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Atsuko Kagari Productions S.A. de C.V., doing business as Little Witch Pictures is a Mexican film and television production and live-action and animation independent studio founded in 2017 by Zack Isaac which is best known for its live-action and animation genre, a currently subsidiary of EuropaCorp since 2020, Televisa since 2021, Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation and DreamWorks Pictures since 2022, Warner Bros. Pictures since 2023, Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures since 2024, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer coming soon in 2025. a formerly subsidiary of Lionsgate until 2026, Walt Disney Pictures and 20th Century Studios until 2027. and a parent of Amblin Partners. while direct-to-video film releases are distributed by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and when the direct-to-digital live-action and animated film releases are distributed by Netflix. Netflix produces Netflix Animation television series premieres and film releases. Live-action and animated films and television series produced or released to oversee the Little Witch Academia main franchise. Little Witch takes its name from the anime Little Witch Academia, created by Yoh Yoshinari, and produced by Studio Trigger.

Subsidiaries[]

Current[]

  1. Televisa
    • Videocine (Mexican distribution only)
    • Pantelion Films (Hispanic American distribution only)
    • Ánima
    • Huevocartoon
  2. StudioCanal (Film distribution in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and France)
  3. Lionsgate Canada (Film distribution in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada)
  4. Netflix (streaming service distribution)
  5. Universal Pictures
  6. Amblin Partners (parent company)
  7. Warner Bros. Pictures
  8. Paramount Pictures (Film distribution in the United States and Canada)
  9. Sony Pictures Releasing under its Columbia Pictures label
  10. Amazon MGM Studios

Former[]

Filmography[]

All films listed are produced and/or distributed by Videocine, Mister Smith Entertainment, Lionsgate Canada, StudioCanal, Reliance Entertainment, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Focus Features, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures through Sony Pictures Releasing, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer through Amazon MGM Studios unless noted otherwise.

Senior creative team of Little Witch Pictures of America, property of Amblin Partners[]

Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, 20th Century Animation and Blue Sky Studios veterans and animators leaving the company at the end of the year, the veterans and animators joined the animation studios. DreamWorks Animation, Illumination, Nintendo, Paramount Animation, Sony Pictures Animation and Skydance Animation Madrid.

Feature films[]

The following is a list of released live-action and animated films by Little Witch Pictures. Some of these films, or still are, in development limbo. These also include the co-productions the studio collaboration (Pathé, EuropaCorp Pictures, EuropaCorp Animation, Televisa, Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, Skydance Media, Annapurna Pictures, Annapurna Animation, Skydance Animation, Netflix Animation, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, New Line Cinema, Legendary Entertainment, Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Movies, New Republic Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Reliance Entertainment, Participant and Focus Features), as well as sequels, spin-offs, reboots and remakes to their franchises.

Released[]

Little Witch Pictures partnered with co-productions with DreamWorks Animation, EuropaCorp Animation, Skydance Animation, Align, GFM Animation, HB Wink Animation, Aniventure, Mikros Animation, Cinesite, Prime Focus, DNEG Animation, Wayfarer Studios, One Cool Group, Locksmith Animation, Annapurna Animation, Ánima and Huevocartoon.

Theatrical films[]

The following is a list of all productions produced or released by Little Witch Pictures, a Mexican independent studio parent of the American entertainment company Amblin Partners, including animated and live-action feature films.

Upcoming films[]

Primary owners, libraries and distributors[]

The separation of Little Witch Pictures from the current pre-library of Paramount Pictures films and the former pre-library of 20th Century Studios films like Universal and DreamWorks library films.

Ownership[]

Zack Isaac Cinematic Universe[]

Little Witch Pictures is the creator of the Zack Isaac Cinematic Universe (ZICU), a media franchise and shared universe of films and television series produced by the studio, based on characters that appear in Little Witch Comics limited anthology series and publications. The studio was founded in 2017 as part of Amblin Partners and has been led by the American businessman best known for being the president and chief operating officer Steven Spielberg in Little Witch Pictures of America headquartered in Los Angeles, California. and has since regained many of those rights. Universal Pictures acquired the studio in 2024, along with the rest of DreamWorks and Amblin productions. the studio become a subsidiary of Spielberg's Amblin itself.

Animated films[]

Live-action films[]

Films in development[]

Animated films[]

Live-action films[]

Unproduced and cancelled projects[]

  • Irma (2019) (The web series was the knock-off version of Erma)
  • Kai (2019) (The film was quietly scrapped not long after but in Netflix and Little Witch Pictures, Disney and Pixar revived the film project set in the ancient Japan)
  • Pizza and Taco (2020) (The animated series was parodying Pickle and Peanut and Apple and Orion. The series about anthropomorphic food characters since Sausage Party. The show was created by Zack Isaac and Carlos Saldanha, produced by Ánima Estudios and streaming on Netflix. The idea was scrapped. but after production on Salma and Bruno started the creators Zack Isaac, Gabriel and Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste. Produced by Ánima, Huevocartoon and Televisa and streaming on Netflix decided to revive and make them the Mexican sister and brother (siblings) instead of the Brazilian food friends.)
  • The Galacticbots (2021) (The release and even the formation of the actual Little Witch company itself, the co-productions with EuropaCorp and Ánima Estudios and former distributed by Universal Pictures and current distributed by Paramount Pictures for an animated sci-fi comedy film. The film about the Gallaxharian teengers named Gene, Gerald, Gilbert, Giselle, Glinda and Ginger, the idea was scrapped when the studio was picked up by Little Witch to make Guardians. The first feature film from Little Witch Pictures and the second Mexican animated film to be distributed by Universal Pictures)
  • Bronzo: The Little Horse (2021) (An animated series based on the Argentine animated film Ico: The Brave Little Horse was commissioned by the mockbuster My Little Pony franchise, and was to be produced by Little Witch and distributed by Netflix)
  • Mike the Hero (2021) (An adult animated series claimed that he was approached to the series starring Mike. The series was streaming on Netflix)
  • Fireboy and Watergirl (2022) (Little Witch announced a computer animated film called Fireboy and Wategirl as part of the 5-picture deal with Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures. the company made it own Disney and Pixar film Elemental (2023) directed by Peter Sohn)
  • The Fireguys (2022) (A film based on the one of Mario enemies was the animated television series The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! by DIC Entertainment, Saban Entertainment and Nintendo)
  • The Haunted Academy (2022) (Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Little Witch Pictures began production an animated horror comedy film. the film was later revived and eventually fast-tracked by Sony Pictures Animation and EuropaCorp Animation with Matt Braly as the director)
  • The Legend of the Crystal Shards (2023) (Little Witch announced an animated fantasy film. The films set in a magical kingdom and fictional Italian country named Miezzomula. A hero named Luigi and the princess named Felicia. Luc Besson were slated to produce the project.)
  • The Passion of the Christ, Apocalypto and Hacksaw Ridge (2024) (Over the next few years Isaac, Besson and Spielberg offered occasional film remake updates, including the possible involvement of Adam Sandler, Zack Isaac and Tobey Maguire and plot ideas including about the Mel Gibson's original films. Development was halted when Icon Productions rights to Gibson's property.)

Production[]

Little Witch Pictures outsources their computer-animated films' production to other studios such as Mikros Animation, Cinesite and DNEG Animation.

Related productions[]

All currently films listed are produced by DreamWorks Pictures, EuropaCorp Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, EuropaCorp Animation, Skydance Media, Skydance Animation, Annapurna Pictures, Annapurna Animation, Ánima, Huevocartoon, Televisa, Netflix Animation, Illumination, Reliance Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Locksmith Animation, Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Animation, New Republic Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists, Amazon MGM Studios, Focus Features, Mister Smith Entertainment, StudioCanal, Lionsgate Canada, Videocine, Apple TV+, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and MGM+ unless noted otherwise. All formerly films listed are distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, 20th Century Studios and Lionsgate and produced by TSG Entertainment and Summit Entertainment libraries until 2026-2027.

  • Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
  • Ferdinand (2017)
  • The Post (2017)
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
  • Marcianos vs. Mexicanos (2018)
  • First Man (2018)
  • Green Book (2018)
  • Welcome to Marwen (2018)
  • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
  • Taxi 5 (2018)
  • Kursk (2018)
  • Renegades (2018)
  • Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
  • Peter Rabbit (2018)
  • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
  • Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
  • Venom (2018)
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
  • Early Man (2018)
  • Long Shot (2019)
  • Knives Out (2019)
  • Norm of the North: Keys to the Kingdom (2019)
  • Norm of the North: King Sized Adventure (2019)
  • Hellboy (2019)
  • Dark Phoenix (2019)
  • The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)
  • Ad Astra (2019)
  • Ford v Ferrari (2019)
  • Spies in Disguise (2019)
  • Missing Link (2019)
  • Hustlers (2019)
  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
  • Abominable (2019)
  • 1917 (2019)
  • Rocketman (2019)
  • Anna (2019)
  • Gemini Man (2019)
  • Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
  • 6 Underground (2019)
  • The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
  • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
  • Detective Pikachu (2019)
  • The Addams Family (2019)
  • Wonder Park (2019)
  • Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
  • Playing with Fire (2019)
  • The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
  • Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
  • La Liga de los 5 (2020)
  • Trolls World Tour (2020)
  • The Croods: A New Age (2020)
  • The Turning (2020)
  • A Mermaid in Paris (2020)
  • The Old Guard (2020)
  • Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)
  • Xico's Journey (2020)
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
  • Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (2020)
  • Norm of the North: Family Vacation (2020)
  • The Call of the Wild (2020)
  • Tenet (2020)
  • Scoob! (2020)
  • Spirit Untamed (2021)
  • The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021)
  • Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)
  • Stillwater (2021)
  • The Addams Family 2 (2021)
  • Without Remorse (2021)
  • The Tomorrrow War (2021)
  • Snake Eyes (2021)
  • Un Rescate de Huevitos (2021)
  • Sing 2 (2021)
  • Tom & Jerry (2021)
  • Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
  • PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021)
  • The Loud House Movie (2021)
  • The J Team (2021)
  • The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
  • Wish Dragon (2021)
  • Vivo (2021)
  • Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021)
  • Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
  • Rock Dog 2: Rock Around the Park (2021)
  • The Woman in the Window (2021)
  • Free Guy (2021)
  • The Last Duel (2021)
  • Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021)
  • West Side Story (2021)
  • The King's Man (2021)
  • The Bad Guys (2022)
  • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
  • Easter Sunday (2022)
  • Ambulance (2022)
  • Trunk Train: The Movie (2022)
  • The Good House (2022)
  • Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)
  • Arthur, malédiction (2022)
  • The Adam Project (2022)
  • Luck (2022)
  • The Fabelmans (2022)
  • Las Leyendas: El origen (2022)
  • Huevitos Congelados (2022)
  • Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
  • DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
  • Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)
  • Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
  • Blue's Big City Adventure (2022)
  • Football Fantasy (2022)
  • Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)
  • Glass Onion: A Kinves Out Mystery (2022)
  • Moonfall (2022)
  • The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)
  • Death on the Nile (2022)
  • Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (2022)
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022)
  • The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022)
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
  • Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (2023)
  • The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
  • Air (2023)
  • Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
  • Heart of Stone (2023)
  • The Family Plan (2023)
  • Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023)
  • Dogman (2023)
  • Rock Dog 3: Battle the Beat (2023)
  • John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
  • Nimona (2023)
  • The Boogeyman (2023)
  • The Creator (2023)
  • Trolls Band Together (2023)
  • Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)
  • La Leyenda de los Chaneques (2023)
  • Leo (2023)
  • Maestro (2023)
  • Migration (2023)
  • The Color Purple (2023)
  • Zoey 102 (2023)
  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
  • PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023)
  • Good Burger 2 (2023)
  • Under the Boardwalk (2023)
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
  • Orion and the Dark (2024)
  • The Tiger's Apprentice (2024)
  • Bob Marley: One Love (2024)
  • Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
  • IF (2024)
  • The Wild Robot (2024)
  • Despicable Me 4 (2024)
  • Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024)
  • The Casagrandes Movie (2024)
  • No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie (2024)
  • The Garfield Movie (2024)
  • Venom: The Last Dance (2024)
  • Arthur the King (2024)
  • Borderlands (2024)
  • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
  • Young Woman and the Sea (2024)
  • Twisters (2024)
  • Weekend in Taipei (2024)
  • Transformers One (2024)
  • Gladiator II (2024) (produced by DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Scott Free Productions and Red Wagon Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)
  • Hump (2024)
  • Spellbound (2024)
  • Trouble (2024)
  • Piece by Piece (2024) (produced by The Lego Group, i am OTHER and Tremolo Productions and distributed by Focus Features)
  • Ozi, Voice of the Forest (2024)
  • Fixed (2024)
  • 10 Lives (2024) (produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, Stage 6 Films and Briarcliff Entertainment)
  • The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2025) (produced by Warner Bros. Animation)
  • A Minecraft Movie (2025)
  • Animal Friends (2025)
  • Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025)
  • Plankton: The Movie (2025)
  • Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2025)
  • Untitled Bee Gees biopic (2025)
  • The Angry Birds Movie 3 (2025)
  • How to Train Your Dragon (2025) (produced by DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment and Marc Platt Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures)
  • Dog Man (2025)
  • The Bad Guys 2 (2025)
  • Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025)
  • Everest (2025) (produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures)
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025)
  • K-Pop: Demon Hunters (2025)
  • Paddington in Peru (2025) (distributed by Columbia Pictures and StudioCanal)
  • Kazorn and the Unicorn (2025)
  • Santa's Magic Crystal (2025)
  • Pookoo (2025)
  • The Girl Robot (2025) (produced by Illumination and Cartoon Saloon and distributed by Universal Pictures)
  • The Hanazuki Movie (2025)
  • Anittinha's Club: The Movie (2025)
  • The Heathcliff Movie (2025) (produced by Revolution Studios, Legendary Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment and Walden Media and distributed by Netflix and Universal Pictures)
  • Detroit Become Human (2025) (produced by Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lightstorm Entertainment, Scott Free Productions, PlayStation Productions, Quantic Dream, One Cool Group and Wayfarer Studios and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, Universal Pictures, Mister Smith Entertainment, Lionsgate Canada and StudioCanal)
  • Shedd (2025)
  • The Lalaloopsy Movie (2025)
  • Sheepish (2025)
  • The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara (2025) (distributed by Universal Pictures)
  • Anubis (2025)
  • The Ark and the Aardvark (2025)
  • The Thursday Murder Club (2025) (distributed by Netflix)
  • A Starlit Journey: The Birth of Hope (2025)
  • Me and My Shadow (2025)
  • True and the Rainbow Kingdom: The Movie (2026) (distributed by Netflix; direct-to-digital film only)
  • Zodiac (2026)
  • B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations (2026)
  • Spooky Jack (2026)
  • Monkeys of Mumbai: The Legend of Raj and Deepu (2026)
  • Goat (2026)
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 (2026)
  • Untitled Wild Kratts film (2026)
  • The Cat in the Hat (2026)
  • Shrek 5 (2026)
  • Penguins of Madagascar 2 (2026)
  • Elvensang (2026) (produced by DreamWorks Animation and Cartoon Saloon and distributed by Universal Pictures)
  • Long Distance (formerly known as Distant) (2026) (produced by DreamWorks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment and distributed by CJ Entertainment in Vietnam and South Korea, WW Entertainment in the Netherlands, Apollo Films Distribution and EuropaCorp Distribution in France and Universal Pictures domestically)
  • Cat on the Run (2026)
  • Ray Gunn (2026)
  • The Thawing (2027) (produced by Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Cartoon Saloon and distributed by Universal Pictures)
  • Bad Fairies (2027)
  • Minions 3 (2027)
  • Dracula: A Love Tale (TBA) (produced and distributed by EuropaCorp Pictures)
  • Foo (TBA)
  • Stray (TBA)

Upcoming short films[]

Upcoming short film series[]

Upcoming direct-to-video films[]

Upcoming direct-to-digital films[]

Upcoming television specials[]

Upcoming television series[]

Animated television series[]

Live-action television series[]

Franchises[]

Title Produced by Distributed by Release dates Notes
Guardians Televisa Universal Pictures 2024-present Based on an original idea by Zack Isaac
Tales of Kung Fu Wa! Warner Bros. Pictures Animation
DreamWorks Animation
Amblin Entertainment
EuropaCorp
Reliance Entertainment
Prime Focus
Wayfarer Studios
One Cool Group Limited
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Universal Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
Based on Kung Fu Wa! by Federation Kids & Family and UYoung Media
Niro Ionik: Vagabond DreamWorks Pictures
Amblin Entertainment
EuropaCorp
Reliance Entertainment
The Spielberg/Krieger Company
One Cool Group
Wayfarer Studios
The ULULU Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Universal Pictures
Based on Niro Ionik: Vagabond by Zack Isaac
Learning with Pibby Warner Bros. Pictures Animation
New Line Cinema
DreamWorks Animation
Amblin Entertainment
Reliance Entertainment
Legendary Entertainment
Blumhouse Productions
Adult Swim
Universal Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
Based on Learning with Pibby by Zack Isaac and Dodge Greenley
FriendZSpace Warner Bros. Pictures Animation
DreamWorks Animation
Amblin Entertainment
Reliance Entertainment
Prime Focus
Wayfarer Studios
One Cool Group Limited
Based on FriendZSpace by Dan Clark and Oscar Covarruvias
Teamo Supremo DreamWorks Animation Universal Pictures Based on Teamo Supremo created by Phil Walsh and produced by Disney Television Animation
Shuriken Academy Based on Shuriken School by Emilio and Jesús Gallego
Little Witch Academia Sony Pictures Animation
Alcon Entertainment
Amblin Entertainment
Reliance Entertainment
Bron Studios
Prime Focus
Wayfarer Studios
One Cool Group Limited
Lord Miller Productions
Columbia Pictures
(via Sony Pictures Releasing)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
(via Amazon MGM Studios)
Based on Little Witch Academia created by Yoh Yoshinari and produced by Studio Trigger

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1st logo (October 22, 2024-present)[]

On October 22, 2024, a new logo was announced. It features characters from Little Witch Academia, Learning with Pibby, Bad Cat Serafín, Tish Tash, Kung Fu Wa! and Guardians. It made its debut on an unlisted video on Little Witch's YouTube channel.

Visuals: On a glowing magenta and blue gradient backdrop that reflects onto the floor, various Little Witch Pictures characters appear in silhouette. The first character is Atsuko Kagari from Little Witch Academia. She strikes a pose before transforming into Pibby from Learning with Pibby, Pibby turns into Serafín from the comic strip Bad Cat Serafín. Serafín turns into Tish from Tish Tash. Tish turns into Tee Zeng from Kung Fu Wa!. Tee Zeng transforms into Kickman, the main protagonist from the first film Guardians, the character turns into "LITTLE WITCH PICTURES" logo, "LITTLE WITCH" for up and "PICTURES" for down. The byline below "AN AMBLIN PARTNERS COMPANY". The lights go out once more. The logo was similar to Hasbro Entertainment in Transformers One debut.

Technique: A mix of 2D (the silhouettes, characters, text and logos) and the animation provided by Little Witch Pictures based in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico, a subsidiary of Amblin Partners.

Audio: A majestic fanfare.

Availability: Debuted on Pyoro.

Trivia[]

  • Little Witch Pictures combines live-action with animation.
    • Little Witch Pictures with MPAA ratings in the United States, rated G, PG, PG-13 and R.