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Warner Animation Group
Division
IndustryAnimation
Motion pictures
PredecessorWarner Bros. Feature Animation
FoundedJanuary 7, 2013; 7 years ago (January 7, 2013)
FounderJeff Robinov
Headquarters
Burbank, California
,
U.S.
Key people
Allison Abbate
(Executive Vice President)
Chris Leahy
(Senior Vice President)
ProductsAnimated films
ParentWarner Bros. Entertainment

The Warner Animation Group (WAG) is the feature animation division of Warner Bros. Pictures. Established on January 7, 2013, the studio is the successor to the dissolved 2D traditional hand-drawn animation studio Warner Bros. Feature Animation, which shut down in 2003. Its first film The Lego Movie was released on February 7, 2014 and its latest release was The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part on February 8, 2019; with their next release being Scoob! on May 15, 2020. Films produced by WAG have grossed a total of $1.4 billion at the box office.

History

In January 7, 2013, Jeff Robinov (then head of the studio's motion picture division) founded a screenplay development department, nicknamed a "think tank" for developing theatrical animated films, known as the Warner Animation Group.[1] The group includes John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Nicholas Stoller, Jared Stern, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.[1] Warner Bros. created the group with the hope that the box office reception of their films will be competitive with other animation studios' releases.[1]

On February 7, 2014, Warner Animation Group released their first film, The Lego Movie, a film animated by Animal Logic, which also provided the animation for both spinoffs. It was met with positive reviews and proved to be a box office success.

WAG's second film, Storks, was released September 23, 2016.[2]

On February 10, 2017, Warner Animation Group released The Lego Batman Movie, which received positive reviews from critics and was a box office success.[3][4] On December 14, 2014 Warner Bros. announced Allison Abbate had been named Executive Vice President, and Chris Leahy has been named Senior Vice President.[5]

The Lego Ninjago Movie, based on the Lego Ninjago toys, was released on September 22, 2017. Upon release, the film was met with mixed reviews from critics and became the first film from the studio to fail to recoup its budget.[6][7]

Smallfoot, released September 28, 2018, earned a 76% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with mostly positive reviews from critics and has grossed over $214 million worldwide.[8][9]

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, a sequel of The Lego Movie, was released February 8, 2019 and earned a 86% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes but only grossed around $190.6 million worldwide, almost barely recouping its budget and becoming the studio's second film to fail to recoup its budget.[10][11][12]

Upcoming releases

An animated reboot of the Scooby-Doo film series titled Scoob! is set for release on May 15, 2020.[13]

A live action/animated film based on Tom & Jerry is set for release on December 23, 2020.[14][15][16]

Space Jam 2, starring LeBron James, is schedule for release on July 16, 2021.[17]

Production

Similar to Sony Pictures Animation and Paramount Animation, WAG outsources their animated films' production to other studios, such as Animal Logic (The Lego Movie franchise and DC Super Pets), Sony Pictures Imageworks (Storks and Smallfoot) and Reel FX Creative Studios (Scoob!).

The budgets for their films tend to range within $60–80 million. Their most expensive film to date, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, cost $99 million to make.

The screenplay department is reportedly somewhat similar to Pixar Animation Studios' "brain trust" in terms of how its members consult with one another and give feedback on each other's projects. The group is nicknamed the "think tank".[18]

Filmography

Main article: List of Warner Animation Group films

Feature films

Released films

# Title Release date Co-production with Animation services Budget Gross Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
1 The Lego Movie[S] February 7, 2014 Village Roadshow Pictures
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Lego System A/S
Vertigo Entertainment
Lin Pictures		 Animal Logic $60 million $469 million 95% 83
2 Storks September 23, 2016 RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Stoller Global Solutions (uncredited)		 Sony Pictures Imageworks $70 million $190.6 million 65% 56
3 The Lego Batman Movie February 10, 2017 DC Entertainment
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Lego System A/S
Lord Miller Productions
Vertigo Entertainment
Lin Pictures		 Animal Logic $80 million $312 million 90% 75
4 The Lego Ninjago Movie[S] September 22, 2017 RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Lego System A/S
Vertigo Entertainment
Lord Miller Productions
Lin Pictures		 $70 million $123 million 56% 55
5 Smallfoot September 28, 2018 Zaftig Films Sony Pictures Imageworks $80 million $214 million 76% 60
6 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part[S] February 8, 2019 Lego System A/S
Vertigo Entertainment
Lord Miller Productions
Rideback		 Animal Logic $99 million $191.3 million 85% 65

Upcoming films

# Title Release date Co-production with Animation services Current Production Status Ref(s)
7 Scoob! May 15, 2020[14][19] Hanna-Barbera
Atlas Entertainment
1492 Pictures[14]		 Reel FX Creative Studios Post-production [13][20][21][22][23]
8 Tom and Jerry[S] December 23, 2020[15] Turner Entertainment
The Story Company
Hanna-Barbera		 N/A Filming [14][24]
9 Space Jam 2[S] July 16, 2021[17] SpringHill Entertainment [25][26][27][28][14]
10 DC Super Pets May 22, 2022[29] DC Entertainment Animal Logic[30] Pre-production [31][32]
S Combines live-action with animation.

Short films

# Title Release date Type of short
1 Enter the Ninjago June 17, 2014 Direct-to-video short
2 The Lego Movie: 4D - A New Adventure January 29, 2016 4D attraction
3 The Master September 23, 2016 Theatrical short
4 Pigeon Toady's Guide to Your New Baby December 6, 2016 Direct-to-video short
5 Dark Hoser June 13, 2017
6 Batman is Just Not That Into You
7 Cooking with Alfred
8 Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?
9 Shark E. Shark in "Which Way to the Ocean?" December 19, 2017
10 Zane's Stand Up Promo
11 Turkish Airlines: Safety Video with The LEGO Movie Characters August 1, 2018 Internet short
12 Emmet's Holiday Party December 10, 2018
13 Super Soozie December 11, 2018 Direct-to-video short
14 "Everything is Awesome" Dance Together Music Video January 8, 2019 Internet short

Accolades

Main article: List of WAG awards and nominations

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Warner Bros. Pictures Dives Into Animation Think Tank". ComingSoon.net. January 7, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  3. ^ Kit, Borys (April 20, 2015). "'The Lego Batman Movie' Gets Release Date". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  4. ^ "The Lego Batman Movie (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
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  6. ^ "Warner Bros Dates Lego Spinoff 'Ninjago' For Fall 2016". Deadline Hollywood. May 20, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  7. ^ "The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  8. ^ "Smallfoot (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
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  12. ^ Mendelson, Scott. "Why 'The LEGO Movie 2' Is A Franchise-Ending Box Office Failure". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  13. ^ a b McNary, Dave (August 26, 2013). "Warner Bros. Developing Animated 'Scooby-Doo' Film (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  14. ^ a b c d e Kroll, Justin (October 15, 2018). "'Tom and Jerry,' 'Scooby-Doo' Movies Land Top Talent at Warner Animation Group (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  15. ^ a b ‘Tom & Jerry’ Jumps To Christmas 2020, ‘The Witches’ Inches Up A Week Next Fall
  16. ^ McClintock, Pamela (March 12, 2019). "Anne Hathaway's 'Sesame Street' Movie Lands Winter 2021 Release". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
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  18. ^ Shaw, Lucas (February 9, 2014). "'The Lego Movie' Snaps a Bright, Colorful Franchise Into Place for Warner Bros. Animation". The Wrap. The Wrap News Inc. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ Kit, Borys (August 17, 2015). "New 'Scooby-Doo' Movie in the Works from Warner Animation". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  21. ^ Sciretta, Peter (April 12, 2016). "The Next Scooby-Doo Movie Will Launch a Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe (CinemaCon 2016)". /Film. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
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  23. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony; D'Alessandro, Anthony (2019-03-22). "Warner Bros' Animated Scooby-Doo Finds Its Fred & Daphne In Zac Efron & Amanda Seyfried". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
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  25. ^ Ford, Rebecca (May 2, 2016). "Justin Lin Circling 'Space Jam' Sequel Starring LeBron James (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  26. ^ "Air Jordan 7 "Hare" Promo Space Jam Movie Prop Up for Grabs". SneakerBarDetroit. August 11, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  27. ^ Marisa Guthrie (September 19, 2018). "LeBron James Sets 'Black Panther's' Ryan Coogler to Produce 'Space Jam' Sequel (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  28. ^ Chris Agar (September 20, 2018). "LeBron James' Space Jam Movie Is A Reboot, Not A Sequel". Screen Rant. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  29. ^ "Warner Bros' 'DC Super Pets' Animated Movie Moves To 2022". May 22, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  30. ^ "Careers Archive - Animal Logic". January 28, 2020.
  31. ^ "Exclusive: 'Super Pets' Movie From 'Lego Batman' Writer In the Works at Warner Bros". July 31, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
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