In addition, the closure of the studio will also affect the ongoing and planned films. At present, the production of the new animated film "Nimona" directed by Patrick Osborne has stopped. The film was originally scheduled to be released at 65438+ 10/4 next year, and its release prospect is unknown.
A spokesman for Blue Sky Studio said in an interview with Deadline: "In view of the current economic reality, after careful consideration and evaluation, we made a difficult decision and decided to close the film production business of Blue Sky Studio." Disney has three animation studios: Disney Animation, Pixar and Blue Sky. The COVID-19 epidemic has brought great challenges to the film and television industry, making it difficult for Disney to maintain three animation studios at the same time.
Moreover, the works of Blue Sky Studio have not performed well in recent years. The latest work of Blue Sky Studio is the animated film "Transformed Agents" dubbed by will smith and tom hollander. The film was released on 20 19 and 12, and the global box office only earned $65438+700 million.
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Blue Sky Studio once regarded Ice Age as its most brilliant work.
1999, 20th Century Fox acquired Blue Sky Studio. With the help of Fox's resources, Blue Sky began to make its first animation "Ice Age". In 2002, the first Ice Age was released.
The film revolves around three prehistoric animals in the Ice Age and a human abandoned baby. It tells the story of Manny the Mammoth, Sid the sloth and Tiago the saber-toothed tiger, who responded to disasters during the ice age two million years ago and finally saved the day by teamwork. The little squirrel in the film also made Blue Sky Studio famous.
In 2009, "Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaur" earned 888 million dollars at the box office, making it the first animation at the global box office in 2009. From 2002 to 20 16, the ice age series took five films in fourteen years. At present, the total box office of the Ice Age series has exceeded 3 billion.
Interface News-Disney has made a "difficult decision" to close the Blue Sky Studio that produced Ice Age.