Jam Filled Entertainment

Jam Filled Entertainment is a Canadian animation studio based in Ottawa, Ontario. Jam Filled is a division of Boat Rocker Media and has additional facilities in Toronto and Halifax. It is best known for animating the Nickelodeon series The Loud House, and for animating Thomas & Friends between 2013 and 2020.

History
Jam Filled Entertainment was founded in Manotick in 2007 by Kyle MacDougall, Phil Lafrance, and Jamie Leclaire. In January 2011, Jam Filled moved to a new location in Ottawa. On August 3, 2016, Boat Rocker Media acquired Jam Filled Entertainment. On August 22, Jam Filled purchased the assets of Arc Productions, allowing them to expand into creating CGI animation in Toronto. Jam Filled opened a 10,000 square feet studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the fall of 2019 to work on more 2D animation projects.

Jam Filled Toronto
In 2004, U.S. telecom company IDT Corp. purchased DKP Studios from its founders. IDT had already acquired in 2003 controlling interest of Film Roman and Anchor Bay Entertainment Group.

On May 26, 2006, Starz Media's parent company Liberty Media bought IDT Entertainment from IDT, including Anchor Bay Entertainment and Film Roman. Under its new management in 2007, the studio began a "Starz Shortz" program which has produced Bundle of Joy, Enter the Sandbox, Ormie and Lovebirds. In 2007, Starz Animation took over animating Shane Acker's feature 9 from Attitude Studio, Luxembourg. In 2010, the studio opened a major VFX wing to create all the effects for the new Starz Channel/Graham King Productions miniseries, Camelot, Alcon Entertainment's Dolphin Tale, and producer Avi Arad's family feature, Robosapien: Rebooted.

In April 2011, the Starz Animation was sold to a Canadian consortium, and renamed itself to Arc Productions. Under the new owner, the studio was planning to do more proprietary production and continued its development for the third Upside Mystery film for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as well as its TV series.

On August 1, 2016, Arc Productions announced that they were closing down the studio because they were filing for bankruptcy and locked out over 500 employees after telling them there was a payroll glitch and no one had been paid. On August 10, 2016, following Arc's closure, Jam Filled Entertainment entered an agreement to acquire Arc Productions' assets in which they call "substantially all of the business". Jam Filled Entertainment also acquired 248 of Arc's former employees while Arc's other former employees were transferred to other animation studios, such as Tangent Animation, ToonBox Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Animation Century City, and Reel FX Animation Studios. Later on August 22, 2016, Arc Productions was reopened as Jam Filled Entertainment's Toronto facility.

In 2020, Jam Filled announced that they would no longer animate episodes of the original Thomas & Friends series after the 24th and final series, with Nelvana taking over for the 2D-animated reboot series, Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go.

Productions

 * Almost Naked Animals (January 3, 2011–May 27, 2013)
 * Crash Canyon (September 8, 2011–July 13, 2013)
 * Camp Lakebottom (July 8, 2013–July 7, 2017)
 * The Day My Butt Went Psycho! (September 2, 2013–July 2, 2015)
 * Thomas & Friends (August 26, 2013–December 2019; continued from Arc Productions)
 * Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program ("The Loud House", "Off the Shelf", "My Friend Pancake", "Robo Wonder Kid", and "Fur-Ever Family")
 * Numb Chucks (January 6, 2014–November 26, 2016)
 * The Loud House (May 2, 2016–present)
 * Rusty Rivets (November 10, 2016–present; continued from Arc Productions)
 * The Bagel and Becky Show (November 3, 2016–July 1, 2017)
 * WellieWishers (season 2; August 28, 2017-)
 * Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor (August 29, 2017-)
 * Kody Kapow (June 11, 2017-)
 * The Great Northern Candy Drop (TV special; April 3, 2017-)
 * Final Space (January 1, 2018–present)
 * Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! (December 3, 2018-)
 * Pinky Malinky (January 2, 2019–present)
 * DC Super Hero Girls (March 2, 2019–present)
 * The Polos (February 1, 2019–present)
 * Bubble Guppies (Season 5; September 3, 2019-present)
 * The Casagrandes (October 14, 2019–present)
 * Dino Ranch (2021–present)
 * Inside Job (2021–present)

Arc Productions
Formerly known as Dan Krech Productions, DKP Effects, DKP Studios (IDT Entertainment), and Starz Animation.

Dan Krech Productions

 * Eve of Destruction (1991) (post-production)
 * High Tide (1994) (title design & graphics)
 * Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995) (special effects)
 * National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995) (special effects)
 * Bogus (1996) (special effects)
 * Télétoon Advance (1999-2000) (early English version)
 * Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box (1999) (special effects)
 * Fisher-Price (1999-2001) (TV commercials)
 * The Nuttiest Nutcracker (1999)
 * Le Giorgio Show (2000) (early English version)
 * Mais où est passé ? Giorgio (early English version)
 * Joseph: King of Dreams (2000; with DreamWorks Pictures) (special effects)
 * My Little Pony G3 (2001; with SD Entertainment and Fat Rock Entertainment) (pilot presentation)

DKP Effects

 * Les Vacances de Piwi (2002-2003) (early English version)
 * 3-2-1 Penguins! (2002-2003)
 * Dessine avec Piwi (2003) (early English version)
 * Scourge of Worlds: A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure (2003) (special effects)
 * My Little Pony G3 (2003-2004; 1st version with EnSky Studios) (TV commercials)
 * Voyage avec Piwi (2004) (early English version)

DKP Studios

 * Game Over (2004)
 * Nerf N-Strike (2004)
 * Bouge et Joue avec Piwi (2004) (early English version)
 * VeggieTales (2004–05)
 * Handy Manny (2004; with Nelvana) (pilot presentation)
 * Bratz (2004-2006; with MGA Entertainment and 4Kids Entertainment) (TV specials)
 * My Little Pony G3 (2004-2006; 2nd version with EnSky Studios and Image-In) (TV commercials)
 * Surly Squirrel (2005) (short film)
 * Shoebox Zoo (2005) (TV)
 * The Happy Elf (2005)
 * Ruby Rivest (2005; with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
 * Everyone's Hero (2006; with 20th Century Fox)
 * The Princess and the Pied Piper (2006; with Universal Pictures and Frenzy Animation)

Starz Animation

 * VeggieTales (2006-08)
 * The Reef: Shark Bait (2006)
 * Upside Mystery (2007; with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Spyglass Entertainment)
 * M.I.S.S.I.O.N. (2007; with Paramount Pictures and Frenzy Animation)
 * The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (2008)
 * Wild Forest (2008; with Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, and Frenzy Animation)
 * Space Chimps (2008; with 20th Century Fox and Vanguard Animation)
 * Chop Socky Chooks (2008) (TV)
 * Drilling Pursuit (2009; with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
 * 9 (2009; with Focus Features and Relativity Media)
 * The Witch's Quest (2009; with Warner Bros. Pictures and Frenzy Animation)
 * Yes, Virginia (2009) (TV)
 * An Upside Mystery Christmas (2009) (TV)
 * Upside Mystery 2 (2010; with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Spyglass Entertainment)
 * Gnomeo & Juliet (2011; with Touchstone Pictures and Rocket Pictures)
 * Camelot (2011) (visual effects)
 * The Simpsons ("Condiments" sequence) (2011)

Arc Productions

 * Matt Hatter Chronicles (2011)
 * Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011; with The Weinstein Company and Kanbar Entertainment)
 * Puppet Pals: The Series (2011–2016)
 * Dolphin Tale (2011)
 * Snack Attack (2012) (short film)
 * Spy Secret (2012) (short film)
 * Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse (2012–2015)
 * Upside Mystery: The Mischief Detectives (2012–2015)
 * Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (2012) (visual effects)
 * Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload (2013)
 * Pixie Hollow Bake Off (2013)
 * Robosapien: Rebooted (2013)
 * Barbie and Her Sisters in A Pony Tale (2013)
 * Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway (2013)
 * Wild Forest: Circus Getaway (2013; with Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, and Frenzy Animation)
 * Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave (2014)
 * Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins (2015)
 * Little Boy (2015; with Open Road Films and Metonia Films)
 * Lost in Oz (pilot; 2015)
 * Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure (2015)
 * Upside Mystery 3 (2015; with 20th Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Pin High Productions)
 * Barbie and Her Sisters in the Great Puppy Adventure (2015)
 * Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled (2015)
 * Before I Wake (2016) (special effects)
 * Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (2016)
 * Thomas & Friends: The Great Race (2016)
 * Elena of Avalor (2016)
 * Barbie: Star Light Adventure (2016)
 * Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016)
 * Tarzan and Jane (2017)

Jam Filled Toronto

 * Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor (2017)