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| ''[[Wacky Races (2017 TV series)|Wacky Races]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/boomerang-cartoon-streaming-subscription-time-warner-turner-wb-1202003660|title=Turner, Warner Bros. to Launch Boomerang Cartoon Streaming-Subscription Service for $5 Monthly|author=Spangler, Todd|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 7, 2017|accessdate=March 24, 2017}}</ref> ||Co-production with [[Hanna-Barbera]]<br>Reboot of [[Wacky Races|the 1968 animated series]] |
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| ''[[DC Super Hero Girls]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2017/05/dc-super-hero-girls-cartoon-network-animated-series-2018-1202100531/|title=‘DC Super Hero Girls’: Cartoon Network Sets Toon Series For 2018 | author= Pedersen, Erik | publisher=Deadline |date=May 23, 2017|accessdate=May 23, 2017}}</ref> || rowspan=2 | 2018 |
| ''[[DC Super Hero Girls]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2017/05/dc-super-hero-girls-cartoon-network-animated-series-2018-1202100531/|title=‘DC Super Hero Girls’: Cartoon Network Sets Toon Series For 2018 | author= Pedersen, Erik | publisher=Deadline |date=May 23, 2017|accessdate=May 23, 2017}}</ref> || rowspan=2 | 2018 || Co-production with [[DC Entertainment]] |
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| ''[[Green Eggs and Ham (TV series)|Green Eggs and Ham]]''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|title=Netflix Picks Up ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ Animated Series From Ellen DeGeneres|url=http://deadline.com/2015/04/green-eggs-and-ham-animated-series-netflix-ellen-degeneres-1201418260/|publisher=Deadline|accessdate=April 30, 2015|date=April 29, 2015}}</ref> || [[Netflix]] || Co-production with [[Ellen DeGeneres|A Very Good Production]], A Stern Talking To, [[Random House|Random House Children's Entertainment]] and [[Mike Karz|Gulfstream Television]]<br>Based on [[Green Eggs and Ham|the children's book of the same name]] by [[Dr. Seuss]] |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | |
Predecessor | Warner Bros. Cartoons Hanna-Barbera |
Founded | 1980[1] |
Founder | Hal Geer |
Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Sam Register (President, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series) |
Parent | Warner Bros. |
Website | Official website |
Warner Bros. Animation (currently known alternatively as Warner Animation Group for theatrically released films) is the animation division of Warner Bros. The studio is closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters, among others. The studio is the successor to Warner Bros. Cartoons (formerly Leon Schlesinger Productions), the studio which produced Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon shorts from 1933 to 1963, and from 1967 to 1969. Warner reestablished its animation division in 1980 to produce Looney Tunes–related works.[1]
Since 1990, Warner Bros. Animation has primarily focused upon the production of television and feature animation of other properties, notably including those related to Time Warner's DC Comics publications.
History
1970–1986: Restarting the studio
The original Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, as well as all of Warner Bros.' short subject production divisions, closed in 1969 due to the rising costs and declining returns of short subject production. Outside animation companies were hired to produce new Looney Tunes-related animation for TV specials and commercials at irregular intervals. In 1976, Warner Bros. Cartoon alumnus Chuck Jones began producing a series of Looney Tunes specials at his Chuck Jones Productions animation studio, the first of which was Carnival of the Animals. These specials, and a 1975 Looney Tunes retrospective feature film titled Bugs Bunny: Superstar (distributed by United Artists, the previous owner of the pre-1950 Warner Bros. library), led Jones to produce The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie for Warner Bros. in 1979. This film blended classic Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts with newly produced wraparounds of Bugs Bunny introducing each cartoon. Warner Bros. responded to the success of this film by reestablishing its own cartoon studio.
Warner Bros. Animation opened its doors in 1980 to produce compilation films and television specials starring the Looney Tunes characters. The studio's initial head was Hal Geer, who had been the original studio's sound effects editor during its final days, and he was soon joined by Friz Freleng, who left DePatie-Freleng (which became Marvel Productions after being sold to Marvel Comics), and returned to Warner as executive producer. The new wraparounds for The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981), Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) and Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983) featured footage by a new Warner Bros. Animation staff, composed mainly of veterans from the golden age of WB cartoons, including writers John Dunn and Dave Detiege.
By 1986, Freleng had departed, and Hal Geer also stepped down the following year. Geer was briefly replaced by Steven S. Greene, who in turn was replaced by Freleng's former secretary Kathleen Helppie-Shipley, who would spearhead a major revival of the Looney Tunes brand in the years that followed. The studio continued production on special projects starring the Looney Tunes characters, sporadically producing new Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts for theaters such as The Duxorcist (1987), Night of the Living Duck (1988), Box-Office Bunny (1990), and Carrotblanca (1995). Many of these shorts, as well as the new footage in the compilation film Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (which includes The Duxorcist), were directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon, as well as Darrell Van Citters.
1986–1998: Moving into television animation
Beginning in 1986, Warner Bros. moved into regular television animation production. Warners' television division was established by WB Animation President Jean MacCurdy, who brought in producer Tom Ruegger and much of his staff from Hanna-Barbera Productions' A Pup Named Scooby-Doo series (1988–1991). A studio for the television unit was set up in the office tower of the Imperial Bank Building adjacent to the Sherman Oaks Galleria northwest of Los Angeles. Darrell Van Citters, who used to work at Disney, would work on the newer Bugs Bunny shorts, before leaving to form Renegade Animation in 1992. The first Warner Bros. original animated TV series Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1995) was produced in conjunction with Amblin Entertainment, and featured young cartoon characters based upon specific Looney Tunes stars, and was a success. Later Amblin/Warner Bros. television shows, including Animaniacs (1993–1998), its spin-off Pinky and the Brain (1995–1998), and Freakazoid! (1995–1997) followed in continuing the Looney Tunes tradition of cartoon humor.
Warner Bros. Animation also began developing shows based upon comic book characters owned by sister company DC Comics. These programs, including Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995), Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000), The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999), Batman Beyond (1999–2001), and Justice League/Justice League Unlimited (2001–2006) proved popular among both children and adults. These shows were part of the DC animated universe. A Batman spin-off feature, Mask of the Phantasm, was produced in 1993 and bumped up to theatrical release. The film was near universally-well received by critics but performed poorly at the box-office, though it eventually became a commercial success through its subsequent home video releases.
1991–2004: Warner Bros. Feature Animation
In 1991, Warner Bros. distributed its first animated film, Rover Dangerfield. Its title character is a dog whose look and mannerisms are inspired by his voice actor Rodney Dangerfield. The film received mixed reviews and under-performed at the box office due to lack of promotion.[citation needed] Three years later, Warner distributed Don Bluth's Thumbelina, which also received mixed reviews from critics and under-performed at the box office.
That same year, Warner Bros., as well as several other Hollywood studios, moved into feature animation following the success of Walt Disney Feature Animation's The Lion King. Max Howard, a Disney alumnus, was brought in to head the new division, which was set up in Sherman Oaks near the television studio in nearby Glendale.[2] Turner Feature Animation, later merged and named Warner Bros. Feature Animation, like all of the in-house feature animation studios proved an unsuccessful venture, as six of the seven films under-performed during their original theatrical releases (due to lack of promotion).[citation needed]
The first of Warners' animated features was Space Jam (1996), a live-action/animated hybrid which starred NBA star Michael Jordan opposite Bugs Bunny (Jordan had previously appeared with the Looney Tunes in a number of Nike commercials). It was directed by Joe Pytka (live-action) and Bruce W. Smith and Tony Cervone (animation). Space Jam received mixed to negative reviews from critics but proved to be a success at the box office. Animation production for Space Jam was primarily done at the new Sherman Oaks studio, although much of the work was outsourced to animation studios around the world.
Before the success of Space Jam, a Turner Entertainment-run studio that spun off from Hanna-Barbera were already producing animated features following the success of the Disney features. The first was The Pagemaster, a fantasy adventure featuring the performances of Macaulay Culkin and Christopher Lloyd with live-action segments serving as bookends for the film's story. Released by 20th Century Fox, the film under-performed and received negative reviews from critics during its holiday release of 1994. After the merger with Turner and Warner Bros' parent Time Warner in 1996, Turner Feature Animation completed its second and last feature, Cats Don't Dance (1997), which was met with warm critical and audience reception but under-performed due to little marketing and fanfare.[citation needed] By the time of the film's release however, Turner Feature Animation had merged with Warner Feature Animation and transferred a majority of its staff from said studio.
The following year, their next film, Quest for Camelot (1998), underwent production difficulties and received negative reviews from critics, however its soundtrack (such as one of the songs, "The Prayer") received some accolades.
The third animated feature from Warner Feature Animation, Brad Bird's The Iron Giant (1999), received a positive reception from critics and audiences. However, the studio decided to rush its release to the end of the summer with a rushed marketing push.[citation needed]
The studio's next film, Osmosis Jones (2001), was another animated/live action mix that suffered through another troubled production. This time, the animation segments, directed by Tom Sito and Piet Kroon, were completed long before the live-action segments were filmed, eventually directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly and starring Bill Murray. The resulting film received mixed reviews and under-performed, although it was successful on home video for Warner's Television Animation department to produce a related Saturday morning cartoon, Ozzy & Drix (2002–2004) for its WB broadcast network.
Following the releases of The Iron Giant and Osmosis Jones, the feature animation staff was scaled back, and the entire animation staff - feature and television - were moved to the larger Sherman Oaks facility.
Looney Tunes: Back in Action, was released in 2003. It was intended to be the starting point for a reestablishment of the classic cartoons brands, including a planned series of new Looney Tunes theatrical shorts, produced by Back in Action writer and producer Larry Doyle.[citation needed] After Back in Action, directed by Joe Dante (live action) and Eric Goldberg (animation), received mixed reviews from critics and under-performed at the box office, production was shut down on the new shorts. However, several TV series based upon the Looney Tunes property, Baby Looney Tunes (2002–2005), Loonatics Unleashed (2005–2007), The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2014), and Wabbit (2015–present) have assumed the place of the original shorts on television.
1996–present: Acquisitions and Warner Bros. Animation today
Warners' parent company Time Warner merged with Turner Broadcasting System in 1996, not only regaining the rights to the previously sold Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts but also taking on two more animation studios: Turner Feature Animation and Hanna-Barbera Productions. Turner Feature was immediately folded into Warner Bros. Feature Animation, while Hanna-Barbera merged with Warner Bros. Animation itself. Until 1998, Hanna-Barbera operated on its original lot at 3400 Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood, California, one of the last "big name" studios with a Hollywood zip code. Studio operations, archives, and its extensive animation art collection were then moved northwest to Sherman Oaks. Hanna-Barbera occupied space in the office tower adjacent to the Sherman Oaks Galleria along with Warner Bros. Animation.
With the death of William Hanna in 2001, Warner fully took over production of H-B related properties such as Scooby-Doo, producing a steady stream of Scooby direct-to-video films and two new series, What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–2006) and Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006–2008). The Turner merger also gave WB access to the pre-May 1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library, which included its classic cartoon library (including such characters as Tom and Jerry (originally created by the H-B duo), Droopy, Barney Bear, Screwy Squirrel, Red Hot Riding Hood & The Wolf, and Spike, renamed Butch). WBA has since co-produced a series of direct-to-video films with Turner which starred Tom and Jerry. Besides producing content for the daytime market, Warner Bros. Animation also produced Baby Blues with sister company Warner Bros. Television and 3 South with MTV Animation for primetime.
The series which Hanna-Barbera had been producing for Turner's Cartoon Network before and during the Time Warner/Turner merger were shifted to production at Cartoon Network Studios, a sister company to Warner Bros. Animation. WBA is today exclusively involved in the production of animated television programming and direct-to-video features. It produced many of the shows airing on the Kids' WB Saturday morning programming block of The CW until May 24, 2008. These programs included Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, Krypto the Superdog, Xiaolin Showdown, The Batman, and the aforementioned Loonatics Unleashed and Tom and Jerry Tales. By 2007, the studio had downsized significantly from its size during the late 1990s. Warner Bros. downsized the studio further in June, shut down the Sherman Oaks studio, and had Warner Bros. Animation moved to the Warner Bros. Ranch in Burbank, California. In early 2008 after the demise of Kids' WB!, Warner Bros. Animation became almost dormant with only Batman: The Brave and the Bold in production at the time.
To expand the company's online content presence, Warner Bros. Animation launched the new KidsWB.com (announced as T-Works) on April 28, 2008. The website gathers its core animation properties in a single online environment that is interactive and customizable for site visitors. The Kids WB offers both originally produced content along with classic animated episodes, games, and exploration of virtual worlds. Some of the characters to be used in the project from the Warner libraries include those of Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera, pre-1986 MGM animated characters and DC Comics.
In 2009, sister network Cartoon Network announced Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated in the Fall 2009-2010 season by Warner Bros. Animation.[citation needed] Warner Bros. Animation recently announced several new projects, such as The Looney Tunes Show (formerly called Laff Riot); a reboot of ThunderCats, and several series based on DC Comics properties such as MAD, Green Lantern, and Young Justice.[citation needed]
Warner Bros. Animation is also producing DC Showcase, a series of short subjects featuring lesser known comic book superheroes, to be released in tandem with direct-to-video films based on DC Comics properties.
On July 30, 2010, Coyote Falls, a 3D cartoon featuring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner was released, being the first time WB Animation produced theatrically released content since The Karate Guard (the last Tom and Jerry short) in 2005, and the first time the animation studio used full CGI and stereoscopic 3D. Two more theatrical Road Runner cartoons have followed during the year (Fur of Flying and Rabid Rider). On June 8, 2011, three more shorts were announced: I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat with Sylvester, Tweety, and Granny, which was released with Happy Feet Two; Daffy's Rhapsody with Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd, which was released with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island; and Flash in the Pain starring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, which has yet to be released.
On October 27, 2014, Warner Bros. Animation produced their first show for Adult Swim, entitled Mike Tyson Mysteries, as it follows retired boxer Mike Tyson, the ghost of the Marquess of Queensberry, Tyson's adopted daughter, and a pigeon as they solve mysteries. The style of the show borrows heavily from '70s cartoons, most notably Hanna-Barbera productions such as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? and The Funky Phantom - However, it also contains adult language and concepts, in the manner of Family Guy, or South Park. While each episode involves a mystery as a framing device, often these are ignored altogether as the plot takes another direction, and episodes sometimes end on cliffhangers which are never resolved.
On December 16, 2014, Warner Bros. Animation's stop-motion Christmas special Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas debuted on NBC. Based on the 2003 New Line film Elf, and its Broadway musical adaptation Elf: The Musical, The special was animated in stop-motion in the style of Rankin/Bass Productions Christmas specials, such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town. In Buddy's Musical Christmas, Santa narrates the story of Buddy's travels to New York City to meet his father. Along the way, his unrelenting cheer transforms the lives of everyone he meets and opens his father's eyes to the magic of the holiday.
2013–present: Warner Animation Group
In January 2013, Jeff Robinov (then the 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.[3] It is the successor to the dissolved hand-drawn animation department Warner Bros. Feature Animation. The group includes John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Nicholas Stoller, Phil Lord and Chris Miller and Jared Stern.[3] Warner Bros. created the group with the hope that the box office reception of their films will be competitive with other animation studios' releases.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5] On the same day, they announced their third film, Smallfoot, which was originally scheduled for release in 2016, but was later moved to 2018.[5]
Storks was animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks. It was met with mixed reviews from critics.[6]
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 Sequel.[7] The sequel was announced to be released on May 26, 2017,[8] 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.[9] Phil Lord and Christopher Miller returned to script and co-direct the sequel. Rob Schrab was direct the film, but was later replaced by Mike Mitchell due to "creative differences".[10] On June 2016, the release date was pushed to February 8, 2019.
On March 27, 2015, it was reported that Jason Segel and Drew Pearce are going to co-direct and write a script to a new "Lego Movie" spin-off named The Billion Brick Race.[11] Other WAG films announced in 2015 are based on Adventure Time, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, Speedy Gonzales 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.[12]
In March 2016, Warner Bros. announced plans for a shared universe of animated films based on various Hanna-Barbera characters, starting with an reboot of the Scooby-Doo film series, originally scheduled for September 21, 2018 in the United States.[13] In May 2017, Warner Bros. announced that the film, titled Scooby, will be released May 15, 2020.[14]
On February 10, 2017, Warner Bros. released The Lego Batman Movie, which received positive reviews from critics.[15][16]
The Lego Ninjago Movie, based on the Lego Ninjago theme of Lego toys was originally scheduled for release in 2016, but was later pushed to September 22, 2017. Upon release, the film was met with mixed reviews from critics.[17][18]
Filmography
Feature-length films
Compilation films
Title | Release Date |
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The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie | November 20, 1981 |
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales | November 19, 1982 |
Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island | August 5, 1983 |
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters | September 24, 1988 |
Original films
Title | Release Date | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | Budget | Gross | Notes |
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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | December 25, 1993 | 82%[19] | — | $6 million | $5.6 million | |
Warner Bros. Feature Animation | ||||||
Space Jam | November 15, 1996 | 37%[20] | 59 | $80 million | $230.4 million | Co-production with Northern Lights Entertainment and Courtside Seats Productions |
Quest for Camelot | May 15, 1998 | 36%[21] | — | $40 million | $38.1 million | |
The Iron Giant | August 6, 1999 | 96%[22] | 85[23] | $70–80 million | $31.3 million | |
Osmosis Jones | August 10, 2001 | 55%[24] | 57[25] | $70 million | $14 million | Co-production with Conundrum Entertainment |
Looney Tunes: Back in Action | November 14, 2003 | 57%[26] | 64[27] | $80 million | $68.5 million | Co-production with Baltimore Spring Creek Productions, Goldmann Pictures, and Lonely Film Productions GmbH & Co. KG |
Warner Animation Group | ||||||
The Lego Movie | February 7, 2014 | 96%[28] | 83[29] | $60 million | $469.2 million | Co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment, Lin Pictures, and Animal Logic |
Storks | September 23, 2016 | 64%[30] | 56[31] | $70 million[32] | $182.4 million[33] | Co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment and Stoller Global Solutions |
The Lego Batman Movie[34][15] | February 10, 2017 | 91%[35] | 75 | $80 million | $310.1 million[36] | Co-production with DC Entertainment, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment, Lin Pictures, and Animal Logic |
The Lego Ninjago Movie[15] | September 22, 2017 | 53%[37] | 55[38] | $70 million | $121 million[39] | Co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment, Lin Pictures, and Animal Logic |
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies[40] | July 27, 2018 | — | — | — | — | Co-production with DC Entertainment |
Smallfoot[34][41] | September 28, 2018 | — | — | — | — | Co-production with Zaftig Films |
The Lego Movie Sequel[15][42] | February 8, 2019 | — | — | — | — | Co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment, Lin Pictures, and Animal Logic |
Scooby[43][44][45] | May 15, 2020[46] | — | — | — | — | Co-production with Atlas Entertainment |
Untitled Jetsons film [47][48][49] | TBA | — | — | — | — | |
The Billion Brick Race | TBA | — | — | — | — | |
Bone[50][51][52] | TBA | — | — | — | — | Co-production with Animal Logic and Lin Pictures |
Space Jam 2[53][54] | TBA | — | — | — | — | |
Untitled Adventure Time film[55] | TBA | — | — | — | — | Co-production with Cartoon Network Studios, Frederator Films and Vertigo Entertainment |
Theatrical shorts
Television series
Anthology series
Title | Year | Network | Notes |
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The Bugs Bunny Show | 1960-2000 | ABC CBS |
Various incarnations |
Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends | 1991–1994 | Fox | |
That's Warner Bros.! | 1995–1996 | The WB | |
Bugs N' Daffy | 1996–1999 | ||
The Daffy Duck Show | 1996–1997 | ||
The Cat & Birdy Warneroonie Pinky Brainy Big Cartoonie Show | 1999–2000 |
Original series
Shorts series
Title | Years | Network | Notes |
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Gotham Girls | 2000-2002 | Warnerbros.com | Co-production with NoodleSoup Productions |
Lobo | 2000 | ||
DC Nation Shorts | 2011–2014 | Cartoon Network | Co-production with DC Entertainment |
Batman Unlimited | 2015-2016 | YouTube | |
DC Super Friends | 2015 | Co-production with DC Entertainment, Imaginext, Inc. and Titmouse, Inc. | |
The Flaming C | TBS | Co-production with Conaco | |
Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles[70] | Machinima | Co-production with DC Entertainment and Blue Ribbon Content | |
Vixen[71] | 2015–present | CW Seed | |
DC Super Hero Girls | YouTube | Co-production with DC Entertainment and Mattel Playground Productions[72] | |
Freedom Fighters: The Ray | 2017 | CW Seed | Co-production with DC Entertainment and Blue Ribbon Content |
Constantine | 2018 |
Television specials
Television pilots
Title | Year | Channel | Creator(s) | Notes |
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Swaroop | 2001 | Cartoon Network | Mike Milo | |
Circus Peanut & Elephant Ears[77] | 2003 | Andy Suriano | ||
Knights of Sherwood | 2004 | Kids' WB | Mike Milo | |
Plastic Man | 2006 | Cartoon Network | Jack Cole (original character) | Co-production with DC Entertainment. |
Wacky Races Forever | 2007 | Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley (original series) | ||
Sprawling Complex | 2008 | TBA | Alexander Barrett | Co-production with Warner Bros. Creative Lab. |
Rodeoheads with Roy Rogers | TBA | Kids' WB | Kim Saltarski, Atul Rao, and Greg van Riel |
Direct-to-video features
Direct-to-video short films
See also
- Warner Bros. Cartoons
- Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
- Hanna-Barbera
- Cartoon Network
- Turner Entertainment Co.
- DC Entertainment
References
- ^ a b Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1987). Of Mice and Magic. New York: Plume/Penguin Books. Pg. 273.
- ^ Kenyon, Heather (April 1998) "An Afternoon with Max Howard, President, Warner Bros. Feature Animation". Animation World Network. Retrieved June 16, 2007.
- ^ a b c Kit, Borys (January 7, 2013). "Warner Bros. Creates Animation Film Think Tank". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media LLC. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
- ^ Shaw, Lucas (February 9, 2014). "'The Lego Movie' Snaps a Bright, Colorful Franchise Into Place for Warner Bros. Animation". The Wrap. The Wrap News Inc. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
- ^ a b "Warner Bros. Pictures Dives Into Animation Think Tank". ComingSoon.net. January 7, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
- ^ "Storks reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- ^ Shaw, Lucas (February 3, 2014). "Warner Bros. Already Working on Sequel to 'The Lego Movie' (Exclusive)". The Wrap. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- ^ McNary, Dave (February 21, 2014). "'Lego' Sequel Set For May 26, 2017". Variety. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
- ^ Kit, Borys (October 10, 2014). "'Lego Batman' Spinoff Movie in the Works at Warner Bros. (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- ^ Kit, Borys; Galuppo, Mia (February 3, 2017). "'Lego Movie' Sequel Enlists 'Trolls' Director Mike Mitchell (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ Siegel, Tatiana. "New Lego Spin-off Movie in the Works From Jason Segel, 'Iron Man 3' Writer (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
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- ^ Franich, Darren (April 13, 2016). "Scooby-Doo reboot could lead to a Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
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