List of Warner Bros. Pictures Animation productions

This is a list of productions from Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, previously known as Warner Animation Group, an American animation studio based in Burbank, California, United States.

Warner Bros. Pictures Animation logo by Warner Bros.

Feature films

Released

Film	Release date	Director(s)	Writer(s)		Producer(s)	Executive producer(s)	Composer(s)	Co-production with	Animation services
			Story	Screenplay
As Warner Animation Group
The Lego Movie	February 7, 2014	Phil Lord Christopher Miller	Dan Hageman Kevin Hageman Phil Lord Christopher Miller	Phil Lord Christopher Miller	Dan Lin Roy Lee	Jill Wilfert Matthew Ashton Kathleen Fleming Allison Abbate Zareh Nalbandian Jon Burton Benjamin Melniker Michael E. Uslan Seanne Winslow James Packer Steven Mnuchin Matt Skiena Bruce Berman	Mark Mothersbaugh	Village Roadshow Pictures Lego System A/S Vertigo Entertainment Lin Pictures	Animal Logic
Storks	September 23, 2016	Nicholas Stoller Doug Sweetland	Nicholas Stoller		Brad Lewis Nicholas Stoller	Glenn Ficarra Phil Lord Christopher Miller John Requa Jared Stern Steven Mnuchin	Mychael Danna Jeff Danna	RatPac-Dune Entertainment Stoller Global Solutions (uncredited)	Sony Pictures Imageworks
The Lego Batman Movie	February 10, 2017	Chris McKay	Seth Grahame-Smith	Seth Grahame-Smith Chris McKenna Erik Sommers Jared Stern John Whittington	Dan Lin Phil Lord Christopher Miller Roy Lee	Jill Wilfert Matthew Ashton Will Allegra Brad Lewis Zareh Nalbandian Steven Mnuchin	Lorne Balfe[1]	DC Entertainment RatPac-Dune Entertainment Lego System A/S Lord Miller Productions Vertigo Entertainment Lin Pictures	Animal Logic
The Lego Ninjago Movie	September 22, 2017	Charlie Bean Paul Fisher Bob Logan	Hilary Winston Bob Logan Paul Fisher William Wheeler Tom Wheeler Dan Hageman Kevin Hageman	Bob Logan Paul Fisher William Wheeler Tom Wheeler Jared Stern John Whittington	Dan Lin Phil Lord Christopher Miller Chris McKay Maryann Garger Roy Lee	Jill Wilfert Keith Malone Simon Lucas Chris Leahy Seth Grahame-Smith Zareh Nalbandian Brett Ratner	Mark Mothersbaugh[2]	RatPac-Dune Entertainment Lego System A/S Vertigo Entertainment Lord Miller Productions Lin Pictures
Smallfoot	September 28, 2018	Karey Kirkpatrick Co-Director: Jason Reisig	Story by : John Requa Glenn Ficarra Karey Kirkpatrick Original story by : Sergio Pablos	Karey Kirkpatrick Clare Sera	Bonne Radford Glenn Ficarra John Requa	Nicholas Stoller Phil Lord Christopher Miller Jared Stern Karey Kirkpatrick Sergio Pablos Courtenay Valenti Allison Abbate	Heitor Pereira (score) Karey Kirkpatrick Wayne Kirkpatrick (songs)	Zaftig Films	Sony Pictures Imageworks
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	February 8, 2019	Mike Mitchell	Phil Lord Christopher Miller Matthew Fogel	Phil Lord Christopher Miller	Dan Lin Phil Lord Christopher Miller Roy Lee Jinko Gotoh	Jill Wilfert Keith Malone Matthew Ashton Chris McKay Zareh Nalbandian Ryan Halprin Will Allegra Chris Leahy	Mark Mothersbaugh (score) Jon Lajoie (songs)	Lego System A/S Vertigo Entertainment Lord Miller Productions Rideback	Animal Logic
Scoob!	May 15, 2020[nb 1]	Tony Cervone	Matt Lieberman Eyal Podell Jonathon E. Stewart	Adam Sztykiel Jack Donaldson Derek Elliott Matt Lieberman	Pam Coats Allison Abbate	Adam Sztykiel Charles Roven Richard Suckle Jesse Ehrman Dan Povenmire Chris Columbus	Tom Holkenborg	1492 Pictures (uncredited)	Reel FX Creative Studios
Tom & Jerry	February 26, 2021[6]	Tim Story	Kevin Costello		Christopher DeFaria	Tim Story Adam Goodman Steven Harding Sam Register Jesse Ehrman Allison Abbate	Christopher Lennertz	The Story Company Turner Entertainment Co.	Framestore
Space Jam: A New Legacy	July 16, 2021	Malcolm D. Lee	Juel Taylor Tony Rettenmaier Keenan Coogler Terence Nance	Juel Taylor Tony Rettenmaier Keenan Coogler Terence Nance Jesse Gordon Celeste Ballard[7]	Ryan Coogler LeBron James Maverick Carter Duncan Henderson	Sev Ohanian Zinzi Coogler Allison Abbate Jesse Ehrman Jamal Henderson Spencer Beighley Justin Lin Terence Nance Ivan Reitman	Kris Bowers	Proximity Media SpringHill Company	Industrial Light & Magic Luma Pictures Cinesite[8] Company 3 Animation Tonic DNA House of Moves Day For Nite Studio D Virtuos
DC League of Super-Pets	July 29, 2022	Jared Stern Co-Director: Sam Levine	Jared Stern John Whittington		Patricia Hicks Dwayne Johnson Dany Garcia Hiram Garcia Jared Stern	John Requa Glenn Ficarra Nicholas Stoller Allison Abbate Chris Leahy Sharon Taylor Courtenay Valenti[9]	Steve Jablonsky	DC Entertainment Seven Bucks Productions	Animal Logic

1. Released on Premium VOD in the United States and Canada on this date,^[3] and later released in theaters in select countries with relaxed COVID-19 restrictions beginning July 8, 2020.^[4][5]

Upcoming

Film	Release date	Director(s)	Writer(s)		Producer(s)	Executive producer(s)	Composer(s)	Co-production with	Animation services	Production status	Ref.
			Story	Screenplay
The Cat in the Hat	February 27, 2026	Alessandro Carloni Erica Rivinoja	Based on the book by Dr. Seuss		Daniela Mazzucato Jared Stern	Bill Hader Susan Brandt	TBA	Dr. Seuss Enterprises A Stern Talking To	DNEG Animation	Post production	[10][11][12]
			Alessandro Carloni Erica Rivinoja
Coyote vs. Acme	August 28, 2026	Dave Green	Based on Coyote v. Acme by Ian Frazier		James Gunn Chris DeFaria	Sam Register	Steven Price	Two Monkeys, a Goat, and Another, Dead, Monkey distributed by Ketchup Entertainment	DNEG Duncan Studio (2D animation)	Completed	[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
			James Gunn Jeremy Slater Samy Burch[13]	Samy Burch
Bad Fairies	July 23, 2027	Megan Nicole Dong	Deborah Frances-White		Carolyn Soper	TBA	Isabella Summers (score) Toby Marlow Lucy Moss (songs)	Locksmith Animation	DNEG Animation	In production	[20][21][22][23][24][25]
Margie Claus	November 5, 2027	Kirk DeMicco	Ben Falcone Damon Jones		Melissa McCarthy Ben Falcone Michelle Wong		TBA	On the Day Productions	TBA		[23][26]
Oh, the Places You'll Go!	March 17, 2028	Jon M. Chu Co-Director: Jill Culton	Based on the book by Dr. Seuss		J. J. Abrams Gregg Taylor		Benj Pasek Justin Paul (songs)	Dr. Seuss Enterprises Bad Robot Productions			[11][27][28]
			Rob Lieber
Dynamic Duo	June 30, 2028	Arthur Mintz	Matthew Aldrich		James Gunn Peter Safran Matt Reeves Lynn Harris Theresa Andersson	Michael E. Uslan	TBA	DC Studios Swaybox 6th & Idaho	Swaybox		[29]
The Lunar Chronicles	November 3, 2028	Noëlle Raffaele	Based on the book series by Marissa Meyer		Christina Steinberg	TBA		Locksmith Animation	Industrial Light & Magic		[30][31]
			Lindsey Ferrentino Kalen Egan Travis Sentell

Films in development

Title	Notes
Emily the Strange	Co-production with Bad Robot[32]
Forestina	[33][34]
Funko[S]	[35][36]
The Ice Dragon	[37]
Meerkat Manor	co-production with The Green Room and Oxford Scientific Films[38]
Meet the Flintstones	[39]
Metal Men	co-production with DC Studios
Oskee And Gabe Make A Mixtape	co-production with Angry Hero Productions[40][41]
Peanut Jones	[42]
Supercolossal	co-production with Bad Robot[43]
Thing One and Thing Two	co-production with Dr. Seuss Enterprises[11]
Untitled Bugs Bunny film	[44]
Untitled Looney Tunes film	[45]
Untitled Tom and Jerry film	[46]
Which Way To Anywhere	[47]
Zero	Co-production with Imagine Entertainment[48]

Cancelled or inactive projects

See also: List of unproduced Warner Bros. Animation projects

Title	Description
Untitled Adventure Time film	A film based on the Cartoon Network animated series Adventure Time, with creator Pendleton Ward set to write and executive-produce, and Chris McKay and Roy Lee producing. Announced in February 2015, it would have been a collaboration between Warner Animation Group, Cartoon Network Studios, Vertigo Entertainment, and Frederator Films. However, on June 12, 2024, during the Annecy Animation Festival, it was announced that an Adventure Time theatrical film was in development, with Rebecca Sugar, Adam Muto, and Patrick McHale all involved in the project.[49]
The Billion Brick Race	A Lego Movie spin-off film announced in March 2015, with Jason Segel and Drew Pearce signed on to co-direct and write. Jorge R. Gutierrez had signed on as director in August 2017, with a release date of May 24, 2019. Cancelled after The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part underperformed at the box office and the franchise moved to Universal Pictures in 2019.
Meet the Beatles	An animated musical film based on the Beatles announced in September 2015, with Paul King in talks to direct.
Speedy Gonzales	In December 2015, it was reported that an animated film was in development at Warner Bros., under the working title Speedy.[50] In April 2016, it was announced that Eugenio Derbez would voice the character.[51] In April 2024, in an interview, Eugenio Derbez said that he doubts that the movie will happen saying “I feel that the studios are afraid that, nowadays, it's so politically incorrect. I've been telling them constantly that we love Speedy Gonzales in Mexico” [52]
Fowl Road	Announced in February 2016, with Nicholas Stoller to direct. Would have been a take on the "Why did the chicken cross the road?" joke.
Pepé Le Pew: The City of Lights	In 2016, Max Landis told San Diego Comic-Con that he was writing a Pepé Le Pew film.[53] The film’s script has been leaked online.[54] Artists have published concept art for the film.[55][56] The movie was cancelled due to sexual assault allegations against Landis in 2017, and a report that the character has not yet been planned to appear in future Warner Bros. productions leaves the feature film in doubt.[57]
Bone	Announced in November 2016; an animated adaptation to be produced by Lin Pictures and Animal Logic, with Mark Osborne set to direct. Netflix eventually picked it up as an animated series, but was later cancelled in April 2022 due to a reorganization of Netflix Animation.
Lego Superfriends	Sequel to The Lego Batman Movie to be directed by Chris McKay. Cancelled after the Lego Movie franchise went to Universal in 2019 following the box office underperformance of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.
Contagious and Emmet Amuck	Two additional Lego Movie shorts for theatrical distribution were in production alongside The Master in 2016: Contagious directed by Patrick Osborne, and Emmet Amuck directed by Jon Saunders and Ross Evans. Both ultimately went unreleased.[58][59][60]
Scoob! Holiday Haunt	Prequel to Scoob! directed by Bill Haller and Michael Kurinsky, originally intended for release on HBO Max. Despite production eventually being completed, the film's release was cancelled after the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery by CEO David Zaslav in August 2022.
Toto	Feature film adaptation of the Michael Morpurgo and Emma Chichester Clark novel Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz directed by Alex Timbers and written by John August. The animation would have been done by Animal Logic.[61][62][63][64][65][66]

Short films

Title	Release date	Release with	Type of short
Enter the Ninjago	June 17, 2014	The Lego Movie	Direct-to-video short
The Lego Movie: 4D – A New Adventure	January 29, 2016	4D attraction
The Master	September 23, 2016	Storks	Theatrical short
Pigeon Toady's Guide to Your New Baby	December 6, 2016		Direct-to-video short
Dark Hoser	June 13, 2017	The Lego Batman Movie
Batman is Just Not That Into You
Cooking with Alfred
Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?
Shark E. Shark in "Which Way to the Ocean?"	December 19, 2017	The Lego Ninjago Movie
Zane's Stand Up Promo
Turkish Airlines: Safety Video with The LEGO Movie Characters	August 1, 2018	—	Internet short
Emmet's Holiday Party	December 10, 2018		Internet short and Direct-to-video short
Super Soozie	December 11, 2018	Smallfoot	Direct-to-video short
"Everything is Awesome" Dance Together Music Video	January 8, 2019	—	Internet short
Turkish Airlines: Safety Video with The LEGO Movie 2 Characters	March 1, 2019

Reception

Critical and public response

Each entry is linked to the "Critical response" section of its article.

Critical and public response of Phase Four Warner Bros. Pictures Animation films

Film	Critical		Public
	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore
The Lego Movie	96% (258 reviews)[67]	83 (43 reviews)[68]	A[69]
Storks	65% (139 reviews)[70]	56 (31 reviews)[71]	A−[72]
The Lego Batman Movie	89% (313 reviews)[73]	75 (48 reviews)[74]	A−[69]
The Lego Ninjago Movie	56% (132 reviews)[75]	55 (33 reviews)[76]	B+[69]
Smallfoot	76% (129 reviews)[77]	60 (25 reviews)[78]	A−[72]
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	84% (300 reviews)[79]	65 (52 reviews)[80]	A−[69]
Scoob!	48% (152 reviews)[81]	43 (33 reviews)[82]	—
Tom & Jerry	30% (130 reviews)[83]	32 (20 reviews)[84]	A−[85]
Space Jam: A New Legacy	25% (229 reviews)[86]	36 (46 reviews)[87]	A−[88]
DC League of Super-Pets	72% (150 reviews)[89]	56 (28 reviews)[90]	A−[91]

Box office performance

Film	Budget	North America		Overseas gross	Worldwide gross (unadjusted)	Ref.
		Opening	Gross (unadjusted)
The Lego Movie	$60–65 million	$69,050,279	$257,760,692	$210,300,000	$468,060,692	[92]
Storks	$70 million	$21,311,407	$72,679,278	$110,709,675	$183,388,953	[93]
The Lego Batman Movie	$80 million	$53,003,468	$175,750,384	$136,200,000	$311,950,384	[94]
The Lego Ninjago Movie	$70 million	$20,433,071	$59,281,555	$63,800,000	$123,081,555	[95]
Smallfoot	$80 million	$23,045,635	$83,240,103	$130,800,000	$214,040,103	[96]
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	$99 million	$34,115,335	$105,956,290	$93,646,912	$199,603,202	[97]
Scoob!	$90 million	$850,000	$2,188,425	$26,370,740	$28,559,165	[98]
Tom & Jerry	$79 million	$14,112,629	$46,536,687	$89,960,850	$136,497,537	[99]
Space Jam: A New Legacy	$150 million	$31,053,362	$70,592,228	$93,100,000	$163,692,228	[100]
DC League of Super-Pets	$90 million	$23,000,000	$93,657,117	$113,900,000	$207,557,117	[101]

Accolades

Academy Awards

See also: Academy Awards

Year	Film	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2014	The Lego Movie	Best Original Song	"Everything Is Awesome" written and lyrics by Shawn Patterson	Nominated	[102]

Annie Awards

See also: Annie Awards

Year	Film	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2014	The Lego Movie	Best Animated Feature	The Lego Movie	Nominated	[103]
		Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production	Jayandera Danappal, Matt Ebb, Christian Epunan Hernandez, Danielle Brooks, and Raphael Gadot	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement for Directing in a Feature Production	Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Chris McKay	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production	Grant Freckelton	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller	Won
		Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in a Feature Production	David Burrows, Todd Hansen, Doug Nicholas, Jonathan Tappin, and Courtney O'Brien-Brown	Nominated
2016	Storks	Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production	Katie Crown	Nominated	[104]
2017	The Lego Batman Movie	Directing in a Feature Production	Chris McKay	Nominated	[105]
		Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production	Zach Galifianakis	Nominated
		Editorial in an Animated Feature Production	David Burrows, Matt Villa and John Venzon	Nominated
2018	Smallfoot	Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production	Heitor Pereira, Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick	Nominated	[106]

British Academy Film Awards

See also: British Academy Film Awards

Year	Film	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2014	The Lego Movie	Best Animated Film	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller	Won	[107]

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

See also: Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Year	Film	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2014	The Lego Movie	Best Animated Feature	The Lego Movie	Won	[108]
		Best Song	"Everything Is Awesome"	Nominated

Golden Raspberry Awards

See also: Golden Raspberry Awards

Year	Film	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2021	Tom & Jerry	Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel		Nominated
		Worst Screen Combo	Tom & Jerry (aka Itchy & Scratchy)	Nominated
	Space Jam: A New Legacy	Worst Picture	Maverick Carter, Ryan Coogler, Duncan Henderson, and LeBron James	Nominated
		Worst Actor	LeBron James as himself	Won
		Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel		Won
		Worst Screen Combo	LeBron James & any Warner cartoon character (or Time-Warner product) he dribbles on	Won

Satellite Award

See also: Satellite Awards

Year	Film	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2014	The Lego Movie	Best Motion Picture Animated or Mixed Media	The Lego Movie	Nominated	[109]
		Best Original Screenplay	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller	Nominated
		Best Original Song	"Everything Is Awesome"	Nominated
2017	The Lego Batman Movie	Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature	The Lego Batman Movie	Nominated	[110]

Saturn Award

See also: Saturn Awards

Year	Film	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2014	The Lego Movie	Best Animated Film	The Lego Movie	Won	[111]

See also

• List of computer-animated films
• List of Warner Bros. theatrical animated feature films