Paramount Animation

Paramount Animation is an animated film production company (division) of Paramount Pictures formed in 2011, primarily close to the time that Paramount Pictures’ deal with DreamWorks Animation was about to expire. The deal with DWA expired in 2012, however Paramount Animation laid dormant until 2015, when they starting increasing film production activity. They are owned by ViacomCBS. They unveiled their first on screen logo set to be used in 2020.

Background

After 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.

Following 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 also released features based on MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head and Comedy Central's South Park.

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 following year, Paramount signed a distribution deal with DreamWorks Animation, which filled the studio's schedule with animated films including Over the Hedge, Flushed Away, the third and fourth installments of the Shrek series and How to Train Your Dragon. During this deal, the studio released Barnyard in 2006 and Beowulf in 2007.

On March 4, 2011, the studio released its first in-house animated film, Rango. The film was critically acclaimed and grossed over $245 million at the box office. The success of Rango helped Paramount discover its potential in making successful animated features on its own. In June, the studio acquired the rights to produce an animated film based on Penny Arcade's 2010 webcomic The New Kid.

Filmography

Releasesd Films

• The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
• Monster Trucks (2017)
• Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
• Wonder Park (2019)
• The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)
• Rumble (2021)
• Under the Boardwalk (2023)
• The Tiger's Apprentice (2023)
• Transformers One (2024)

Upcoming

• Untitled SpongeBob SquarePants spin-off film
• The Smurfs Movie
• Untitled based on Brain Divided animated film
• Giant Monsters Attack Japan
• Untitled sci-fi film

Related productions

• The Nutty Professor: Facing the Fear
• Rango
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• PAW Patrol: The Movie
• The Loud House Movie
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
• PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3
• Spellbound
• The Shrinking of Treehorn

Television series

Paramount Animation announced that a television series based on Paramount and Nickelodeon's Wonder Park, titled Adventures in Wonder Park, would debut on Nickelodeon after the film's theatrical release.

Gallery

For images about Paramount Animation, visit this page

See also

• Paramount Pictures

External Links

• Official website
• Paramount Pictures wiki
• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Animation

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Production companies: Paramount Pictures • Paramount Animation • Paramount Players • Paramount Television Studios • Paramount Vantage • Paramount Digital Entertainment Other brands: Paramount Communications • Paramount Home Media Distribution • Paramount Parks • Paramount Network • Paramount Records • Paramount Music • Paramount Comics • VistaVision • Insurge Pictures • Famous Studios Owners first Viacom (1994-2005) • second Viacom (2005-2019) • ViacomCBS (2019-present)