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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, it's latest release was The Angry Birds Movie 2 on August 13, 2019, and it's next release being The Mitchells vs. The Machines on April 30, 2021, along with three direct-to-video sequels: Open Season 2 (released on September 24, 2008), Open Season 3 (released on October 21, 2010), and Open Season: Scared Silly (released on November 6, 2015). 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.
Movies[change | change source]
| Title | Release Date | Co-production with | Animation services | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open Season | November 3, 2006 | N/A | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 2 | Surf's Up | July 13, 2007 | N/A | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 3 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | October 23, 2009 | N/A | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 4 | The Smurfs | September 2, 2011 | The Kerner Entertainment Company | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 5 | Arthur Christmas | December 28, 2011 | Aardman Animations | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 6 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | June 1, 2012 | Aardman Animations | Double Negative |
| 7 | Hotel Transylvania | November 2, 2012 | N/A | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 8 | The Smurfs 2 | September 4, 2013 | The Kerner Entertainment Company | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 9 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | November 1, 2013 | N/A | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 10 | Hotel Transylvania 2 | October 30, 2015 | LStar Capital | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 11 | Goosebumps | November 20, 2015 | LStar Capital Village Roadshow Pictures Original Film Scholastic Entertainment | Moving Pictures Company |
| 12 | The Angry Birds Movie | June 24, 2016 | Rovio Animation | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 13 | Smurfs: The Lost Village | May 12, 2017 | The Kerner Entertainment Company Wanda Pictures LStar Capital | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 14 | The Emoji Movie | September 1, 2017 | N/A | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 15 | The Star | December 22, 2017 | The Jim Henson Company Franklin Entertainment Walden Media Affirm Films | Cinesite Studios |
| 16 | Peter Rabbit | March 16, 2018 | Olive Bridge Entertainment 2.0 Entertainment Screen Australia Screen NSW | Animal Logic |
| 17 | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | August 17, 2018 | N/A | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 18 | Goosebumps 2: Hunted Halloween | November 16, 2018 | Original Film Scholastic Entertainment Slivertongue Films | Double Negative |
| 19 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | December 21, 2018 | Marvel Entertainment Arad Productions Pascal Pictures Lord Miller Productions | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 20 | The Angry Birds Movie 2 | August 13, 2019 | Rovio Animation | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 21 | The Mitchells vs. The Machines | April 30, 2021 | Lord Miller Productions | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 22 | Vivo | August 6, 2021 | Laurence Mark Productions | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 23 | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | August 6, 2021 | Olive Bridge Entertainment 2.0 Entertainment Screen Australia Screen NSW | Animal Logic |
| 24 | Hotel Transylvania: Transformania | October 29, 2021 | N/A | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
Direct-to-video releases[change | change source]
| # | Title | Release date | Directed by | Screenplay by | Story by | Produced by | Music by | Co-production with | Animation Services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open Season 2 | January 27, 2009 | Matthew O'Callaghan
Co-directed by:Todd Wilderman |
David I. Stern | Kirk Bodyfelt & O'Callaghan | Ramin Djawadi | — | Sony Pictures Imageworks
Reel FX Creative Studios | |
| 2 | Open Season 3 | January 25, 2011 | Cody Cameron | Kirk Bodyfelt | Jeff Cardoni | Reel FX Creative Studios | |||
| 3 | Open Season: Scared Silly | March 8, 2016 | David Feiss | Carlos Kotkin | David Feiss, Stephan Franck, Paul McEvoy, John Norton, Steve Parr & Kris Pearn | John Bush | Rupert Gregson-Williams & Dominic Lewis | Rainmaker Entertainment | |
| 4 | Surf's Up 2: WaveMania | January 17, 2017 | Henry Yu | Abdul Williams | Michelle L.M Wong | Toby Chu | WWE Studios | ||
Upcoming Films[change | change source]
| Title | Release Date | Co-production with | Animation services | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | June 2, 2023 | Marvel Entertainment | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| 26 | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | March 29, 2024 | Marvel Entertainment | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
In development[change | change source]
| Title | Notes |
|---|---|
| Black Knight | [1] |
| Bubble | Co-production with Point Grey Pictures and Matt Tolmach Productions[2] |
| Fixed | Co-production with New Line Cinema and Renegade Animation [1][3] |
| K-Pop Demon Hunters | [4] |
| Tao | [5] |
| Tut | [6] |
| Untitled Ghostbusters spin-off film | Co-production with Ghost Corps[7][8][9][10] |
| Untitled Spider-Women spin-off film | Co-production with Marvel Entertainment, Arad Productions and Pascal Pictures[11] |
Franchises[change | change source]
| Titles | Films | Release dates |
|---|---|---|
| Open Season | 4 | 2006–2016 |
| Surf's Up | 2 | 2007–2017 |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | 2 | 2009–present |
| The Smurfs | 3 | 2011–2017 |
| Hotel Transylvania | 4 | 2012–present |
| Goosebumps | 2 | 2015–2018 |
| Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | 1 | 2018–present |
| General | |
|---|---|
| National libraries | |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 N'Duka, Amanda (July 25, 2018). "'Hotel Transylvania' Helmer Genndy Tartakovsky Sets New Projects At Sony Pictures Animation". Deadline. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- ↑ Justin Kroll (May 1, 2020). "Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Turning 'Bubble' Podcast Into Animated Adult Feature with Matt Tolmach at Sony (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ↑ Stone, Sam (2022-07-21). "Primal: Genndy Tartakovsky Details Weaving a Bloody, Weirder Season 2". CBR. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
- ↑ Donnelly, Matt (2021-03-08). "Animated Musical About Demon Hunting K-Pop Girl Group in the Works at Sony (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (June 20, 2019). "'Lego Movie 2' Story Artist Emily Dean Making Feature Directorial Debut On Sony Animation's 'Tao'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ↑ Matt Donnelly (October 14, 2020). "Oscar Winner Matthew A. Cherry's Debut Feature 'Tut' in the Works at Sony Pictures Animation (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ↑ Sneider, Jeff (October 1, 2015). "'Ghostbusters' Animated Movie in the Works at Sony Pictures Animation". The Wrap. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Ghostbusters Animated Movie is Told From a Ghost's Perspective". Screen Rant. October 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
- ↑ Sony is also developing an animated Ghostbusters film, but that will come out after this new live-action project, and a different team will be involved in creating it. Breznican, Anthony (January 15, 2019). "Ghostbusters resurrected: Jason Reitman will direct a new film set in the original universe". Entertainment Weekly.
- ↑ Sneider, Jeff (June 8, 2022). "'Ghostbusters' Animated Movie Featuring New Characters Announced by Sony". Collider. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
- ↑ "Sony Builds Out Spider-Man Universe with a Spider-Women Film". 2018-11-27.