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Reel FX Animation

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Template:Short description Template:Advert Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox company Reel FX Animation (Reel FX), formerly known as Reel FX Creative Studios, is an American visual effects and computer animation studio based in Dallas, Texas, with offices in Hollywood, California, and Montreal, Quebec. Known for its multiple projects on animated films and visual effects for live-action films.

The studio primarily produces animated features, short films, and television series. Among them is the studio's first original animated feature film, Free Birds, released in 2013. A year later, The Book of Life was released. The film received several nominations, including Best Animated Feature Nominations from the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards, Producers Guild Awards and Annie Awards.[1] In 2020, Reel FX Animation teamed up with Warner Animation Group (now Warner Bros. Pictures Animation) on Scoob!. In addition, the studio released Rumble, a co-production with Paramount Animation and Back to the Outback with Netflix Animation, both in 2021. Most recently, Reel FX teamed up again with Netflix Animation to create The Monkey King in 2023.

The studio's upcoming slate of films includes The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants with Nickelodeon Movies and a film titled Diya with Good Karma Productions.

History

Reel FX Animation was founded in 1993 as Reel Magic in Fort Worth, Texas. The studio was the sixth to purchase an Autodesk Flame system. In 1995, the company moved to Dallas and changed its name to Reel FX Creative Studios. Reel FX purchased West End Post, and in 1999, moved to the White Swan building in the West End. In 2005, the studio moved its headquarters east a couple of miles to Deep Ellum. The company opened a second location in Pasadena, California, and in 2008 merged with VFX-studio Radium and opened a studio in Santa Monica.

In 2017, Reel FX opened its first studio outside the United States in Montreal Canada. The studio would eventually add artists in Toronto and Vancouver as well.

Films and releases

In 1999, the studio produced its first short film, The Man In The Moon. Based on William Joyce's Guardians of Childhood and co-directed by Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg. The short film became the first Reel FX Original (now called Inventions), and in 2007, was optioned to DreamWorks Animation where it ultimately became Rise of the Guardians, directed by Peter Ramsey. In October 2012, The Hollywood Reporter revealed Reel FX's connection to the 2012 feature film.[2][3]

In December 2010, Reel FX produced an untitled 3D film with producer Andrew Adamson and Cirque du Soleil.[4] In January 2012, Paramount Pictures announced that it had acquired worldwide rights to the film, now titled Worlds Away directed by Adamson and executive-produced by James Cameron.[5]

First called Turkeys,[6] and opened in 2013 under Free Birds, the film was directed by Jimmy Hayward and starred Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, and Amy Poehler. Its release landed Reel FX's CEO Steve O’Brien the front page of D CEO Magazine in their May–June edition of that year.[7]

Following the release of The Book of Life, Reel FX assisted on Rock Dog (Summit Entertainment, Huayi Brothers) and UglyDolls (STX Entertainment) while developing its next feature. Released in 2021, Rumble is based on Rob Harrell's graphic novel Monster on the Hill and adapted for the screen by Matt Lieberman and Etan Cohen. In 2022, Reel FX released the original series Super Giant Robot Brothers!, with Netflix Animation. Directed by Mark Andrews (Brave), the episodic series was created using a custom-built real-time production pipeline with Epic GamesUnreal Engine, the first animated series to be rendered entirely in a video game engine.[8][9]

Filmography

Feature films

Original films

Title Release date Co-production with Distributor Director(s)
Free Birds Template:Dts Relativity Media Relativity Media Jimmy Hayward
The Book of Life Template:Dts 20th Century Fox Animation
Chatrone[10]
20th Century Fox Jorge R. Gutierrez
Rumble Template:Dts Paramount Animation
WWE Studios
Walden Media
New Republic Pictures
Paramount+ Hamish Grieve
Diya TBA Good Karma Productions[11] TBA Nitya Mehra

Animation services/visual effects

Title Release date Production companies Distributor Director(s)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams Template:Dts Troublemaker Studios Dimension Films Robert Rodriguez
The Wild (opening sequence only) Template:Dts Walt Disney Pictures
Hoytyboy Pictures
Sir Zip Productions
Contrafilm
C.O.R.E.
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Steve Williams
Everyone's Hero Template:Dts IDT Entertainment 20th Century Fox Christopher Reeve
Colin Brady
Daniel St. Pierre
Open Season 2 Template:Dts Sony Pictures Animation Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Matthew O'Callaghan
Todd Wilderman
Open Season 3 Template:Dts Cody Cameron
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away Template:Dts Cirque du Soleil
Strange Weather Films
Cameron Pace Group
Paramount Pictures Andrew Adamson
Rock Dog Template:Dts Huayi Brothers Summit Entertainment Ash Brannon
UglyDolls Template:Dts STX Family
Alibaba Pictures
Troublemaker Studios
Original Force
STX Entertainment Kelly Asbury
Scoob! May 15, 2020[12][13] Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Animation Group[12]
Warner Bros. Pictures Tony Cervone
Back to the Outback December 10, 2021[14] Netflix Animation
Weed Road Pictures[15]
Netflix Clare Knight
Harry Cripps
The Monkey King Template:Dts Netflix Animation
Pearl Studio
Star Overseas
Anthony Stacchi
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants[16] Template:Dts[17][18] Nickelodeon Movies
United Plankton Pictures
Paramount Pictures Derek Drymon

Television

Series

Original series
Title Years Co-production with Network Creator
Super Giant Robot Brothers[19] 2022 Netflix Animation
Assemblage Entertainment
Netflix Víctor Maldonado
Alfredo Torres
Lulu and the Help You Crew 2024 Cake Entertainment[20] TBA Annie Mumolo
Animation services
Title Years Co-production with Network Creator
No Activity (season 4)[21] 2021 Funny or Die
Gary Sanchez Productions
Jungle Entertainment
Flight School Studio
CBS Studios
Paramount+ Trent O'Donnell

Specials

Short films

Theme park attractions

Direct-to-video

  • Barney Home Video (1996–2000) (special effects)
  • 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: Friends and Helpers (2006)
  • Boz: Bananas, Bubbles and Busy Bodies (2006)
  • Boz: Adventures in Imagination (2006)
  • The Three Wise Men (formerly The Very First Noel) (2006)
  • Thank You God for B-O-Zs and 1-2-3s! (2007)
  • Start Singing with Boz (2008)
  • Boz: A WowieBozowee Christmas (2008)
  • Tales of the Black Freighter (2009)

Commercials

Production logos

References

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