Warner Bros. Animation

This article is about the studio founded in 1980. For the studio that existed from 1933 to 1963 and 1967 to 1969, see Warner Bros. Cartoons.
Warner Bros. Animation
Subsidiary
Industry Television
Theatrical movies
Direct-to-video movies
Online shorts
Predecessor Warner Bros. Cartoons
Founded 1980[1]
Founder Hal Geer
Headquarters Burbank, CA, USA
Key people
 Sam Register, President
Products Animated television programs
Online shorts
Animation theatrical
Direct-to-video motion pictures
Owner Time Warner
Parent Warner Bros. Entertainment
Website Official website

Warner Bros. Animation (also known as Warner Animation Group for theatrical films) is the animation division of Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Time Warner. The studio is closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters, among others. The studio is the successor to Warner Bros. Cartoons (formerly Leon Schlesinger Productions), the studio which produced Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon shorts from 1933 to 1963, and from 1967 to 1969. Warner reestablished its own animation division in 1980 to produce Looney Tunes related works.[1]

Since 1990, Warner Bros. Animation has primarily focused upon the production of television and feature animation of other properties, notably including those related to Time Warner's DC Comics publications.

History

1970–1986: Restarting the studio

The original Warner Bros. Cartoon studio, as well as all of Warner Bros.' short subject production divisions, closed in 1969 due to the rising costs and declining returns of short subject production. Outside animation companies were hired to produce new Looney Tunes-related animation for TV specials and commercials at irregular intervals. In 1976, Warner Bros. Cartoon alumnus Chuck Jones began producing a series of Looney Tunes specials at his Chuck Jones Productions animation studio, the first of which was Carnival of the Animals. These specials, and a 1975 Looney Tunes retrospective feature film titled Bugs Bunny: Superstar, led Jones to produce The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie for Warner Bros. in 1979. This film blended classic Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts with newly produced wraparounds of Bugs Bunny introducing each cartoon. Warner Bros. responded to the success of this film by reestablishing its own cartoon studio.

Warner Bros. Animation reopened its doors in 1980 to produce compilation films and television specials starring the Looney Tunes characters. The studio's initial head was Hal Geer, who had been the original studio's sound effects editor during its final days, and he was soon joined by Friz Freleng, who left DePatie-Freleng (which became Marvel Productions after being sold to Marvel Entertainment), and returned to Warner as executive producer. Before leaving DFE, Freleng produced new animation for The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981). The new wraparounds for Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) and Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983) featured footage by a new Warner Bros. Animation staff, composed mainly of veterans from the golden age of WB cartoons, including writers John Dunn and Dave Detiege.

By 1986, Freleng had departed, and Hal Geer also stepped down the following year. Geer was briefly replaced by Steven S. Greene, who in turn was replaced by Freleng's former secretary Kathleen Helppie-Shipley, who would spearhead a major revival of the Looney Tunes brand in the years that followed. The studio continued production on special projects starring the Looney Tunes characters, sporadically producing new Looney Tunes shorts for theaters such as The Duxorcist (1987), Night of the Living Duck (1988), Box-Office Bunny (1990), and Carrotblanca (1995). Many of these shorts, as well as the new footage in the compilation film Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (which includes The Duxorcist), were directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon, as well as Darrell Van Citters.

1986–1998: Moving into television animation

Beginning in 1986, Warner Bros. moved into regular television animation production. Warners' television division was established by WB Animation President Jean MacCurdy, who brought in producer Tom Ruegger and much of his staff from Hanna-Barbera Productions' A Pup Named Scooby-Doo series. A studio for the television unit was set up in the office tower of the Imperial Bank Building adjacent to the Sherman Oaks Galleria northwest of Los Angeles. Darrell Van Citters, who used to work at Disney, would work on the newer Bugs Bunny shorts, before leaving to form Renegade Animation in 1992. The first Warner Bros. original animated TV series Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1995) was produced in conjunction with Amblin Entertainment, and featured young cartoon characters based upon specific Looney Tunes stars, and was a success. Later Amblin/Warner Bros. television shows, including Animaniacs (1993–1998), its spin-off Pinky and the Brain (1995–1998), and Freakazoid! (1995–1997) followed in continuing the Looney Tunes tradition of cartoon humor.

Warner Bros. Animation also began developing shows based upon comic book characters owned by sister company DC Comics. These programs, including Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995), Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000), Batman Beyond (1999–2001), and Justice League/Justice League Unlimited (2001–2006) proved popular among both children and adults. These shows were part of the DC animated universe. A Batman spin-off feature, Mask of the Phantasm, was produced in 1993 and bumped up to theatrical release. The film was near universally-well received by critics but performed poorly at the box-office, though it eventually became a commercial success through its subsequent home video releases.

1991–2004: The rise and fall of Warner Bros. Feature Animation

In 1991, Warner Bros. distributed its first animated film, Rover Dangerfield. Its main protagonist is a dog named Rover Dangerfield, who is based off his voice actor Rodney Dangerfield. The film got a mixed review score but performed poorly at the box office, due to lack of promotion. Three years later, Warner distributed Don Bluth's Thumbelina, which also received mixed reviews from critics and performed poorly at the box office.

That same year, Warner Bros., as well as several other Hollywood studios, moved into feature animation following the success of Disney's The Lion King. Max Howard, a Disney alumnus, was brought in to head the new division, which was set up in Sherman Oaks near the television studio in nearby Glendale.[2] Turner Feature Animation, later merged and named Warner Bros. Feature Animation, like all of the in-house feature animation studios proved an unsuccessful venture, as six of the seven films it produced failed to earn money during their original theatrical releases (due to lack of promotion).

The first of Warners' animated features was Space Jam (1996), a live-action/animation mix which starred NBA star Michael Jordan opposite Bugs Bunny (Jordan had previously appeared with the Looney Tunes in a number of Nike commercials). It was directed by Joe Pytka (live-action) and Bruce W. Smith and Tony Cervone (animation). Space Jam received mixed to negative reviews from film critics but proved to be a success at the box office. Animation production for Space Jam was primarily done at the new Sherman Oaks studio, although much of the work was outsourced to animation studios around the world.

Before the success of Space Jam, a Turner Entertainment-run studio that spun off from Hanna-Barbera were already producing animated features following the success of the Disney features. The first was The Pagemaster, a fantasy adventure featuring the performances of Macaulay Culkin and Christopher Lloyd with live-action segments serving as bookends for the film's story. Released by 20th Century Fox, the film was a financial and critical disappointment during its holiday release of 1994. After the merger with Turner and Warner Bros. in 1996, Turner Feature Animation completed its second and last feature, Cats Don't Dance (1997), which was met with warm critical and audience reception but bombed thanks to little marketing and fanfare. By the time of Cats‍ '​ release however, Turner Feature Animation had merged with Warner Feature Animation and transferred a majority of its staff from said studio.

The following year, the next film, Quest for Camelot (1998), underwent severe production difficulties and was severely panned by both critics and audiences, but its soundtrack (especially one of the songs, "The Prayer") did receive some accolades.

The third animated feature from Warner Feature Animation, Brad Bird's The Iron Giant (1999), performed greatly with test audiences but the studio decided to rush its release to the end of the summer with a very rushed marketing push.

The studio's next film, Osmosis Jones (2001), was another animated/live action mix that suffered through another troubled production. This time, the animation segments, directed by Tom Sito and Piet Kroon, were completed long before the live-action segments were filmed, eventually directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly and starring Bill Murray. The resulting film had mixed reviews but was a box office flop, although it was successful enough on home video for Warner's Television Animation department to produce a related short-lived Saturday morning cartoon, Ozzy & Drix for its WB broadcast network.

Following the releases of The Iron Giant and Osmosis Jones, the feature animation staff was scaled back, and the entire animation staff - feature and television - were moved to the larger Sherman Oaks facility.

The final live-action/animation mix produced by WBFE, Looney Tunes: Back in Action released in 2003. It was meant to be the starting point for a reestablishment of the classic cartoons brands, including a planned series of new Looney Tunes theatrical shorts. The newer Looney Tunes were produced by Back in Action writer and producer Larry Doyle. After Back in Action, directed by Joe Dante (live action) and Eric Goldberg (animation), received mixed reviews but failed at the box office, production was shut down on the new shorts. However, several TV series based loosely upon the Looney Tunes property, Baby Looney Tunes (2002-2005), Loonatics Unleashed (2005–2007), and The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2014) have assumed the place of the original shorts on television.

1996–present: Acquisitions and Warner Bros. Animation today

Warners' parent company Time Warner merged with Turner Broadcasting System in 1996, not only reacquiring the rights to the pre-August 1948[3] color Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (plus all the B&W Merrie Melodies except Lady, Play Your Mandolin! and the post-Harman/Ising B&W entries, which WB had held on to since 1967 after merging with Seven Arts Productions, which had owned that cartoon and the B&W Looney Tunes) but also taking on two more animation studios: Turner Feature Animation and Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. Turner Feature was immediately folded into Warner Bros. Feature Animation, while Hanna-Barbera merged with Warner Bros. Animation itself. Until 1998 Hanna-Barbera operated on its original lot at 3400 Cahuenga Blvd in Hollywood, CA, one of the last "big name" studios with an actual Hollywood zip code. Studio operations, archives, and its extensive animation art collection were then moved northwest to Sherman Oaks. Hanna-Barbera occupied space in the office tower adjacent to the Sherman Oaks Galleria along with Warner Bros. Animation.

With the death of William Hanna in 2001, Warner fully took over production of H-B related properties such as Scooby-Doo, producing a steady stream of Scooby direct-to-video films and two new series, What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–2005) and Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006–2008). The Turner merger also gave WB access to the pre-May 1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library, which included its classic cartoon library (including such characters as Tom and Jerry (curiously created by the H-B duo), Droopy, Barney Bear, and Screwy Squirrel). WBA has since co-produced a few direct-to-video films with Turner which starred Tom and Jerry. Besides producing content for the daytime market, Warner Bros. Animation also produced Baby Blues with sister company Warner Bros. Television and 3 South with MTV Animation for primetime.

The series which Hanna-Barbera had been producing for Turner's Cartoon Network before and during the Time Warner/Turner merger were shifted to production at Cartoon Network Studios, a sister company to Warner Bros. Animation. WBA is today exclusively involved in the production of animated television programming and direct-to-video features. It produced many of the shows airing on the Kids' WB Saturday morning programming block of The CW until May 24, 2008. These programs included Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, Krypto the Superdog, Xiaolin Showdown, The Batman, and the aforementioned Loonatics Unleashed and Tom and Jerry Tales. By 2007, the studio had downsized significantly from its size during the late 1990s. Warner Bros. downsized the studio further in June, shut down the Sherman Oaks studio, and had Warner Bros. Animation moved to the Warner Bros. Ranch in Burbank, California. In early 2008 after the demise of Kids' WB!, Warner Bros. Animation became almost dormant with only Batman: The Brave and the Bold in production at the time.

To expand the company's online content presence, Warner Bros. Animation launched the new KidsWB.com (announced as T-Works) on April 28, 2008. The website gathers its core animation properties in a single online environment that is interactive and customizable for site visitors. The Kids WB offers both originally produced content along with classic animated episodes, games, and exploration of virtual worlds. Some of the characters to be used in the project from the Warner libraries include those of Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera, pre-1986 MGM animated characters and DC Comics.

On March 25, 2009, sister network Cartoon Network announced Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated in the Fall 2009-2010 season by Warner Bros. Animation. Warner Bros. Animation recently announced several new projects, such as The Looney Tunes Show (formerly called Laff Riot); a reboot of ThunderCats, and several series based on DC Comics properties such as MAD, Green Lantern, and Young Justice.

Warner Bros. Animation is also producing DC Showcase, a series of short subjects featuring lesser known comic book superheroes, to be released in tandem with direct-to-video films based on DC Comics properties.

On July 30, 2010 Coyote Falls, a 3D cartoon featuring Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner was released, being the first time WB Animation produced theatrically released content since The Karate Guard (the last Tom & Jerry short) in 2005, and the first time the animation studio used full CGI and stereoscopic 3D. Two more theatrical Road Runner cartoons have followed during the year (Fur of Flying and Rabid Rider). On June 8, 2011, three more shorts were announced: I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat with Sylvester, Tweety, and Granny, which was released with Happy Feet Two; Daffy's Rhapsody with Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd, which was released with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island; and an untitled Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner short.

In the future, Warner Bros. Animation has plans to create a shared universe with characters of Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, Hanna-Barbera and the pre-1986 MGM library, apart from DC Comics, who had its own shared universe.

2013–present: Warner Animation Group

In January 2013, Jeff Robinov (then the head of the studio's motion picture division) founded a "think tank" for developing theatrical animated films, known as the Warner Animation Group.[4] It is the successor to the dissolved Warner Bros. Feature Animation. The group includes John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Nicholas Stoller, Phil Lord and Chris Miller and Jared Stern.[4] Warner Bros. created the group with the hope that the box office reception of their films will be competitive with other animation studios' releases.[4] The group is reportedly somewhat similar to Pixar's famous "brain trust" in terms of how its members consult with one another and give feedback on each other's projects.[5]

On February 7, 2014, Warner Animation Group released their first film The Lego Movie, a film animated by Animal Logic using the Lego Digital Designer and Toon Boom Harmony and Autodesk Maya as the animation softwares, Houdini Effects as the effects software, Autodesk Softimage as the animation, compositing, rendering, and lighting software and RenderMan as the rendering software. This film also has a segment shot in live-action using Steadicam. It met with positive reviews and proved to be a box office success.

On January 7, 2013, Warner Animation Group announced their second film, Storks, which will be released in 2015.[6] On the same day, they announced their third film, Smallfoot, which will be released in 2016.[6] Another WAG film releasing in 2016 is based on the Lego Ninjago theme of Lego toys.[7]

On February 7, 2014, the same day The Lego Movie was released, it was reported that Jared Stern and Michelle Morgan were hired to write Warner Animation Group's first sequel, The Lego Movie 2.[8] The sequel was announced to be released on May 26, 2017,[9] but later that year, it was reported that a spin-off film featuring Batman from The Lego Movie might take the sequel's release date, pushing the sequel back to 2018.[10] Phil Lord and Christopher Miller returned to script the film.

On March 27, 2015, It was reported that Jason Segel and Drew Pearce are going to co-direct and write a script to a new "Lego Movie" spin-off named "Billion Brick Race".

Filmography

Feature-length films

Compilation films

Original films

Release Date Title Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic Budget Gross
December 25, 1993 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 81%[11] N/A $6 million $5.6 million
Warner Bros. Feature Animation
November 15, 1996 Space Jam* 35%[12] N/A $90 million $230.4 million
May 15, 1998 Quest for Camelot 36%[13] N/A $40 million $22.5 million
August 6, 1999 The Iron Giant 97%[14] 85[15] $70 million $23.2 million
August 10, 2001 Osmosis Jones* 55%[16] 57[17] $70 million $13.6 million
November 14, 2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action* 57%[18] 64[19] $80 million $68.5 million
Warner Animation Group
February 7, 2014 The Lego Movie* 96%[20] 82[21] $60 million $468.0 million
September 23, 2016 Storks[22][23] N/A N/A N/A N/A
February 10, 2017 Lego Batman[24][25] N/A N/A N/A N/A
September 22, 2017 Lego Ninjago[25] N/A N/A N/A N/A
February 9, 2018 TBA[26] N/A N/A N/A N/A
May 18, 2018 The Lego Movie Sequel[27][25] N/A N/A N/A N/A
May 24, 2019 TBA[28] N/A N/A N/A N/A
TBA The Flintstones N/A N/A N/A N/A
TBA The Jetsons[29] N/A N/A N/A N/A
TBA Adventure Time[30] N/A N/A N/A N/A
TBA Scooby-Doo[31] N/A N/A N/A N/A
TBA Smallfoot[22] N/A N/A N/A N/A
TBA Billion Brick Race[32] N/A N/A N/A N/A

Theatrical shorts

Television series

Anthology series

Original series

Title Years Network Notes
Tiny Toon Adventures 1990–1995 CBS/Syndication/Fox Kids/Kids' WB co-production with Amblin Entertainment
Taz-Mania 1991–1995 Fox Kids
Batman: The Animated Series 1992–1995 Fox Kids
The Plucky Duck Show 1992 Fox Kids co-production with Amblin Entertainment
Animaniacs 1993–1998 Fox Kids/Kids' WB co-production with Amblin Entertainment
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries 1995–2001 Kids' WB
Pinky and the Brain 1995–1998 Kids' WB co-production with Amblin Entertainment
Freakazoid! 1995–1997 Kids' WB co-production with Amblin Entertainment
Road Rovers 1996–1997 Kids' WB
Superman: The Animated Series 1996–2000 Kids' WB
Waynehead 1996–1997 Kids' WB co-production with Nelvana
The New Batman Adventures 1997–1999 Kids' WB
Histeria! 1998–2000 Kids' WB
Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain 1998–1999 Kids' WB co-production with Amblin Entertainment
Batman Beyond 1999–2001 Kids' WB
Detention 1999–2000 Kids' WB
Baby Blues 2000–2002 The WB
Static Shock 2000–2004 Kids' WB
The Zeta Project 2001–2002 Kids' WB
Justice League 2001–2004 Cartoon Network co-production with DC Entertainment
Baby Looney Tunes 2002–2005 Kids' WB
¡Mucha Lucha! 2002–2005 Kids' WB
Ozzy & Drix 2002–2004 Kids' WB
What's New, Scooby-Doo? 2002–2006 Kids' WB copyrighted to Hanna-Barbera
3 South 2002–2003 MTV
Duck Dodgers 2003–2005 Cartoon Network
Teen Titans 2003–2006 Cartoon Network
Xiaolin Showdown 2003–2006 Kids' WB
Justice League Unlimited 2004–2006 Cartoon Network co-production with DC Entertainment
The Batman 2004–2008 Kids' WB
Krypto the Superdog 2005–2006 Cartoon Network
Firehouse Tales 2005–2006 Cartoon Network
Johnny Test 2005–2006 Kids' WB/Cartoon Network Seasons 2-5 were produced by Cookie Jar Group, DHX Media is currently producing the series from season 6 onward; still trademarked to WB
Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island 2005–2006 Kids' WB
Loonatics Unleashed 2005–2007 Kids' WB
Tom and Jerry Tales 2006–2008 Kids' WB co-production with Turner Entertainment
Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! 2006–2008 Kids' WB copyrighted to Hanna-Barbera
Legion of Super Heroes 2006–2008 Kids' WB
Batman: The Brave and the Bold 2008–2011 Cartoon Network co-production with DC Entertainment
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated 2010–2013 Cartoon Network copyrighted to Hanna-Barbera
Mad 2010–2013 Cartoon Network co-production with Mexopolis
Young Justice 2010–2013 Cartoon Network co-production with DC Entertainment
The Looney Tunes Show 2011–2014 Cartoon Network
ThunderCats 2011–2012 Cartoon Network co-production with Studio 4°C
Green Lantern: The Animated Series 2011–2013 Cartoon Network co-production with DC Entertainment
DC Nation Shorts 2011–2014 Cartoon Network co-production with DC Entertainment
Teen Titans Go! 2013–present Cartoon Network co-production with DC Entertainment[33]
Beware the Batman 2013–2014 Cartoon Network co-production with DC Entertainment
The Tom and Jerry Show 2014–present Cartoon Network co-production with Turner Entertainment and Renegade Animation
Mike Tyson Mysteries 2014–present Adult Swim co-production with Williams Street[34]
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 2015 Cartoon Network copyrighted to Hanna-Barbera[35]
Wabbit 2015[35] Cartoon Network
Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles[36] 2015 Machinima co-production with DC Entertainment
Vixen[37] 2015 CW Seed co-production with DC Entertainment
Green Eggs and Ham[38] 2018 Netflix co-production with A Very Good Production, A Stern Talking To and Gulfstream Television

TV specials

Direct-to-video features

Release Date Title Notes
March 11, 1992 Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation with Amblin Entertainment
March 17, 1998 Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
September 22, 1998 Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
October 5, 1999 Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost
December 21, 1999 Wakko's Wish with Amblin Entertainment
September 12, 2000 Tweety's High-Flying Adventure
October 3, 2000 Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
December 12, 2000 Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
October 9, 2001 Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
March 12, 2002 Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring
March 4, 2003 Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire
February 11, 2003 Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure
September 30, 2003 Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
June 22, 2004 Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster
November 16, 2004 Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.!
January 4, 2005 ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico
January 18, 2005 Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars
February 8, 2005 Aloha, Scooby-Doo!
October 11, 2005 Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry released theatrically in select cities by Kidtoon Films
October 18, 2005 The Batman vs. Dracula
December 13, 2005 Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? released theatrically in select cities by Kidtoon Films
February 24, 2006 Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
June 20, 2006 Superman: Brainiac Attacks
August 22, 2006 Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
September 15, 2006 Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo
November 14, 2006 Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas
September 4, 2007 Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!
September 18, 2007 Superman: Doomsday
October 2, 2007 Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale
February 26, 2008 Justice League: The New Frontier
July 8, 2008 Batman: Gotham Knight
September 23, 2008 Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
March 3, 2009 Wonder Woman
April 7, 2009 Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
July 28, 2009 Green Lantern: First Flight
September 29, 2009 Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
February 16, 2010 Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo
February 23, 2010 Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
July 27, 2010 Batman: Under the Red Hood
August 24, 2010 Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
September 14, 2010 Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
September 28, 2010 Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
February 22, 2011 All-Star Superman
June 8, 2011 Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
August 23, 2011 Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz
September 6, 2011 Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur
October 18, 2011 Batman: Year One
February 28, 2012 Justice League: Doom
March 13, 2012 Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
June 12, 2012 Superman vs. The Elite
September 25, 2012 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1
October 2, 2012 Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse
October 9, 2012 Big Top Scooby-Doo!
January 29, 2013 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2
February 26, 2013 Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon
May 7, 2013 Superman: Unbound
July 23, 2013 Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map[40]
July 30, 2013 Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
August 6, 2013 Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure
August 20, 2013 Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
January 21, 2014 JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time
February 4, 2014 Justice League: War
March 25, 2014 Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery with WWE Studios[41]
May 6, 2014 Son of Batman
August 12, 2014 Batman: Assault on Arkham
August 19, 2014 Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy
September 2, 2014 Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon
January 27, 2015 Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
February 10, 2015 Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League
February 17, 2015 Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness[42]
March 10, 2015 The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! with WWE Studios[43][44]
April 14, 2015 Batman vs. Robin
May 12, 2015 Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts
June 23, 2015 Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest[45]
July 21, 2015 Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery[46]
July 28, 2015 Justice League: Gods and Monsters[47]
July 21, 2016 Scooby-Doo! Wrestlemania Mystery 2 with WWE Studios[44]
TBA Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run[48]

Direct-to-video short films

Release Date Title Released with
October 21, 2003 Chase Me Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
February 23, 2010 DC Showcase: The Spectre Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
July 27, 2010 DC Showcase: Jonah Hex Batman: Under the Red Hood
September 28, 2010 DC Showcase: Green Arrow Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
November 9, 2010 Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam
October 18, 2011 DC Showcase: Catwoman Batman: Year One

Original short pilots

See also

Notes

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  3. ↑ The latest released WB cartoon sold to a.a.p. was Haredevil Hare, released on July 24, 1948.
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  12. ↑ "Space Jam". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Quest for Camelot". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
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  19. ↑ "Looney Tunes: Back in Action". Metacritic. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
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