Skydance Animation Madrid

Skydance Animation Madrid (formerly known as Ilion Animation Studios) is a Spanish animation studio based in Madrid, Spain. It is a subsidiary of Skydance Media via Skydance Animation to create computer-animated films for theatrical release. After working with Skydance since 2017, they were acquired by the company in 2020, and rebranded as Skydance Animation Madrid.

Skydance Animation Madrid

Formerly	Ilion Animation Studios (2002–2020)
Company type	Division
Industry	CGI animation
Founded	2002; 23 years ago (2002)
Founders	Javier Perez Dolset Ignacio Pérez Dolset[1]
Headquarters	Las Rozas de Madrid, Madrid , Spain
Key people	Ignacio Pérez Dolset (COO) Jose San Román (CEO) Gonzalo Rueda (CTO & COO)[2]
Parent	Skydance Animation (2020-present)

History

Ilion Animation Studios was originally based in Madrid, Spain. The Perez Dolset brothers, Javier and Ignacio Perez Dolset, founded the company in the year of 2002 to make animated films. Ilion Animation Studios was a partner with U-Tad, which is a European University that is specialized in digital arts and technology. Ilion came up with all of its own content. On occasion, Ilion worked with some of its third parties.^[1] Ilion Animation Studios was independently and privately owned.^[3]

In March 2017, Ilion announced that they would partner with Skydance Animation to produce two animated feature films: Luck and Spellbound.^[4] Skydance Animation formally acquired the studio in April 2020, renaming it as Skydance Animation Madrid.^[5]

Former logo as Ilion Animation Studios

Productions

Feature films

Released films

Title	Release date	Budget	Gross	Co-production
Planet 51	20 November 2009	$70 million	$105.6 million	HandMade Films TriStar Pictures
Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible	28 November 2014	$12.5 million	$5.5 million (in Spain)	Warner Bros. Pictures Zeta Cinema Películas Pendelton
Wonder Park	15 March 2019	$80–100 million[6][7]	$119.6 million[8]	Paramount Animation Nickelodeon Movies
Luck	5 August 2022	$140 million[9]	—	Apple Studios Skydance Animation
Spellbound	22 November 2024	—	—	Netflix Skydance Animation

Upcoming films

Title	Release date	Ref(s)	Co-production
Pookoo	2026	[10][11]	Netflix Skydance Animation
Ray Gunn	TBA	[12]

Short films

Title	Release date	Co-production
Blush	October 1, 2021	Apple TV+ Skydance Animation
Bad Luck Spot!	March 17, 2023

Television series

Released

Release	Title	Showrunners(s)/Developer(s)	Network	Co-production	Ref(s)
June 28, 2024	WondLa	Bobs Gannaway	Apple TV+	Gotham Group Skydance Animation	[13][14][15]