Skydance Animation
American animation studio
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| August 7 2025 | Skydance Animation included in the merger of Skydance and Paramount Global, with plans to integrate animation division with Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon franchises. |
| August 7 2025 | Expected end of Skydance Animation's status as a division of Skydance Media. |
| April 25 2025 | Skydance Animation is set to release the second season of 'WondLa' television series. |
| April 10 2025 | Cinesite revealed to be animating Brad Bird's Ray Gunn. |
| 2025 | Scheduled release of 'Pookoo', an animated film project for Netflix. |
| March 1 2025 | Skydance Animation planned to release the short film 'Flink's Pigeon Problems: A Magical Rescue', directed by Susan Fitzer and Brian Pimental, produced by John Lasseter and Tony Cosanella, to be distributed on Netflix. |
| February 12 2025 | Jason Henkel was nominated for the Artios Awards in the Feature Animation category for Spellbound. |
| February 8 2025 | Skydance Animation received multiple Annie Awards nominations: Guillermo Ramíre for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production (Spellbound), and Alex Relloso Horna and Carlos Zapater Oliva for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production (Spellbound). |
| December 12 2024 | Cinesite becomes an animation partner to Skydance Animation on a new film. |
| November 22 2024 | The studio released 'Spellbound' on Netflix, continuing its animated film production. |
| June 2024 | Don Hall, longtime Disney Animation director, joins Skydance Animation to develop and produce an original animated film. |
| June 28 2024 | Skydance Animation releases the television series 'WondLa' on Apple TV+, created by showrunner Bobs Gannaway and co-produced with Gotham Group. |
| May 2024 | Bruce Anderson, producer of Spellbound, is hired as head of production at Skydance Animation. |
| October 2023 | Skydance Animation signs a multi-year deal with Netflix, ending its partnership with Apple TV+ and transferring distribution rights for existing projects. |
| June 2023 | Shane Prigmore leaves Skydance Animation to join Warner Bros. Pictures Animation as Senior Creative Advisor. |
| March 17 2023 | Skydance Animation released the short film 'Bad Luck Spot!', directed by Matt Youngberg and produced by Laurel Ladevich. |
| 2022 | John Debney was nominated for Original Score – Animated Film at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for the film 'Luck'. |
| October 13 2022 | Skydance Animation won the Music + Sound Awards for its musical work. |
| October 13 2022 | Joy Ngiaw won at the Music + Sound Awards for her work. |
| August 5 2022 | Skydance Animation released its first film 'Luck' on Apple TV+, marking the studio's debut feature film. |
| March 16 2022 | Rich Moore enters into an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Skydance Animation. |
| February 2022 | Brad Bird is announced to revive his long-dormant project Ray Gunn for Skydance Animation. |
| February 26 2022 | Joy Ngiaw was nominated for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Media Production at the Annie Awards for the film 'Blush'. |
| October 1 2021 | Skydance Animation releases its first short film Blush on Apple TV+, inspired by a true story from Joe Mateo. |
| February 2021 | Apple signs an overall deal with Skydance Animation for animated films and television series, including The Search for WondLa. |
| December 16 2020 | Apple TV+ entered talks to take over distribution rights for Luck and Spellbound from Paramount. |
| June 2020 | Shane Prigmore is hired as SVP Development at Skydance Animation to oversee creative development of films and TV series. |
| April 2020 | Skydance formally acquires Ilion Animation Studios and rebrands it as Skydance Animation Madrid. |
| January 2019 | John Lasseter is hired as head of Animation, replacing Bill Damaschke, and the studio grows from 65 to nearly 900 employees. |
| October 10 2017 | Bill Damaschke is hired as president of animation and family entertainment at Skydance Animation. |
| July 2017 | Skydance Animation announces its first two films: Split and Luck, to be distributed by Paramount Pictures. |
| March 16 2017 | Skydance Animation was founded as a division of Skydance Media, establishing its headquarters in Los Angeles with additional offices in East Hartford, Connecticut, and Madrid, Spain. |
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