20th Century Fox Animation (Johnsonverse)

20th Century Fox Animation, Inc. (originally known as Fox Family Films, and Fox Animation Studios and sometimes referred to as Fox Animation) is an American animation studio located in Century City, Los Angeles. Formed in 1994, it is organized as a division and label of 20th Century Fox, a subsidiary of Fox Entertainment Group, and is tasked with producing animated feature-length films. At one point, 20th Century Fox Animation had two subsidiaries: Fox Animation Studios, which was shut down on June 26, 2000 and Blue Sky Studios (the latter became the primary unit of 20th Century Fox Animation).
The studio has produced a total of 32 feature films (6 films as Fox Family Films, 3 films from Fox Animation Studios, 14 feature films from Blue Sky Studios, and 8 original films), most of them being distributed by 20th Century Fox. Their first film was Dunston Checks In and their first animated film was Anastasia, with the most recent release being Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again.
== Background ==
Before 20th Century Fox started its animation division, Fox released its first seven animated films, such as Hugo the Hippo (1975), Wizards, Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977), Fire and Ice (1983), FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) Once Upon a Forest (1993) and The Pagemaster (1994).
In May 1993, Fox agreed to a two-year first-look deal with Nickelodeon for family films. The deal would mostly include original material, though a Nickelodeon executive did not rule out the possibility of making films based on The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rugrats and Doug. However, no films came out of the deal due to the 1994 acquisition of Paramount Pictures by Nickelodeon's parent company, Viacom, and they would distribute the film projects instead.
== History ==
=== 1994–1998: Formation and early years ===
=== 1997–2020: 20th Century Fox Animation, Fox Animation Studios and success with Blue Sky Studios ===
=== 2019–present: Johnson era ===
== Process ==
Unlike animation studios such as Pixar or Walt Disney Animation Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation does not act as a typical animation studio, but rather as a division and somewhat of a distribution label for animated films that are made under or acquired by 20th Century Fox. An example of this is with Fox Animation Studios and Blue Sky Studios' films; both of which were subsidiaries of the company. Another example of this is Fantastic Mr. Fox. Additionally, Ron's Gone Wrong was the first and only film made under a deal between 20th Century Fox and Locksmith Animation.
However, the animation production of 20th Century Fox Animation's films (except for Blue Sky Studios) is outsourced to other studios. For example, The Simpsons Movie was animated at Film Roman alongside AKOM and Rough Draft Studios, while Ron's Gone Wrong was animated by DNEG. The Book of Life was developed outside of 20th Century Fox Animation at Reel FX, with the studio co-producing the film later on. Diary of a Wimpy Kid was animated by Bardel Entertainment.
Fox Animation Studios (headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona) and Blue Sky Studios (headquartered in White Plains, New York and later Greenwich, Connecticut) animated their respective films internally, however Anastasia and Titan A.E. were outsourced to multiple animation studios, including Bardel Entertainment, Reality Check Studios, and Blue Sky, when the latter of the three was still a VFX studio.
Both Fox Animation Studios and Blue Sky had their own unique animation style, with the former having the same animation style as Don Bluth.
== Filmography ==
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