Threshold Entertainment

Threshold Entertainment Group
	Logo used since 2020
Industry	Film
Founded	24 April 1993;32 years ago
Founder	Larry Kasanoff
Headquarters	Santa Monica, California, United States
Key people	Larry Kasanoff (CEO)
Website	www.thresholdentertainment.com

Last updated September 11, 2025

Threshold Entertainment Group, also known as Threshold Entertainment, and Threshold Digital Research Labs is an intellectual property company.^[1] Its animation subsidiary, Threshold Animation Studios, produces films.^[2] Larry Kasanoff is the company's chief executive officer (CEO) after previously serving as president for Lightstorm Entertainment, a company he co-founded with entrepreneur and filmmaker James Cameron.^[3]

Threshold Animation Studios

Threshold Animation Studios has produced several CGI projects:

Theme park films

DC Comics' Justice League (still in production)
Star Trek 4D – Las Vegas Hilton
Armageddon – Les Effets Speciaux – Disneyland Paris
Mission: Space – Epcot's Walt Disney World Resort (Original 2003-2017 ride film)
Hershey's Really Big 3D Show – Hershey's Chocolate World
Bob the Builder 4D – Legoland
Marvel Super Heroes 4D – Madame Tussauds
Justice League: Alien Invasion 3D – animations for the amusement ride at Warner Bros. Movie World ^[4]

Television specials

Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out – Cartoon Network
Lego: Atlantis – Cartoon Network
The Afterlife – animated comedy pilot for Fox

Films

Bobbleheads: The Movie – released on home video by Universal Studios in December 2020.
Foodfight! – released on DVD in the United States on May 7, 2013.
Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers – released by Universal Studios in 2010.
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn – released on home video by Universal Studios in September 2009.
Hero Factory's Rise of the Rookies – premiered on Nickelodeon, released on DVD by Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment.
Beowulf - premiered by Dimension Films in the United States on March 31, 1999, released on home video by Paramount Home Entertainment on July 27, 2021 (as Threshold Entertainment Group).
Mortal Kombat Annihilation – released in the United States on November 21, 1997 (as Threshold Entertainment Group).
Mortal Kombat – released in the United States on August 18, 1995 (as Threshold Entertainment Group).

Unreleased Films

Arcade - An animated film about video game characters. A similar film Wreck-It Ralph would be made by Disney in 2012.
Mascots - An animated film about sports mascot characters.
Duke Nukem - A live action film based on the video game character of the same name.
Ninja Scroll - A live action film adaptation of the 1993 anime of the same name.^[5]
Sunday Comics Capers - An animated film about comic strip characters.

Contributions to other media

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Scary Movie
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
The Faculty
Dogma
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Highlander: Endgame
Gen Y Cops
Impostor
The Weight of Water
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
The Producer
Where Are The Toons Now
United Artists logo (1994–2000)
Fox Searchlight Pictures logo (1997–2011)

References

↑ Staff (2012). "Threshold Entertainment". Threshold Entertainment. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
↑ Rossen, Jake (9 August 2013). "Placing Products? Try Casting Them". New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2014. The company's chief executive and chairman, Larry Kasanoff, proclaimed the project, featuring a voice cast led by Charlie Sheen and Eva Longoria, would help make Threshold's animation arm 'the next-generation Pixar'.
↑ PRNewswire (13 March 2002). "Mortal Kombat Producers Acquire 'Ninja Scroll' for Next Martial Arts Franchise" (Press release). PR Newswire – United Business Media. PR Newswire Association LLC. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
↑ Mayné, François (26 June 2012). "New Sally Corporation 3D interactive dark ride set for Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia". NewsParcs. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
↑ "Mortal Kombat Producers Acquire 'Ninja Scroll' for Next Martial Arts Franchise". PR Newswire (Press release). PR Newswire Association LLC. 13 March 2002. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2012.

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[1] Staff (2012). "Threshold Entertainment". Threshold Entertainment. Retrieved 17 May 2012.

[NYT_Fall-2] Rossen, Jake (9 August 2013). "Placing Products? Try Casting Them". New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2014. The company's chief executive and chairman, Larry Kasanoff, proclaimed the project, featuring a voice cast led by Charlie Sheen and Eva Longoria, would help make Threshold's animation arm 'the next-generation Pixar'.

[3] PRNewswire (13 March 2002). "Mortal Kombat Producers Acquire 'Ninja Scroll' for Next Martial Arts Franchise" (Press release). PR Newswire – United Business Media. PR Newswire Association LLC. Retrieved 17 May 2012.

[New_Sally_Corporation_3D_interactive_dark_ride_set_for_Warner_Bros._Movie_World_in_Australia-4] Mayné, François (26 June 2012). "New Sally Corporation 3D interactive dark ride set for Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia". NewsParcs. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

[5] "Mortal Kombat Producers Acquire 'Ninja Scroll' for Next Martial Arts Franchise". PR Newswire (Press release). PR Newswire Association LLC. 13 March 2002. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2012.

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