Mattel Cinematic Dimension

The Mattel Cinematic Dimension is an animated four-part media franchise centered on computer-animated films based on video games developed and published by Mattel. The franchise started out with its first film, Hot Wheels, in 1997. Its latest film was Barbie, released in 2023.
As of , , the Mattel Cinematic Dimesion has spanned 40 feature films, making it the biggest film franchise of all time following the , which has 35 films. Its next film, Hot Wheels 3: Driven to Win, is set for release on July 25, 2024.
==Development==
===Animation===
With most of their films being animated with 2D and CGI, the Mattel Cinematic Dimension relies on various traditional animations, and computer-animation providers for its films, which include: Primal Screen, Yowza! Animation, Premise Entertainment, Neomis Animation, Fat Cat Animation, Duncan Studio, Bardel Entertainment, Reel FX Animation; Sony Pictures Imageworks; DNEG Animation, Wang Film Productions, July Films, Sunwoo Entertainment, TMS Entertainment, Toon City Animation, Prana Studios, and Rough Draft Studios.
===Films===
The film series has a variety of Mattel's toy brands and HiT Entertainment franchises from the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s, to the 2000s, all the way to the early-to-mid 2010s.
===Music===
The films have their scores composed by composers such as Hans Zimmer, Hummie Mann, Van Dyke Parks, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt
==Feature films==
===Phase One===
No.	Title 	U.S. release date	Director(s) 	Writer(s)	Based on/Adapted from	Producer(s) 	Cinematography	Editor(s) 	Composer(s) 	Co-production with 	Animation service(s)	Distributor(s) 	Budget 	Box office 	Note(s)
1 	Hot Wheels 	June 9, 1997 	Joe Johnston	Screenplay:Joss Wheldon, Brad Bird
----Story:
Paul Dini, Joe Johnston	 	Kathleen Kennedy 	— 	Tia Nolan 	Hans Zimmer 	Warner Bros. Feature Animation, Mattel Films	Bardel Entertainment	Warner Bros. Pictures	$100 million	$400 Million	
2 	Barney's Great Adventure	April 3, 1998 	Steve Gomer 	Screenplay:Stephen White
----Story:
Stephen White, Sheryl Leach, Dennis DeShazer	Barney & Friends 	Sheryl Leach, Dennis DeShazer	Sandi Sissel 	Richard Halsey	Van Dyke Parks	Lyrick Studios 	— 	Universal Pictures 	$15 million 	$12 million 	live-action film
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