Disney to shutdown 'Blue Sky Studios', the animation house behind the 'Ice Age' Franchise

Walt Disney Co. has decided to shut down Blue Sky Studios, animation production house behind 13 feature films including beloved Ice franchise. past year has been challenging for Disney studios on many fronts due to pandemic. It was t just regarding work at studio but also because of shut down of me parks and cruise line dockings that y have been facing financial crises. It was longer viable for Disney to sustain a third feature animation studio, after Pixar and Disney Animation Studio, given current ecomic realities caused by covid.

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More about Blue Sky Studios

studio was founded in 1987 by Chris Wedge, Michael Ferraro, Carl Ludwig, Alison Brown, David Brown, and Eugene Troubetzkoy after visual effect studio MAGI, which was behind production of Tron in 1982, was shutdown. studio worked on visual effects for commercials and films using its in-house rendering software before completely dedicating itself to animation film production. studio’s first feature film was Ice by 20th Century Fox that was released in 2002. One can say that word for Blue Sky Studio shutdown was alrey on wall after Disney acquired studio upon ir acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets in 2019.

A studio spokesperson told Deline that because of current ecomic realities, after much consideration and evaluation, y have me difficult decision to close filmmaking operations at Blue Sky Studios. last day for Blue Sky will be in April. Over 450 employees at Blue Sky have been affected by this shutdown. Disney will be working with employees at Greenwich, CT-based studio to explore positions at or internal studios.

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Blue Sky Studios' Movies

Due to shutdown, production of Nimona, a feature film directed by Patrick Osborne has been cancelled. film still h 10 months remaining on production and was supposed to release in January 2022. film followed story of a young shape-shifter who teams with a m scientist named Lord Ballister Blackheart to expose ruler of kingdom.

last release by production house was with Spies in Disguise distributed by Disney in December 2019 that starred Will Smith and Tom Holland. film did t do so well, grossing $66 million at domestic box office and $171 Million worldwide. Ice series by Blue Sky Studio was ir most successful franchise which grossed $3.2 billion at global box office with five movies. animated musical comedy Rio in 2011 was ar successful film that grossed $484 Million worldwide. Whereas ir feature films Horton Hears a Who! and Peanuts Movie was its most critically praised films.

Im Source: Blue Sky Studios' Twitter

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