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Blue Sky Studios, Inc. was an American visual effects and computer animation studio based in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was founded on February 22, 1987, by Chris Wedge, Michael Ferraro, Carl Ludwig, Alison Brown, David Brown, and Eugene Troubetzkoy after their employer, MAGI, one of the visual effects studios behind Tron, shut down.
Jul 24, 2023 · Blue Sky Studios was a computer-animated film studio that produced popular movies like Ice Age and Rio. It closed in 2021 due to Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox and the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Katie Downey
Blue Sky had released 13 feature films, which were all released by 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios) before its closure on April 10, 2021. The company produced its first feature-length film, Ice Age, in 2002. Their second production, Robots, was released in 2005, followed by their first sequel, Ice Age: The Meltdown, in 2006.
Feb 9, 2021 · Disney is shutting down the animation studio that produced 13 feature films, including the Ice Age franchise, due to the pandemic's economic impact. The studio's library and IP will remain part of Disney, while the last film Nimona is canceled and the employees are laid off.
- Anthony D'alessandro
Blue Sky Studios, Inc. was an American visual effects and computer animation film studio based in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was a subsidiary of 20th Century Studios, an acquired division of The Walt Disney Studios (making it the first and only Disney-owned animation studio not having films distributed under the Walt Disney Pictures banner). The studio was founded in 1987 by Chris Wedge ...
Feb 9, 2021 · Blue Sky Studios was the last remaining animation studio under 20th Century Studios. Under Disney, it was supposed to make Nimona, an adaptation of Noelle Stevenson’s webcomic, but that movie ...
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Feb 9, 2021 · Blue Sky Studios, known for "Ice Age" and "Horton Hears a Who", will be shut down by Disney after the pandemic. The company had about 450 employees and was part of the 20th Century Fox acquisition in 2019.
