House of Cool
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| Type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Animation |
| Predecessor | Red Rover Studios |
| Founded | 1994[1] |
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| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Parent | WildBrain (2023–present) |
| Website | www |
House of Cool Studios[2] is a boutique animation studio based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and founded as a pre-production studio in 1994 by animation veteran Ricardo Curtis and finance expert Wes Lui, specializing in designing and storyboarding of films, series and commercials.
On March 29, 2023, Canadian media company WildBrain announced its intent to acquire the company for CA$18.3 million.[3] The acquisition was completed on July 19, 2023.[4]
Red Rover Studios
Red Rover Studios was founded in London by Andy and Linzi Knight in 1994. It was a full production studio that focused on 2D and CGI animation. They later moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. However, in July 2008, Red Rover was acquired by House of Cool after Andy Knight died, three months earlier.[5][6]
Filmography
As Red Rover Studios
- All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) (film)
- Broken Sword: Circle of Blood (1996) (video game)
- Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (1996) (video game)
- Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) (film)
- Ned's Newt (1997) (TV series)
- 1001 Nights (1998) (film)
- Bob and Margaret (1999) (TV series)
- Joseph: King of Dreams (2000) (film)
- Snickers (2000)
- The Ripping Friends (2001) (TV series)
- Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie (2001) (film, test footage)[7]
- Pig City (2002) (TV series)
- Get Ed (2005) (TV series)
- Reefer Madness: The Musical (2005) (film) ("The Brownie Song" sequence)
- Gnomeo and Juliet (2011) (film)
As House of Cool
- Horton Hears a Who! (2008) (film)
- Ollie & the Baked Halibut (2009) (short)
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) (film)
- 9 (2009) (film)
- Ninjamaica (2009) (series)
- Despicable Me (2010) (film)
- Jonah Hex (2010) (film)
- The LeBrons (2011) (series) (Season 1)
- Rio (2011) (film)
- Hugo (2011) (film)
- Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011) (short)
- Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) (film)
- Gravity Falls (2012) (TV series, early development)
- Escape from Planet Earth (2013) (film)
- Epic (2013) (film)
- Free Birds (2013) (film)
- Rio 2 (2014) (film)
- The Book of Life (2014) (film)
- DreamWorks Dragons (2015) (TV series)
- The Peanuts Movie (2015) (film)
- Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (2016) (short)
- Nova Seed (2016) (film)
- The Angry Birds Movie (2016) (film)
- Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) (film)
- TMNT Summer Shorts "Pizza Friday" (2016) (short)
- Trollhunters (2016) (series)
- Ferdinand (2017) (film)
- Next Gen (2018) (film)
- 3Below: Tales of Arcadia (2018) (series)
- The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) (film)
- Spies in Disguise (2019) (film)
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2021) (series)
- Pretzel and the Puppies (2022) (series)
- Untitled CG-animated Peanuts film (TBA)
References
- ↑ "Our Story". House of Cool. Archived from the original on 2024-07-15. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ↑ "House of Cool – Toronto Animation Studio". House of Cool. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
- ↑ Lang, Jamie (March 29, 2023). "Wildbrain Acquires Canadian Pre-Production Studio House Of Cool". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on April 3, 2023. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ↑ Ltd, WildBrain. "WILDBRAIN COMPLETES HOUSE OF COOL ACQUISITION, SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDING AND ENHANCING ITS PRE-PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ↑ "Andy Knight, RIP | Cartoon Brew". Cartoon Brew. 13 April 2008. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
- ↑ "House Of Cool Studios Acquires Red Rover Studios". Awn.com. 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ↑ Hey Arnold Test