As before, a post about projects in animation now occurring in and around Los Angeles. Also as before, there are undoubtedly some omissions and errors, (I am but human). Spies and stoolies have supplied information; some studios are more up-to-date than other studios. Happily, the list will be corrected and updated as we go along ...

** ADD-ON ** (June 15th, 2019) -- To let folks know, because 'bots and deranged commenters have now descended, I have deactivated comments. This is an OLD post anyway, so only robots and a few obsessives will be concerned about this. Thanks for your kind attention.

Activision

Skylanders Academy -- ongoing

Amazon Studios

Danger and Egg -- completed Too Loud -- ongoing

Bento Box

Bob's Burgers -- ongoing Paradise PD -- ongoing Hoops -- development (not yet ramped up) Alien News Desk -- ongoing Duncanville -- development (not yet ramped up) Central Park -- ongoing Bob's Burger feature

Cartoon Network Studios

Update: From a CN Studio veteran with wide industry knowledge: 'It’s my understanding that the “Glitch Tech” crew were told that, as of now, the studio was not going to order anymore episodes at this time. They will finish the current order of episodes, and the studio could request more at a later time. [this is a Nick show.] ...

'“Legend of Legendary Place”, has not received a green light into production. So I believe that it’s still technically “in development “.

'“Tig N Seek” is the series name of the short that was call “Tiggle Winks”. The name “Tiggle Winks” did not clear with legal department for a series name.

'“Maow Maow” is a series that’s being produced at Titmouse, and will air on CN.

“Hue” and “Superrilla” are technically still in development and have not been green light into series. There has been no mention on weather they will aire on CN, Adult Swim or on the new Streaming platform that AT&T want to launch.'

Ben 10 -- ongoing We Bare Bears -- ongoing Summer Camp Island -- ongoing (Season 2) Apple and Onion -- ongoing Steven Universe -- continuing with new episodes Craig of the Creek -- ongoing Close Enough -- Season 1 completed -- Scripts ordered for possible new season. Victor and Valentino -- ongoing Infinity Train -- waiting for greenlight, season 2 The Fungies -- ongoing Maow Maow (original title) -- in development with Titmouse Super-Rilla -- Dark Horse Comics project in development Hue -- in development, awaiting green light Tigg 'N Seek -- ongoing ThunderCats Roar -- ongoing Primal -- Genndy Tartakosky Adult Swim project -- ongoing Kevin 11 -- in development

CBS Eye Animation Productions

Star Trek: Below Decks -- ongoing (two season order)

Cranetown Media

Various animated projects -- (Note: Cranetown Media is a third-party union signator company that does animated projects for various non-union studios, often scripts and storyboard work.)

Crunchyroll Studio

High Guardian Spice -- ongoing

Disney Television Animation

Mickey and the Roadster Racers -- ongoing Star Vs. the Forces of Evil -- ongoing, wrapping up final season Milo Murphy's Law -- wrapping up Amphibia -- ongoing The Owl House -- ongoing Fancy Nancy -- ongoing Monsters, Inc. (series) -- ongoing Vampirina -- ongoing The Lion Guard -- ongoing Elena of Avalor -- ongoing Muppet Babies -- ongoing Duck Tales -- ongoing Big City Greens -- ongoing Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure -- ongoing T.O.T.S. -- ongoing (with Titmouse/Robin Red Breast ... see below) Big Hero 6: The Series -- ongoing Lady and the Tramp 3 -- (small crew on development work)

DreamWorks Animation

Television Veggie Tales -- ongoing Rocky and Bullwinkle -- ongoing Puss In Boots -- ongoing Wizards: Tales of Arcadia -- ongoing Home -- ended Voltron -- ending Dragons Jr. -- ongoing Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Harvey Street Girls -- ongoing Captain Underpants -- ongoing Trolls -- ongoing Features (Note: Though many features are placed in development, some never make it to production. This is an animationland rule.) The Bad Guys -- in development Trolls World Tour -- in development The Croods 2 -- in development Shrek 5 -- in development Boss Baby 2 -- in development

Duplass Brothers Productions/ Starburns Industries

Animals -- ended by HBO after Season #3

Extinct Productions

Extinct -- in development

Fox Animation

The Simpsons -- ongoing (picked up for 2 new seasons) Family Guy -- ongoing American Dad -- ongoing

20th Century Fox TV

Solar Opposites -- ongoing (Justin Roiland for Hulu)

Gaumont International Television/ Wild West

F Is For Family -- ongoing

Hasbro

Most of Hasbro's production work is now done at their studio in Ireland. My Little Pony -- ongoing Rescue Bots Academy -- (listed here but done in Ireland) My Little Pony feature -- development

HotHouse Productions/Day By Day Productions

Mr. Pickles -- ongoing (Season 4 on Adult Swim)

Illumination Entertainment (Universal)

(Note: Most of IE's production work is done in Paris, France at the former MacGuff studio. Some pre-production in Southern California.) Minions 2 -- development Sing 2 -- development Johnny Express -- development Mario feature -- development Despicable Me 4 -- development

Marvel Animation

Spider-Man Specials -- ongoing Marvel Rising -- ongoing Avengers Assembled -- wrapping up

M-G-M

The Addams Family -- (small crew developing same)

Netflix Animation Studios

Netflix's animation facility on Sunset Boulevard (hard by the old Warner lot) is teeming with projects and activity, ramped up over the past two years. They move fast.

Kid Cosmic -- ongoing (Craig McCracken) Over the Moon (feature - Glen Keane)) -- development Maya and the Three -- ongoing Mighty Little Bheem -- ongoing Trash Truck -- ongoing Klaus (feature) -- development/production The Willoughbys (feature) -- development/production Wendell and Wild (stop motion feature - Selick) -- development/ production Elizabeth Ito project -- ongoing

Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon has not had an easy time of it. The dominant kid entertainment delivery system for years and years, its ratings have steadily declined, and other platforms have gained on it (Netflix, YouTube, Disney, etc. Per industry veterans, it didn't help that Nick was slow getting into streaming shows on the internet.) New Nick topkick Brian Robbins is working to take the studio in new directions. Whether he succeeds or not remains to be seen.

Update: As Cartoon Brew reported and industry veterans have confirmed (see CN, above), Glitch Techs hit a speed bump on the back end of its initial order of episodes. The studio might order more half-hours later, but it seems to be up in the air.

Bunsen is a Beast (Hartman) -- ending Sponge Bob Square Pants -- ongoing The Loud House -- ongoing Santiago of the Seas (formerly Captain Calavera) -- ongoing Shimmer and Shine -- ending Pinky Malinky -- ended Glitch Techs -- ongoing (with hiccups -- layoffs) Middle School Moguls -- storyboard artists cycling off Los Casagrandes (Loud House spin off) -- ongoing Man of the House -- ongoing Meet the Voxels -- development Rugrats -- in development (reboot)

Paramount Animation/ (Animated Productions, Inc.)

Bobbleheads -- development It's A Wonderful Sponge -- development Monster on the Hill -- development Loud House feature -- development (with Nick) Rise of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles feature -- development (with Nick)

Rick and Morty LLC)

Rick and Morty -- ongoing

Robin Red Breast/ Titmouse Studio

Robin Red Breast (Titmouse) has both union and non-union projects; it also operates a New York-based facility. Over the years it's done a number of shows for Disney, DreamWorks, Amazon and Netflix, among others. (Sub-contracting projects is a large part of the game.)

Big Mouth -- ongoing T.O.T.S. -- ongoing Ballmastrs: 9009 Captain Underpants -- ongoing Bless the Harts -- development Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur -- ongoing Little Big Awesome -- ongoing

Rough Draft Studio

Disenchantment -- ongoing (seasons 3 & 4)

Shadow Machine

Bo Jack Horsemen -- ongoing Dad Boner -- ongoing Final Space -- ongoing Chuck Deuce -- development Tuca and Bertie -- Tornante and Shadow Machine for Netflix

Sony Pictures Animation

Sony Pictures Animation continues as a pre-production facility in Culver City, while most production is centered in Vancouver (where the Free Money flows). Sony also releases animated co-productions and pickups.

Fixed -- in development Black Knight -- in development Ghostbusters (animated spin-off) -- in development The Mitchells Vs. The Machines -- development Spider-Man Into The Spider-verse sequel -- in development Spider-woman -- in development

Skydance (Media) Animation

Skydance Animation was set up in 2017 with Dreamworks Animation veteran Bill Damaschke as head exec. In January 2019, Damaschke was given his walking papers and former Pixar/Walt Disney Animation topkick John Lasseter came aboard, and has already gotten involved in decision-making. the studio has a production partnership with Ilion Animation Studios in Madrid, Spain and three projects in various stages of development. The current development slate will soon likely expand and possibly change.

Luck -- development/production (2021 release Split -- development Powerless -- development The Fourteenth Goldfish -- development

Splash Entertainment

Headquartered in the west San Fernando Valley, Splash Entertainment rolls out a "Norm of the North "sequel this Spring, and a third installment next Fall.

Norm of the North #2 -- ending Norm of the North #3 -- in overseas production

Starburns Industries/ Duplass Brothers Productions

Animals -- ended after 3 seasons

Stoopid Buddies Stoodio

Robot Chicken -- ongoing Super Mansion -- ongoing

Walt Disney Animation Studios

John Lasseter has departed -- and is now at Skydance Animation -- and writer/director Jennifer Lee is the new top creative exec.

Frozen 2 -- in production Dragon Empire -- development Various unannounced features -- in development

Warner Animation Group (WAG)

Warners has multiple pre-production studio sites in Los Angeles and Burbank. Production is done at studios overseas. (The usual rule applies: only a few projects will ultimately reach the big silver screen.)

Tom and Jerry -- development Scooby Doo -- development* The Cat In The Hat -- development The Ice Dragon -- development Toto -- development Coyote Vs. Acme -- development The Flintstones -- development *There is always a Scooby project being done SOMEWHERE. (And why that is, I donno. It's the same tired plot, over and over.)

Warner Bros. Animation

Unikitty -- ongoing Justice League Action -- waiting for possible pickup Harley Quinn -- ongoing Young Justice -- Season 3 Mike Tyson Mysteries -- ongoing Teen Titans Go! -- ongoing (Season 6) DC Superhero Girls -- ongoing ThunderCats Roar -- ongoing Green Eggs and Ham -- ongoing (Newer) Scooby Doo Guess Who -- ongoing Looney Toons Shorts -- ongoing Hanna-Barbera Shorts -- ongoing Gremlins -- ongoing

Wild Canary

For some years now, Wild Canary in Toluca Lake has, along with other product, made a number of shows for Disney TVA.

Puppy Dog Pals -- ongoing Rocketeer -- ongoing Mira Royl Detective -- ongoing

The big news in both live-action and animation is Video-On-Demand (aka "New Media" or "movies and t.v. over the internet".) New delivery platforms for entertainment have grown the big and small-screen stories by leaps and bounds. In 1989, the Animation Guild had 700 active members, and now has over six times that number.

In 2019, television and theatrical animation is one of the most profitable sectdors of the motion picture business.

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The history of American animation from the 1930s until today! The feuds! The screwups! The struggles to get stuff made! ... as told by the people who were there: Mouse in Transition and Mouse in Orbit.

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