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Warner Animation Group
Company typeDivision
IndustryAnimation
Motion pictures
PredecessorWarner Bros. Feature Animation
FoundedJanuary 2013; 11 years ago (January 2013)
Headquarters
Burbank, California
,
United States
Key people
Allison Abbate
(Executive Vice President)
Chris Leahy
(Senior Vice President)
ProductsAnimated films
OwnerTime Warner
ParentWarner Bros. Animation
(Warner Bros. Entertainment)

Warner Animation Group is the feature animation label of Warner Bros. Animation, part of Warner Bros. a division of Time Warner. The studio is best known for The Lego Movie franchise.

History

In January 2013, Jeff Robinov (then head of the studio's motion picture division) founded a screenplay development department, nicknamed a "think tank" for developing theatrical animated films, known as the Warner Animation Group.[1] It is the successor to the dissolved hand-drawn animation department Warner Bros. Feature Animation. The group includes John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Nicholas Stoller, Jared Stern, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.[1] Warner Bros. created the group with the hope that the box office reception of their films will be competitive with other animation studios' releases.[1] The group is reportedly somewhat similar to Pixar Animation Studios' "brain trust" in terms of how its members consult with one another and give feedback on each other's projects.[2]

On February 7, 2014, Warner Animation Group released their first film, The Lego Movie, a film animated by Animal Logic. It was met with positive reviews and proved to be a box office success.

On January 7, 2013, Warner Animation Group announced their second film, Storks, which was originally scheduled for a 2015 release, but was pushed to September 23, 2016.[3] On the same day, they announced their third film, Smallfoot, which was originally scheduled for release in 2016, but was later moved to 2018.[3] Storks was animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks and was met with mixed reviews from critics.[4]

On February 7, 2014, the same day The Lego Movie was released, it was reported that Jared Stern and Michelle Morgan were hired to write The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.[5] The sequel was announced to be released on May 26, 2017,[6] but later that year, it was reported that a spin-off film featuring Batman from The Lego Movie might take the sequel's release date, pushing the sequel to May 18, 2018.[7] Phil Lord and Christopher Miller returned to script and co-direct the sequel. Rob Schrab was set to direct the film, but was later replaced by Mike Mitchell due to "creative differences".[8] On June 2016, the release date was pushed to February 8, 2019.

On February 10, 2017, Warner Bros. released The Lego Batman Movie, which received positive reviews from critics.[9][10]

The Lego Ninjago Movie, based on the Lego Ninjago theme of Lego toys, was released September 22, 2017. Upon release, the film was met with mixed reviews from critics.[11][12]

Upcoming projects

On March 27, 2015, it was reported that Jason Segel and Drew Pearce were going to co-direct and write a script to a new "Lego Movie" spin-off named The Billion Brick Race, which is currently set for release in 2019.[13] Other WAG films announced are based on Adventure Time, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, Speedy Gonzales[14] and Bone. In late September 2015, it was reported that Warner Bros. and Warner Animation Group were working on an animated musical called Meet The Beatles based on The Beatles, the film is to be directed by Paul King, who directed Paddington.[15] In March 2016, Warner Bros. announced plans for a shared universe of animated films based on various Hanna-Barbera characters, starting with a reboot of the Scooby-Doo film series, originally scheduled for September 21, 2018 in the United States.[16] In May 2017, Warner Bros. announced that the film, titled Scooby, will be released May 15, 2020.[17] Another film part of this universe will be based on The Jetsons, with Conrad Vernon set to direct,[18] and Matt Lieberman doing the screenplay.[19][20] On January 24, 2018, it was announced that an animated Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat film was in development as part of a creative partnership with Seuss Enterprises.[21]

Filmography

Feature films

Released films

# Title Release date Co-production with Animation Service Budget Gross RT MC
1 The Lego Movie[S] February 7, 2014 Village Roadshow Pictures
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Lego System A/S
Vertigo Entertainment
Lin Pictures		 Animal Logic $60 million $469.2 million 96% 83
2 Storks September 23, 2016 RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Stoller Global Solutions (uncredited)		 Sony Pictures Imageworks $70 million $182.4 million 64% 56
3 The Lego Batman Movie February 10, 2017 DC Entertainment
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Lego System A/S
Lord Miller Productions
Vertigo Entertainment
Lin Pictures		 Animal Logic $80 million $312 million 90% 75
4 The Lego Ninjago Movie[S] September 22, 2017 RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Lego System A/S
Vertigo Entertainment
Lord Miller Productions
Lin Pictures		 $70 million $123.1 million 53% 55

Upcoming films

# Title Release date Co-production with Animation Service Current Production Status Ref(s)
5 Smallfoot September 28, 2018 Access Entertainment
Zaftig Films		 Sony Pictures Imageworks Post-Production [22][23]
6 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part[S] February 8, 2019 Lego System A/S
Vertigo Entertainment
Lord Miller Productions
Lin Pictures		 Animal Logic Production [9][24]
7 The Billion Brick Race 2019 Pre-Production [25][26]
8 Scooby May 15, 2020 Atlas Entertainment
Primate Pictures		 Reel FX Creative Studios [27][28][29][30]
9 Untitled film December 22, 2021 TBA Development [31]

Films in development

Title Ref(s)
Untitled Jetsons film [32][33][34]
Untitled Adventure Time film [35]
Bone[R] [36][37][38]
Space Jam 2[S] [39][40]
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat[R] [41]
Speedy Gonzales [14]
Meet the Beatles [15]
The Ice Dragon [42]
S Combines live-action with animation.
R Not produced, but released Warner Animation Group under its label.

Short films

# Title Release date
1 Enter the Ninjago June 17, 2014
2 The Lego Movie: 4D - A New Adventure January 29, 2016
3 The Master September 23, 2016
4 Pigeon Toady's Guide to Your New Baby December 6, 2016
5 Dark Hoser June 13, 2017
6 Batman is Just Not That Into You
7 Cooking with Alfred
8 Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?
9 Shark E. Shark in "Which Way to the Ocean?" December 19, 2017
10 Zane's Stand Up Promo

Other work

Accolades

Academy Awards

Year Film Category Winner/Nominee(s) Result
2014 The Lego Movie Best Original Song "Everything is Awesome" written and lyrics by Shawn Patterson Nominated

Golden Globes

Year Film Category Winner/Nominee(s) Result
2014 The Lego Movie Best Animated Feature Film Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Nominated

BAFTA Awards

Year Film Category Winner/Nominee(s) Result
2014 The Lego Movie Animated Film Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Won

Critics' Choice Awards

Year Film Category Winner/Nominee(s) Result
2014 The Lego Movie Best Animated Film Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Won
Best Original Song "Everything is Awesome" written and lyrics by Shawn Patterson Nominated
2017 The Lego Batman Movie Best Animated Film Chris McKay

Annie Awards

Year Film Category Winner/Nominee(s) Result
2015 The Lego Movie Best Animated Feature Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Dan Lin and Roy Lee Nominated
Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production Jayandera Danappal, Matt Ebb, Christian Epunan Hernandez, Danielle Brooks, and Raphael Gadot
Directing in an Animated Feature Production Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Directors; Chris McKay, Co-Director
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Grant Freckelton
Writing in an Animated Feature Production Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Won
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production David Burrows, Todd Hansen, Doug Nicholas, Jonathan Tappin and Courtney O'Brien-Brown Nominated
2017 Storks Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Katie Crown
2018 The Lego Batman Movie Directing in a Feature Production Chris McKay
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Zach Galifianakis
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production David Burrows, Matt Villa and John Venzon

Heartland Film Festival

Year Film Category Winner/Nominee(s) Result
2014 The Lego Movie Truly Moving Picture Award Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Won
2016 Storks Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland
2017 The LEGO Batman Movie Chris McKay

Kids' Choice Awards

Year Film Category Winner/Nominee(s) Result
2014 The Lego Movie Favorite Movie Actor Will Arnett Nominated
Favorite Animated Movie Nominated
2017 The Lego Batman Movie Nominated

See also

References

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