Talk:Warner Bros. Animation

Untitled
Please stop re-adding animated titles that Warner Bros. distributed. Warner Bros. Animation isn't involved in distribution; they're just a division of Warner Bros. &mdash;tregoweth (talk) 05:21, 4 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Seconded. Just re-re-removed this same tired list. -FuriousFreddy (talk) 23:02, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Template Suggestion
Shouldn't we make a Template for this like others? You can view my page here to see what I mean. I asked because I don't know how to make a Template.--Mato Rei 03:23, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Dreamworks
What is the Dreamworks stuff doing in the infobox? – Ilse@ 13:57, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

No merger.
This article is not to be merged with Warner Bros. Cartoons, for reasons already explaine and discussed at that article. --FuriousFreddy (talk) 23:20, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

"Library" section.
Someone decided to drop a long and unreferenced "Library" section into the bottom of the article. If that person, or someone else, can reference and cite Warners' ownership of all of these assets, it can go back in. Otherwise, here it sits. Note that this is a cleaned up version I attempted to fix up, before I myself started questioning a few of the items on here.

Library
Warner Bros. Animation also manages the animation holdings of Warner Bros. Entertainment. Aside from works produced by Warner Bros. Animation since 1980 and any animated films distributed by Warner Bros., the division also manages the rights to the following works:
 * The Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and all related works
 * The following animated TV series:
 * Productions based upon DC Comics characters produced before 1990 by other studios (The Batman/Superman Hour, Superman, Super Friends, etc.)
 * The Dukes and Police Academy, animated television spin-offs of Warner film and television properties
 * U.S. rights to the anime Marine Boy
 * Non-Japanese rights to the first three Pokémon films, as well as the non-Japanese rights to Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light
 * The 1941-1943 Paramount Superman theatrical cartoons (the cartoons themselves are public domain, but Warner owns the masters)
 * The 1974-89 Rankin/Bass library, inherited from Lorimar-Telepictures
 * The feature film Watership Down
 * The New Line Television animated series The Mask: The Animated Series and Dumb and Dumber
 * The animated holdings of Turner Broadcasting System, which itself includes:
 * Captain Planet and the Planeteers and The New Adventures of Captain Planet
 * The feature film Tom and Jerry: The Movie
 * Most of the pre-1996 Hanna-Barbera Production library
 * Most of the pre-1991 Ruby-Spears library
 * Turner Entertainment's library of pre-1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated productions
 * All MGM animated short subjects and TV specials produced between 1934 and 1970
 * The US rights to the anime film Magic Boy
 * The feature The Phantom Tollbooth
 * Two Tom and Jerry TV series (The Tom and Jerry Show and The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show)
 * Two animated series based on Gilligan's Island (The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet)
 * The 1933-1957 Paramount Popeye theatrical cartoons

Warner Home Video also has DVD rights to programs produced by Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, as well as the Peanuts TV specials and series.

Here's an updated version with more information:

Library
Warner Bros. Animation also manages the vast animation holdings of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which include various aforementioned acquisitions.

Warner retains ownership of all the animated works they themselves produced and/or distributed, including:


 * The Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
 * Including those reacquired from Seven Arts and Turner Entertainment Co.
 * Various TV specials, TV series, and movies based on these characters
 * Various animated TV shows from the 1960s onwards
 * The pre-1992 DC Comics animation series, originally produced by various other studios (such as Filmation, Hanna-Barbera, and Ruby-Spears)
 * The animated spin-offs of The Dukes of Hazzard (The Dukes) and the Police Academy movies (Police Academy), animated by Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears, respectively
 * All WB in-house animated TV shows from 1990 onward
 * Several non-Looney Tunes animated features from 1962 onwards animated by other companies but distributed by Warner Bros.
 * Non-Japanese rights to the first three Pokémon films and Mewtwo Returns, as well as the non-Japanese rights to Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light

In addition, Warner has also acquired several other animated works through various mergers and acquisitions


 * The 1940s Superman theatrical cartoons, originally by Paramount Pictures, Fleischer Studios, and Famous Studios (the cartoons themselves are public domain, but WB owns the masters)
 * Marine Boy
 * The 1974-89 Rankin/Bass library, inherited from Lorimar-Telepictures
 * Watership Down
 * Acquired properties from Turner Entertainment Co.
 * The pre-May 1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated library, including
 * All their short subject cartoons (1934–1967)
 * The US rights to Magic Boy
 * The Phantom Tollbooth
 * Three television specials from 1966–1970
 * Two Tom and Jerry TV series animated by Hanna-Barbera in 1975 and Filmation in 1980
 * Two animated series (The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet) based on Gilligan's Island
 * The Popeye theatrical cartoon series from 1933–57, also originally by Paramount, Fleischer, and Famous Studios
 * The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show (produced by Hanna-Barbera for RKO General)
 * Captain Planet and the Planeteers (produced by DiC Entertainment) and The New Adventures of Captain Planet (produced by Hanna-Barbera)
 * Most of the non-Cartoon Network backlog of Hanna-Barbera Productions, including most TV series, specials, and feature films produced by the company
 * Most of the pre-1991 Ruby-Spears library
 * Tom and Jerry: The Movie
 * The international rights to The Pagemaster (20th Century Fox owns the domestic rights)
 * The New Line Television animated series The Mask: The Animated Series (produced by Film Roman) and Dumb and Dumber (produced by Hanna-Barbera), These became WB ownership in 2008 when WB absorbed New Line Cinema

WB also has VHS/DVD rights to programs produced by Cartoon Network and Adult Swim.

WB also has DVD rights to The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, This is America, Charlie Brown, and the Peanuts TV specials.

Some of these programs can be seen on the Kids' WB website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.95.34.84 (talk) 08:24, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

The word "libraries" is misspelled in the header for this section.

removing POV tag with no active discussion per Template:POV
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Wait until it happens
Should films and TV shows that have simply been announced still be listed? These productions may never come off and if they do it could take a few years to make after that announcement. -- Anythingspossibleforapossible (talk) 18:06, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * They probably shouldn't be listed until there's some evidence that they're actually going to be produced. Trivialist (talk) 20:47, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * There's also some house keeping on the current items. One thing is on the Wacky Races item. The only source listed on it is a toonzone thread. The only real evidence so far is a logo and an Upfront saying it's a reboot that is expected to air in 2016. Nothing has really mentioned if it's a ongoing series or a special/movie. Wacky Races would be "rebooted" in either. And also I checked the source and the one on the Jetsons article assumes it's 2016, although other wrestling news sites instead said 2017. And while there's no real source able information to it without a date from the studio, I'd say the pattern speculates more towards 2017. If you want to keep it because that's what the sourced article says I agree, but at the same time that source doesn't have any definitive information on a date. So maybe a TBA would be better. I also can't find the original post about the script from February/March 2015 but is second-hand referenced in this report from another wrestling site. Which someone can judge if found, since I can stand behind seeing said article making the current source incorrect that it was broken first on the Animation Guild page.

I'll leave any actual editing to more experienced hands, as to whether they'd prefer to leave things as is until they are officially here with dates or not.24.35.37.226 (talk) 14:42, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Are the last few movie release dates real?
Are the release dates for the films after scoob real? Jstar367 (talk) 02:35, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Tom and Jerry: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Why does Tom and Jerry: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which appears to be completely imaginary, keep getting added to the article? Trivialist (talk) 01:30, 25 March 2017 (UTC) Obviously this has since been proven to be an actual thing. Trivialist (talk) 21:27, 6 January 2019 (UTC)


 * There's already been an animated adaptation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with the addition of Tom and Jerry; a direct-to-video feature film called Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017), based on the 1971 live action/special effects musical film that was originally distributed by Paramount Pictures and currently by Warner Bros. Pictures. Today, there are only 14 feature-length movies from the Tom and Jerry franchise, beginning with Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992, 1993). Previously, a new theatrical film starring the cat and mouse duo is announced in April of 2015, but since October of 2018 (25 years after Tom and Jerry: The Movie receives a home video release), it's currently in development to become a live action/animated hybrid film.


 * Um, thanks, but that's not connected to my original question. Trivialist (talk) 21:27, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

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Splitting "Warner Animation Group" into another page
Currently, "Warner Animation Group" redirects to this page, and the page itself says that "Warner Bros. Animation" labels itself as "Warner Animation Group" for theatrically released films; there is enough evidence showing that WBA and WAG are two separate entities. For starters, "Warner Bros. Animation" is listed as part of Warner Bros. Television Group via the Warner Bros. careers website, mainly deals in television series and direct-to-home/streaming films, and is headed by Sam Register as President. During December 2017, Deadline reported that Allison Abbate and Chris Leahy were named executives at Warner Animation Group and both answer to the President and CCO of Warner Bros. Pictures (Toby Emmerich), and the President of Production and Development at Warner Bros. Pictures (Courtenay Valenti), showing that WAG is its own studio under Warner's film division and not their television division. Lastly, WAG's logo appears on the marketing material for all of their post-The Lego Movie productions (see, the posters for Storks, Smallfoot, The Lego Ninjago Movie on their respective pages). Teen Titans Go! to the Movies, an upcoming theatrical animated feature from WB, features WBA's logo on the poster because it is being produced at the television division, making the Wikipedia article's claim that all theatrical animated features from WB are labeled WAG's inaccurate. Taking this information into account and giving that WAG is becoming a major animation film studio with five released films under their belt and a number of others under development, I feel it deserves its own separate page. --J.Severe (talk) 22:09, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Makes sense. A lot of the sarticle seems to be assembled from guesses based on watching film and TV credits. Trivialist (talk) 02:37, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Can we remove all the Warner Animation Group projects from this page now? Because it is now known that WAG is part of Warner Bros. Pictures while Warner Bros. Animation is a part of Warner Bros. Television. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Duperon-Droz (talk • contribs)
 * Is it, though? Trivialist (talk) 02:23, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
Is Teen Titans Go! To the Movies a Warner Animation Group film? The trailer for the film does not feature the WAG logo, and the source that lists the movie does not specifically say Warner Animation Group. 50.50.122.181 (talk) 02:02, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Hanna Barbera as a "division"
I reverted this edit, which inserted a claim that Hanna Barbera is a division of Warner Bros. Animation. As Hanna Barbera dissolved in 2001, it cannot be a division of Warner Bros. Animation. Please do not add this in unless you find a source that states otherwise. Aoi (青い) (talk) 19:40, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 September 2018
Can you please change this part back from:

"Warner Bros. Animation is the animation division of Warner Bros."

To:

"Warner Bros. Animation is the animation division of Warner Bros., a subsidiary of WarnerMedia."

The other paragraph says "Since 1990, Warner Bros. Animation has primarily focused upon the production of television and feature animation of other properties, notably including those related to WarnerMedia's DC Comics publications since 1992", but it's not even linked. 186.115.82.208 (talk) 20:47, 21 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I am not (yet) formally answering this edit request, but do want to note here that I reworded the second paragraph to remove mentions of WarnerMedia since D.C. and Hanna-Barbera are both controlled by Warner Bros. For now, I leave it up to other editors to assess whether it's appropriate to mention WarnerMedia in the opening line of the article. Aoi (青い) (talk) 21:14, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. LittlePuppers (talk) 00:40, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Elizabete de Lima Silva (talk) 15:44, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

I think you meant why WBA wasn't involved with this show.

Warner Bros. Animation was never involved with this show in the first place, because it was done by other companies in the U.S., Canada and France. But WBE still owns the trademark and copyrights for the original series, so Shen Gong Wus got renamed and Dojo got yellow. Also, a chunk of the crew of the original series also returned, so...

It's weird, even for me. I hope I wasn't incomprehensible with this explanation.

(Sidenote: Here's a tip: watch the credits. Pause to read the info.) Andrei Bondoc (talk) 08:06, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 April 2019
Please apply the changes in this diff: 5.104.90.107 (talk) 16:30, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done NiciVampireHeart 16:45, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Xiaolin Chronicles
Why Xiaolin Chronicles is not involved with Warner Bros. Animation?

Semi-protected edit request on 8 July 2020
The first animated film that Warner Bros. released in the 1990s decade is The Nutcracker Prince in 1990, not Rover Dangerfield. It came out a year before the latter and it also under-performed due to lack of promotion and received negative reviews. Can anyone please mention that on this article? Filmlover4654 (talk) 03:55, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.  JTP (talk • contribs) 21:36, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Change this sentence from:
 * " In 1991, Warner Bros. distributed its first animated film, Rover Dangerfield. Its title character is a dog whose look and mannerisms are inspired by his voice actor Rodney Dangerfield. The film received mixed reviews and under-performed at the box office due to lack of promotion. Three years later, Warner distributed Don Bluth's Thumbelina, which also received mixed reviews from critics and under-performed at the box office. "


 * To:


 * " During the rise of the animation renaissance in the early 1990s, Warner Bros. distributed its first animated films: The Nutcracker Prince in 1990, which is a Canadian-produced feature film based on E. T. A. Hoffmann's classic holiday tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King; and Rover Dangerfield in 1991, whose title character is a dog whose look and mannerisms are inspired by his voice actor Rodney Dangerfield. Both films received negative and mixed reviews respectively and under-performed at the box office due to lack of promotion. Three years later after the release of Rover Dangerfield, Warner distributed Don Bluth's Thumbelina, which also received mixed reviews from critics and under-performed at the box office. "


 * Filmlover4654 (talk) 21:45, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Here's a reliable source as well: Filmlover4654 (talk) 02:48, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: Citing DVD extras for articles is problematic since it presents verifiability issues. Is there a printed source that you can cite? Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 17:13, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-01-ca-64365-story.html
 * https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-30-ca-2092-story.html
 * https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-19-ca-3048-story.html
 * https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-21-ca-4466-story.html
 * https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-22-ca-3857-story.html
 * Filmlover4654 (talk) 18:05, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Aren't you guys changing this sentence yet? These are the sources I provided. Filmlover4654 (talk) 22:53, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay, I added the reference links in the sentence. Filmlover4654 (talk) 17:51, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * , please have some patience. There is no-one who's job it is to answer edit requests. I have been trying to verify your offered references and all of them I've looked at so far have failed verification. When I get a chance, I will try to find the others and see what can be used. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 18:22, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I need to verify that these three sources mention The Nutcracker Prince, and these other two sources mention Rover Dangerfield. You need to put either "Nutcracker" or "Rover" in the "find" bar to see the mentions. Filmlover4654 (talk) 21:24, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * These references I added don't have "failed verification" as I said before, they're actually accurate so this is true. I've been waiting and yet none of this is being changed. Filmlover4654 (talk) 17:45, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * , stop pinging me. I have no responsibility or duty to make your change for you on your self-determined timeline. The more you express frustration at this the less I'm motivated to help you.  I edit Wikipedia as a hobby and when it is no longer enjoyable I stop.  Congratulations, you've tripped across that line for me with this article.  Maybe someone else will take up your demands. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 18:11, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Seriously, I'm not self-determined or demanding things. People kept thinking that Rover Dangerfield was the studio's first 90s animated feature release when it's actually not. They released another animated movie a year before that. Filmlover4654 (talk) 19:34, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Can't you guys please hurry up and change this sentence already? Filmlover4654 (talk) 21:29, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
 * No. I echo what Eggishorn said: I have no responsibility or duty to make your change for you on your self-determined timeline. Ask someone who is active in editing this page or wait your turn.  JTP (talk • contribs) 22:26, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Filmlover4654, please don't leave your edit request open when you have already made the edit yourself. Meters (talk) 23:50, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
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"reestablishment"
Does anybody really think this is acceptable grammar? This is why wikipedia has gone down the pan. I can't even correct it because the page is locked until 2027 for some stupid reason. 86.155.235.244 (talk) 23:46, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 July 2023
NoName1390 (talk) 16:19, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Put this new logo : File:Warner Bros. Animation 2023 Logo.png
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: no reason given as to why we should replace a vector logo with a raster one. M.Bitton (talk) 16:46, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 March 2024
January 1989

Warner Bros. Feature Animation Start date and age 120.22.181.107 (talk) 07:24, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Funnyfarmofdoom (talk to me) 15:35, 27 March 2024 (UTC)