Vanguard Animation

Of an older production company, see Vanguard Productions.
Vanguard Films & Animation
LLC
Industry CGI animation
Founded 2002
Founder John H. Williams
Neil Braun
Headquarters West Hollywood, California, USA
Number of locations
 3
Key people
 John H. Williams (CEO)
Gary Chapman (Head of Prod.)
Number of employees
 10
Website vanguardanimation.com

Vanguard Films & Animation, often named only as Vanguard Animation, is an American animation studio founded in 2002 by producer John H. Williams and Neil Braun.[1] The studio has offices in British Columbia, Canada and Ealing Studios in London England, United Kingdom. Starz Media owns the studio's minority stake.

History

The studio was founded in 2002 by John H. Williams.[1] For its launch, it signed with Disney a four-picture deal to produce sub-$40 million computer-animated films.[2][3] Following year, Vanguard sold a minority stake to IDT Corporation and partnered with its animation unit, Digital Production Solutions, to co-produce and co-own all Vanguard's properties,[1][4] including Valiant (2005), the first project produced for Disney.[2]

Filmography

Feature films

Released films

# Title Release date Budget Gross RT IMDb
1 Valiant August 19, 2005 $35,000,000 $61,746,888 31% 5.6
2 Happily N'Ever After January 5, 2007 $47,000,000 $38,085,778 4% 4.2
3 Space Chimps July 18, 2008 $37,000,000 $64,834,964 34% 4.5
4 Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back May 28, 2010 N/A $4,124,518 0% 2.7

Films in development

Title Refs.
Animal Crackerz [5][6]
Alien Rock Band [7]
Rotten Island [7]
Buzby [7]
City of Dragons [7]
Atomic Circus [7]
Oz Wars [8]
Ribbit [9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "IDT Media's Digital Production Solutions -DPS- Signs Joint Venture and Partnership Agreement with Vanguard Animation; DPS Also Gets First Look Rights on all Vanguard Animation Work". Business Wire. July 22, 2003. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Walt Disney Studios and 'Shrek' producer John Williams partner for new CG animated film output". PR Newswire. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "The Walt Disney Studios and 'Shrek' Producer John Williams Partner For New CG Animated Film Output.". The Free Library. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Bloom, David (July 22, 2003). "Vanguard sells stake, inks IDT co-prod’n deal". Variety. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.awn.com/news/people/arc-vanguard-team-nut-house-toon
  6. ↑ Valiquette, Mike (December 4, 2013). "From the internets: Animation in Cottage Country". Canadian Animation Resources. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Panda's Stevenson Joins Vanguard's Alien Rock Band" (Press release). Vanguard Films via Animation World Network. 2010-11-08. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  8. ↑ "Mike Johnson to Helm Animated Oz Wars" (Press release). Vanguard Films via ComingSoon.net. 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  9. ↑ "Ribbit ~ Gary Chapman ~ Vanguard Animation".

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