{"id":18340,"date":"2020-04-06T10:12:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T14:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/skydance-media-purchases-ilion-studios-animation-unit\/"},"modified":"2020-04-06T10:12:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T14:12:10","slug":"skydance-media-purchases-ilion-studios-animation-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/skydance-media-purchases-ilion-studios-animation-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Skydance Media Purchases Ilion Studios&#8217; Animation Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Skydance Media has acquired the animation unit of Madrid-based Ilion Studios, forming Skydance Animation Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world is going through an unprecedented and uncertain time,\u201d said David Ellison, CEO of Skydance Media. \u201cToday\u2019s acquisition marks the culmination of many months of work to build one studio across two continents, with the goal of creating the highest-quality animation, led by best-in-class talent from around the world. The addition of Skydance Animation Madrid to our portfolio of businesses underlines my passion and commitment to bringing iconic animated stories and characters to life from some of the most talented artists and voices in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to expand our partnership with Skydance Animation and to further collaborate with Skydance founder David Ellison and elite talent like John Lasseter and Holly Edwards,\u201d said Ignacio P\u00e9rez Dolset, founder, president and chief creative officer of Ilion. \u201cThis is a phenomenal growth opportunity for our team in Spain and we\u2019re proud to be an integral part of Skydance\u2019s exciting future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ilion Animation Studios creates state-of-the-art computer-animated feature films. The acquisition combines the creative capital of Skydance with Ilion\u2019s talent roster, ensuring Skydance Animation\u2019s full oversight of all production aspects.<\/p>\n<p>Skydance Animation\u2019s upcoming feature slate includes <em>Luck<\/em>, directed by Peggy Holmes (<em>The Little Mermaid: Ariel\u2019s Beginning<\/em>) and written by Kiel Murray (<em>Cars<\/em>, <em>Cars 3<\/em>) and Jonathan Aibel &amp; Glenn Berger (the <em>Kung Fu Panda<\/em> series); <em>Spellbound<\/em> (working title), directed by Vicky Jenson (<em>Shrek<\/em>, <em>Shark Tale<\/em>) and written by Lauren Hynek &amp; Elizabeth Martin (<em>Mulan<\/em> [2020]) and Linda Woolverton (<em>Beauty and the Beast<\/em>, <em>The Lion King<\/em>); and <em>Pookoo<\/em> (working title\/currently in development), written and directed by Nathan Greno (<em>Tangled<\/em>) and produced by Jennifer Magee-Cook (<em>The Princess and the Frog<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skydance Media has acquired the animation unit of Madrid-based Ilion Studios, forming Skydance Animation Madrid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":18341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2427],"class_list":["post-18340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-skydance-media","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Skydance Media Purchases Ilion Studios&#039; 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