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| Company type | Animation studio |
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| Industry | Animation |
| Predecessor | Jumbo Pictures |
| Founded | 2001; 25 years ago (2001) |
| Founders | Jim Jinkins David Campbell |
| Defunct | 2015; 11 years ago (2015) |
| Fate | Dormancy |
| Headquarters | Nashville,Tennessee, U.S. New York City,New York, U.S. (formerly) |
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| Products | |
| Website | cartoonpizza.com (archive 11/21/2014) |
Cartoon Pizza was an American independentanimation studio located inNashville, Tennessee. It was co-founded byJim Jinkins andDavid Campbell serving as the successor to Jinkins' former company,Jumbo Pictures.
The studio had partnered with several studios to help produce their shows, includingDisney andNickelodeon in 2001,Sesame Workshop in 2006, andCuppa Coffee Studios. The studio was formerly headquartered inNew York City until 2011, when the company was relocated toNashville, Tennessee.[1][2]
In February 1996,Jim Jinkins' former companyJumbo Pictures was bought byThe Walt Disney Company, which producedDoug's 1st Movie (1999) and integrated the studio into its subsidiaryWalt Disney Television Animation.[3]
In 2001, a year after Jumbo Pictures was closed by The Walt Disney Company, Jinkins andDavid Campbell formed Cartoon Pizza as a successor company.[4][5] Jinkins was helming the position aspresident, Campbell asCEO, Jack Spillum as the president of animated productions, Ellie Copeland as the vice president of finances and operations, and Beldeen Fortunato as the vice president of administration.[6]
In December 2001, Cartoon Pizza agreed to a two-year nonexclusive production deal withSesame Workshop, the creators ofSesame Street,Dragon Tales, andSagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat. Sesame Workshop agreed to house the company at theirNew York City office and handle international distribution. They would co-produce a minimum of six new kids' properties.[7]
The company became a co-production partner inTiger Aspect Productions' animation division to develop a series titledEarth Kid.Gullane Entertainment became an equal partner inEarth Kid as the show's international distributor in April 2002 until it was acquired byHIT Entertainment in September of that year. Gullane and HIT also had three other projects in the works with Cartoon Pizza.[8]
The company operated two separate subsidiaries, Cartoon Cola,[9] and Cartoon Candy.[10]
In 2015, the company had been dissolved after 5 years of dormancy.[4]
| Title | Release date | Channel/block | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley | 2001–2004 | Playhouse Disney | |
| Sesame Street shorts[5] | 2003 | PBS Kids | Co-production withSesame Workshop |
| Monster Monster Trucks | Unaired TV pilot | Co-production withIDT Entertainment | |
| JoJo's Circus[5] | 2003–2007 | Playhouse Disney | Co-production withCuppa Coffee Studios |
| Hoop Dogz | 2004 | Direct-to-DVD | |
| Pinky Dinky Doo | 2005–2010 | Noggin/Nick Jr. | Co-production with Sesame Workshop |
| Feeling Good with JoJo | 2006–2008 | Playhouse Disney | Co-production with Cuppa Coffee Studios |
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