Draft:Spotlight Animation Studios
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| Company type | Division |
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| Genre |
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| Predecessor | Fox Animation Studios MAGI Blue Sky Studios |
| Founded | February 12, 2025 |
| Founder | |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | |
| Products | Film production Television series Animated series |
| Parent | 20th Century Studios |
| Divisions | High Ridge Road, North Stamford, Connecticut |
Spotlight Animation Studios was an American visual effects and computer animation studio based in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was founded on February 12, 2025, by Chris Wedge, Chris Meledandri, Robert Simonds and Bill McGlashan, Connecticut the North Stamford it is a unit of 20th Century Studios, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is a division of The Walt Disney Company. The studio is best known for creating the Ice Age, and Rio tasked with producing computer-animated feature films. Scrat, a character from the Ice Age franchise, was the studio's mascot.
History
[edit]In February 2025, it was reported that Robert Simonds and Bill McGlashan was nearing a after the closure of Blue Sky Studios in 2021. the Spotlight Animation label under 20th Century Studios for the first time in over a decade. In May 2025, Spotlight Animation Studios hired former Illumination and DreamWorks Animation CCO Chris Meledandri. In July 2025, Gina Shay, producer of Toyland, is now hired as Head of Production at Spotlight Animation Studios and will oversee production planning for the studio's slate of films.
Spotlight Animation Studios signed on directors Carlos Saldanha (Ice Age, Rio, Ferdinand and Harold and the Purple Crayon) to direct Toyland, Kevin Asbury to direct Kazorn and the Unicorn and Frogkisser!, Chris Miller (Shrek the Third, Puss in Boots and The Smurfs Movie) to direct Larrikins, Tom McGrath (Madagascar, Megamind and The Boss Baby) to direct Zodiac and Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland (Storks) to directors Penguin of Ipanema.
Production logo
[edit]With the release of Toyland in August 14, 2026, Spotlight Animation's logo revealed their first logo, it represents their logo in blue, in white in the style of Blue Sky Studios' short logo. With the release of With the release of Kazorn and the Unicorn in March 2027, their full logo was released and shows Scratte and Scrat from Ice Age which are now the mascots of the studio launched from their baby (also from Ice Age) runs around to form the studio's logo with draws blue and purple crayon, the fanfare was composed by Batu Sener which was adopted from the theme of Ice Age, it was animated by DNEG Animation and their head of animation, Chris Meledandri.
Process
[edit]In a similar fashion to Paramount Animation, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Animation and Illumination, Spotlight does not produce its films in-house where it is based in Greenwich, Connecticut., but rather outsources the animation production of its films to other studios, with the majority of their films being animated by. Spotlight Animation Studios outsources their feature films to other animation studios such as DNEG Animation.
Filmography
[edit]Feature films
[edit]Upcoming films
[edit]| Title | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Composer(s) | Production | Distribution |
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| Toyland | August 14, 2026 | Carlos Saldanha | Based on an loose remake of the 1995 animated film Toy Story by: Joss Whedon Andrew Stanton Joel Cohen Alec Sokolow |
Chris Meledandri Gina Shay |
Batu Sener | N/A | 20th Century Studios |
| Matt Lieberman | |||||||
| Kazorn and the Unicorn | March 5, 2027 | Kevin Asbury Co-director: Chris Wedge |
Pamela Ribon Stacey Harman | ||||
| Larrikins | August 13, 2027 | Chris Miller | Based on an original characters by: Harry Cripps |
Rupert Gregson-Williams (score) Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (songs) | |||
| Martin Hynes Steven Levenson | |||||||
| Frogkisser! | May 19, 2028 | Kevin Asbury | Based on an fairy tale by: Garth Nix |
Batu Sener (score) Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (songs) | |||
| Michael McCullers | |||||||
| Zodiac | July 21, 2028 | Tom McGrath | Billy Frolick Mark Burton |
Batu Sener | |||
| Penguin of Ipanema | July 20, 2029 | Nicholas Stoller Doug Sweetland |
Stoller | Mychael and Jeff Danna |
In development
[edit]| Film | Director(s) | Notes | Ref(s) |
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| The ChubbChubbs! | Chris Wedge | — | |
| Geronimo Stilton | David Soren | ||
| Untitled The Ugly Duckling and Me! film | Nick Bruno and Troy Quane |
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