Locksmith Animation

Locksmith Animation is a British animation studio founded by Sarah Smith and Julie Lockhart in 2014. Based in London, England, it is the only high-end computer-animation studio in the United Kingdom to produce computer-animated family films.
==History==
The studio was founded in 2014 by Sarah Smith and Julie Lockhart with the financial backing of Elisabeth Murdoch. In April 2014, visual effects/animation studio Double Negative formed a deal with Locksmith to provide the computer animation for Locksmith's films. In May 2016, Locksmith formed a production deal with Paramount Pictures, with Paramount acting as the distributor for Locksmith's films to be produced under the Paramount Animation label. The following year, however, Paramount abandoned its deal with Locksmith after Paramount chairman and CEO Brad Grey was replaced by Jim Gianopulos.
In September 2017, Locksmith formed a multi-year production deal with 20th Century Fox, which would distribute Locksmith's films under the 20th Century Fox Animation label, with Locksmith aiming to release a film every 12–18 months. The first film to be released under the production company was Ron's Gone Wrong, which was released on October 22, 2021 by 20th Century Studios. In October 2019, after Disney acquired 20th Century Animation, Locksmith formed a new multi-year production deal with Warner Bros. to distribute future Locksmith films under the Warner Animation Group label after the release of Ron's Gone Wrong.
==Films distributed under Disney==
* Ron's Gone Wrong
==References==
Category:Non-Disney companies
Category:Production companies
Category:Ron's Gone Wrong
Category:Fox
Category:20th Century Studios