Locksmith Animation

Locksmith Animation is a British animation studio founded in 2014 by Sarah Smith, Julie Lockhart and Elisabeth Murdoch. Locksmith Animation is formerly a subsidiary of 20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company) until 2021. and Locksmith Animation is currently a subsidiary of Netflix, Apple TV+ and Warner Bros. Pictures as of 2024. Disney's former animation studio Blue Sky Studios was defunct in April 10 2021 release with the last animated film Spies in Disguise (2019). Blue Sky's related films The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (released on Disney+) and Nimona (released on Netflix) Locksmith Animation's first film, Ron's Gone Wrong, was released on 22 October 2021, distributed by 20th Century Studios (which had recently been acquired by Disney two years prior) with positive reviews. Its next films are: That Christmas was released on 2024, distributed by Netflix. The upcoming films are: Foster and Sheepish are both released in 2025, distributed by Apple TV+, and Cat on the Run and Bad Fairies was both released in 2026 and 2027, both distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Locksmith animated films in the Mexican co-production and partnership with Little Witch Pictures is owned by Amblin Partners.
==Filmography==
===Feature films===
===Released films===
* Ron's Gone Wrong (2021) (produced by 20th Century Animation and TSG Entertainment, animated by DNEG Animation and distributed by 20th Century Studios through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
===Upcoming films===
* That Christmas (2024) (produced by Netflix Animation, animated by DNEG Animation and distributed by Netflix)
* Cat on the Run (2026) (produced by Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, animated by DNEG Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures)
* My Life as a Teenage Leviathan (2026) (produced by Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Little Witch Pictures, animated by DNEG Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Bad Fairies (2027) (produced by Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, animated by DNEG Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures)
===Films in development===
* The Lunar Chronicles (produced by Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Wed Wabbit (produced by Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Wish Genie (produced by Little Witch Pictures and distributed by Netflix)
* J-Pop: Zombie Hunters (produced by Little Witch Pictures and distributed by Apple TV+)
* The Madisons vs. the Machines (produced by Little Witch Pictures and distributed by Netflix)
* Vida (produced by Little Witch Pictures and distributed by Netflix)
===Television series===
* Agent Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (2025)
==Notes==
* Ron's Gone Wrong distributed by 20th Century Studios through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
** Locksmith films with co-produced by Little Witch Pictures is owned by Amblin Partners
*** Locksmith animated films distributed by Netflix and Warner Bros. Pictures
==References==
Category:British animation studios
Category:The Walt Disney Company
Category:Warner Bros. Discovery
Category:Companies established in 2014
Category:Companies based in London