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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer animation VFX Motion-capture Animated |
| Founded | 2002; 23 years ago (2002) |
| Founders | John H. Williams Neil Braun |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Number of locations | 3 |
Key people | John H. Williams (CEO) Gary Chapman (Head of Prod.) |
Number of employees | 10 |
| Subsidiaries | Rabbit Ears Entertainment, L.L.C. |
| Website | vanguardanimation |
Vanguard Films & Animation, also known asVanguard Animation, is an American independent animation production studio founded in 2002 by producerJohn H. Williams and Neil Braun.[1] The studio has offices inVancouver, British Columbia,Canada andEaling Studios inLondon,England,United Kingdom.Starz Distribution (then IDT Entertainment) formerly owns a minority stake in the studio.
The studio was founded in 2002 byJohn H. Williams.[1] For its launch, it signed withEaling Studios a four-picture deal to produce sub-$40 million computer-animated films.[2][3] The following year, Vanguard sold a minority stake toIDT Corporation and partnered with its animation unit, Digital Production Solutions, to co-produce and co-own all Vanguard's properties,[1][4] includingValiant (2005) produced forDisney.[2]
The company was part of the then-new "pipeline-free" trend (reported byVariety in 2006[5]) in animation production, where the companies did not keep the talent on payroll and instead were "establishing a team from scratch to execute each new feature", allowing them to secure tax breaks from the governments. For example, the feature "Valiant" was produced in the UK in order to collect the tax incentives there. With UK incentives ending, the production (for "Space Chimps") moved to Canada (Vancouver).[6]
| # | Title | Release date | Gross | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valiant | August 19, 2005 (US) | $61,746,888 | 32% | 45% |
| 2 | Happily N'Ever After | January 5, 2007 (US) | $38,085,778 | 6% | 28% |
| 3 | Space Chimps | July 18, 2008 | $64,834,964 | 33% | 36% |
| 4 | Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back (DTV) | May 28, 2010 | $4,124,518 | 0% | — |
| 5 | Get Squirrely | November 4, 2016 | $1,224,520[7] | 34% | — |
| 6 | Gnome Alone | November 2, 2017 | $10,800,715[8] | 44% | — |
| 7 | Charming | April 20, 2018 | $8,751,856[9] | 24% | — |
| 8 | Trouble | August 8, 2019 | $11,942,158[10] | 36% | — |
| 9 | Fearless | August 14, 2020 | — | 49% | — |
| 10 | Rally Road Racers | May 12, 2023 | $2,790,163 | 73% | — |
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