Current Events > Paramount isn't making original big budget animated movies anymore

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https://variety.com/2023/film/features/brian-robbins-paramount-pictures-tmnt-mutant-mayhem-tom-cruise-1235679142/

Costs may be rising while the box office is contracting, but Robbins sees areas of opportunity. He�s overhauled Paramount�s animation division, raiding Nickelodeon�s vault and jettisoning projects that he didn�t think were commercial. �Under the Boardwalk,� a movie about hermit crabs on the Jersey Shore that predated Robbins, will debut on Paramount+, not in theaters. �We�re not going to release an expensive original animated movie and just pray people will come,� he says.

Instead, the studio�s upcoming animated releases will center on familiar properties such as �SpongeBob SquarePants� and �Avatar: The Last Airbender,� which Robbins thinks will appeal to millennials who grew up with the shows.

�It�s not about Disney and Pixar anymore,� he says, noting that recent Disney films like �Elemental� and �Lightyear� have stumbled at the box office. �People are looking for animated movies that are irreverent and have a comedic point of view.�

That sucks.

yes avatar will appeal to millennial nostalgia

and we will wait for the home release

what was the last big budget animation film from paramount

SmeedIy posted...

what was the last big budget animation film from paramount

Paws of Fury I think

was that the animated blazing saddles remake?

maybe it's best that paramount steps outta the game for a while

SmeedIy posted...

what was the last big budget animation film from paramount

The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Movies but I suppose he means new IP

SmeedIy posted...

was that the animated blazing saddles remake?

maybe it's best that paramount steps outta the game for a while

Kung-Fu Panda and the How to Train Your Dragon movies were great.

Punished_Blinx posted...

People are looking for animated movies that are irreverent and have a comedic point of view.

...sigh.

Animation has potential to be so much more, but guys like this only see it for the "ha-ha's".

Punished_Blinx posted...

Kung-Fu Panda and the How to Train Your Dragon movies were great.

that's Dreamworks, not Paramount.

Either way, eh, it's Paramount, so it's not like this changes much for them anyway

People are looking for animated movies that are irreverent and have a comedic point of view.

And by "people" he means "Boomers".

mehmeh1 posted...

that's Dreamworks, not Paramount.

Either way, eh, it's Paramount, so it's not like this changes much for them anyway

Ah DreamWorks was independent back then and Paramount distributed those movies. Which was why they were on the wiki list.

Punished_Blinx posted...

"Under the Boardwalk, a movie about hermit crabs on the Jersey Shore

Literally all they would've needed to do is make this movie a parody of Jersey Shore and everyone would go see it. You wanna talk about catering to millennials, that would be it.

Were only making animated movies with wacky lolrandom gags every 20 seconds. - some stupid CEO