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Vanguard Films & Animation
Company typeLLC
IndustryComputer animation
VFX
Motion capture
Animated
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
FoundersJohn H. Williams
Neil Braun
Headquarters
West Hollywood, California
,
United States
Number of locations
3
Key people
John H. Williams (CEO)
Gary Chapman (Head of Prod.)
OwnerStarz Media
Number of employees
10
Websitevanguardanimation.com

Vanguard Films & Animation, often named only as Vanguard Animation, is an American production studio founded in 2002 by producer John H. Williams and Neil Braun.[1] The studio has offices in Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada and Ealing Studios in London, England, United Kingdom. Starz Media owns the studio's minority stake.

History

The studio was founded in 2002 by John H. Williams.[1] For its launch, it signed with Ealing Studios a four-picture deal to produce sub-$40 million computer-animated films.[2][3] The following year, Vanguard sold a minority stake to IDT Corporation and partnered with its animation unit, Digital Production Solutions, to co-produce and co-own all Vanguard's properties,[1][4] including Valiant (2005) produced for Disney.[2]

Filmography

Feature films

# Title Release date Gross Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
1 Valiant August 19, 2005 (US) $61,746,888 32% 45%
2 Happily N'Ever After January 5, 2007 (US) $38,085,778 4% 28%
3 Space Chimps July 18, 2008 $64,834,964 33% 36%
4 Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back (DTV) May 28, 2010 $4,124,518 0% —
5 Get Squirrely June 20, 2015 $1,224,520[5] 34% —
6 Gnome Alone November 2, 2017 $10,800,715[6] 44% —
7 Charming April 20, 2018 $8,751,856[7] 24% —
8 Trouble August 8, 2019 $11,942,158[8] 36% —
9 Fearless August 14, 2020 — 49% —
10 Rally Road Racers May 12, 2023 $2,790,163 73% —

Upcoming

Title Intended release date
Goose Chase TBD

Short films

Unproduced projects

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "IDT Media's Digital Production Solutions -DPS- Signs Joint Venture and Partnership Agreement with Vanguard Animation; DPS Also Gets First Look Rights on all Vanguard Animation Work". Business Wire. July 22, 2003. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "The Walt Disney Studios and 'Shrek' producer John Williams partner for new CG animated film output". PR Newswire. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  3. ^ "The Walt Disney Studios and 'Shrek' Producer John Williams Partner For New CG Animated Film Output". The Free Library. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  4. ^ Bloom, David (July 22, 2003). "Vanguard sells stake, inks IDT co-prod'n deal". Variety. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  5. ^ "Get Squirrely". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  6. ^ "Gnome Alone (2017)". Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  7. ^ "Charming (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  8. ^ "Trouble (2019)". Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  9. ^ "Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance (2001)". IMDb. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  10. ^ "Citizen Siege - the Oddworld Encyclopædia".
  11. ^ "Video Game News & Reviews".
  12. ^ a b c d e "Panda's Stevenson Joins Vanguard's Alien Rock Band" (Press release). Animation World Network. 2010-11-08. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  13. ^ "Mike Johnson to Helm Animated Oz Wars" (Press release). ComingSoon.net. 2010-12-15. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  14. ^ "Ribbit ~ Gary Chapman ~ Vanguard Animation".
  15. ^ a b Mike Fleming (May 10, 2011). "Vanguard Makes Three-Picture Deal With Author/Scribe Ross Venokur". Deadline. Retrieved February 7, 2022.

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