DisneyToon Studios

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DisneyToon Studios

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legal form Subsidiary of Walt Disney Animation Studios ( The Walt Disney Company )
founding April 1, 1990
resolution June 28, 2018
Seat Glendale (California) , United States
management Ed Catmull , President
John Lasseter , CCO
Meredith Roberts, Vice President / CEO
Number of employees 44 (as of 2014)
Branch Computer animation
Website www.disneytoonstudios.com

DisneyToon Studios , formerly Disney MovieToons and Disney Video Premieres , was an American computer animation studio specializing in direct-to-video and infrequently theatrical films . It acted as a subsidiary of Walt Disney Animation Studios , which in turn are a division of The Walt Disney Company . The studio produced 47 feature films, the first of which was DuckTales: The Movie: Raiders of the Lost Lamp , in 1990. The last film was Tinkerbell and the Legend of the Never Beast from 2015. On June 28, 2018, DisneyToon Studios stopped work.

history

Disney MovieToons

Disney MovieToons logo

Disney MovieToons produced its first film DuckTales: The Movie - Raiders of the Lost Lamp in 1990. Walt Disney Animation France was responsible for the animation. In 1993, Disney Television Animation hired Sharon Morrill to lead future projects.

Disney began direct-to-video sequels to its feature films: The First, Jafar's Return , the sequel to Aladdin , in 1994. When the film was a commercial success, the studio focused on more direct-to -Video projects. Another sequel, called Aladdin and the Thief King , was released in 1996. The animation work was assigned to the Australian and Japanese departments.

After the resignation of Chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg in August 1994, Disney Studios was split into Disney Video Premieres and Disney Television Animation and moved under the direction of Walt Disney Television and Telecommunications .

Morrill was responsible for the first direct-to-video film called Disney Video Premieres , Jafar's Return . With the success of the film, direct-to-video sales soared, so Disney began assigning more and more projects to animation studios abroad. Morrill was named vice president of the studio in late 1997.

In September 1997 Disney MovieToons and Disney Video Premieres were sometimes re-published. This time under the direction of Walt Disney Television.

In 1997 the department released the short film Redux Riding Hood , which was nominated for an Oscar a year later . This was followed by other direct-to-video sequels, including Beauty and the Beast: Magic Christmas (1997), Pocahontas 2 - Journey to a New World (1998), The Lion King 2 - Simba's Kingdom (1998) and Cinderella 2 - Dreams Come True (2002). In April 1998, MovieToons and Video Premieres were merged, and Morrill was promoted to executive vice president.

DisneyToon Studios

The studio headquarters in Glendale, California

In a reorganization process in 2003, the MovieToons and Video Premieres division was moved from Walt Disney Television Animation to Walt Disney Feature Animation and renamed to its current name. Morrill retained her role as Vice President. With the split, not only was DisneyToon responsible for direct-to-video, but Disney Television Animation as well.

In June 2004, Disney closed the animation studio in Japan, one of two overseas studios with which DisneyToon worked. In March 2005, Morrill finally received the title of President. After 17 years, DisneyToon Studios Australia also closed in October 2006.

After purchasing Pixar , John Lasseter also joined the company. He was of the opinion that DisneyToon was taking the value of classic feature films by producing sequels and prequels . When Tinker Bell's production ran into complications in 2008, Disney reconsidered the department's focus. As a result, Sharon Morrill gave up her title and took on another position in the company. In June 2007, Alan Bergman took over the management. Ed Catmull and Lasseter were considered advisors. Lasseter voted to withdraw all future DisneyToon Studios projects. Planned sequels to Himmel und Huhn (2005), Pinocchio (1940) and Aristocats (1970) have therefore been deleted. The production of Tinker Bell has ended and the release of Arielle the Mermaid 3 has been paused.

Meredith Roberts moved from Disney Television Animation to DisneyToon in January 2008, where she served as Vice President and General Manager. In April 2008 it was announced that DisneyToon would no longer focus on sequels, but on spin-offs . The division was under the direction of the newly named Disney Feature Animation Studio, now Disney Animation Studios, directed by Catmull and Lasseter.

Filmography

Until 2002 amounted production costs for DisneyToons films rarely more than 15 million US dollars . In the same year, the studio's films had grossed over $ 100 million.

Feature films

Short films

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Marc Graser: Layoffs hit 'Planes' Producer Disneytoon Studios . Variety. August 11, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014: "Of the 60 employees on staff at the Glendale, Calif.-Based division of Walt Disney Animation Studios, 16 are being affected by the layoffs and started to be told of the reductions last week, individuals close to the situation confirmed to Variety. "
  2. ↑ a b Sarah Baisley: DisneyToon Studios Prexy Morrill Steps Down . In: Animation World Network , June 21, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  3. ↑ a b Ryan Ball: Disney Snags Nick Exec Coleman . In: Animation Magazine . January 30, 2008. Archived from the original on August 25, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ a b Richard Harrington: 'DuckTales: The Movie' . In: Washington Post , August 7, 1990. Retrieved February 27, 2013. 
  5. ^ A b c d Sarah Baisley: Disneytoon Studios Builds Slate Under New Name and Homes for Needy . In: Animation World Network , June 16, 2003. Retrieved February 26, 2013. 
  6. ↑ Disneytoon Studios: Job Description . In: The Walt Disney Company . DisneyToon Studios. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 11, 2013: "Disneytoon Studios is a part of Walt Disney Animation Studios ..." @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / careers.disneyanimation.com
  7. ↑ http://amp.cinemablend.com/news/2443440/disney-is-shutting-down-one-of-its-animation-studios
  8. ↑ a b c Disney ups TV animation duo . In: Variety , April 27, 1998. Retrieved September 16, 2015. 
  9. ↑ a b c Joe Strike: Disney's Animation Cash Crop - Direct-to-Video Sequels . In: AnimationWorld , March 28, 2005. Retrieved March 9, 2013. 
  10. ↑ Bernard Weinraub: Chairman of Disney Studios Resigns . In: Los Angeles Times , August 25, 1994. Retrieved April 28, 2014. 
  11. ^ A b c Ilene Hoffman: Buena Vista Home Entertainment: A Very Lucky Accident Indeed . In: Animation World Magazine , November 1997. Retrieved March 9, 2013. 
  12. ^ Sallie Hofmeister: Disney Splits Television Group Into 2 Units . In: Los Angeles Times , September 17, 1997. Retrieved April 28, 2014. 
  13. ↑ Executive Profile: Charles Hirschhorn . Bloomberg Business. Retrieved December 30, 2015: "For the TV and TV animation group, he was responsible for the Disney Telefilms, including all live-action films airing on" The Wonderful World of Disney "- which he re-launched on ABC in 1997, and also animated series and specials for Disney Video Premieres and Movietoons. "
  14. ^ Gregg Kilday: Dis To Shut Japan Ani Unit . In: The Hollywood Reporter , September 23, 2003. Retrieved December 25, 2011. 
  15. ↑ Pencils Down at Walt Disney Animation Japan . In: Animation Magazine , September 23, 2003. Retrieved September 8, 2015. 
  16. ↑ Disney to close Japan animation studio in June . In: Asia Times Online , April 9, 2004. Retrieved December 25, 2011. 
  17. ↑ Nick Grimm: Disney cans Australian animation operation . In: Australian Broadcasting Company , July 27, 2005. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  18. ↑ Jim Hill: Say "So Long!" To direct-to-video sequels: Disneytoon Studios tunes out Sharon Morrill . In: Jim Hill Media , June 20, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  19. ^ Dade Hayes: Disney unveils animation slate - Entertainment News, Film News, Media , Variety. April 8, 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2012. 
  20. ↑ Disney sequels taking to the bank . In: Spartanburg Herald-Journal , New York Times Company, February 14, 2002, p. D7. Retrieved March 29, 2017. 

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Animated films from DisneyToon Studios
Animation
films

DuckTales: The Movie - Raiders of the Lost Lamp  (1990)  • Goofy - The Movie  (1995)  • Tiger's Great Adventure  (2000)  • Peter Pan: New Adventures in Neverland  (2002)  • The Jungle Book 2  (2003)  • Piglet's Great Adventure  ( 2003)  • Heffalump - A New Friend for Winnie the Pooh  (2005)  • Bambi 2 - The Lord of the Forests  (2006)  • The Secret of the  Fairy Wings (2012)  • Planes  (2013)  • TinkerBell and the Pirate Fairy  (2014)  • Planes 2 - Always in Action  (2014)  • Tinkerbell and the Legend of the Neverbeast  (2015)

Direct-to-video

Jafar's Return  (1994)  • Aladdin and the King of Thieves  (1996)  • Winnie the Pooh on a Great Journey  (1997)  • Beauty and the Beast:  The Magic of Christmas (1997)  • Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World  (1998)  • Pocahontas 2 - Journey to a New World  (1998)  • The Lion King 2 - Simba's Kingdom  (1998)  • Mickey's Merry Christmas  (1999)  • Winnie the Pooh -  Merry Seasons in the Hundred Acre Wood (1999)  • Goofy Unstoppable  (2000)  • Ariel, the Mermaid 2 - Longing for the Sea  (2000)  • Lady and the Tramp 2: Little Tramp - Big Adventure!  (2001)  • Cinderella 2 - Dreams Come True  (2002)  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2  (2002)  • Winnie the Pooh - Honey Sweet Christmas Time  (2002)  • 101 Dalmatians Part 2 - On small paws to the big star!  (2003)  • Atlantis: The Return  (2003)  • The Lion King 3 - Hakuna Matata  (2004)  • Winnie the Pooh - Spring Fun  (2004)  • Mickey, Donald, Goofy - The Three Musketeers  (2004)  • Mickey's Turbulent Christmas  (2004)  • Mulan 2  (2005)  • Tarzan 2  (2005)  • Lilo & Stitch 2 - Stitch completely crazy  (2005)  • Winnie the Pooh's scary fun with Heffalump  (2005)  • A kingdom for a Lama 2 - Kronk's great adventure  (2006)  • Bärenbrüder 2  (2006)  • Cap and Capper 2 - This is where the music plays  (2006)  • Cinderella - True love wins  (2007)  • Jasmin's enchanting stories - dreams become reality  (2007)  • Ariel, the mermaid - How it all began  (2008 )  • Tinker Bell  (2008)  • Tinkerbell - The Search for Lost Treasure  (2009)  • Tinkerbell - A Summer Full of Adventure  (2010)  •

Short films

Redux Riding Hood  (1997)  • The Three Little Pigs  (1998)  • The Cat That Looked at a King  (2004)  • Disney Fairies - The Great Fairy Games  (2011)  • Pixie Hollow Bake Off  (2013)  • Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular  (2014 )