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Geo Animation Studios | |
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Type | Subsidiary of DreamWorks Pictures |
Industry | CGI animation Motion pictures |
Founded | June 23, 1988 (as Jakelsm Animation) September 18, 1990 (as Geo Animation Studios) |
Founder(s) | Jake Sharratt |
Headquarters | New York City, New York, USA |
Key people | Jake Sharratt Chris Jones[1] Ruairi Robinson |
Products | CGI animated films |
Owner(s) | General Electric (1991–2004) NBCUniversal (2004-2012) Comcast (2012-present) |
Parent | DreamWorks Pictures (General Electric) (1991-2004) (NBCUniversal) (2004-present) |
Subsidiaries | Geo Lix FX Geo Animation Japan Geo Media |
Geo Animation Studios, LLC. (formerly known as Jakelsm Animation) is an Canadian-American CGI animation studio founded on September 18, 1990 by Jake Sharratt, later the creator of World of Jake. It is owned since 1991 by DreamWorks Pictures and based in New York, USA.[2] The company is known for the well-recognized Greenuts series, as well as their contributions to an episode of The Jan and Jason Show (Alevy/Film Roman/Fox). The studio's first feature film Greenuts was released in 1993, followed by three sequels which included Greenuts 2: The 2nd Film Begins (1997), Greenuts 3: The 10th Geo Animation Studios Film (2007), and Greenuts 4: A New Beginning (2015). A fifth film, Greenuts 5: The New Groove, is set to be released in 2018. Greenuts 2 marks the first time that the studio made a sequel. Other work includes Vegetables and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends film series.
History[]
Jakelsm Animation[]
Before Jake Sharratt, the creator of World of Jake started Geo Animation Studios in 1990, Jake Sharratt created a animation studio named Jakelsm Animation in 1988 right after Sharratt created Jakelsm Home Entertainment. In 1990, However, it was renamed to Geo Animation Studios.
Paramount Pictures[]
By October 1, 1991, a deal was announced positioning Geo as DreamWorks's family entertainment arm (later in 1994 General Electric) that would produce one to two films a year starting in 1993. It is co-owned by DreamWorks who exclusively distributes the films. Geo's first film Greenuts was released on November 17, 1993. It has since then been solely focused on animated features.
In 1996, Geo's second film Under the Blue Sea was released in theatres November 12, 1996.
In 1997, Geo's third film Greenuts 2: The 2nd Film Begins was released in theatres November 29, 1997, it's sequel to Greenuts.
Lix FX[]
In the summer of 1998, Lix FX became Geo Animation Studios's Vancouver animation studio, Geo Lix FX.[3][4][5]
Tj's World reboot[]
Geo G., the creator of Geo's World, said that the company was going to make the reboot of the Tj's World film series, titled Tj's World (since Paramount owns both Geo and the Tj's World movies), respectively. But TjsWorld2011/Tjdrum2000 said it was actually TjsWorld2011 Pictures who would be doing it. The film was later cancelled in August 2012.
Upcoming projects[]
Geo Animation Studios is currently working on Chester Raccoon (2016), Last Place (2016), My Life as a Teenage Robot: Letta and The Steel Troops (2016), The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2016), and more. and has many other projects in development, including Crash Bandicoot and Balloon 2: The Adventures Begin and a reboot to the Greenuts film series.
On April 14, 2015, Geo Animation Studios had bought DHX Media is the distributor with Paramount Pictures to make feature films based on DHX Media's TV shows.
On June 21, 2015, Geo Animation Studios is decided that Sony Pictures Imageworks will be handle CGI animation, starting with Jenny and Penny's theatrical feature film 'Get Funny!' which will be released in 2017.
On July 30, 2015, The studio brought the rights of the Freshwater High Cheerleaders from Disney's animated series Fish Hooks and added them to the Geo Animation Studios portfolio. It is unknown that they will be featured in an CGI-animated film.
On November 1, 2015, Geo Animation Studios is planning to develop a live-action/CGI animated film featuring Clyde Wilson from Kick & Gunther: Rainbow Rocks.
Filmography[]
Feature films[]
# | Title | Release date | Budget | Gross | RT | MC |
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1 | Greenuts | November 17, 1993 | $59,000,000 | $383,257,136 | 77% | 7.4 |
2 | Under the Blue Sea | November 12, 1996 | $75,000,000 | $260,718,330 | 64% | 6.4 |
3 | Greenuts 2: The 2nd Film Begins | November 29, 1997 | $80,000,000 | $655,388,158 | 57% | 6.9 |
4 | Green Slugs in the Yellow Bag | November 2, 1999 | $85,000,000 | $297,138,014 | 79% | 7.2 |
5 | Red | July 28, 2001 | $90,000,000 | $886,686,817 | 45% | 7.1 |
6 | The Don and Don | August 6, 2002 | $90,000,000 | $484,635,760 | 72% | 7.2 |
7 | Joe | March 15, 2004 | $90,000,000 | $257,743,636 | 55% | 5.8 |
8 | A Midnight Film | April 17, 2005 | $90,000,000 | $456,975,733 | 85% | 1.7 |
9 | The Fun-House | November 2, 2006 | $90,000,000 | $347,543,856 | 32% | 7.9 |
10 | Greenuts 3: The 10th Geo Animation Studios Film | March 13, 2007 | $90,000,000 | $874,456,246 | 66% | 2.1 |
11 | A Snake's Creek | July 21, 2008 | $90,000,000 | $632,918,367 | 29% | 9.2 |
12 | Going Crackers | December 11, 2009 | $90,000,000 | $929,654,872 | 87% | 1.9 |
13 | Dr. Seuss' Daisy-Head Mayzie | October 11, 2010 | $90,000,000 | $294,732,765 | 12% | 6.5 |
14 | Dead Lead | May 21, 2011 | $90,000,000 | $831,192,832 | 63% | 1.8 |
15 | Vegetables | July 18, 2012 | $90,000,000 | $632,691,951 | 93% | 6.1 |
16 | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | June 28, 2013 | ||||
17 | World of Jake | December 13, 2013 | ||||
18 | Rocket Gems | March 14, 2014 | ||||
19 | Gerald McBoing Boing | September 23, 2014 | ||||
20 | The Super Clones | August 14, 2015 | ||||
21 | Greenuts 4: A New Beginning | November 26, 2015 | ||||
22 | The Cutie Mark Crusaders | March 21, 2016 |
Upcoming films
Title | Release date | Ref(s) |
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Chester Raccoon | July 22, 2016 | [6][7] |
Last Place | October 14, 2016 | [8]|- |
My Life as a Teenage Robot: Letta and The Steel Troops | November 2, 2016 | |
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | December 9, 2016 | [9] |
Dr. Seuss' The Sneetches | February 3, 2017 | [8][10] |
Janice Begins | July 14, 2017 | |
Greenuts 5: The New Groove | July 13, 2018 | |
The Mutants of 2051 AD | November 9, 2018 | |
The Cutie Mark Crusaders 2 | February 15, 2019 | |
Chowder | December 6, 2019 | |
The P-Head Movie | June 5, 2020 |
Films in development
Television Series[]
- For the full list, see List of cancelled Digital-Pen Animation Studios projects.
Short films[]
# | Title | Release date |
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1 | Greenuts | November 24, 1990 |
2 | Ball | March 16, 1991 |
3 | Flower Guy | July 8, 1992 |
4 | Shoe | August 3, 1994 |
5 | Fuzzy Color Dimes | May 7, 1995 |
6 | Greenuts Fever[11] | December 19, 1997 |
7 | Three Balloons | August 19, 1998 |
8 | Black and White | December 8, 2000 |
9 | It's a Dog's Life | August 17, 2003 |
10 | Mami's Big Sip | June 17, 2004 |
11 | Busted | March 2, 2005 |
12 | Space Ship on the Road | November 6, 2005 |
13 | Toon and Toom | November 2, 2006 |
14 | Pipi's Home for Birds | July 21, 2008 |
15 | Red Bitt | November 9, 2008 |
16 | Greenuts: The Fun Ride | August 19, 2009 |
17 | Ble's Cool | October 11, 2010 |
18 | Greenuts: The Second Short | November 3, 2011 |
19 | Ted | July 18, 2012 |
20 | Choopie's Guide | December 25, 2012 |
21 | Finley's World: The 1st Ever Short! | June 8, 2013 |
22 | Yellow Frogs | June 28, 2013 |
23 | Finding Another Imaginary Friend [12] | November 15, 2013 |
24 | That's My Horse! | November 26, 2015 |
25 | Sly | July 22, 2016 |
Television specials[]
# | Title | Release date | Network |
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1 | Greenuts: A Very Special Christmas | December 25, 1996 | CBS |
2 | The Don and Don: Whack Attack! | January 23, 2015 | Nickelodeon |
Television series[]
# | Title | Premiere date | End date | Network |
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1 | Greenuts | August 27, 1994 | November 19, 1994 | CBS |
2 | Poison Invaders | October 9, 2013 | ABC | |
3 | The Adventures of BallCone | January 7, 2014 | CBS (2014-present)
Nickelodeon (2014-present) | |
4 | Weirdo Monsters | January 13, 2009 | Cartoon Network (2009-present)
CBS Kids (2011-present) |
Contributions[]
- The Jan and Jason Show (1990) – 3D Jan, Jason and objects in the episode 3D Jan and Jason
Theme park attractions[]
While Geo Animation Studios has never had its own theme park, theme parks have made rides based on Geo films and co-productions.
- Greenuts Land, a children's area at Paramount Canada's Wonderland (now Canada's Wonderland).
- Greenuts: The Fun Ride, a simulator ride at Universal Studios Florida. Also existed at Universal Studios Hollywood.
- Under the Blue Sea: Boat Ride, a water ride at Universal Studios Japan.
Trivia[]
- The characters from Greenuts eventually turn out being their company's mascots.
- The name for the company came from the show Geo's World.
See also[]
- Geo Animation Studios Production Logo
- Geo Animation Studios Wiki
- Paramount Pictures
- Viacom
- Paramount Animation
- Jake Sharratt
- List of Geo Animation Studios films
- List of Geo Animation Studios short films
- Easter egg
- List of cancelled Geo Animation Studios projects
External links[]
References[]
- ↑ Fleming, Mike (2011-05-15). "Paramount Marketing Head Eddie Egan Moving To Top Geo Post". Deadline.com.
- ↑ "Sharratt, Paramount team on deals - Entertainment News, Exclusives, Media"
- ↑ Fleming, Mike (November 14, 1998). "Paramount Pictures Buys British Columbia Animation Unit For Jake Sharratt’s Geo".
- ↑ Juridic informations about Geo Lix FX
- ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (December 12, 1998). "Paramount benefit in Lix FX accord".
- ↑ Kit, Borys (March 29, 2012). "'Chester Raccoon' Children's Book Headed to Big Screen From Paramount (Exclusive)".
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- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Geo G. (March 3, 2012) Jake Sharratt's Geo makes more films, World of Jake, More Dr. Seuss films and Real World
- ↑ Geo G. (November 7, 2012). "Billy and Mandy Movie In Development at Paramount."
- ↑ "The Sneetches Set for February 3, 2017, Soul Eater Moves to December 22, 2017". ComingSoon.net.
- ↑ Jake Sharrat (November 10, 1997). "New Greenuts Short in Front of Titanic".
- ↑ Geo G. (August 3, 2012). "EXCLUSIVE: Jake Sharratt's Geo's Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends releases on DVD and Blu-ray on November of 2013".
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