This is a list of productions from Warner Bros. Pictures Animation , previously known as Warner Animation Group. an American animation studio based in Burbank, California, United States. As of 2022, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation has released 10 feature films, which were all released under the Warner Bros. Pictures banner. The company produced its first feature-length film, The Lego Movie , in 2014. Their second production, Storks , was released in 2016, followed by their first spin-off, The Lego Batman Movie , followed in 2017. Warner Bros. Pictures Animation had two releases in a single year twice: The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie followed in 2018, they released Smallfoot , followed in 2019, they released The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part , followed in 2020, they released Scoob! , followed in 2021, they released Tom & Jerry and Space Jam: A New Legacy , and followed in 2022, they released DC League of Super-Pets .
Warner Bros. Pictures Animation's upcoming slate of films includes The Cat in the Hat , Thing One and Thing Two (both 2026), Oh, the Places You'll Go! (2027), Toto , Meet the Flintstones , and Meerkat Manor (TBA).
Film | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Executive Producer(s) | Composer(s) | Co-production with | Animation Services | |
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Under Warner Animation Group | |||||||||
The Lego Movie | February 7, 2014 | Phil Lord & Christopher Miller | Dan, Kevin Hageman, Lord, & Miller | Lord & Miller | Dan Lin & Roy Lee | Jill Wilfert, Matthew Ashton, Kathleen Fleming, Allison Abbate, Zareh Nalbandian, Jon Burton, Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Seanne Winslow, James Packer, Steven Mnuchin, Matt Skiena, & Bruce Berman | Mark Mothersbaugh | Village Roadshow Pictures Lego System A/S Vertigo Entertainment Lin Pictures | Animal Logic |
Storks | September 23, 2016 | Nicholas Stoller & Doug Sweetland | Stoller | Brad Lewis & Stoller | Glenn Ficarra, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, John Requa, Jared Stern, & Steven Mnuchin | Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna | RatPac-Dune Entertainment Stoller Global Solutions (uncredited) | Sony Pictures Imageworks | |
The Lego Batman Movie | February 10, 2017 | Chris McKay | Seth Grahame-Smith | Grahame-Smith, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Jared Stern, & John Whittington | Dan Lin, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, & Roy Lee | Jill Wilfert, Matthew Ashton, Will Allegra, Brad Lewis, Zareh Nalbandian, & Steven Mnuchin | Lorne Balfe [1] | DC Entertainment RatPac-Dune Entertainment Lego System A/S Lord Miller Productions Vertigo Entertainment Lin Pictures | Animal Logic |
The Lego Ninjago Movie | September 22, 2017 | Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher, & Bob Logan | Hilary Winston, Logan, Fisher, William, Tom Wheeler, Dan & Kevin Hageman | Logan, Fisher, W., T. Wheeler, Jared Stern, & John Whittington | Dan Lin, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Chris McKay, Maryann Garger, & Roy Lee | Jill Wilfert, Keith Malone, Simon Lucas, Chris Leahy, Seth Grahame-Smith, Zareh Nalbandian, & Brett Ratner | Mark Mothersbaugh [2] | RatPac-Dune Entertainment Lego System A/S Vertigo Entertainment Lord Miller Productions Lin Pictures | |
Smallfoot | September 28, 2018 | Karey Kirkpatrick Co-Director: Jason Reisig | Story by : John Requa , Glenn Ficarra , & Kirkpatrick Original story by : Sergio Pablos | Kirkpatrick & Clare Sera | Bonne Radford, Ficarra, & Requa | Nicholas Stoller, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Jared Stern, Kirkpatrick, Pablos, Courtenay Valenti, & Allison Abbate | Heitor Pereira (score) K. & Wayne Kirkpatrick (songs) | Zaftig Films | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | February 8, 2019 | Mike Mitchell | Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, & Matthew Fogel | Lord & Miller | Dan Lin, Lord, Miller, Roy Lee, & Jinko Gotoh | Jill Wilfert, Keith Malone, Matthew Ashton, Chris McKay, Zareh Nalbandian, Ryan Halprin, Will Allegra, & Chris Leahy | Mark Mothersbaugh (score) Jon Lajoie (songs) | Lego System A/S Vertigo Entertainment Lord Miller Productions Rideback | Animal Logic |
Scoob! | May 15, 2020 [nb 1] | Tony Cervone | Matt Lieberman, Eyal Podell & Jonathon E. Stewart | Adam Sztykiel, Jack Donaldson, Derek Elliott & Lieberman | Pam Coats & Allison Abbate | Sztykiel, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Jesse Ehrman, Dan Povenmire, & Chris Columbus | Tom Holkenborg | Hanna-Barbera 1492 Pictures (Uncredited) | Reel FX Creative Studios |
Tom & Jerry | February 26, 2021 [6] | Tim Story | Kevin Costello | Christopher DeFaria | Story, Adam Goodman, Steven Harding, Sam Register, Jesse Ehrman, & Allison Abbate | Christopher Lennertz | The Story Company Turner Entertainment Co. | Framestore | |
Space Jam: A New Legacy | July 16, 2021 | Malcolm D. Lee | Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier, Keenan Coogler, & Terence Nance | Taylor, Rettenmaier, Coogler, Nance, Jesse Gordon, & Celeste Ballard [7] | Ryan Coogler, LeBron James, Maverick Carter, & Duncan Henderson | Sev Ohanian, Zinzi Coogler, Allison Abbate, Jesse Ehrman, Jamal Henderson, Spencer Beighley, Justin Lin, Nance, & Ivan Reitman | Kris Bowers | Proximity Media SpringHill Company | Industrial Light & Magic Luma Pictures Cinesite [8] Company 3 Animation Tonic DNA House of Moves Day For Nite Studio D Virtuos |
DC League of Super-Pets | July 29, 2022 | Jared Stern Co-Director: Sam Levine | Stern & John Whittington | Patricia Hicks, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, & Stern | John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Nicholas Stoller, Allison Abbate, Chris Leahy, Sharon Taylor, & Courtenay Valenti [9] | Steve Jablonsky | DC Entertainment Seven Bucks Productions | Animal Logic |
Film | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Executive Producer(s) | Composer(s) | Co-production with | Animation Services | Production Status | |
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Story | Screenplay | |||||||||
Coyote vs. Acme [10] [11] [12] [13] | 2024 | Dave Green | James Gunn, Jeremy Slater, & Samy Burch [10] | Burch | Christopher DeFaria & Gunn [10] | — | Steven Price [14] | Two Monkeys, a Goat, and Another, Dead, Monkey | DNEG Duncan Studio (2D animation) | Completed |
Under Warner Bros. Pictures Animation | ||||||||||
The Cat in the Hat [15] [16] | March 6, 2026 [17] | Erica Rivinoja & Alessandro Carloni | Jared Stern & Daniela Mazzucato | Bill Hader & Susan Brandt | TBA | Dr. Seuss Enterprises | DNEG Animation | Pre-production | ||
Thing One and Thing Two [16] | 2026 | TBA | TBA | In development | ||||||
Oh, the Places You'll Go! [16] | 2027 | Jon M. Chu | TBA | J. J. Abrams | TBA | Dr. Seuss Enterprises Bad Robot Productions | ||||
Toto [18] [19] | TBA | Alex Timbers | John August | Derek Frey [20] | TBA | Turner Entertainment Co. | Animal Logic | |||
Meet the Flintstones [21] | Aaron Horvath & Michael Jelenic | TBA | ||||||||
Title | Notes |
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Bad Fairies | Co-production with Locksmith Animation [22] [23] [24] |
DC League of Super-Pets 2 | Co-production with DC Studios and Seven Bucks Productions |
Funko [S] | [25] [26] |
The Ice Dragon | [27] |
The Jurassic League | Co-production with DC Studios |
The Lunar Chronicles | Co-production with Locksmith Animation [24] |
Meerkat Manor | Co-production with The Green Room, Oxford Scientific Films and ITV Studios [28] |
Untitled third Space Jam film [S] | [29] |
Wed Wabbit [S] | Co-production with Locksmith Animation [30] |
Zero | Co-production with Imagine Entertainment [31] |
Title | Description |
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Untitled Adventure Time film | A film based on the Cartoon Network animated series Adventure Time , with creator Pendleton Ward set to write and executive-produce, and Chris McKay and Roy Lee producing. Announced in February 2015, it would have been a collaboration between Warner Animation Group, Cartoon Network Studios, Vertigo Entertainment, and Frederator Films. |
The Billion Brick Race | A Lego Movie spin-off film announced in March 2015, with Jason Segel and Drew Pearce signed on to co-direct and write. Jorge R. Gutierrez had signed on as director in August 2017, with a release date of May 24, 2019. Cancelled after The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part underperformed at the box office and the franchise moved to Universal Pictures in 2019. |
Meet The Beatles | An animated musical film based on the Beatles announced in September 2015, with Paul King in talks to direct. |
Fowl Road | Announced in February 2016, with Nicholas Stoller to direct. Would have been a take on the "Why did the chicken cross the road?" joke. |
Bone | Announced in November 2016; an animated adaptation to be produced by Lin Pictures and Animal Logic, with Mark Osborne set to direct. Netflix eventually picked it up as an animated series, but was later cancelled in April 2022 due to a reorganization of Netflix Animation. |
Lego Superfriends | Sequel to The Lego Batman Movie to be directed by Chris McKay. Cancelled after the Lego Movie franchise went to Universal in 2019 following the box office underperformance of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. |
That Christmas | A co-production with Locksmith Animation as part of a deal between Warner Animation Group and Locksmith. Later revealed as part of Netflix's slate of upcoming animated films in June 2022, as the film was transferred to the streaming service for unknown reasons. |
Scoob! Holiday Haunt | Prequel to Scoob! directed by Paul Dini and to be released on HBO Max. Despite production being 95% complete, the film was cancelled after the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery by CEO David Zaslav in August 2022. |
Title | Release date | Release with | Type of short |
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Enter the Ninjago | June 17, 2014 | The Lego Movie | Direct-to-video short |
The Lego Movie: 4D – A New Adventure | January 29, 2016 | 4D attraction | |
The Master | September 23, 2016 | Storks | Theatrical short |
Pigeon Toady's Guide to Your New Baby | December 6, 2016 | Direct-to-video short | |
Dark Hoser | June 13, 2017 | The Lego Batman Movie | |
Batman is Just Not That Into You | |||
Cooking with Alfred | |||
Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That? | |||
Shark E. Shark in "Which Way to the Ocean?" | December 19, 2017 | The Lego Ninjago Movie | |
Zane's Stand Up Promo | |||
Turkish Airlines: Safety Video with The LEGO Movie Characters | August 1, 2018 | — | Internet short |
Emmet's Holiday Party | December 10, 2018 | Internet short and Direct-to-video short | |
Super Soozie | December 11, 2018 | Smallfoot | Direct-to-video short |
"Everything is Awesome" Dance Together Music Video | January 8, 2019 | — | Internet short |
Turkish Airlines: Safety Video with The LEGO Movie 2 Characters | March 1, 2019 |
Film | Critical | Public | |
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Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | |
The Lego Movie | 96% (253 reviews) [32] | 83 (43 reviews) [33] | A [34] |
Storks | 65% (139 reviews) [35] | 56 (31 reviews) [36] | A− [37] |
The Lego Batman Movie | 90% (315 reviews) [38] | 75 (48 reviews) [39] | A− [34] |
The Lego Ninjago Movie | 55% (134 reviews) [40] | 55 (33 reviews) [41] | B+ [34] |
Smallfoot | 76% (129 reviews) [42] | 60 (25 reviews) [43] | A− [37] |
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | 84% (302 reviews) [44] | 65 (52 reviews) [45] | A− [34] |
Scoob! | 48% (152 reviews) [46] | 43 (33 reviews) [47] | — |
Tom & Jerry | 30% (130 reviews) [48] | 32 (20 reviews) [49] | A− [50] |
Space Jam: A New Legacy | 25% (229 reviews) [51] | 36 (46 reviews) [52] | A− [53] |
DC League of Super-Pets | 72% (150 reviews) [54] | 56 (28 reviews) [55] | A− [56] |
Film | Budget | North America | Overseas gross | Worldwide gross (unadjusted) | Ref. | |
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Opening | Gross (unadjusted) | |||||
The Lego Movie | $60–65 million | $69,050,279 | $257,760,692 | $210,300,000 | $468,060,692 | [57] |
Storks | $70 million | $21,311,407 | $72,679,278 | $110,709,675 | $183,388,953 | [58] |
The Lego Batman Movie | $80 million | $53,003,468 | $175,750,384 | $136,200,000 | $311,950,384 | [59] |
The Lego Ninjago Movie | $70 million | $20,433,071 | $59,281,555 | $63,800,000 | $123,081,555 | [60] |
Smallfoot | $80 million | $23,045,635 | $83,240,103 | $130,800,000 | $214,040,103 | [61] |
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | $99 million | $34,115,335 | $105,956,290 | $93,646,912 | $199,603,202 | [62] |
Scoob! | $90 million | $850,000 | $2,188,425 | $26,370,740 | $28,559,165 | [63] |
Tom & Jerry | $79 million | $14,112,629 | $46,536,687 | $89,960,850 | $136,497,537 | [64] |
Space Jam: A New Legacy | $150 million | $31,053,362 | $70,592,228 | $93,100,000 | $163,692,228 | [65] |
DC League of Super-Pets | $90 million | $23,000,000 | $93,657,117 | $113,900,000 | $207,557,117 | [66] |
Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | |
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2014 | The Lego Movie | Best Original Song | "Everything Is Awesome" written and lyrics by Shawn Patterson | Nominated | [67] |
Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | |
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2014 | The Lego Movie | Best Animated Film | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | Won | [72] |
Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | |
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2014 | The Lego Movie | Best Animated Feature | The Lego Movie | Won | [73] |
Best Song | "Everything Is Awesome" | Nominated |
Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
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2021 | Tom & Jerry | Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel | Nominated | |
Worst Screen Combo | Tom & Jerry (aka Itchy & Scratchy) | Nominated | ||
Space Jam: A New Legacy | Worst Picture | Maverick Carter, Ryan Coogler, Duncan Henderson, and LeBron James | Nominated | |
Worst Actor | LeBron James as himself | Won | ||
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel | Won | |||
Worst Screen Combo | LeBron James & any Warner cartoon character (or Time-Warner product) he dribbles on | Won | ||
Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | |
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2014 | The Lego Movie | Best Motion Picture Animated or Mixed Media | The Lego Movie | Nominated | [74] |
Best Original Screenplay | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | Nominated | |||
Best Original Song | "Everything Is Awesome" | Nominated | |||
2017 | The Lego Batman Movie | Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature | The LEGO Batman Movie | Nominated | [75] |
Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
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2014 | Best Animated Film | The Lego Movie | Won | [76] |
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