Spotlight Animation Studios

Spotlight Animation Studios (or simply Spotlight) is an American computer animation studio that produces animated films and television series and is a subsidiary of 20th Century Animation. Founded on July 4, 2022 by former Blue Sky collaborators Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha and based in Glendale, California, it is the spiritual successor to the now-defunct 3D computer animation studio Blue Sky Studios, which shut down in 2021.

History
Spotlight Animation Studios was founded in July 2022 by former Blue Sky Studios collaborators Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha after the closure of Blue Sky in April 2021 and the success of Ice Age: Scrat Tales. The studio's task was to produce two animated films a year with a budget range of $80-$100 million. In 2023, Spotlight formed a multi-year partnership with Texas-based animation and visual effects studio Reel FX Animation, which animated Free Birds, The Book of Life, ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoob! Scoob!], and Rumble, to provide animation for Spotlight's films, starting with Robots: Ratchet Strikes Back''. In 2025, Spotlight officially acquired Reel FX and rebranded the studio as Spotlight Animation Texas.

Process
In a similar fashion to Sony Pictures Animation and Warner Animation Group, Spotlight does not produce its films in-house where it is based in Glendale, but rather outsources the animation production of its films to other studios, with the majority of their films being animated by Spotlight Animation Texas (its sister company). Some films were animated by other studios outside of Spotlight's Texas animation studio. For example, the Buck Wild films were animated by DNEG, while Popeye, Kazorn and the Unicorn and Medusa were animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks.

Feature films

 * 1) Robots: Ratchet Strikes Back (2025)
 * 2) Anubis (2025, co-produced with TSG Entertainment)
 * 3) Ice Age: Freezing Finale (2026)
 * 4) Frogkisser (2026, co-produced with Davis Entertainment)
 * 5) Spies in Disguise: Killian Returns (2027, co-produced with Chernin Entertainment)
 * 6) Alvin and the Chipmunks: Race Around the World (2027, co-produced with Regency Enterprises, New Regency and Bagdasarian Productions)
 * 7) Robots: Lost in Boltropolis (2028)
 * 8) Cardboard (2028, co-produced with Scott Free Productions)
 * 9) Buck Wild: Legend of the Lost World (2029, Disney+ exclusive)
 * 10) Left Tern (2029, co-produced with Davis Entertainment)
 * 11) Spies in Disguise: The Last Mission (2030, co-produced with Chernin Entertainment)
 * 12) Popeye (2030, co-produced with King Features Syndicate)
 * 13) The Epic Adventures in Ferngully (2031, Disney+ exclusive)
 * 14) Spore (2031, co-produced with Electronic Arts)
 * 15) Buck Wild: Attack of the Pterosaurs (2032, Disney+ exclusive)
 * 16) Mutts (2032, co-produced with King Features Syndicate)
 * 17) Fender Pinwheeler (2033, Disney+ exclusive)
 * 18) Alienology (2033, co-produced with 21 Laps Entertainment)
 * 19) Yummo Wickersham (2034, Disney+ exclusive)
 * 20) Kazorn and the Unicorn (2034)
 * 21) Nico and Pedro (2035, Disney+ exclusive)
 * 22) Zita the Spacegirl (2035)
 * 23) Roshan: The Untold Story (2036, Disney+ exclusive)
 * 24) Medusa (2036)

Films in development

 * Alcatraz vs, The Evil Librarians
 * Alien Rock Band
 * Amulet
 * Club Wildlife
 * Dino Riders
 * Fraidy Cat
 * Gatchaman
 * Mecha Justice (formerly known as Calling All Robots)
 * Mega Man
 * Oldzilla
 * Plants vs. Zombies
 * Rumblewick
 * Santa Calls
 * Scrat: Escape from Planet Acorneus
 * Scrat: The Quest for the Last Acorn
 * Speed Drifters
 * Stoneflight
 * T28
 * The Graveyard Book
 * The Iguana Brothers
 * The Mouse Guard
 * Tusker

Television series

 * 1) Ice Age: Subzero Adventures (2026-2028)
 * 2) Robots Assembled (2026-2028)
 * 3) Ice Age: A New Beginning (2027-2029)
 * 4) Real in Rio (2028-2032)
 * 5) Spies in Disguise: Pigeon Impossible (2028-2030)
 * 6) The Legendary Buck Wild (2030-2032)

Staff (A-Z)

 * Peter Ackerman
 * James Baxter
 * Noah Baumbach
 * Peter Baynham
 * Michael Berg
 * Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger
 * Bibo Bergeron
 * Ash Brannon
 * Yoni Brenner
 * Nick Bruno
 * Chris Buck
 * Dave Callaham
 * Alessandro Carloni
 * Tom Caulfield
 * Brenda Chapman
 * Galen T. Chu
 * Jill Culton
 * Bill Damaschke
 * Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio
 * Kirk DeMicco
 * Karen Disher
 * John C. Donkin
 * Joaquim Dos Santos
 * Michael Dougherty
 * Derek Drymon
 * Lauren Faust
 * Lori Forte
 * Jeff Gabor
 * Dan and Kevin Hageman
 * Sam Harper
 * Jimmy Hayward
 * Jim Hecht
 * Vicky Jenson
 * William Joyce
 * Todd Kauffman
 * Brian Keane
 * Jennifer Kluska
 * Buck Lewis
 * Kevin Lima
 * David Lindsay-Abaire
 * Donnie Long
 * Carl Ludwig
 * Angus MacLane
 * Steve Martino
 * Michael McCullers
 * Jim Morris
 * Kevin Munroe
 * Matthew O'Callaghan
 * Mark Osborne
 * Bob Persichetti
 * Troy Quane
 * Eduardo Quintana
 * Mike Reiss
 * Chris Renaud
 * Denise L. Rottina
 * Carlos Saldanha
 * Jonah Sidhom
 * John Stevenson
 * Michael Tanzillo
 * Genndy Tartakovsky
 * Kevin Temmer
 * Doug TenNapel
 * Michael Thurmeier
 * Guillermo del Toro
 * Jeff Turley
 * Jon Vitti
 * Chris Wedge
 * Justin Weg
 * Michael J. Wilson
 * Edgar Wright

Notable composers (A-Z)

 * Lorne Balfe
 * Harry Gregson-Williams
 * James Newton Howard
 * Tom Howe
 * Henry Jackman
 * Heitor Pereira
 * John Powell (frequently)
 * Batu Sener
 * Benjamin Wallfisch
 * Geoff Zanelli
 * Hans Zimmer