Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Work Around Town 2020 -- #4

Warner Bros. has been in the cartoon business for ninety freaking years, and today has two animation subsidiaries. The older one is Warner Bros. Animation, which concentrates on home-screen product (broadcast, cable, streaming, etc.). The new one is Warner Animation Group, which focuses on theatrical releases, though the movies-in-theaters thing is temporarily suspended, since most of the world is "sheltering in place".

Nevertheless, here's a summary of what Warners two studios currently produce. Expect changes as I gather more info. (Cartoon Network Studios, part of the same conglomerate has these things in work.)

WARNER ANIMATION GROUP

It has facilities in Hollywood and Burbank, CA. Most of its employees work on the Warner lot.

Scoob! -- in development -- no announced release date

Tom and Jerry -- in production -- Christmas release (we'll see if that changes, eh?)

Space Jam 2 -- in work -- summer '21 release

Lego Batman 2 -- ongoing development -- no release date; both summer 2021 and 2022 releases have been mentioned, but there is nothing official.

DC Super Pets -- in development -- Spring '22

WARNER BROS. ANIMATION

Multiple production facilities in Burbank, CA.

Animaniacs -- ongoing -- artists, as on other Warner series, working from home during the pandemic.

Unikitty! -- ongoing -- currently in Season #3

Teen Titans Go -- ongoing -- Season 6

D.C. Super Hero Girls -- ongoing -- newer episodes now unspooling on Cartoon Network.

Scooby Doo and Guess Who? -- ongoing -- An official release date for Season 2 hasn't been confirmed; it likely air later this year. Warner Bros. is also releasing their animated movie SCOOB! in a few months, backgrounding how Scooby and Shaggy met and the beginnings of Mystery, Inc.

Little Ellen -- ongoing

Jellystone! -- ongoing -- Season 1

Looney Tunes Cartoons -- ongoing

Green Eggs and Ham -- ongoing -- Season 2

Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz -- three seasons (60 episodes plus special)

Harley Quinn -- ongoing -- now in Season 2

Thunder Cats Roar -- ongoing --

Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs -- ongoing

Young Justice -- ongoing -- Season #4

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai -- ongoing

Deathstroke: Knights and Dragons -- ongoing -- Season premiered in January

Warners released its first "Looney tunes" cartoon short on this date in 1930: the immortal Sinkin' In The Bathtub, starring Bosko.

21 comments:

  1. And what about Teen Titans Go? Not mentioned at all..

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    1. I'm waiting for a spy to report. I will double check.

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    2. But will it be the final season?

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    3. And also what ever happened to the powerpuff girls (2016) series

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    4. And lastly will thundercats roar last only 2 seasons or one?

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    5. Is unikitty is in its third and final season? And what is the fate and status of gumball is the movie green lit?

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  2. Last question, what about Jellystone? A project that was supposedly in the works for HBO Max

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  3. Didn't Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz and Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs get cancelled some months ago? I'm pretty the people who worked on these announced these on twitter.

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  4. DC Super Hero Girls- renewed for a second season

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  5. Did you mean Young Justice and not young justice league

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    1. Corrected; also put in link to Cartoon Network's current production.

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  6. Is season 2 of Thundercats in the works

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  7. request nickelodeon work around please,i need glitch techs season 2 info

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  8. Can you offer any other information on Tom and Jerry? From what I've heard from the director and the people who were shown pitch footage and from what I've seen from the concept art/storyboards it looks like it's really going to be something different from the current live action/CGI hybrids that are currently out there. It looks like they're definitely aiming for something that's more in the vein of Roger Rabbit, Looney Tunes: Back In Action, and the original Space Jam.

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    1. I've been sequestered for weeks; my usual spies and stoolies aren't being too helpful. Sorry but the way it is.

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  9. The Space Jam sequel got a new subtitle, A New Legacy.

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  10. I wish the production of the Animaniacs revival will be animated with Toon Boom Harmony.

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  11. Will there be a 5th Work Around Town with Nickelodeon stuff in this month of May?

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