20th Century Fox has upped the ante in the animated feature film game, announcing Monday plans to release five animated movies a year in 2017 and 2018.
With both Blue Sky Studios and DreamWorks Animation allied with the studio, that means the burden will be split between those two houses. The deal would see both producing more films than any other studio. Pixar and Disney now make about one film per year, while Sony is about the same.
Historically, DreamWorks Animation has been the most prolific studio with about two releases a year, and three in 2010.
No new titles or concepts were announced, only dates. Here’s Fox’s current animated release plans through 2018:
- July 17, 2013 — Turbo (DWA)
- March 7, 2014 — Mr. Peabody & Sherman (DWA)
- April 11, 2013 — Rio 2 (Blue Sky)
- June 20, 2014 — How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DWA)
- Nov. 26, 2014 — Happy Smekday! (DWA)
- March 27, 2015 — The Penguins of Madagascar (DWA)
- June 5, 2015 — B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations (DWA)
- Nov. 6, 2015 — Peanuts (Blue Sky)
- Dec. 23, 2015 — Kung Fu Panda 3
- March 18, 2016 — Mumbai Musical
- June 18, 2016 — How to Train Your Dragon 3 (DWA)
- July 15, 2016 — Anubis (Blue Sky)
- Nov. 4, 2016 — Trolls (DWA)
- March 10, 2017 — Untitled DWA or Blue Sky feature
- April 7, 2017 — Ferdinand (Blue Sky)
- June 16, 2017 — Untitled DWA or Blue Sky feature
- July 21, 2017 — Untitled DWA or Blue Sky feature
- Nov. 3, 2017 — Untitled DWA or Blue Sky feature
- Dec. 20, 2017 — Untitled DWA or Blue Sky feature
- March 23, 2018 — Untitled DWA or Blue Sky feature
- June 29, 2018 — Untitled DWA or Blue Sky feature
- July 20, 2018 — Untitled DWA or Blue Sky feature
- Nov. 2, 2018 — Untitled DWA or Blue Sky feature
- Dec. 21, 2018 — Untitled DWA or Blue Sky feature
