This is a list of productions from Blue Sky Studios , a former American computer-animation film production company based in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States, including feature films, shorts, specials, and television series. 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.
Blue Sky Studios was one of the Fox film studios that was acquired by Disney on March 20, 2019. [1] [2]
Blue Sky's final film was Spies in Disguise , which was released on December 25, 2019. [3] The studio's final production overall was the miniseries Ice Age: Scrat Tales , released on April 13, 2022.
All films are co-produced with 20th Century Fox Animation; with the exceptions of Ferdinand , which is a co-production with Davis Entertainment, and Spies in Disguise , which is a co-production with Chernin Entertainment.
Film | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Executive Producer(s) | Editor(s) | Composer(s) | |
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Story | Screenplay | |||||||
Ice Age | March 15, 2002 | Chris Wedge Co-Director: Carlos Saldanha | Michael J. Wilson | Peter Ackerman, Michael Berg & Wilson | Lori Forte | Chris Meledandri | John Carnochan | David Newman |
Robots | March 11, 2005 | David Lindsay-Abaire, Jim McClain & Ron Mita | Lowell Ganz, Lindsay-Abaire & Babaloo Mandel | Jerry Davis, John C. Donkin & William Joyce | John Powell | |||
Ice Age: The Meltdown | March 31, 2006 | Carlos Saldanha | Peter Gaulke & Gerry Swallow | Gaulke, Jim Hecht & Swallow | Lori Forte | Chris Meledandri & Chris Wedge | Harry Hitner | |
Horton Hears a Who! | March 14, 2008 | Jimmy Hayward & Steve Martino | Dr. Seuss Based on Horton Hears a Who! | Ken Daurio & Cinco Paul | Bruce Anderson & Bob Gordon | Chris Meledandri, Chris Wedge & Audrey Geisel | Tim Nordquist | |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | July 1, 2009 | Carlos Saldanha Co-Director: Mike Thurmeier | Jason Carter Eaton | Peter Ackerman, Michael Berg, Yoni Brenner & Mike Reiss | John C. Donkin & Lori Forte | Chris Wedge | Harry Hitner | |
Rio | April 15, 2011 | Carlos Saldanha | Earl Richey Jones, Todd Jones & Saldanha | Sam Harper, Don Rhymer, Joshua Sternin & Jeffrey Ventimilia | Bruce Anderson & John C. Donkin | |||
Ice Age: Continental Drift | July 13, 2012 | Steve Martino & Mike Thurmeier | Michael Berg & Lori Forte | Berg & Jason Fuchs | John C. Donkin & Forte | Carlos Saldanha & Chris Wedge | James M. Palumbo & David Ian Salter | |
Epic | May 24, 2013 | Chris Wedge | James V. Hart, William Joyce & Wedge Based on The Leafmen and the Brave Good Bugs | Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember, Hart, Joyce & Daniel Shere | Jerry Davis & Lori Forte | Joyce & Hart | Andy Keir | Danny Elfman |
Rio 2 | April 11, 2014 | Carlos Saldanha | Jenny Bicks, Yoni Brenner, Carlos Kotkin & Don Rhymer | Bruce Anderson & John C. Donkin | Chris Wedge | Harry Hitner | John Powell | |
The Peanuts Movie | November 6, 2015 | Steve Martino | Charles M. Schulz Based on Peanuts | Craig Schulz, Bryan Schulz & Cornelius Uliano | Paul Feig, C., B. Schulz, Michael J. Travers & Uliano | C. & B. Schulz | Randy Trager | Christophe Beck |
Ice Age: Collision Course | July 22, 2016 | Mike Thurmeier Co-Director: Galen T. Chu | Aubrey Solomon | Michael Berg, Yoni Brenner & Michael J. Wilson | Lori Forte | Carlos Saldanha & Chris Wedge | James M. Palumbo | John Debney |
Ferdinand | December 15, 2017 | Carlos Saldanha | Story by : Ron Burch , David Kidd & Don Rhymer Original story by : Munro Leaf Based on The Story of Ferdinand | Robert L. Baird, Brad Copeland & Tim Federle | Bruce Anderson, John Davis, Lori Forte & Lisa Marie Stetler | Chris Wedge | Harry Hitner | John Powell |
Spies in Disguise | December 25, 2019 | Nick Bruno and Troy Quane | Story by : Cindy Davis Hewitt Original story by : Lucas Martell Based on Pigeon Impossible | Brad Copeland & Lloyd Taylor | Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping & Michael J. Travers | Chris Wedge & Kori Adelson | Randy Trager & Christopher Campbell | Theodore Shapiro |
Film | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Executive Producer(s) | Studio | Notes |
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The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild | January 28, 2022 | John C. Donkin Co-Director: Marshall Fels Elliott | Jim Hecht (story) Jim Hecht William Schifrin Ray DeLaurentis (screenplay) | Denise L. Rottina | Lori Forte | Walt Disney Pictures 20th Century Animation | Spin-off of the Ice Age films. Originally produced by 20th Century Studios but was moved to Walt Disney Pictures during production. Animation produced by Bardel Entertainment |
Nimona | June 30, 2023 | Nick Bruno & Troy Quane | Robert L. Baird Lloyd Taylor Pamela Ribon Marc Haimes Nick Bruno Troy Quane Keith Bunin ND Stevenson (story) Robert L. Baird Lloyd Taylor (screenplay) | Karen Ryan Julie Zackary Roy Lee | Robert L. Baird Megan Ellison John Powers Middleton Andrew Millstein | Annapurna Pictures Netflix | Originally produced at Blue Sky for release in 2022 before cancellation due to closure. Revived and moved to Annapurna Pictures in 2022. Animation produced by DNEG |
Title | Notes |
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Alienology | In October 2012, it was reported that Carlos Saldanha, the director of the Ice Age and Rio films, was developing for 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios an animated feature film based on Alienology: The Complete Book of Extraterrestrials . [4] In 2018, it was announced that Paramount Pictures will instead develop the live-action film franchise based on all 13 Ology books. [5] |
Anubis | A film adaptation of The Anubis Tapestry book series. The film was originally scheduled for release on July 15, 2016, but was delayed to March 23, 2018, and later removed from the schedule. [6] [7] [8] [9] |
Bolivar | In March, 2012, Warner Bros. announced they had optioned Sean Rubin's upcoming graphic novel Bolivar for an intended animated feature film. Irish filmmaker Kealan O'Rourke has been attached to write and direct the project. Akiva Goldsman and Kerry Foster were to produce the film through their Weed Road company. [10] However, in April 2018, 20th Century Fox Animation announced they had acquired the rights to the book. [11] Although, Blue Sky Studios did shut down on April 10, 2021. |
Confessions of an Imaginary Friend | In May 2018, it was reported that Martino would direct the animated film adaptation on Michelle Cuevas novel Confessions of an Imaginary Friend, for Blue Sky Studios with Tripper Clancy writing the script. [12] |
Escape from Hat | A film adaptation of Adam Kline's children's book of the same name. The film was moved over to Netflix Animation one year into development. [13] [14] [15] |
Foster | An animated fantasy musical. It would have been the studio's 15th feature film and the first to be co-directed by a woman (Karen Disher). The film was slated for a March 5, 2021 release, but was later removed from the film slate shortly after Disney's acquisition of Fox. [16] [17] [18] [19] |
Frogkisser! | A live-action/animated musical film adaptation of the books of the same name by Garth Nix, which would have featured original songs by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. [20] [21] |
Horton Hatches the Egg | While making their version of Horton Hears a Who! , Fox and Blue Sky also secured the rights to Horton Hatches the Egg. [22] |
The Iguana Brothers | A film adaptation of the Tony Johnson and Mark Teague children's book The Iguana Brothers: A Tale of Two Lizards. [23] |
Left Tern | An animated film pitched by studio veteran H.B. "Buck" Lewis; was described as " Home Alone with Birds." [24] |
Mutts | A film adaptation to the popular comic strip of the same name. |
Santa Calls | One of the earliest films developed by the studio. Due to story and Thecnical troubles, and disinterest from 20th Century Fox, the film was canceled and the team went to work on Ice Age instead. [25] [26] |
Spore | A film adaptation of the popular Electronic Arts video game. [27] |
The Wainscott Weasel | A film adaption of Tor Seidler's children's book The Wainscott Weasel. [28] |
Title | Release date | Network |
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Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas | November 24, 2011 | Fox |
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade | March 20, 2016 |
Title | Release date |
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Bunny | November 2, 1998 |
Gone Nutty | November 26, 2002 |
Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty | September 27, 2005 |
No Time for Nuts | November 21, 2006 |
Surviving Sid | December 9, 2008 |
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up [29] | December 25, 2010 |
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2 [29] | December 16, 2011 |
Umbrellacorn [30] [31] | July 26, 2013 |
Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe [32] | November 6, 2015 |
Scrat: Spaced Out [33] [34] | October 11, 2016 |
Title | Release date | Network |
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Ice Age: Scrat Tales | April 13, 2022 | Disney+ |
Film | Critical | Public | |
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Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | |
Ice Age | 77% (168 reviews) [45] | 61 (34 reviews) [46] | A [47] |
Robots | 64% (184 reviews) [48] | 64 (33 reviews) [49] | A [47] |
Ice Age: The Meltdown | 56% (146 reviews) [50] | 60 (33 reviews) [51] | A [47] |
Horton Hears a Who! | 79% (136 reviews) [52] | 71 (31 reviews) [53] | A- [47] |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | 46% (165 reviews) [54] | 50 (25 reviews) [55] | A- [47] |
Rio | 72% (152 reviews) [56] | 63 (29 reviews) [57] | A [47] |
Ice Age: Continental Drift | 37% (135 reviews) [58] | 49 (29 reviews) [59] | A- [47] |
Epic | 65% (127 reviews) [60] | 52 (30 reviews) [61] | A [47] |
Rio 2 | 48% (116 reviews) [62] | 49 (34 reviews) [63] | A [47] |
The Peanuts Movie | 87% (198 reviews) [64] | 67 (31 reviews) [65] | A [47] |
Ice Age: Collision Course | 18% (122 reviews) [66] | 34 (27 reviews) [67] | B+ [47] |
Ferdinand | 71% (121 reviews) [68] | 58 (20 reviews) [69] | A [47] |
Spies in Disguise | 77% (124 reviews) [70] | 54 (22 reviews) [71] | A- [47] |
Film | Budget | North America | Overseas gross | Worldwide gross (unadjusted) | Ref. | |
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Opening | Gross (unadjusted) | |||||
Ice Age | $59–65 million [72] | $46.3 million | $176.3 million | $206.8 million | $383.2 million | [73] |
Robots | $75–80 million [72] | $36 million | $128.2 million | $134.3 million | $262.5 million | [74] |
Ice Age: The Meltdown | $80 million | $68 million | $195.3 million | $465.6 million | $660.9 million | [75] |
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! | $85 million | $45 million | $154.5 million | $142.6 million | $297.1 million | [76] |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $90 million | $41.6 million | $196.5 million | $690.1 million | $886.6 million | [77] |
Rio | $39.2 million | $143.6 million | $341 million | $484.6 million | [78] | |
Ice Age: Continental Drift | $95 million | $46.6 million | $161.3 million | $715.9 million | $877.2 million | [79] |
Epic | $93 million [72] | $33.5 million | $107.5 million | $160.9 million | $268.4 million | [80] |
Rio 2 | $103–130 million [72] | $39.5 million | $131.5 million | $367.2 million | $497.1 million | [81] |
The Peanuts Movie | $99 million | $44.2 million | $130.1 million | $116 million | $246.2 million | [82] |
Ice Age: Collision Course | $105 million | $21.3 million | $64 million | $344.5 million | $408.5 million | [83] |
Ferdinand | $111 million | $13.4 million | $84.4 million | $211.6 million | $296 million | [84] |
Spies in Disguise | $100 million | $13.2 million | $66.7 million | $104.8 million | $171.6 million | [85] |
Film | Animated Feature | Original Song | Animated Short Film |
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Bunny | Won | ||
Ice Age | Nominated | ||
Gone Nutty | Nominated | ||
No Time for Nuts | Nominated | ||
Rio | Nominated | ||
Ferdinand | Nominated |
Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
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2002 | Ice Age | Best Animated Feature | 20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios | Nominated |
2011 | Rio | Blue Sky Studios | ||
2011 | Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas | Best Animated Special Production | ||
2015 | The Peanuts Movie | Best Animated Feature | 20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios |
Film | Animated Feature | Original Song |
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The Peanuts Movie | Nominated | |
Ferdinand | Nominated | Nominated |
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