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The acquisition of 20th Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company has already had a complex impact on the entertainment industry, with countless projects being greenlit or cancelled altogether in order to streamline production. One of the most heartbreaking films to fall into the latter category has been Nimona, the feature film that has been in the works at Blue Sky for multiple years, and was less than a year away from its targeted release date. The film would adapt S
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Ranking the Blue Sky Animation Movies
Last week, the bad news many animation fans and professionals had long been anticipating came to pass:
Spies in Disguise, the Christmas 2019 release starring Will smith and Tom Holland, would be the last-ever original feature film from Blue Sky Animation, which would close. The studio, which was founded in the late 80s, had become the in-house animators for 20th Century Fox which is now 20th Century Studios under the ownership of the Walt Disney Company. And since Disney owns both Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar, it never seemed like Blue Sky had much of a chance for survival there.but people hoped against hope.
I'm sure your familiar with the Disney Movie Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs , well the studio that created that blockbuster and others is shutting down.
I'm sure your familiar with the Disney Movie Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs , well the studio that created that blockbuster and others is shutting down.
Disney Shuts Down Former Fox Studio That Made ‘Ice Age’ Movies Ice Age The Meltdown movie poster - REUTERS×
The operation will wind down over the next two months, eliminating about 450 positions
Walt Disney Co. is closing Blue Sky Studios, an animation company it acquired with the purchase of Fox’s entertainment assets two years ago.
The operation will wind down over the next two months, eliminating about 450 positions, Disney said Tuesday. Blue Sky, founded about 25 years ago, is best known for the “Ice Age” and “Rio” film franchises. Its most-recent release was 2019’s “Spies in Disguise.”
Disney, like other entertainment companies, has been hard hit by the coronavirus, which forced it to close or limit attendance at its theme parks and postpone the release of feature films in theaters. The company also owns the Pixar and Disney animation studios. Blue Sky was one too many.