Touchstone Animation Studios

Touchstone Animation Studios is Touchstone Pictures' American animation production company label of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Touchstone Pictures' animated film typically releases films produced or distributed by Walt Disney Studios. The company was founded by Ted V. Miller at Sacramento, California in January 31, 2013.

History[]

In early 2010, the Movie Land staff were producing the animated film production company. Touchstone Animation Studios will be founded by Ted V. Miller at Sacramento, California in January 31, 2013. The real theatrical release was Gnomeo & Juliet and Strange Magic. It was announced that they would brand Birdy Animation to Touchstone Animation Studios since Birdy Animation was defuncted for Michael LaPai's graduation in December 9th, 2012.

In 2018, Touchstone Animation Studios got shutted down and was succeeded by Sphere Ball Studios.

Filmography[]

Movies that is produced by Touchstone Pictures and Touchstone Animation Studios will be creating the films there.

Title	US Release	Co-production with
Who Framed Roger Rabbit	June 22, 1988	Amblin Entertainment, Silver Screen Partners III, and Walt Disney Feature Animation
The Nightmare Before Christmas^TNBC	October 29, 1993	Skellington Productions
Gnomeo & Juliet	February 11, 2011	Rocket Pictures
Lifeboat Luke: The Movie	December 12, 2012	20th Century Fox Animation, Monster Entertainment
Hello, Mr. Hampster	July 31, 2013	RatPac-Dune Entertainment
The Jungle Beat Movie	January 15, 2014	Universal Pictures, The Weinstein Company, Monster Entertainment and 20th Century Fox
The Wind Rises	February 21, 2014	Studio Ghibli, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, Toho, KDDI, The Kennedy/Marshall Company; North American distribution only
Snake Eyes	November 7, 2014	Village Roadshow Pictures, Blumhouse Productions
Strange Magic	January 23, 2015	Lucasfilm Ltd., Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, Industrial Light & Magic
The Three Little Pigs	November 6, 2015	Berlanti Productions, Davis Entertainment, Original Film
The Hoppers Movie	July 1, 2016	RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Alcon Entertainment
The World of Art	July 7, 2017	Lucasfilm, Ltd., GK Films, Lord Miller Productions

Notes[]

^TNBCReleased as a Touchstone Pictures film in its original 1993 release; it has since been reissued under the Walt Disney Pictures label since its 2006 theatrical re-release.^[1]

References[]

↑ "An Interview with Don Hahn (page 1 of 2)". dvdizzy.com. 2006-10-11. http://www.dvdizzy.com/donhahn-interview.html. Retrieved 2013-05-11.

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English: Entertainment: Star World (HD) and Star World Premiere HD | Movies: Star Movies (HD) and Star Movies Select HD | Lifestyle: Fox Life (HD) and Nat Geo People HD¹ | Knowledge and infotainment: National Geographic (HD) and Nat Geo Wild (HD) | Music: Nat Geo Music HD¹ | Kids’: BabyTV HD¹

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Upcoming channels: Star Sports 1 Malayalam, Marathi and Gujarati

International channels:
Africa: Star Life (HD in South Africa, SD elsewhere)

Other assets:
Video-on-demand service: Hotstar | Film production: Fox Star Studios (Other)
Affiliated company: Tata Sky² (HD, + HD; defunct: Tata Sky+, Tata Sky Transfer)

Notes:
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²Joint venture with Tata Group.
³Sold to ABP Group.
⁴Sold to CJ E&M.

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South Korea: Channel V (Korea)

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¹Sold to China Media Capital.
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⁴Relauched as Pinoy Box Office.

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India: Hindi youth entertainment: Bindass | Hindi movies: UTV Movies, UTV Action and UTV HD | English entertainment: Disney International HD | Kids’ channels: Disney Channel, Hungama, Marvel HQ and Disney Junior

International: United Kingdom: UMP Movies

Defunct channels: UTV World Movies | UTV Stars (HD) | Bindass Play
Divested channels: BTVI

UTV Software Communications: UTV Motion Pictures
Defunct: UTV Indiagames | UTV Ignition Games

Star TV

Part of Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)

Star India (Special logos)
Television channels:
Hindi: Entertainment: Star Plus (HD), Star Bharat (HD) and Star Utsav | Movies: Star Gold (HD), Star Gold Select (HD), Movies OK and Star Utsav Movies

English: Entertainment: Star World (HD) and Star World Premiere HD | Movies: Star Movies (HD) and Star Movies Select HD | Lifestyle: Fox Life (HD) and Nat Geo People HD¹ | Knowledge and infotainment: National Geographic (HD) and Nat Geo Wild (HD) | Music: Nat Geo Music HD¹ | Kids’: BabyTV HD¹

Regional languages: Tamil: Star Vijay (HD) and Vijay Super | Telugu: Star Maa (HD), Star Maa Movies (HD), Star Maa Music and Star Maa Gold | Kannada: Star Suvarna (HD) and Star Suvarna Plus | Malayalam: Asianet (HD), Asianet Plus and Asianet Movies | Bangla: Star Jalsha (HD) and Jalsha Movies (HD) | Marathi: Star Pravah (HD)

Star Sports:
Main channels: Star Sports 1 (HD) (Hindi (HD) | Tamil | Telugu | Kannada | Bangla) | Star Sports 2 (HD) | Star Sports 3
Free-to-air channel: Star Sports First (Hindi)
Star Sports Select: Star Sports Select 1 (HD), Star Sports Select 2 (HD)
Upcoming channels: Star Sports 1 Malayalam, Marathi and Gujarati

International channels:
Africa: Star Life (HD in South Africa, SD elsewhere)

Other assets:
Video-on-demand service: Hotstar | Film production: Fox Star Studios (Other)
Affiliated company: Tata Sky² (HD, + HD; defunct: Tata Sky+, Tata Sky Transfer)

Notes:
¹Run by Fox Networks Group Asia; there is no dedicated Indian feed. Since 2019, available only in HD and not SD.
²Joint venture with Tata Group.
³Sold to ABP Group.
⁴Sold to CJ E&M.

Non-Indian companies using the Star brand:

Taiwan: Star Movies HD (Taiwan)

Disbanded channels and properties:
China: Star China Media¹ (Star Sports | Xing Kong | Channel V (China) | Fortune Star)
Southeast Asia²: Star World (Asia) and Star Movies (Asia, Philippines and Taiwan)
Indonesia: antv³
Philippines: Viva Cinema⁴
South Korea: Channel V (Korea)

Notes:
¹Sold to China Media Capital.
²Rebranded from Star to Fox channels in 2017. Now owned by Fox Networks Group.
³Sold to Visi Media Asia, which had owned 80% of the channel (Star formerly owned 20%).
⁴Relauched as Pinoy Box Office.

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Iberian Peninsula:⁵
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India:⁶
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Touchstone Animation Studios
Theatrical films: Who Framed Roger Rabbit \| The Nightmare Before Christmas \| Gnomeo & Juliet \| The Wind Rises \| Strange Magic

v - e - dMovie Land, Ltd.

Assets

Movie Land Entertainment Distribution Group • Movie Land Entertainment • Movie Land Animation Studios • Movie Land Television • Movie Land Digital Production Services • Movie Land Sound Services • The Hi-Tech Sound • Movie Land Workshop Studios • Movie Land Animation Software • Vieta Pictures • Vieta Sound

Other assets
Sphere Ball Studios

Defuncted assets
Birdy Animation • Touchstone Animation Studios

Films

Birdy Animation

Part of Touchstone Pictures

Founder:
Michael LaPai

Successor:
Touchstone Animation Studios | Movie Land Animation Studios | Movie Land Entertainment

Touchstone Animation Studios
Theatrical films: Who Framed Roger Rabbit \| The Nightmare Before Christmas \| Gnomeo & Juliet \| The Wind Rises \| Strange Magic

v - e - dMovie Land Entertainment
Released films	The Penguins (2012) • Hands (2013) • Miracle On the 32nd Street (2013) • Super Mario Bros. (2014) • Magic Tree House (2014) • The Adventures of Dan (2015) • Quest (2015) • One Rainy Day (2016) • The Lost City (2016) • Life of Stuart (2017) • The Adventures of Tintin (2018) • The Pirates Movie (2018) • Ten Dogs (2018) • Sarcastics (2018) • The Last Day of School (2019) • Cold Water (2019) • Hansel and Gretel (2019) • Penguins 2 (2019)
Upcoming films	Madeline (2020) • Inside the World (2020) • Hands 2 (2020) • Tom the Hand 4 (2021)
People	Ted V. Miller
Signature musicians	Henry Jackman • James Newton Howard • Lorne Balfe • Major Lazer
See also	Movie Land • Movie Land Animation Studios • Warner Bros. Pictures • Warner Bros. Animation • Warner Animation Group

v - e - d

Part of WarnerMedia (AT&T)

Filmography
Released	Stickman: The Movie (2014) • Reggie and the Penguin (2015) • Loppy the Dog (2016) • Birds (2017) • The Street of San Francisco (2017) • The Polar Express (2017) • Eddie (2018) • Major Lazer: The Movie (2018) • Penguinopolis (2018) • Smash of Claws (2018) • The Wampanoag Movie (2018) • The Hi-Tech and Science Fiction Movie (2018) • Doug (2018) • Funimals (2018) • Stuart Little (2018) • Sarcastics (2018) • Animals of Spy (2018) • Light It Up (2019) • Birds 2 (2019) • The Hampster Movie (2019) • Stickman 2: Larry's Adventure (2019) • Sphere (2019) • The Crown (2019) • Charlotte's Web (2019) • Animal Party (2019) • Car Chase (2019) • Ghost in the Shell (2019) • Star Trek (2019) • Loppy the Dog 2: The Second Movie (2019) • GoGo Tomago (2019) • Sarcastics 2 (2019) • The Great Spy Racers (2019) • Chunko (2020) • Ned's Newt (2020) • The Legend of Disguise (2020) • Spanish Empire (2020) • Twister (2020) • The Trumpet of the Swan (2020) • Technoville (2020) • Scrambled Eggs Super! (2020) • The Hunger Games (2020)
Produced with Sony Pictures Animation	The Animals in the Attic (2019) • The Secret Life of Animals 2 (2019) • Dimensions (2019) • Shaun and Roger: Roger Breaks the Internet (2019) • Gwen and Dan (2019) • Carmen Sandiego (2019) • Hoverboard (2019) • Chocolate Fever (2019) • Spider-Gwen (2019) • Go (2019) • Everest (2019) • Grossology (2019) • Bunny (2019) • Cool Girls (2020) • Spectrum (2020)
Produced with Sony Pictures Animation	Upcoming	Romeo and Juliet (2020) • Las Vegas (2020) • Mr. Magoo (2020) • Spider-Gwen 2 (2020) • Panko the Dragon (2021) • Famous 5 (2021) • Carmen Sandiego 2 (2021) • Voltron (2021) • The Hollow (2021) • The Last Kids on Earth (2021) • Grossology 2 (2021) • Untitled Romeo and Juliet sequel (2022)
Produced with Aardman Animations	The JH Movie Collection Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
Produced with Aardman Animations	Upcoming	The JH Movie Collection Movie: The Fate of the Tour (2020) • The JH Movie Collection Movie 4: Lost in Florida (2021)
As Ted-LaPai Productions	A Bird's Tale (1994) • The Secret of Ace (1995) • Cycle Throughout the World (1996) • Life of Animals (1996) • Power Up (1997) • One Little Rabbit (1997) • El Fuego (1997) • A Trip to Denmark (1998) • The Secret of Ace 2 (2000) • Yeti (2000) • A Bird's Tale 2 (2000) • Life of Animals 2 (2001) • Magnus • Los Altos (2002) • Two Little Rabbits (2002) • Bunnies on the Streets (2003) • The Animals Movie (2004) • Kevin the Lost Dog (2006) • A Trip to Los Angeles (2007) • The Final Chapter (2008)
Upcoming	Faster Bike (2020) • Cuphead (2020) • Jin (2020) • Carlos & Ricky: Into the Future (2020) • Reggie and the Penguin 2 (2020) • Shank (2020) • Spy Penguins (2020)
Associated productions	Sarcastics (2018)
Direct-to-video films	The Hunger Games (2020)
Television series	Stickman: The Series (2016-present) • Tom the Hand (2016-present) • All Hail Loppy the Dog (2017-present) • How Penguins Goes to Kansas (2017; television film) • The JH Movie Collection Show (2018-present) • The Christopher the Stickman Show (2020-present)
Franchises	Stickman (2014-present) • Loppy the Dog (2016-present) • The JH Movie Collection Movie (2018-present) • Sony's Movie Land Universe (2019-present) • Tom the Hand (season 3; 2016, 2019-present)

People
Directors	Ted V. Miller • Robert Zemeckis • Stephen Heneveld • Mike Mitchell • Don Hall • Phil Lord and Christopher Miller • Chris Williams • Chris Miller • Jenny Harder • Bob Persichetti • Peter Ramsey • Rodney Rothman • Tom McGrath • William Renschen • Ella Ray • Dominic Formella • Alejandro Munoz • Marcos Rivera
Producers	Chris Meledandri • Kristina Reed • Bonnie Arnold • Roy Conli • Roy Lee • Phil Lord and Christopher Miller • Jordan Kerner • Don Hahn • Darla K. Anderson • Dan Lin • John Lasseter • Avi Arad • Amy Pascal • William Renschen • Ella Ray • Dominic Formella • Alejandro Munoz • Marcos Rivera
Writers	Karey Kirkpatrick • Nicholas Stoller • Rodney Rothman • Phil Lord and Christopher Miller • Jordan Roberts • John Davis • Peter Lord • Nick Park • William Renschen
Executives/Associated figures	Ted V. Miller • Michael LaPai • Monty LaBueno • George MacGuffin • Christopher MacGuffin • Chris Meledandri
Animators and visual/special effects artists	Gal Gadot • Jamie Chung • Bex Taylor-Klaus • Jeffrey Katzenberg • Rich Moore • Roy Conli • Gary Trousdale • Phil Lord and Christopher Miller • Steven Spielberg • Duncan Rouleau • Steven T. Seagle • Steven Yeun • Jenny Harder • Hailee Steinfeld • Shiyoon Kim • Panat Thamrongsombutsakul • John Knoll • Craig Hammack • Simon J. Smith • Samik Roy Choudhury • Erik-Jan de Boer • Cedric Nicolas-Troyan • Emilio Ruiz del Río
Signature voice actors/actress	Ben Stiller • Adam Sandler • Jim Carrey • Gal Gadot • Hailee Steinfeld • Jamie Chung • Bex Taylor-Klaus • Michael J. Fox • Andy Samberg • Keegan-Michael Key • Rihanna • John DiMaggio • Tenzing Norgay Trainor • Shameik Moore • Jake Johnson
Signature musicians	Henry Jackman • James Newton Howard • Lorne Balfe • Major Lazer • Alan Meyerson • Daniel Pemberton
Signature character designer	Monty LaBueno • Ronnie del Carmen • Jin Kim • Shiyoon Kim
Visual Development & Storyboard Artists	Dante Eriksen • Cody Cameron • Andrew Stanton • Shiyoon Kim • Jin Kim • Geoff Johns • Ronnie del Carmen

Related topics
Related media and projects	Birdy Animation • Touchstone Animation Studios • Sphere Ball Studios • Shank Films • Panko and Panda Studios
Miscellaneous	Warner Bros. films (Unproduced Warner Bros. projects • WAG films • Warner Bros. animated films • Warner Bros. Animation franchises and productions)
See also	Movie Land • Movie Land Entertainment • Warner Bros. Pictures • Warner Bros. Animation • Warner Animation Group • Acquisition of Movie Land by Warner Bros. • The JH Movie Collection Movie (2018) • Gwen and Dan: Level Two (2020)

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Television series

v - e - d link = Movie Land Television
Current	Original	Stickman: The Series (2016-) • All Hail Loppy the Dog (2017-) • The JH Movie Collection Show (2018-)
Current	Reissue	Famous 5: On the Case (2008/2020)
Upcoming	Original	JH Movie Collection's YTP Video (2020-)
Films	Current	How Penguins Goes to Kansas (2017) • Stickman 1½ (2018) • Bunnies vs. the Car Chase (2018) • The Animals Movie 2 (2018) • Tom the Hand's Christmas Caper (2018) • Stickfigures (2019) • Reggie and the Penguin: The Musical (2020)

People

Ted V. Miller • Jamie Chung • Larry LaPisco • Todd Tomago • Tim Miller • Bex Taylor-Klaus • Andy McGreggor • Jill Culton • Doug Sweetland • Bob Peterson • Tom McGrath • Chris Miller • Katie Holt • Johnny Miller • Gary Rydstrom • John Lasseter • Tom Miller • Tom H. Zwick • Don Hall • Chris Williams • Mark Christopher Lawrence • Gary Summers • Randy Thom • Gal Gadot • Major Lazer • Henry Jackman • James Newton Howard • Phil Lord and Christopher Miller • Mark Miller • Michael Silvers • Tom McGrath • Christopher Gunderson • Pidge Gunderson • Johnny Zwick • Stan Lee • Steven Spielberg • Steven T. Seagle

[1] "An Interview with Don Hahn (page 1 of 2)". dvdizzy.com. 2006-10-11. http://www.dvdizzy.com/donhahn-interview.html. Retrieved 2013-05-11.

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