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The studio would initially produce one animated film a year with a maximum budget of $100 million. In July 2011, in the wake of Rango's success, the high hopes for The Adventures of Tintin, and the departure of DreamWorks Animation upon completion of their distribution contract with Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted and Rise of the Guardians in 2012, Paramount announced the formation of a new animation division. In June of that year, the studio acquired the rights to produce an animated film based on Penny Arcade's 2010 webcomic The New Kid. The success of Rango helped Paramount discover its potential in making successful animated features on its own. The film was critically acclaimed and grossed over $245 million at the box office. On March 4, 2011, the studio released its first in-house animated film, Rango. During this deal, the studio released Barnyard in 2006 and Beowulf in 2007. The following year, Paramount signed a distribution deal with DreamWorks Animation, starting with Over the Hedge and ending with Rise of the Guardians.

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In 2005, Paramount's new CEO Brad Grey considered building an in-house animation division, because he saw family films as the 'sweet spot' of the movie business. The studio also released features based on MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head and Comedy Central's South Park.

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Its highest-grossing film to date is The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, which grossed $325.1 million.Īfter the closure of Paramount Cartoon Studios (formerly named Famous Studios) in December 1967, Paramount distributed a few animated films from 1973 to 1992 that were produced by outside studios, including Charlotte's Web, Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown, Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!), and Bébé's Kids.įollowing Paramount's merger with Viacom, the studio started releasing several animated films based on Nickelodeon's TV shows, including the Rugrats film trilogy, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. The studio's first film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water was released on February 6, 2015, and its latest release was Rumble on December 15, 2021, with their next release being The Tiger's Apprentice on January 19, 2024.įilms produced by Paramount Animation have grossed a total of $604.1 million at the box office. The division was founded on July 6, 2011, following the box office success of Paramount's own Rango and the end of their distribution deal with DreamWorks Animation in 2012. Paramount Animation is an American animation studio, serving as the animation division and label of Paramount Pictures, a subsidiary of Paramount Global. Latifa Ouaou (Executive Vice President, Movies and Global Franchises) The old logo of Rough Draft Studios can be seen as a coffee stain in the Futurama episode ' A Big Piece of Garbage' (see picture).Paramount Cartoon Studios/Famous Studios (1942-1967) In 1995, they hired Rich Moore and Bret Haaland as head directors, and moved to a much bigger location in Glendale. Gregg's brother, Scott Vanzo became head of the digital department, while Gregg and Claudia assembled an animation staff. After three years of work, they had set up Rough Draft, Korea in Seoul, South Korea.Īfter training Korean animators, he went back to the United States, where he met Claudia Katz to be the producer for the studio's first series, The Maxx. A year and half later, he decided to leave the country together with his wife Nikki Vanzo to set up a branch in Korea. Gregg Vanzo founded the studios in a garage in Van Nuys, California in 1991. The former logo of Rough Draft Studios seen in ' A Big Piece of Garbage' as a coffee stain.

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