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Reel FX
Company typePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Commercial
Post-production
Production
GenreVarious
PredecessorDNA Productions
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
FoundersJonathan Keeton
Simon Mowbray
Headquarters301 North Crowdus Street,
Dallas, Texas
,
United States
Number of locations
1575 N. Gower St, Suite 380 Hollywood, California, United States

1751 Richardson Street, Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec
Area served
3
Key people
Steve O'Brien (CEO, Chairman)[1]
David Ross (President)
Chuck Peil (EVP/Partnerships)
David Parrish (SVP/Prod)
Jared Mass (Head of Originals)
ProductsFeature films
Commercials
Special Attractions
ServicesCGI animation
Visual effects
Motion design
Editorial
Audio
Number of employees
350 (2013)[2]
Websitewww.reelfx.com

Reel FX Creative Studios (also known as Reel FX Animation Studios for in-house animated feature films or simply Reel FX) is an American computer animation studio based in Dallas, Texas, Hollywood, California and Montreal. The studio develops and produces award-winning animated feature-length films, short films, and theme park content.[3] Its first original animated feature film, Free Birds, was released in 2013 and grossed over $110 million worldwide, despite receiving negative reviews. Its second film, The Book of Life was released in 2014 to widely positive reviews and received several nominations, including Best Animated Feature Nominations from the Golden Globe's, Critics’ Choice Awards, Producers Guild Awards and Annie Awards.[4] Rumble, the third original film from Reel FX and a co-production with Paramount Animation, was released on December 15, 2021.

The studio also does animation for other studios, including UglyDolls for STX Entertainment and Scoob! for Warner Animation Group.

History

Reel FX was founded in 1996 by Jonathan Keeton and Simon Mowbray.

In 2006, Reel FX hired many employees of the studio DNA Productions, which was in the process of closing down.

In March 2007, Reel FX acquired Radium, a California-based digital studio that was founded in 1996 by Jonathan Keeton and Simon Mowbray.[5] As part of the acquisition, the studio re-branded itself in 2010 to Radium/Reel FX, and in February 2012 to Reel FX.[6] Since 2007, Reel FX has been presenting the Texas Avery Animation Award, created by the studio to "celebrate career achievement in animation".[7][8] The award, which is named after the Texas-born animator and cartoonist Tex Avery, is awarded each year at Dallas International Film Festival in a form of a bronze casting of Avery's Wolf character.[7]

In December 2010, it was announced that Reel FX produced an untitled 3D film with producer Andrew Adamson and Cirque du Soleil.[9] In January 2012, it was announced by Paramount Pictures that it had acquired worldwide rights to the film, now titled Worlds Away directed by Adamson and executive-produced by James Cameron.[10] In October 2012, The Hollywood Reporter revealed Reel FX's connection to the 2012 feature film, Rise of the Guardians. (The film is based on Reel FX's short film, The Man in the Moon, directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg at Reel FX Creative Studios. It is also based on Joyce's book series, The Guardians of Childhood.[11])

Beginning with Free Birds in 2013, all Reel FX's in-house feature films are released under its Reel FX Animation Studios banner.[12]

From 2009 to 2013, Reel FX completed its first original animated feature film Free Birds.[13] Originally titled Turkeys[14] and scheduled for the release of 2014, but it was pulled back to November 1, 2013.[13] Jimmy Hayward directed the film, which tells a story about two turkeys who travel back in time to prevent their species from being the traditional Thanksgiving meal.[13] In February 2012, the studio announced a new CG-animated film, The Book of Life, directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez and produced by Guillermo del Toro. It is described as a "Romeo and Juliet-style love story set against a Mexican Day of the Dead backdrop."[15] In December 2012, it was reported that the studio has partnered with 20th Century Fox Animation to produce the film,[16] and scheduled for October 3, 2014, but it was pushed back to October 17.[17] Rumble, their third original film, directed by Hamish Grieve and co-produced with Paramount was released on December 15, 2021.[18]

Filmography

Original productions

Released films

# Title Release date Co-production with Directors Budget Gross Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
1 Free Birds November 1, 2013 Relativity Media
Reel FX Film Fund		 Jimmy Hayward $55 million $110.4 million 19% 38
2 The Book of Life October 17, 2014 20th Century Fox Animation (uncredited)
Chatrone[19]
Mexopolis (uncredited)		 Jorge R. Gutierrez $50 million $99.8 million 82% 67
3 Rumble December 15, 2021 Paramount Animation
WWE Studios
Walden Media
New Republic Pictures
Paramount+		 Hamish Grieve — — 43% 48

In development

# Title Co-production with Directors Animation Service
4 Kung Fu Space Punch[20] Jorge R. Gutierrez

Short films

As an animation service

Feature films

# Title Release date Co-production with Directors
1 The Wild April 14, 2006 C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Walt Disney Pictures		 Steve Williams
2 Everyone's Hero September 15, 2006 IDT Entertainment
20th Century Fox		 Christopher Reeve
Colin Brady
Daniel St. Pierre
3 Open Season 2 September 24, 2008 (South Africa)
January 27, 2009 (United States)		 Sony Pictures Animation
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment		 Matthew O'Callaghan
Todd Wilderman
4 Open Season 3 October 21, 2010 (South Africa)
January 25, 2011 (United States)		 Cody Cameron
5 Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away December 21, 2012 Paramount Pictures
Cirque du Soleil Burlesco
Strange Weather Films
Cameron Pace Group		 Andrew Adamson
6 Rock Dog February 24, 2017 Summit Entertainment
Huayi Brothers		 Ash Brannon
7 Sherlock Gnomes March 23, 2018 Paramount Animation
MGM
Rocket Pictures
Mikros Image		 John Stevenson
8 UglyDolls May 3, 2019 STX Entertainment
Alibaba Pictures
Troublemaker Studios
Huaxia Film Distribution		 Kelly Asbury
9 Scoob! May 15, 2020[22][23] Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Animation Group[22]		 Tony Cervone
10 Back to the Outback December 10, 2021[24] Weed Road Pictures
Netflix Animation
Netflix[25]		 Clare Knight
Harry Cripps

Films

Television

Series

Specials

Short films

Theme park attractions

Virtual worlds

Production logos

Collaborations

  • Mass Animation - Live Music

References

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry (October 25, 2012). ""Turkeys" get Greenlit at Reel FX". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  2. ^ Mallory, Michael (October 12, 2013). "Get Ready for a Real Turkey Feast!". Animation Magazine. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  3. ^ "With New Film The Book of Life, Studio Launches Virtual Reality Unit". Wall Street Journal. September 23, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
  4. ^ "Book of Life from Dallas Scores Golden Globe Nomination". Dallas Morning News. December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  5. ^ "Radium Merges with Dallas' Reel FX" (PDF). Pharos. March 7, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
  6. ^ "Behind The Scenes: The Reel FX Rebrand". Reel FX News. February 8, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
  7. ^ a b King, Darryn (April 18, 2015). "Phil Lord and Chris Miller Honored with 2015 Texas Avery Award". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  8. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (April 20, 2015). "Phil Lord and Chris Miller Receive Texas Avery Award". Animation Magazine. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  9. ^ Fleming, Mike (December 7, 2010). "Andrew Adamson, James Cameron team with Cirque du Soleil on 3D Feature". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  10. ^ Fleming, Mike (February 10, 2012). "Paramount Acquires Worldwide Rights To Andrew Adamson And James Cameron's Cirque Du Soleil 3D Feature". Deadline Hollywood.
  11. ^ McCarthy, Todd (October 11, 2012). "Rise of the Guardians: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
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  13. ^ a b c Shaw, Lucas (February 22, 2013). "Relativity Moves 'Turkeys' Up a Year; Amy Poehler Joins Voice Cast (Exclusive)". The Wrap. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  14. ^ Rebecca, Murray (March 27, 2013). "Turkeys is Now Free Birds". About.com. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
  15. ^ Kit, Borys (February 21, 2012). "Guillermo del Toro to Produce CG-Animated 'Day of the Dead' With Reel FX". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  16. ^ McClintock, Pamela (December 12, 2012). "Fox Animation Teaming With Guillermo del Toro on 'Book of Life' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  17. ^ "Fox Dates 'Frankenstein' & 'Chipmunks 4,' Sets 2017-2018 Animated Slate". Deadline. June 10, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  18. ^ Malholtra, Rahul (November 26, 2021). "'Rumble' Trailer Reveals Animated Sports Movie Heading for a Paramount+ Release". Collider.
  19. ^ (uncredited)Scheck, Franck (October 11, 2014). "'The Book of Life': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  20. ^ Hopewell, John (April 24, 2017). "'Despicable Me 3,' Pixar's 'Coco,' 'The Big Bad Fox' to Bow at France's 2017 Annecy Animation Festival". Variety. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  21. ^ McLean, Tom (January 26, 2015). "'Book of Life' Comes to Home Video Libraries". Animation Magazine. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  22. ^ a b Kroll, Justin (October 15, 2018). "'Tom and Jerry,' 'Scooby-Doo' Movies Land Top Talent at Warner Animation Group (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  23. ^ Kit, Borys (March 1, 2019). "Will Forte, Gina Rodriguez and Tracy Morgan to Star in Animated Scooby-Doo Movie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  24. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (November 30, 2020). "Netflix Heads Down Under with 'Back to the Outback' Movie in 2021". Animation Magazine. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  25. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (November 30, 2020). "Netflix Lines Up Animated Movie 'Back To The Outback' With Isla Fisher, Tim Minchin, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce & Keith Urban". Deadline. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  26. ^ Reel FX (October 29, 2020). "Congratulations @flightschoolHQ for helping pivot CBS's live action comedy series, @NoActivityCBS, to animation for this coming season. Reel FX Animation is proud and excited to dish out an assist on this project". Twitter.
  27. ^ "Netflix Announces Three New Animated Comedy Series for Kids from Renowned and First-Time Creators". Netflix Media Center (Press release). Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  28. ^ Gilchrist, Todd (September 28, 2005). "Robots". IGN. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  29. ^ Foster, Dave (August 24, 2005). "Robots (R2) in September - Menus added". The Digital Fix. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  30. ^ Qidong, Zhang (November 23, 2012). "Animation studio sees role for China". China Daily. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
  31. ^ Desowitz, Bill (July 30, 2010). "O'Callaghan Talks Coyote Falls". Animation World Network. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
  32. ^ a b "Looney Tunes "Daffy's Rhapsody"". Reel FX. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  33. ^ Hopewell, John (June 9, 2014). "Studios, France, Emerging Industries Energize Annecy". Variety. Retrieved June 24, 2014. Closing ceremony, featuring Official Selection award announcements and Warner Bros.' 3D short "A Flash in the Pain"
  34. ^ "Reel FX Live from Annecy!". Reel FX. June 11, 2014. Archived from the original on June 24, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2014. Peil wrapped up the presentation with the 6th installment in the series of Looney Tunes shorts "Flash in the Pain".
  35. ^ Boot Camp - A Best Fiends Animation
  36. ^ Visit Minutia - A Best Fiends Animation
  37. ^ Fort of Hard Knocks - A Best Fiends Animation
  38. ^ Baby Slug's Big Day Out - A Best Fiends Animation
  39. ^ Howie's Gift - A Best Fiends Animation
  40. ^ Temper's Adventure - A Best Fiends Animation
  41. ^ The Immortal Cockroach - A Best Fiends Animation
  42. ^ The Fight Before Christmas - A Best Fiends Animation
  43. ^ King Slug Industries - A Best Fiends Animation
  44. ^ Reel FX (July 2, 2012). "It's Time For Minion Mayhem at Universal Orlando". Reel FX. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  45. ^ "Meet Star Skipper, Paramount Animation's Magical New Trademark Logo Character". Variety. September 19, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
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