Fox announces changes to its animated release schedule, including the release of five animated movies in both 2017 and 2018.
Fox has announced changes to its animated release schedule, according to a report by Deadline, and will release five animated movies in both 2017 and 2018.
Ten untitled Fox/DreamWorks Animation/Blue Sky animated features have been dated for 2017 and 2018, though only one will face off directly against Disney, when the Untitled Fox/DreamWorks Animation/Blue Sky project goes head to head with Untitled Pixar Animation feature on June 16, 2017.
Fox also set its Daniel Radcliffe-starring Frankenstein for October 17, 2014, and sequel Alvin & The Chipmunks 4 for December 11, 2015. Ridley Scott‘s The Counselor starring Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz, and Javier Bardem, has been moved up from November 15, 2013, to October 25. The animated Day of the Dead-themed Book Of Life will arrive a week early, moving to October 3, 2014.
Here's the full updated slate:
October 25, 2013 – The Counselor (from November 15, 2013)
October 3, 2014 – Book of Life (from October 10, 2014)
October 17, 2014 – Frankenstein
December 11, 2015 – Alvin & The Chipmunks 4
March 10, 2017 – Untitled DeamWorks Animation/Blue Sky Studios
June 16, 2017 – Untitled DeamWorks Animation/Blue Sky Studios
July 21, 2017 – Untitled DeamWorks Animation/Blue Sky Studios
November 3, 2017 – Untitled DeamWorks Animation/Blue Sky Studios
December 20, 2017 – Untitled DeamWorks Animation/Blue Sky Studios
March 23, 2018 – Untitled DeamWorks Animation/Blue Sky Studios
June 29, 2018 – Untitled DeamWorks Animation/Blue Sky Studios
July 20, 2018 – Untitled DeamWorks Animation/Blue Sky Studios
November 2, 2018 – Untitled DeamWorks Animation/Blue Sky Studios
December 21, 2018 – Untitled DeamWorks Animation/Blue Sky Studios
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
