Reel FX Animation

Reel FX Animation (or simply Reel FX) - formerly known as Reel FX Creative Studios (also known as Reel FX Animation Studios) is an American computer animation studio based in Dallas, Texas, Hollywood, California and Montreal. The studio develops and produces award-winning animated films, short form and theme park content. Its first original animated feature film, Free Birds, was released in 2013 and grossed over $110 million worldwide. Its next film, The Book of Life was also released in 2014 and received several nominations, including Best Animated Feature Nominations from the Golden Globe's, Critics’ Choice Awards, Producers Guild Awards and Annie Awards. Rumble, the third original film from Reel FX and a co-production with Paramount Animation, was released on December 15, 2021.

The studio also does animation for other studios, including the Swan Dream Pool duology and Puma Race for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Plucky Chicken, Sunnie, and Birdz for Frenzy Animation, UglyDolls for STX Entertainment, and Scoob! for Warner Animation Group.

History
Reel FX was founded in 1993.

In March 2007, Reel FX acquired Radium, a California-based digital studio that was founded in 1996 by Jonathan Keeton and Simon Mowbray. As part of the acquisition, the studio re-branded itself in 2010 to Radium/Reel FX, and in February 2012 to Reel FX. Since 2007, Reel FX has been presenting the Texas Avery Animation Award, created by the studio to "celebrate career achievement in animation". The award, which is named after the Texas-born animator and cartoonist Tex Avery, is awarded each year at Dallas International Film Festival in a form of a bronze casting of Avery's Wolf character.

In December 2010, it was announced that Reel FX produced an untitled 3D film with producer Andrew Adamson and Cirque du Soleil. In January 2012, it was announced by Paramount Pictures that it had acquired worldwide rights to the film, now titled Worlds Away directed by Adamson and executive-produced by James Cameron. In October 2012, The Hollywood Reporter revealed Reel FX's connection to the 2012 feature film, Rise of the Guardians. (The film is based on Reel FX's short film, The Man in the Moon, directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg at Reel FX Creative Studios. It is also based on Joyce's book series, The Guardians of Childhood.)

From 2009 to 2013, Reel FX completed its first original animated feature film Free Birds. Originally titled Turkeys and scheduled for the release of 2014, but it was pulled back to November 1, 2013. Jimmy Hayward directed the film, which tells a story about two turkeys who travel back in time to prevent their species from being the traditional Thanksgiving meal. In February 2012, the studio announced a new CG-animated film, The Book of Life, directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez and produced by Guillermo del Toro. It is described as a "Romeo and Juliet-style love story set against a Mexican Day of the Dead backdrop." In December 2012, it was reported that the studio has partnered with 20th Century Fox Animation to produce the film, and scheduled for October 3, 2014, but it was pushed back to October 17. Rumble is their next original film, co-produced with Paramount Animation and released on December 15, 2021, directed by Hamish Grieve.

Short films

 * The Adventures of Chuy (2015)

Direct-to-video films

 * G.I. Joe: Spy Troops (2003)
 * G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom (2004)
 * Action Man: X Missions – The Movie (2005)
 * Boz: Colors and Shapes (2006)
 * Boz: Adventures in Imagination (2006)
 * The Very First Noel (2006)
 * Thank You God for B-O-Zs and 1-2-3s! (2007)
 * Start Singing with Boz (2008)
 * Open Season 2 (2009; with Sony Pictures Animation)
 * Tales of the Black Freighter (2009)
 * Open Season 3 (2011; with Sony Pictures Animation)

Series

 * No Activity (season 4; animation assistance with ATK PLN for Flight School Studio)
 * Super Giant Robot Brothers

Specials

 * Jonah Sing-Along Songs and More! (2002; with Big Idea Productions)
 * Halloweentown High (2004)
 * Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011; with 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios)
 * Swan Dream Pool Holiday (2012; with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
 * Crystal's Magical Holiday (2015; with 20th Century Fox Animation)

Short films

 * Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty (2005; co-animated with Blue Sky Studios)
 * The Man in the Moon (2005)
 * Secrets of the Furious Five (2008) (with DreamWorks Animation)
 * Looney Tunes: (with Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Bros. Animation)
 * Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner shorts:
 * Rabid Rider (2010)
 * Fur of Flying (2010)
 * Coyote Falls (2010)
 * Flash in the Pain (2014)
 * I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (2011)
 * Daffy's Rhapsody (2012)
 * Rabbit on the Range (2012)
 * Best Fiends:
 * Best Fiends: Boot Camp (2017)
 * Best Fiends: Visit Minutia (2017)
 * Best Fiends: Fort of Hard Knocks (2018)
 * Best Fiends: Baby Slug’s Big Day Out (2018)
 * Best Fiends: Howie's Gift (2019)
 * Best Fiends: Temper's Adventure (2019)
 * Best Fiends: The Immortal Cockroach (2019)
 * Best Fiends: The Fight Before Christmas (2019)
 * Best Fiends: King Slug Industries (2020)
 * Sunnie's Lovely Date (2018) (with 20th Century Animation and Frenzy Animation)

Theme park attractions

 * Puppet Pals 4-D (2008; pre-show only)
 * The Simpsons Ride (2008; co-animated with Blur Studio)
 * Despicable Me Minion Mayhem (2012)

Video games

 * 20th Century Universes (2020; co-animated with 20th Century Animation Century City)

Virtual worlds

 * Webosaurs
 * Baby Bottle Pop

Production logos

 * Relativity Media (2013)
 * Paramount Animation (2019; co-produced with ATK PLN)

Collaborations

 * Mass Animation - Live Music