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Reel FX Creative Studios (also known as Reel FX Animation Studios for theatrical animated feature films or simply Reel FX) is an American computer animation studio based in Dallas, Texas, Hollywood, California and Montreal. The studio develops and produces award-winning animated films, short form and theme park content.[3] Its first original animated feature film, Free Birds, was released in 2013 and grossed over $110 million worldwide. Its next film, The Book of Life was released in 2014 to widely positive reviews and received several nominations, including Best Animated Feature Nominations from the Golden Globe's, Critics’ Choice Awards, Producers Guild Awards and Annie Awards.[4] Rumble will be the 3rd original film from Reel FX, in conjunction with Paramount Animation, and is slated to be released on2021.

The studio also does animation for other studios, including UglyDolls for STX Entertainment, and Scoob! for Warner Animation Group.

History[]

In March 2007, Reel FX acquired Radium, a California-based digital studio that was founded in 1996 by Jonathan Keeton and Simon Mowbray.[5] As part of the acquisition, the studio re-branded itself in 2010 to Radium/Reel FX, and in February 2012 to Reel FX.[6] Since 2007, Reel FX has been presenting the Texas Avery Animation Award, created by the studio to "celebrate career achievement in animation".[7][8] The award, which is named after the Texas-born animator and cartoonist Tex Avery, is awarded each year at Dallas International Film Festival in a form of a bronze casting of Avery's Wolf character.[7]

On December 2010, it was announced that Reel FX produced an untitled 3D film with producer Andrew Adamson and Cirque du Soleil.[9] In January 2012, it was announced by Paramount Pictures that it had acquired worldwide rights to the film, now titled Worlds Away directed by Adamson and executive-produced by James Cameron.[10] In October 2012, The Hollywood Reporter revealed Reel FX's connection to the 2012 feature film, Rise of the Guardians. (The film is based on Reel FX's short film, The Man in the Moon, directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg at Reel FX Creative Studios. It is also based on Joyce's book series, The Guardians of Childhood.[11])

Beginning with in 2013, all Reel FX's in-house feature films are released under its Reel FX Animation Studios banner

Beginning with Free Birds in 2013, all Reel FX's in-house feature films are released under its Reel FX Animation Studios banner.[12]

From 2009 to 2013, Reel FX completed its first original animated feature film Free Birds.[13] Originally titled Turkeys[14] and scheduled for the release of 2014, but it was pulled back to November 1, 2013.[13] Jimmy Hayward directed the film, which tells a story about two turkeys who travel back in time to prevent their species from being the traditional Thanksgiving meal.[13] In February 2012, the studio announced a new CG-animated film, The Book of Life, directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez and produced by Guillermo del Toro. It is described as a "Romeo and Juliet-style love story set against a Mexican Day of the Dead backdrop."[15] In December 2012, it was reported that the studio has partnered with 20th Century Fox Animation to produce the film,[16] and scheduled for October 3, 2014, but it was pushed back to October 17.[17] Rumble is their next original film, slated with Paramount for a July 31, 2020 release, directed by Hamish Grieve.

Filmography[]

Original productions[]

Released films[]

# Title Release date Co-production with Directors Budget Gross Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
1 Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away December 21, 2012 Cirque du Soleil Burlesco
Strange Weather Films
Cameron Pace Group		 Andrew Adamson $25 million $34.2 million 47% 51
2 Free Birds November 1, 2013 Relativity Media Jimmy Hayward $55 million $110.4 million 19% 38
3 The Book of Life October 17, 2014 20th Century Fox Animation Jorge R. Gutierrez $50 million $99.7 million 82% 67
4 Father Frost and Summer June 22, 2015 (premiere)
July 3, 2015 (official) 		Warner Bros. Pictures
The Panther Pictures 		Mark Dindal $50 million $99.7 million 82% 38
5 Animated period comedy film November 18, 2016 Universal Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
6 November 17, 2017 Universal Pictures
7 November 16, 2018 Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Animation Group
8 November 22, 2019
9 June 5, 2020
10 Rumble December 15, 2021 [18][19][20][21][22] Walden Media
WWE Studios
Paramount Animation		 Hamish Grieve
11 November 4, 2022
12 Leaders of the Academy March 4, 2023 (premiere)
April 5, 2023 (official) 		Warner Bros. Pictures
DC

Upcoming films[]

# Title Release date Ref(s) Co-production with Directors
13 November 27, 2024 Syncopy Inc.

Short films[]

Contract work[]

Feature films[]

# Title Release date Co-production with Directors
1 The Wild April 14, 2006 C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Walt Disney Pictures		 Steve Williams
2 Everyone's Hero September 15, 2006 IDT Entertainment
20th Century Fox		 Christopher Reeve
Colin Brady
Daniel St. Pierre
3 The Adventures of the StoryBots: The Movie July 26, 2009 Universal Animation Studios
Universal Pictures
WildBrain Entertainment
Lionsgate		 Russ Edmonds
4 Rock Dog February 24, 2017 Summit Entertainment
Huayi Brothers		 Ash Brannon
5 Sherlock Gnomes March 23, 2018 Paramount Animation
MGM
Rocket Pictures
Mikros Image		 John Stevenson
6 UglyDolls May 3, 2019 STX Entertainment
Troublemaker Studios		 Kelly Asbury
7 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run August 14, 2020 Paramount Animation
Nickelodeon Movies
United Plankton Pictures
Mikros Image		 Tim Hill

Direct-to-video films[]

  • G.I. Joe: Spy Troops (2003)
  • G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom (2004)
  • Action Man: X Missions – The Movie (2005)
  • Boz: Colors and Shapes (2006)
  • Boz: Adventures in Imagination (2006)
  • The Very First Noel (2006)
  • Thank You God for B-O-Zs and 1-2-3s! (2007)
  • Start Singing with Boz (2008)
  • Open Season 2 (2009; with Sony Pictures Animation)[24]
  • Tales of the Black Freighter (2009)
  • Open Season 3 (2011; with Sony Pictures Animation)[25]

Specials[]

Short films[]

Theme park attractions[]

  • The Simpsons Ride (2008; co-animated with Blur Studio)
  • Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem (2012)[36]

Virtual worlds[]

Production logos[]

Collaborations[]

  • Mass Animation - Live Music

References[]

  1. ↑ Beck, Jerry. ""Turkeys" get Greenlit at Reel FX", October 25, 2012. Retrieved on December 13, 2013. 
  2. ↑ Mallory, Michael. "Get Ready for a Real Turkey Feast!", October 12, 2013. Retrieved on October 27, 2013. 
  3. ↑ "With New Film The Book of Life, Studio Launches Virtual Reality Unit", Wall Street Journal, September 23, 2014. Retrieved on September 23, 2014. 
  4. ↑ "Book of Life from Dallas Scores Golden Globe Nomination", Dallas Morning News, December 11, 2014. Retrieved on December 11, 2014. 
  5. ↑ "Radium Merges with Dallas' Reel FX", March 7, 2007. Retrieved on December 17, 2011. 
  6. ↑ "Behind The Scenes: The Reel FX Rebrand", Reel FX News, February 8, 2012. Retrieved on February 8, 2012. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 King, Darryn (April 18, 2015). "Phil Lord and Chris Miller Honored with 2015 Texas Avery Award". Cartoon Brew. http://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/phil-lord-and-chris-miller-received-2015-texas-avery-award-111975.html. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Phil Lord and Chris Miller Receive Texas Avery Award", Animation Magazine, April 20, 2015. Retrieved on April 30, 2015. 
  9. ↑ Fleming, Mike (December 7, 2010). "Andrew Adamson, James Cameron team with Cirque du Soleil on 3D Feature". Deadline Hollywood. https://www.deadline.com/2010/12/andrew-adamson-james-cameron-team-with-cirque-du-soleil-on-3d-feature/. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  10. ↑ Fleming, Mike (February 10, 2012). "Paramount Acquires Worldwide Rights To Andrew Adamson And James Cameron’s Cirque Du Soleil 3D Feature". Deadline Hollywood. https://www.deadline.com/2012/01/paramount-acquires-worldwide-rights-to-andrew-adamson-and-james-camerons-cirque-du-soleil-3d-feature/#more-212574.
  11. ↑ McCarthy, Todd (October 11, 2012). "Rise of the Guardians: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/rise-guardians-film-review-378281. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
  12. ↑ CEC Entertainment, Inc. (May 20, 2014). "Chuck E. Cheese's Introduces Oculus Rift for Birthday Parties in Select Markets" (Press release). Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/20/chuckecheeses-oculus-idUSnPn6YHWWh+9e+PRN20140520. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Shaw, Lucas. "Relativity Moves 'Turkeys' Up a Year; Amy Poehler Joins Voice Cast (Exclusive)", February 22, 2013. Retrieved on February 23, 2013. 
  14. ↑ Rebecca, Murray. "Turkeys is Now Free Birds", March 27, 2013. Retrieved on March 27, 2013. 
  15. ↑ Kit, Borys (February 21, 2012). "Guillermo del Toro to Produce CG-Animated 'Day of the Dead' With Reel FX". The Hollywood Reporter. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/guillermo-del-toro-day-of-the-dead-reel-fx-293169. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  16. ↑ McClintock, Pamela. "Fox Animation Teaming With Guillermo del Toro on 'Book of Life' (Exclusive)", December 12, 2012. Retrieved on December 13, 2012. 
  17. ↑ "Fox Dates ‘Frankenstein’ & ‘Chipmunks 4,’ Sets 2017-2018 Animated Slate", June 10, 2013. Retrieved on June 12, 2013. 
  18. ↑ Fleming Jr., Mike (February 18, 2015). "Reel FX Makes Multi-Picture Pact With ‘Book Of Life’ Helmer Jorge R. Gutierrez; Kung Fu Space Western, Anybody?". https://deadline.com/2015/02/reel-fx-book-of-life-helmer-jorge-r-gutierrez-kung-fu-space-western-1201376054/. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Paramount Grows Its Animation Slate With 'Monster on the Hill,’ ‘Luck'", The Hollywood Reporter, April 25, 2018. Retrieved on May 14, 2018. 
  20. ↑ "Paramount Announces 3 New Animated Features", Cartoon Brew, April 26, 2018. Retrieved on May 14, 2018. 
  21. ↑ Giardina, Carolyn (June 12, 2019). "'Spice Girls' Movie in the Works as Paramount Unveils Animation Slate (Exclusive)". https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/paramount-plans-spice-girls-movie-as-part-newly-unveiled-animation-slate-1217519. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  22. ↑ Pedersen, Erik (November 12, 2019). "Paramount Grounds ‘Rugrats’ Movie, Moves WWE’s ‘Rumble’ Back Six Months & Titles Next ‘SpongeBob’ Pic". https://deadline.com/2019/11/rugrats-movie-pulled-wwe-rumble-release-date-titles-spongebob-movie-sponge-on-the-run-1202784527/.
  23. ↑ "‘Book of Life’ Comes to Home Video Libraries", Animation Magazine, January 26, 2015. Retrieved on July 3, 2015. 
  24. ↑ Kit, Borys (March 17, 2010). "Granat, Reel FX form Bedrock Studios". The Hollywood Reporter. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/granat-reel-fx-form-bedrock-21731. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
  25. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named OpenSeason3
  26. ↑ Gilchrist, Todd. "Robots", September 28, 2005. Retrieved on October 19, 2012. 
  27. ↑ Foster, Dave. "Robots (R2) in September - Menus added", August 24, 2005. Retrieved on October 19, 2012. 
  28. ↑ Qidong, Zhang. "Animation studio sees role for China", November 23, 2012. Retrieved on November 24, 2012. 
  29. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Coyote
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 "Looney Tunes "Daffy’s Rhapsody"". Reel FX. http://www.reelfx.com/entertainment/work/reel-fx-looney-tunes-daffy's-rhapsody. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  31. ↑ "Studios, France, Emerging Industries Energize Annecy", Variety, June 9, 2014. Retrieved on June 24, 2014. “Closing ceremony, featuring Official Selection award announcements and Warner Bros.’ 3D short “A Flash in the Pain”” 
  32. ↑ "Reel FX Live from Annecy!". Reel FX. June 11, 2014. Archived from the original on June 24, 2014. https://archive.today/20140624201453/http://www.reelfx.com/news/item/live-from-annexy-reel-fx-is-a-trifecta. Retrieved June 24, 2014. "Peil wrapped up the presentation with the 6th installment in the series of Looney Tunes shorts “Flash in the Pain”."
  33. ↑ Boot Camp - A Best Fiends Animation
  34. ↑ Visit Minutia - A Best Fiends Animation
  35. ↑ Fort of Hard Knocks - A Best Fiends Animation
  36. ↑ Reel FX. "It’s Time For Minion Mayhem at Universal Orlando", July 2, 2012. Retrieved on July 18, 2012. 
  37. ↑ "Meet Star Skipper, Paramount Animation’s Magical New Trademark Logo Character", September 19, 2019. Retrieved on October 23, 2019. 

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