List of Warner Bros. Pictures Animation productions
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This is a list of productions from Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, previously known as Warner Animation Group, an American animation studio based in Burbank, California, United States. In total, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation has produced 10 feature films and a total gross of over $2 billion.
Feature films
| Film | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Executive producer(s) | Composer(s) | Co-production with | Animation services | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Story | Screenplay | |||||||||||
| As Warner Animation Group | ||||||||||||
| The Lego Movie[a] | February 7, 2014 | Phil Lord Christopher Miller |
Dan Hageman Kevin Hageman Phil Lord Christopher Miller |
Phil Lord Christopher Miller |
Dan Lin Roy Lee |
Jill Wilfert Matthew Ashton Kathleen Fleming Allison Abbate Zareh Nalbandian Jon Burton Benjamin Melniker Michael E. Uslan Seanne Winslow James Packer Steven Mnuchin Matt Skiena Bruce Berman |
Mark Mothersbaugh | Village Roadshow Pictures Lego System A/S Vertigo Entertainment Lin Pictures |
Animal Logic | |||
| Storks | September 23, 2016 | Nicholas Stoller Doug Sweetland |
Nicholas Stoller | Brad Lewis Nicholas Stoller |
Glenn Ficarra Phil Lord Christopher Miller John Requa Jared Stern Steven Mnuchin |
Mychael Danna Jeff Danna |
RatPac-Dune Entertainment Stoller Global Solutions (uncredited) |
Sony Pictures Imageworks | ||||
| The Lego Batman Movie | February 10, 2017 | Chris McKay | Seth Grahame-Smith | Seth Grahame-Smith Chris McKenna Erik Sommers Jared Stern John Whittington |
Dan Lin Phil Lord Christopher Miller Roy Lee |
Jill Wilfert Matthew Ashton Will Allegra Brad Lewis Zareh Nalbandian Steven Mnuchin |
Lorne Balfe | DC Entertainment RatPac-Dune Entertainment Lego System A/S Lord Miller Productions Vertigo Entertainment Lin Pictures |
Animal Logic | |||
| The Lego Ninjago Movie | September 22, 2017 | Charlie Bean Paul Fisher Bob Logan |
Hilary Winston Bob Logan Paul Fisher William Wheeler Tom Wheeler Dan Hageman Kevin Hageman |
Bob Logan Paul Fisher William Wheeler Tom Wheeler Jared Stern John Whittington |
Dan Lin Phil Lord Christopher Miller Chris McKay Maryann Garger Roy Lee |
Jill Wilfert Keith Malone Simon Lucas Chris Leahy Seth Grahame-Smith Zareh Nalbandian Brett Ratner |
Mark Mothersbaugh | RatPac-Dune Entertainment Lego System A/S Vertigo Entertainment Lord Miller Productions Lin Pictures | ||||
| Smallfoot | September 28, 2018 | Karey Kirkpatrick Co-Director: Jason Reisig |
Story by : John Requa Glenn Ficarra Karey Kirkpatrick Original story by : Sergio Pablos |
Karey Kirkpatrick Clare Sera |
Bonne Radford Glenn Ficarra John Requa |
Nicholas Stoller Phil Lord Christopher Miller Jared Stern Karey Kirkpatrick Sergio Pablos Courtenay Valenti Allison Abbate |
Heitor Pereira (score) Karey Kirkpatrick Wayne Kirkpatrick (songs) |
Zaftig Films | Sony Pictures Imageworks | |||
| The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part[a] | February 8, 2019 | Mike Mitchell | Phil Lord Christopher Miller Matthew Fogel |
Phil Lord Christopher Miller |
Dan Lin Phil Lord Christopher Miller Roy Lee Jinko Gotoh |
Jill Wilfert Keith Malone Matthew Ashton Chris McKay Zareh Nalbandian Ryan Halprin Will Allegra Chris Leahy |
Mark Mothersbaugh | Lego System A/S Vertigo Entertainment Lord Miller Productions Rideback |
Animal Logic | |||
| Scoob! | May 15, 2020[nb 1] | Tony Cervone | Matt Lieberman Eyal Podell Jonathon E. Stewart |
Adam Sztykiel Jack Donaldson Derek Elliott Matt Lieberman |
Pam Coats Allison Abbate |
Adam Sztykiel Charles Roven Richard Suckle Jesse Ehrman Dan Povenmire Chris Columbus |
Tom Holkenborg | 1492 Pictures (uncredited) | Reel FX Creative Studios | |||
| Tom & Jerry[a] | February 26, 2021[4] | Tim Story | Kevin Costello | Christopher DeFaria | Tim Story Adam Goodman Steven Harding Sam Register Jesse Ehrman Allison Abbate |
Christopher Lennertz | The Story Company Turner Entertainment Co. |
Framestore | ||||
| Space Jam: A New Legacy[a] | July 16, 2021 | Malcolm D. Lee | Juel Taylor Tony Rettenmaier Keenan Coogler Terence Nance |
Juel Taylor Tony Rettenmaier Keenan Coogler Terence Nance Jesse Gordon Celeste Ballard[5] |
Ryan Coogler LeBron James Maverick Carter Duncan Henderson |
Sev Ohanian Zinzi Coogler Allison Abbate Jesse Ehrman Jamal Henderson Spencer Beighley Justin Lin Terence Nance Ivan Reitman |
Kris Bowers | Proximity Media SpringHill Company |
Industrial Light & Magic Luma Pictures Cinesite[6] Company 3 Animation Tonic DNA House of Moves Day For Nite Studio D Virtuos | |||
| DC League of Super-Pets | July 29, 2022 | Jared Stern Co-Director: Sam Levine |
Jared Stern John Whittington |
Patricia Hicks Dwayne Johnson Dany Garcia Hiram Garcia Jared Stern |
John Requa Glenn Ficarra Nicholas Stoller Allison Abbate Chris Leahy Sharon Taylor Courtenay Valenti[7] |
Steve Jablonsky | DC Entertainment Seven Bucks Productions |
Animal Logic | ||||
Upcoming
| Film | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Executive producer(s) | Composer(s) | Co-production with | Distributor | Animation services | Production status | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Story | Screenplay | |||||||||||
| As Warner Animation Group | ||||||||||||
| Coyote vs. Acme[a] | August 28, 2026 | Dave Green | Based on Coyote v. Acme by Ian Frazier |
James Gunn Chris DeFaria |
Jesse Ehrman Allison Abbate Carsten Lorenz |
Steven Price | Troll Court Entertainment Keylight Pictures |
Ketchup Entertainment | DNEG Duncan Studio (2D animation) |
Completed | [8][9][10][11][12][13][14] | |
| James Gunn Jeremy Slater Samy Burch[8] |
Samy Burch | |||||||||||
| As Warner Bros. Pictures Animation | ||||||||||||
| The Cat in the Hat | November 6, 2026 | Alessandro Carloni Erica Rivinoja |
Based on the book by Dr. Seuss |
Daniela Mazzucato Jared Stern |
Bill Hader Susan Brandt |
TBA | Dr. Seuss Enterprises A Stern Talking To |
Warner Bros. Pictures | DNEG Animation | Completed | [15][16][17] | |
| Alessandro Carloni Erica Rivinoja | ||||||||||||
| Bad Fairies | May 21, 2027 | Megan Nicole Dong | Deborah Frances-White | Mary Coleman Carolyn Soper |
TBA | Isabella Summers (score) Toby Marlow Lucy Moss (songs) |
Locksmith Animation Sketchshark Productions |
In production | [18][19][20][21][22][23] | |||
| Margie Claus | November 5, 2027 | Kirk DeMicco | Ben Falcone Damon Jones |
Melissa McCarthy Ben Falcone Michelle Wong |
TBA | On the Day Productions | TBA | [21][24] | ||||
| Oh, the Places You'll Go! | March 17, 2028 | Jon M. Chu Co-Director: Jill Culton |
Based on the book by Dr. Seuss |
J. J. Abrams Gregg Taylor |
Benj Pasek Justin Paul (songs) |
Dr. Seuss Enterprises Bad Robot Productions |
Industrial Light & Magic | [16][25][26] | ||||
| Rob Lieber | ||||||||||||
| Dynamic Duo | June 30, 2028 | Arthur Mintz | Matthew Aldrich Scott Neustadter Michael H. Weber |
James Gunn Peter Safran Matt Reeves Lynn Harris Theresa Andersson |
Michael E. Uslan | TBA | DC Studios Swaybox 6th & Idaho |
Swaybox | [27] | |||
| Hello Kitty | July 21, 2028 | Leo Matsuda | Based on the character by Yuko Shimizu |
Beau Flynn | Wendy Jacobson | New Line Cinema Sanrio Flynn Picture Company Known Universe |
TBA | [28] | ||||
| Dana Fox | ||||||||||||
| The Lunar Chronicles | November 3, 2028 | Noëlle Raffaele | Based on the book series by Marissa Meyer |
Christina Steinberg | TBA | Locksmith Animation | Industrial Light & Magic | [29][30] | ||||
| Lindsey Ferrentino Kalen Egan Travis Sentell | ||||||||||||
Films in development
| Title | Notes |
|---|---|
| Bugs Bunny | [31] |
| Emily the Strange | co-production with Bad Robot and Dark Horse Entertainment[32] |
| Forestina | [33][34] |
| Funko[S] | [35][36] |
| The Ice Dragon | [37] |
| Looney Tunes | [38] |
| Meerkat Manor | co-production with The Green Room and Oxford Scientific Films[39] |
| Meet the Flintstones | [40] |
| Metal Men | co-production with DC Entertainment |
| Oskee And Gabe Make A Mixtape | co-production with Angry Hero Productions[41][42] |
| Peanut Jones | [43] |
| Supercolossal | co-production with Bad Robot[44] |
| Speedy Gonzales | [45][46][47] |
| Thing One and Thing Two | co-production with Dr. Seuss Enterprises[16] |
| Thisby Thestoop | [48][49] |
| Untitled David Derrick Jr. film | [50][51] |
| Untitled Tom and Jerry film | [52] |
| Which Way To Anywhere | [53] |
| Zero | co-production with Imagine Entertainment[54] |
Cancelled or inactive projects
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Untitled Adventure Time film | A film based on the Cartoon Network animated series Adventure Time, with creator Pendleton Ward set to write and executive-produce, and Chris McKay and Roy Lee producing. Announced in February 2015, it would have been a collaboration between Warner Animation Group, Cartoon Network Studios, Vertigo Entertainment, and Frederator Films. However, on June 12, 2024, during the Annecy Animation Festival, it was announced that an Adventure Time film was in development, with Rebecca Sugar, Adam Muto, and Patrick McHale all involved in the project.[55] |
| The Billion Brick Race | A Lego Movie spin-off film announced in March 2015, with Jason Segel and Drew Pearce signed on to co-direct and write. Jorge R. Gutierrez had signed on as director in August 2017, with a release date of May 24, 2019. Cancelled after The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part underperformed at the box office and the franchise moved to Universal Pictures in 2019. |
| Meet the Beatles | An animated musical film based on the Beatles announced in September 2015, with Paul King in talks to direct. |
| Fowl Road | Announced in February 2016, with Nicholas Stoller to direct. Would have been a take on the "Why did the chicken cross the road?" joke. |
| Pepé Le Pew: The City of Lights | In 2016, Max Landis told San Diego Comic-Con that he was writing a Pepé Le Pew film.[56] The film’s script has been leaked online.[57] Artists have published concept art for the film.[58][59] The movie was cancelled due to sexual assault allegations against Landis in 2017, and a report that the character has not yet been planned to appear in future Warner Bros. productions leaves the feature film in doubt.[60] |
| Bone | Announced in November 2016; an animated adaptation to be produced by Lin Pictures and Animal Logic, with Mark Osborne set to direct. Netflix eventually picked it up as an animated series, but was later cancelled in April 2022 due to a reorganization of Netflix Animation. |
| Lego Superfriends | Sequel to The Lego Batman Movie to be directed by Chris McKay. Cancelled after the Lego Movie franchise went to Universal in 2019 following the box office underperformance of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. |
| Contagious and Emmet Amuck | Two additional Lego Movie shorts for theatrical distribution were in production alongside The Master in 2016: Contagious directed by Patrick Osborne, and Emmet Amuck directed by Jon Saunders and Ross Evans. Both ultimately went unreleased.[61][62][63] |
| Scoob! Holiday Haunt | Prequel to Scoob! directed by Bill Haller and Michael Kurinsky, originally intended for release on HBO Max. Despite production eventually being completed, the film's release was cancelled after the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery by CEO David Zaslav in August 2022. |
| Toto | Feature film adaptation of the Michael Morpurgo and Emma Chichester Clark novel Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz directed by Alex Timbers and written by John August. The animation would have been done by Animal Logic.[64][65][66][67][68][69] |
Short films
Reception
Critical and public response
| Film | Critical | Public | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | |
| The Lego Movie | 96% (258 reviews)[70] | 83 (43 reviews)[71] | A[72] |
| Storks | 65% (139 reviews)[73] | 56 (31 reviews)[74] | A−[75] |
| The Lego Batman Movie | 89% (313 reviews)[76] | 75 (48 reviews)[77] | A−[72] |
| The Lego Ninjago Movie | 56% (132 reviews)[78] | 55 (33 reviews)[79] | B+[72] |
| Smallfoot | 76% (129 reviews)[80] | 60 (25 reviews)[81] | A−[75] |
| The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | 84% (300 reviews)[82] | 65 (52 reviews)[83] | A−[72] |
| Scoob! | 48% (152 reviews)[84] | 43 (33 reviews)[85] | N/a |
| Tom & Jerry | 29% (130 reviews)[86] | 32 (20 reviews)[87] | A−[88] |
| Space Jam: A New Legacy | 25% (229 reviews)[89] | 36 (46 reviews)[90] | A−[91] |
| DC League of Super-Pets | 72% (150 reviews)[92] | 56 (28 reviews)[93] | A−[94] |
Box office performance
| Film | Budget | North America | Overseas gross |
Worldwide gross (unadjusted) | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening | Gross (unadjusted) | |||||
| The Lego Movie | $60–65 million | $69,050,279 | $257,760,692 | $210,300,000 | $468,060,692 | [95] |
| Storks | $70 million | $21,311,407 | $72,679,278 | $110,709,675 | $183,388,953 | [96] |
| The Lego Batman Movie | $80 million | $53,003,468 | $175,750,384 | $136,200,000 | $311,950,384 | [97] |
| The Lego Ninjago Movie | $70 million | $20,433,071 | $59,281,555 | $63,800,000 | $123,081,555 | [98] |
| Smallfoot | $80 million | $23,045,635 | $83,240,103 | $130,800,000 | $214,040,103 | [99] |
| The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | $99 million | $34,115,335 | $105,956,290 | $93,646,912 | $199,603,202 | [100] |
| Scoob! | $90 million | $850,000 | $2,188,425 | $26,370,740 | $28,559,165 | [101] |
| Tom & Jerry | $79 million | $14,112,629 | $46,536,687 | $89,960,850 | $136,497,537 | [102] |
| Space Jam: A New Legacy | $150 million | $31,053,362 | $70,592,228 | $93,100,000 | $163,692,228 | [103] |
| DC League of Super-Pets | $90 million | $23,000,000 | $93,657,117 | $113,900,000 | $207,557,117 | [104] |
Accolades
Academy Awards
| Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Best Original Song | "Everything Is Awesome" written and lyrics by Shawn Patterson | Nominated | [105] |
Annie Awards
British Academy Film Awards
| Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Best Animated Film | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | Won | [110] |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
| Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Best Animated Feature | The Lego Movie | Won | [111] |
| Best Song | "Everything Is Awesome" | Nominated |
Golden Raspberry Awards
| Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Tom & Jerry | Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel | Nominated | ||
| Worst Screen Combo | Tom & Jerry (aka Itchy & Scratchy) | Nominated | |||
| Space Jam: A New Legacy | Worst Picture | Maverick Carter, Ryan Coogler, Duncan Henderson, and LeBron James | Nominated | ||
| Worst Actor | LeBron James as himself | Won | |||
| Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel | Won | ||||
| Worst Screen Combo | LeBron James & any Warner cartoon character (or Time-Warner product) he dribbles on | Won | |||
Satellite Award
| Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Best Motion Picture Animated or Mixed Media | The Lego Movie | Nominated | [112] |
| Best Original Screenplay | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Song | "Everything Is Awesome" | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | The Lego Batman Movie | Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature | The Lego Batman Movie | Nominated | [113] |
Saturn Award
| Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Best Animated Film | The Lego Movie | Won | [114] |
See also
Notes
- Live-action/animated
