This
page summarises full-length animated films currently in production in
the USA or by US studios, together with approximate release dates.
The
list is by no means exhaustive.
Please contact me if
you have any amendments or updates.
Foodfight!
9
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Fantastic
Mr Fox
A Christmas Carol
Planet 51
The
Princess and the Frog
Hoodwinked
2: Hood vs Evil
How
To Train Your Dragon
Shrek Forever After
Toy
Story 3
Cars 2
Despicable
Me
Rango
Winnie
the Pooh
Rio
The Smurfs
Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom
Hotel Transylvania
Oobermind
Rapunzel
The
Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Bunyan & Babe
Foodfight!
Studio: Lionsgate
Production company: Threshold Entertainment, Lionsgate Family Entertainment
(USA)
Director: Larry Kasanoff
Screenwriter: Brent Friedman, Rebecca Swanson, Sean Derek
Synopsis: When night falls on the supermarket aisles, and the people
go home, the grocery store transforms into a teeming metropolis where
the detergent aisle looks like Manhattan’s Seventh Avenue. All
is well until Brand X moves in and battles some of the most famous branded
characters in the world for control of the store.
Release date: tbc 2009
Details of this computer animated film are sketchy. An interesting article
in Wikipedia
concerns the use of brand names as heroes versus generic products as
baddies.
www.foodfight.com
9
Studio:
Focus Features (Universal)
Production company: Starz Animation (Canada)
Director: Shane Acker
Writer: Shane Acker, Pamela Pettler
Producer: Tim Burton, Tim Bekmambetov, Jim Lemley
Synopsis: When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic
world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers
a community of other small creatures like him taking refuge from fearsome
machines that roam the landscape intent on doing them harm. Despite
being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding
will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are ever
to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy
them in the first place. As they’ll soon come to learn, the very
future of civilization may depend on them.
Budget:
US release date: 9 September 2009
Source: www.filminfocus.com
Cloudy
with a Chance of Meatballs
Studio:
Columbia Pictures (Sony Pictures)
Production
company: Sony Pictures Animation
Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Writer: Wayne Rice
Producer:
Synopsis: A scientist tried to solve world hunger but makes food fall
from the sky. Based on the children's book by Judi and Ron Barrett.
Budget:
US release date: 18 September 2009
Source:
A
Christmas Carol
Studio: Walt Disney
Director:
Robert Zemeckis
Motion capture stereoscopic 3D adaptation of the Dickens tale, starring
Jim Carrey.
Release
date: 6 November 2009
Fantastic
Mr Fox
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Production company: Blue Sky Studios, American Empirical PIctures, Indian
Paintbrush
Director: Wes Anderson
Writer: Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach, based on book by Roald Dahl
Producer: Steven Rales
Synopsis: Mr Fox pits his wits against three farmers who are trying
to destroy him and his family.
Release
date: 6 November 2009
Planet
51
Production
company: Worldwide Biggies (USA), Ilion Animation Studios (Spain), HandMade
Films (UK)
Funding support:
Director: Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, Marcos Martinez
Writer: Joe Stillman
Producer: Albie Hecht, Ignacio Perez Dolset
Distributor: DeAPlaneta (Spain), Sony Pictures (US), Entertainment (UK)
International sales: Handmade Films International (UK)
Synopsis: A NASA spaceship, piloted by Captain Russ Baker, crash-lands
on Planet One, where the inhabitants have two antennae, eight fingers
and live in fear of alien invasion. They live in a world like our suburban
1950s, with sci-fi flicks, gory comic books and paranoid army generals
barking about monsters from outer space. Lem, whose back garden Baker
lands in, must keep him safe from the authorities and help him to get
back home.
Budget: $60m
Release date: 20 November 2009
Source: www.planet51.com
The
Princess and the Frog
Studio: Walt Disney Co
Production company: Disney Feature Animation
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Writer: Ron Clements, Rob Edwards
Producer: Peter del Vecho
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
International sales: Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: Fairy tale set in the French Quarter of New Orleans during
the jazz era. Expected to be Disney's return to traditional 2D animation.
Budget:
US release date: 11 December 2009
Source: disney.go.com/disneypictures/princessandthefrog
Hoodwinked
2: Hood vs Evil
Studio:
Kaliedoscope TWC, The Weinstein Company
Production
company: Kanbar Entertainment
Director: Michael D'Isa-Hogan
Writer: Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards, Tony Leach
Producer: Maurice Kanbar, David Lovegren
Synopsis: Private detective Red (as in riding hood) is called in to
investigate the disappearance of Hansel and Gretel. Sequel to the 2005
low budget success Hoodwinked.
Budget:
US release date: 15 January 2010
Source: www.imdb.com
How
To Train Your Dragon
Studio:
Dreamworks Animation
Production
company:
Director: Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois
Writer: Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois
Producer: Bonnie Arnold
Synopsis: Based on Cressida Cowell's book about child vikings learning
the skills of dragon handling.
Budget:
US release date: 26 March 2010
Source: DWA conference call
Shrek
Forever After
Studio:
Dreamworks Animation
Production
company: Pacific Data Images
Director: Mike Mitchell
Writer: Josh Klausner
Producer:
Synopsis: The futher adventures of the ogre.
Budget:
US release date: 21 May 2010
Source: DWA conference call
Toy
Story 3
Studio:
Disney
Production
company: Pixar
Director:
Writer:
Producer:
Synopsis: Woody the cowboy and his toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care
centre after their owner, Andy, leaves for college
Budget:
US release date: 18 June 2010
Source: Wall Street Journal
Despicable
Me
Studio:
Universal Studios
Production company: Illumination Entertainment (US), MacGuff ligne (France)
Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud, Sergio Pablos
Writer: Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul
Producer: Nina Rappaport, Robert Taylor
US release date: 9 July 2010
Synopsis: Steroscopic 3D.
Source: www.despicable.me
Oobermind
Studio:
Dreamworks Animation
Production
company:
Director: Tom McGrath
Writer:
Producer: Lara Breay, Denise Nolan Cascino
Synopsis:
Budget:
US release date: 5 November 2010
Source: DWA
Rapunzel
Studio:
Disney
Production company: Walt Disney Film Animation
Director: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard
Producer: Roy Conli
Synposis: Action-packed, swashbuckling, animated musical comedy about
the girl behind 70 feet of magical, golden hair who takes off on a hilarious,
hair-raising escapade with the help of a dashing bandit.
Release date: Christmas 2010
Source: www.disneyanimation.com
Rango
Studio:
Paramount Pictures
Production
company: Blind Wink Productions, GK Films, Nickelodeon Movies, Industrial
Light & Magic
Director: Gore Verbinski
Writer: John Logan
Producer: Graham King, John Carls
Release date 18 March 2011
Source:
Winnie
the Pooh
Studio:
Walt Disney
Production company: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Director: Steve Anderson, Don Hall
Producer: Clark Spencer
Release date: spring 2011
Source: Walt Disney
Rio
Studio:
20th Century Fox
Production
company: Blue Sky Studios
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Writer:
Producer: Chris Jenkins, Bruce Anderson
Synopsis: A nerdy macaw leaves the comforts of his cage in small town
Minnesota and heads to Rio de Janeiro. He embarks on the adventure of
a lifetime, learning to open himself up to all that life has to offer
along the way.
Release date 8 April 2011
Source: www.blueskystudios.com
Kung
Fu Panda: the Kaboom of Doom
Studio:
Dreamworks Animation
Director:
Jennifer Yu Nelson
Writer: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Burger
Producer: Melissa Cobb
Release date 3 June 2011
Source: DWA press release
Cars
2
Studio:
Disney
Production company: Pixar
Director: Brad Lewis
Producer: Denise Ream
US release date: 24 June 2011
Synopsis: Steroscopic 3D.
Source:
www.pixar.com
The
Smurfs
Studio:
Paramount
Production company: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Kerner
Entertainment, Lafig Belgium
Director: Raja Gosnell
Writer: David Stern and David Weiss, based on books by Pierre Culliford
('Peyo')
Producer: Jordan Kerner
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
International sales: Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: Based on the miniature blue people created by Belgium's Peyo.
Live action and animated.
Budget:
Release date: 29 July 2011
Source:
www.sonypictures.com
Hotel
Transylvania
Studio:
Columbia Pictures (Sony)
Production
company:
Director: Anthony Stacchi, David Feiss
Writer: Don Rhymer
Producer:
Synopsis:
Budget:
US release date: 30 September 2011
Source:
The
Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Studio:
Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Writer: Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish
Producer: Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy
Release date 23 December 2011
Source: Paramount press release
Bunyan
& Babe
Production company: Exodus Film Group, MGM (USA)
Director: Tony Bancroft, Jim Rygiel
Writer:
Producer: John D Eraklis, Max Howard
Distributor:
MGM (USA)
International sales: MGM
Release date: 2011
Source: www.exodusfilmgroup.com
Dead
Space: Downfall
Studio:
Starz! Media, The Gotham Group
Quantum
Quest
Studio:
Starz! Media, The Gotham Group
In
pre-production/advanced development...
Alice in
Wonderland
Studio:
Walt Disney Co
Production company:
Director: Tim Burton
Writer:
Producer:
Distributor:
International sales:
Synopsis: A new version of Lewis Carroll's story combining motion capture
animation with live action.
Budget:
Source: www.rottentomatoes.com
The
Bear and the Bow
Studio:
Disney
Production company: Pixar
Director: Brenda Champman
Budget:
Release date: Christmas 2011
Source: www.pixar.com
Cereal Heroes
Production companies: Fable Works, Odyssey Entertainment (US), Sparx
Animation (France)
Writer: David Meinstein
Release date: 2010.
The
Croods (working title)
Studio: Dreamworks Animation
Production company: Dreamworks Animation
Director: Chris Sanders, Kirk De Micco
Writer: John Cleese, Kirk De Micco
Producer: Kristine Belson, Jane Hartwell
Synopsis: A stone age tribal leader finds his position as Leader of
the Hunt challenged by a prehistoric genius who comes up with revolutionary
new inventions, like fire.
Release date: one of The Croods, Truckers or Super
Secret Ghost Project will be released on 2 November, 2012
Source: www.dreamworksanimation.com
Frankentweenie
Studio:
Walt Disney Co
Production company:
Director: Tim Burton
Writer:
Producer:
Distributor: Walt Disney Co
International sales: Walt Disney Co
Synopsis: Stop-frame animation reworking of an early short film by Burton.
Budget:
Source: www.rottentomatoes.com
King
of the Elves
Studio:
Disney
Production company: Walt Disney Animation
Director: Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker
Producer: Chuck Williams
Synopsis: Based on a Philip K Dick story. An ordinary man living in
the Mississippi Delta reluctantly helps a band of elves who elect him
their king.
Budget:
Release date: Christmas 2012
Source: www.disneyanimation.com
Madagascar
3
Studio:
Dreamworks Animation
Director: Eric Darnell
Release date: 2012
Newt
Studio:
Disney
Production company: Pixar
Director: Gary Rydstrom
Budget:
Release date: summer 2011
Source: www.pixar.com
Prep
& Landing
Studio:
Disney
Production company: Walt Disney Animation
Director: Kevin Deters, Steve Wermers
Release date: 2011
Source: www.disneyanimation.com
Puss
in Boots (working title)
Studio: Dreamworks Animation
Production company: PDI
Director: Brian Lynch, David H Steinberg
Writer: Brian Lynch
Producer:
Distributor:
International sales:
Synopsis: Shrek's feline sidekick starts in his own adventure.
Budget:
Release date: 30 March 2012
Source: www.dreamworksanimation.com
Shrek
5
Studio:
DreamWorks Animation
Release date: 2012
Super
Secret Ghost Project
Studio:
DreamWorks Animation
Production company:
Director:
Budget:
Release date: one of The Croods, Truckers or Super
Secret Ghost Project will be released on 2 November, 2012
Source: www.dreamworksanimation.com
Thundercats
Studio: Warner Bros
Production company: Spring Creek Pictures
Director: Jerry O’Flaherty
Writer: Jerry O’Flaherty, Paul Sopocy
Producer: Paula Weinstein, Dick Robertson, Lew Korman
Synopsis: 3D CGI animation based on the sci-fi TV series about humanoid
cats who have fled their planet, Thundera, to land on another planet,
Third Earth, where they face an evil adversary, Mumm-Ra.
US release date: 2010
Source: Variety story (7 Oct 2007)
Truckers
Studio:
DreamWorks Animation
Production company:
Director:
Writer: Simon Beaufoy, from book by Terry Pratchett
Budget:
Release date: one of The Croods, Truckers or Super
Secret Ghost Project will be released on 2 November, 2012
Source: www.dreamworksanimation.com
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Production
company: Anima Studios, Lemon Films (Mexico), Nala Films (USD), Costa
Films (Argentina)
Producer: Alex Garcia
Release date: 2011 or 2012
Yellow
Submarine
Studio:
Disney
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Release date: 2012
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