Illumination Entertainment, or simply Illumination, is an American animation film production company, founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007, the studio is best known for being the creators of the spin-off/prequel "Minions", a 2015 American computer-animated comedy film, serving as a spin-off/prequel, to which movie series franchise?
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Illumination Entertainment Illumination Entertainment, or simply Illumination, is an American animation film production company, founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007. It is owned by Meledandri and Universal Studios, a division of NBCUniversal, with Universal fully financing and owning all the films. The studio is best known for being the creators of the "Despicable Me" franchise, its spin-off/prequel "Minions" and the films "The Secret Life of Pets" and "Sing". The Minions, characters from the "Despicable Me" films, are the studio's official mascots. Its films are co-produced and/or distributed by Universal Pictures.
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Minions (film) Minions is a 2015 American computer-animated comedy film, serving as a spin-off/prequel to the "Despicable Me" franchise. Produced by Illumination Entertainment for Universal Pictures, it was directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, written by Brian Lynch, and produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy. The film stars the voices of Coffin (as the Minions, including: Kevin, Stuart and Bob), Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan and Jennifer Saunders with the narration provided by Geoffrey Rush. It was first foreshadowed in the end credits of "Despicable Me 2" (2013), where Kevin, Stuart and Bob, three of the Minions, are seen auditioning for the film.
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Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Animation (currently known alternatively as Warner Animation Group for theatrically released films) is the animation division of Warner Bros. 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 animation division in 1980 to produce "Looney Tunes"–related works.
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (TV series) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (also called Cloudy: The Series) is a Canadian-American animated comedy television series produced by DHX Media and Sony Pictures Animation in association with Corus Entertainment. It is the first television series to be produced by Sony Pictures Animation. Based on the children's book and the film series of the same name, the series was flash animated using Toon Boom Harmony. Originally commissioned by Teletoon, the series premiered in the United States on March 6, 2017, on Cartoon Network, with a sneak peek airing on February 20, 2017. In Canada, the series premiered on April 6, 2017, on YTV.
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Lightyear Entertainment Lightyear Entertainment, headquartered in Studio City, California, is a distributor of independent motion pictures on DVD, Video On Demand, as well as a distributor of music and music videos on CD, DVD, and digital distribution.
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Splash Entertainment Splash Entertainment, LLC, formerly Mike Young Productions LLC and Moonscoop US, is an animation studio that produces children's TV series.
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Jinni (search engine) Jinni is a search engine and recommendation engine for movies, TV shows and short films. The service is powered by the Entertainment Genome, an approach to indexing titles based on attributes like mood, tone, plot, and structure. Its availability is via API, in business-to-business licensing, where it impacts businesses like Comcast's Xfinity product (and others whose capabilities benefit from smart entertainment search).
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The Muppets The Muppets are an ensemble cast of puppet characters known for their self-aware, burlesque, and meta-referential style of variety-sketch comedy. Created by Jim Henson and his wife Jane Henson in 1955, they are the namesake for the Disney media franchise that encompasses feature films, television series, music recordings, theme park attractions, print publications, merchandising, and other media works associated with the characters.
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The Animation Picture Company The Animation Picture Company is an American animation studio in Sherman Oaks, California. It was founded in late 2006 by Dan Chuba, John Davis, Mark A.Z. Dippé, Brain Manis, and Ash Shah.
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Transformers: Movie Adaptation Transformers: Movie Adaptation, published by IDW Publishing, is a 2007 comic book limited series that serves as an adaptation of the 2007 film "Transformers".
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Sanjay's Super Team Sanjay's Super Team is a computer-animated short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. Written and directed by Sanjay Patel, and based on his childhood, it premiered on June 15, 2015 at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France, and accompanied the theatrical release of Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur" on November 25, 2015.
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Hotel Transylvania: The Series Hotel Transylvania: The Series is an animated fantasy television series produced by Sony Pictures Animation and Nelvana in association with Corus Entertainment. It is based on and serves as a prequel to the 2012 film "Hotel Transylvania". The series takes place four years before the events of the first film, focusing on the teenage years of Mavis and her friends at the Hotel Transylvania. The first season, consisting of 26 episodes, premiered on June 25, 2017, on Disney Channel, with the first episode released earlier on June 20, 2017, on the WATCH Disney Channel app, YouTube, and VOD.
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Kidtoon Films Kidtoon Films is a distributor of children's animated films in the United States. The company is a subsidiary of The Bigger Picture, a Cinedigm company. It is currently owned by SD Entertainment, which produced many of its earlier releases. The company is based in Woodland Hills, California.
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Dong Woo Animation DongWoo Animation Co. Ltd (also known as DongWoo A&E Co. Ltd; Korean: 동우에이엔이 ) is an animation studio located in Seoul, South Korea. It has produced many animated series and films created and produced in the United States, Canada, South Korea and Japan. The current CEO of the studio is Kim Young-doo.
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G&amp;G Entertainment G&G Entertainment (Korean: (주)지앤지엔터테인먼트 )is a South Korean/Japanese animation studio which creates animation for the domestic South Korean and Japanese anime markets. The main studio, which is credited as G&G Entertainment, is located in South Korea, while the Japanese subsidiary studio, which is credited as G&G Direction, assists the main studio and aids in getting outsource work from other Japanese studios. G&G Entertainment is known for its collaboration with the Japanese animation studio Gonzo, with which they have produced their most successful series to date, Kaleido Star. Increasingly, the studio is also seeking collaborations with Chinese studios, particularly for the creation of computer animation productions.
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Image Entertainment Corporation Image Entertainment Corporation is a Canadian animation production company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Company was founded in 2000 by company president Sylvain Viau and specializes in 2D and 3D animation for international clientele. The company is currently developing a new children's series called "Spyworld". The company is in devoplment of the new Martin Mystery Season 4 with Marathon in Paris.
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Phil Roman Entertainment Phil Roman Entertainment is an independent animated cartoon studio, founded in 1999 by Film Roman founder Phil Roman.
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Despicable Me 3 Despicable Me 3 (stylized in marketing and onscreen as Despicable M3) is a 2017 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Illumination Entertainment for Universal Pictures. It is the third main installment in the "Despicable Me" film series and the sequel to "Despicable Me 2" (2013). The film is directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, co-directed by Eric Guillon and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio.
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Home Plate Entertainment Home Plate Entertainment is an American animation studio, founded in 2010 by Emmy Award-winning producer, Bill Schultz.
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Todd Durham Todd Durham ( ) is an American filmmaker, comedy writer, and novelist, best known as the creator of the "Hotel Transylvania" movie franchise for Columbia Pictures which he based on his book of the same name. He became the sixth sole-creator of an animated movie franchise that went on to generate over $1 billion from theatrical and ancillary markets after only one sequel. Durham’s works, including over forty screenplays and books, frequently combine fantasy storylines with character comedy.
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Animation Collective Animation Collective was an American animated cartoon studio formed in 2003. The studio was based in New York City and was founded by Larry Schwarz. It was best known for its internet and television series using Adobe Flash, Maya and other software.
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Nickelodeon Animation Podcast Nickelodeon Animation Podcast is a 39-40 minute Podcast series posted on YouTube, iTunes and SoundCloud, which dedicated to the animation works of Nickelodeon Animation Studio, through animators, voice actors, and others. the podcast gives voice to creators and talent from inside and outside of Nickelodeon who brought to life some of the most innovative, hilarious, and heart-tugging animation in the history of television and animation.