| Hotel Transylvania | September 28, 2012 | N/A | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| The Smurfs 2 | July 31, 2013 | The Kerner Entertainment Company | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | September 27, 2013 | N/A | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| Hotel Transylvania 2 | September 25, 2015 | LStar Capital | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| Goosebumps | October 16, 2015 | LStar Capital Village Roadshow Pictures Original Film Scholastic Entertainment | Moving Pictures Company |
| The Angry Birds Movie | May 20, 2016 | Rovio Animation | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| Smurfs: The Lost Village | April 7, 2017 | The Kerner Entertainment Company Wanda Pictures LStar Capital | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| The Emoji Movie | July 28, 2017 | N/A | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| The Star | November 17, 2017 | The Jim Henson Company Franklin Entertainment Walden Media Affirm Films | Cinesite Studios |
| Peter Rabbit | February 9, 2018 | Olive Bridge Entertainment 2.0 Entertainment Screen Australia Screen NSW | Animal Logic |
| Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | July 13, 2018 | N/A | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| Goosebumps 2: Hunted Halloween | October 12, 2018 | Original Film Scholastic Entertainment Slivertongue Films | Double Negative |
| Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | December 14, 2018 | Marvel Entertainment Arad Productions Pascal Pictures Lord Miller Productions | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| The Angry Birds Movie 2 | August 13, 2019 | Rovio Animation | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
Upcoming Films[change | change source]
| Title | Release Date | Co-production with | Animation services |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connected | October 23, 2020 | Lord Miller Productions | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| Vivo | June 4, 2021 | Laurence Mark Productions | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| Hotel Transylvania 4 | August 6, 2021 | N/A | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 | October 7, 2022 | Marvel Entertainment | Sony Pictures Imageworks |