Vanguard Animation

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Of an older production company, see Vanguard Productions.
Vanguard Films & Animation
Type Subsidiary
Industry CGI animation
Founded 2002
Founder(s) John H. Williams,
Neil Braun
Headquarters West Hollywood, California, US
Number of locations 3
Key people Chief Executive Officer
John H. Williams
Head of Production
Gary Chapman (England)
Employees 10
Parent Vanguard Films
Website vanguardfilms.com

Vanguard Animation, LLC. was an American animation studio founded in 2002 by producer, John H. Williams and Neil Braun.[1]

Vanguard is based in West Hollywood, California and has offices in British Columbia, Canada and Ealing Studios in London England, United Kingdom.

Starz Media owns a minority stake in Vanguard.

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History [edit]

Vanguard Animation was founded in 2002 by John Williams and his film production company Vanguard Films, founded in 1985.[1] For its launch, Vanguard Animation signed with Disney a four-picture deal to produce sub-$40 million computer-animated films.[2][3] Following year, Vanguard sold a minority stake to IDT Corporation and partnered with its animation unit, Digital Production Solutions, to co-produce and co-own all Vanguard's properties,[1][4] including Valiant (2005), the first project produced for Disney.[2]

Filmography [edit]

Feature films [edit]

Released films

# Title Release date Budget Gross RT IMDb
1 Valiant 02005-08-19August 19, 2005 $35,000,000 $61,746,888 31% 5.6
2 Happily N'Ever After 02007-01-05January 5, 2007 $47,000,000 $38,085,778 4% 4.2
3 Space Chimps 02008-07-18July 18, 2008 $37,000,000 $64,834,964 36% 4.5
4 Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back 02010-05-28May 28, 2010 N/A $4,124,518 0% 2.3

Canceled films

Title Release date Ref(s)
Alien Rock Band N/A [5]
Rotten Island N/A [5]
Buzby N/A [5]
City of Dragons N/A [5]
Atomic Circus N/A [5]
Oz Wars N/A [6]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c "IDT Media's Digital Production Solutions -DPS- Signs Joint Venture and Partnership Agreement with Vanguard Animation; DPS Also Gets First Look Rights on all Vanguard Animation Work". Business Wire. July 22, 2003. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  2. ^ a b "The Walt Disney Studios and 'Shrek' producer John Williams partner for new CG animated film output". PR Newswire. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 3 May 2013. 
  3. ^ "The Walt Disney Studios and 'Shrek' Producer John Williams Partner For New CG Animated Film Output.". The Free Library. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 3 May 2013. 
  4. ^ Bloom, David (July 22, 2003). "Vanguard sells stake, inks IDT co-prod’n deal". Variety. Retrieved May 4, 2013. 
  5. ^ a b c d e "Panda's Stevenson Joins Vanguard's Alien Rock Band" (Press release). Vanguard Films via Animation World Network. 2010-11-08. Retrieved 2010-12-16. 
  6. ^ "Mike Johnson to Helm Animated Oz Wars" (Press release). Vanguard Films via ComingSoon.net. 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-16. 

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