Skydance Animation Madrid

Skydance Animation Madrid
FormerlyIlion Animation Studios (2002–2020)
Company typeDivision
IndustryCGI animation
Founded2002; 24 years ago (2002)
Founders
  • Javier Perez Dolset
  • Ignacio Pérez Dolset[1]
Headquarters
Las Rozas de Madrid, Madrid
,
Spain
Key people
  • Ignacio Pérez Dolset (COO)
  • Jose San Román (CEO)
  • Gonzalo Rueda (CTO & COO)[2]
ParentSkydance Animation (2020–present)

Skydance Animation Madrid (formerly known as Ilion Animation Studios) is a Spanish animation studio based in Madrid, Spain. It is owned by Skydance Animation, a division of Paramount Pictures. After working with Skydance since 2017, they were acquired by the company in 2020, and rebranded as Skydance Animation Madrid.

History

Ilion Animation Studios was originally based in Madrid, Spain. The Perez Dolset brothers, Javier and Ignacio Perez Dolset, founded the company in the year of 2002 to make animated films. Ilion Animation Studios was a partner with U-Tad, which is a European University that is specialized in digital arts and technology. Ilion came up with all of its own content. On occasion, Ilion worked with some of its third parties.[1] Ilion Animation Studios was independently and privately owned.[3]

In March 2017, Ilion announced that they would partner with Skydance Animation to produce two animated feature films: Luck and Spellbound.[4] Skydance Animation formally acquired the studio in April 2020, renaming it as Skydance Animation Madrid.[5]

Former logo as Ilion Animation Studios

Productions

Feature films

Released films

Title Release date Budget Gross Co-production
Planet 51 20 November 2009 $70 million $105.6 million HandMade Films
TriStar Pictures
Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible 28 November 2014 $12.5 million $5.5 million (in Spain) Warner Bros. Pictures
Zeta Cinema
Películas Pendelton
Wonder Park 15 March 2019 $80–100 million[6][7] $119.6 million[8] Paramount Animation
Nickelodeon Movies
Luck 5 August 2022 $140 million[9] N/a Apple Studios
Skydance Animation
Spellbound 22 November 2024 N/a N/a Netflix
Skydance Animation

Upcoming films

Title Release date Ref(s) Co-production
Swapped 2026 [10][11][12] Netflix
Skydance Animation
Ray Gunn [13]
Untitled Jack and the Beanstalk project TBA [14]
Untitled Don Hall project [15]

Short films

Title Release date Co-production
Blush October 1, 2021 Apple TV+
Skydance Animation
Bad Luck Spot! March 17, 2023

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us". Ilion Animation Studios. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Management Team". Ilion Animation Studios. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Financial Information". Ilion Animation Studios. Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. ^ McNary, Dave (10 October 2017). "Skydance Hires Bill Damaschke for Animation-Family Entertainment Post". Variety. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  5. ^ Grater, Tom (6 April 2020). "Skydance Acquires Spain's Ilion Studios To Form Combined U.S.-Europe Animation Outfit". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  6. ^ Faughnder, Ryan (14 March 2019). "'Captain Marvel' is likely to crush 'Wonder Park' at the box office". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  7. ^ Rubin, Rebecca (13 March 2019). "Box Office: 'Captain Marvel' Heads for Heroic Second Weekend". Variety. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Wonder Park (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  9. ^ "John Lasseter's Second Act". The Hollywood Reporter. 27 July 2022. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  10. ^ Amidi, Amid (17 February 2022). "Brad Bird Will Direct 'Ray Gunn' For Skydance Animation". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Netflix Sets Skydance Animation In Multi-Year Deal, First Up Is Alan Menken Musical 'Spellbound;' Rachel Zegler, Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem Star". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023. That will be followed by Pookoo in 2025.
  12. ^ Szalai, Georg (2 October 2025). "Netflix's 'Pookoo' Changes Title to 'Swapped' and Other Updates From Skydance Animation Madrid". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  13. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (17 February 2022). "Skydance Animation Snatches Brad Bird's 'Ray Gunn'". Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  14. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (18 October 2023). "Netflix Sets Skydance Animation In Multi-Year Deal, First Up Is Alan Menken Musical 'Spellbound;' Rachel Zegler, Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem Star". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  15. ^ "'Big Hero 6' Director Don Hall Inks Deal with Skydance Animation". Animation Magazine. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skydance_Animation_Madrid