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Sony's Movie Land Universe (SMLU) is an American media franchise and shared universe produced by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Movie Land Animation Studios, Lord Miller and Pascal Pictures. It was established in December 2018 with its first short film, The Bunnies in a Christmas Caper in December 2018, and its first feature film, The Animals in the Attic in February 2019. Nearly all of them were distributed theatrically by Sony, while Las Vegas were released on Disney+ as an original film, and Marcos and Totally Spies! were released by Netflix. It is also a joint venture between Sony Pictures Animation and Movie Land Animation Studios.

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Development[]

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Animation[]

Animation service for every films were nearly created by Movie Land Digital Production Services, in collaboration with Kumar Coca and La Femme Rouge VFX (formerly The Bellas VFX Studios).

Sony acquisition[]

Following the major critical and box-office successes of every films, on December 3, 2022, Sony Pictures entered negotiations to acquire Movie Land Animation Studios, Movie Land Animation Studios, Movie Land Digital Production Services, and La Femme Rouge VFX and even made a bid for about $9 billion each, with the intention to own the studio's library to grow the Columbia Pictures catalog. On December 12, 2022, it was officially announced that the studio will be acquired by Sony Pictures for $8.45 billion each. It is set to finalize on October 6, 2023, with the release of The Hollow: A New World. On May 5, 2023, Movie Land shut down The Bellas VFX Studios after Universal Pictures sued it and then folded them into MLDPS and Fortiche.

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Released films[]

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Upcoming films[]

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Box office[]

Nearly all of them were a box-office success such as The Animals in the Attic, Carmen Sandiego, and Cool Girls, but Las Vegas, Totally Spies!, and The Last Kids on Earth were underperformed at the box office.

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Critical responses[]

Nearly all of them received positive reviews, holding a rating of 70-100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, but Las Vegas and Totally Spies! both received negative reviews from critics and audiences while The Last Kids on Earth received mixed reviews. Metacritic received the franchise a "universal acclaim" reviews, with a rating of 96 out of 100.

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A joint venture between Sony Pictures Animation and Movie Land Animation Studios
Films 2010s The Animals in the Attic (2019) • Carmen Sandiego (2019) • Chocolate Fever (2019) • Spider-Gwen (2019) • Everest (2019) • Grossology (2019) • Bunny (2019)
2020s Cool Girls (2020) • Las Vegas (2020; Disney+ original film) • Overwatch (2020) • Famous 5 (2021) • Animals vs. Monsters (2021) • Sushi (2021) • Marcos (2021) • Jerry and Will (2021) • Panko the Dragon (2021) • Totally Spies! (2021; Netflix original film) • Carmen Sandiego 2 (2021) • 6teen (2021) • The Crown 2 (2021; Netflix original film) • The Hollow (2021) • The Last Kids on Earth (2021) • Grossology 2 (2021) • Super Bowl (2021) • Tom the Hand 5 (2021) • Cool Girls 2 (2022) • The JH Movie Collection Movie: Friendsformania (2022) • Sally Bollywood (2022) • The Animals in the Attic 2 (2022) • Red (2022; Amazon Prime Video original film) • League of Techs (2022) • Voltron (2022) • Bunny: The Rise of Dylan (2022) • Ghost in the Shell (2022) • Spider-Gwen 2 (2022) • Famous 5: A New Mystery (2022) • Tom the Hand 6 (2022) • The JH Movie Collection Movie: Homecoming (2022) • Arcane (2022) • The Tibet Code (2023) • The Pencilmation Movie (2023) • Animals vs. Monsters: Most Wanted (2023) • Carmen Sandiego 3 (2023) • The Hollow: A New World (2023) • Techs-Mas (2023) • Final Fantasy (2023) • Grossology: The Final Chapter (2023) • Mech Cadets (2023) • JH Friends Collection: The Movie (2023) • Birds 3 (2024) • Baywatch (2024) • Welcome to Mumbai (2024) • Bubbles (2024) • Tomb Raider (2024) • Raise the Bar! (2024)
Upcoming Agent Elvis (2024) • Kena: Bridge of Spirits (2024) • Famous 5: Mystery Together (2024) • Coffee Run (2024) • Cool Girls in Mexico (2025) • Smash of Claws 2 (2025) • Carmen Sandiego 4 (2025)
Short films The Bunnies in a Christmas Caper (2018) • Ty and Abby's Bun Run (2020) • Animapets: A JH Movie Collection Short (2021) • JH Valentine Collection (2022) • California Girls: A JH Movie Collection Short (2022)
Short Land Pearl (2019) • League (2019) • Cit Cat (2019) • Codes (2019) • Water (2019) • Park (2020) • BFFs (2020) • The Hares of Nowhere (2021) • Better When I'm Dancing (2021) • Kandi (2021) • Pride to Be Mine (2023) • Chips (2024)
Television series The Tom the Hand Show (2021-present) • JH Movie Collection: The Great Outdoors (2022-present) • Agent Marcos (2023-present) • Crackle (2024-present)
TV specials JH Movie Collection's Christmas Caper (2021) • JH Egg-Scapade Collection (2022) • Cool Girls: A Very, Merry Cool Year (2022)
Franchises Short Land (2019-present)
Miscellaneous Movie Land Animation Studios Movie Collection, Volume 3 (2022)
See also List of Movie Land Animation Studios productions
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Feature films Computer animated Open Season (2006) • Surf's Up (2007) • Open Season 2 (2008; direct-to-video film) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) • Open Season 3 (2010; direct-to-video film) • Arthur Christmas (2011; Produced with Aardman) • Hotel Transylvania (2012) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) • Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) • Open Season: Scared Silly (2015; direct-to-video film) • Surf's Up 2: WaveMania (2017; direct-to-video film) • Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) • The Emoji Movie (2017) • The Star (2017) • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (accolades) • The Animals in the Attic (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Carmen Sandiego (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) • Chocolate Fever (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Spider-Gwen (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Everest (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Grossology (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Bunny (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Cool Girls (2020; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Las Vegas (2020; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios; Disney+ original film) • Famous 5 (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021; Netflix original film) • Animals vs. Monsters (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Wish Dragon (2021; Netflix original film) • Sushi (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Totally Spies! (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios; Netflix original film) • Vivo (2021; Netflix original film) • Carmen Sandiego 2 (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The Crown 2 (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios; Netflix original film) • The Last Kids on Earth (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Grossology 2 (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Super Bowl (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022; Amazon Prime Video film) • Cool Girls 2 (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The JH Movie Collection Movie: Friendsformania (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The Animals in the Attic 2 (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Red (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios; Amazon Prime Video film) • League of Techs (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Live-action/computer animated The Smurfs (2011) • The Smurfs 2 (2013) • Goosebumps (2015) • Peter Rabbit (2018) • Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) • Overwatch (2020; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Jerry and Will (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The Hollow (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Tom the Hand 5 (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Arcane (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios)
Stop-motion animated The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012; Produced with Aardman)
Upcoming films Goat (2026) • David and Ryan: Into the Tooniverse (2029) • Fixed (TBA)
Television Series Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–18) • Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–2020) • The Tom the Hand Show (2021–present) • JH Movie Collection: League of Visions (2021–present) • Agent Elvis (2023) • Young Love (2023–present) • Open Season: Call of Nature (2023–present)
Online series Go! Cartoons (2017–18)
Short films The ChubbChubbs! (2002) • Early Bloomer (2003) • Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run (2007) • The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas (2007) • The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011) • So You Want to Be a Pirate! (2012) • Goodnight Mr. Foot (2012) • The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013) • Super Manny (2013) • Earl Scouts (2013) • Steve's First Bath (2014) • Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear (2014) • Puppy! (2017) • The Bunnies in a Christmas Caper (2018) • Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham (2019) • Hair Love (2019) • Live Stream (2019) • Ty and Abby's Bun Run (2020) • Monster Pets (2021) • Dog Cop 7: The Final Chapter (2021) • The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story (2023)
Franchises Open Season (2006–present) • Surf's Up (2007–17) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009–18) • The Smurfs (2011–17) • Hotel Transylvania (2012–22) • Goosebumps (2015–18) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018–present)
Associated productions The ChubbChubbs! (2002) • Early Bloomer (2003) • The Angry Birds Movie (2016) • Sausage Party (2016) • The Crown (2019) • Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021) • Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022) • The Garfield Movie (2024) • Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)
See also Sony Pictures ImageworksUnproduced projectsSilvergate MediaAdelaide ProductionsScreen Gems CartoonsUnited Productions of AmericaList of Sony theatrical animated feature films
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A Division of Sony Pictures Animation
Filmography
Released Stickman: The Movie (2014) • Go Touching 8 (2014) • Reggie and the Penguin (2015) • Loppy the Dog (2016) • Birds (2017) • The Street of San Francisco (2017) • Major Lazer: The Movie (2018) • Penguinopolis (2018) • Smash of Claws (2018) • Stuart Little (2018) • Birds 2 (2019) • Stickman 2: Larry's Adventure (2019) • Loppy the Dog 2: The Second Movie (2019) • Sarcastics 2 (2019) • Ned's Newt (2020) • Twister (2020; produced with Panko and Panda Studios) • Technoville (2020) • The JH Movie Collection Movie: The Fate of the Tour (2020) • Faster Bike (2020) • Tom the Hand 4 (2020) • Krishna and the Last Lion (2021; produced with Kumar Coca) • The JH Movie Collection Movie 4: Friendship Vacation (2021) • The Chinese vs. The Korean (2021; produced with Panko & Panda Studios) • Go Touching (2021) • Sarcastics 3 (2021) • The Sarcastics Adventures of Alexa (2022; HBO Max original film) • Black vs. White (2022) • Jungle Tales (2022; produced with Kumar Coca) • Noodle and Bun (2022) • Spy Land (2022) • Krishna and the Twelve Elements (2023; produced with Kumar Coca) • Æon Flux (2023) • Fast & Furious Spy Racers (2023) • Q-Force (2023; produced with Illumination) • Dex Hamilton (2023) • Yasmina (2023) • Sarcastics 4: A New Student (2023) • The Chinese vs. The Korean: A New Team (2023; produced with Panko & Panda Studios) • Teen Titans (2024) • Faster Bike: A New Motors (2024) • Kipo (2024; produced with DreamWorks Animation) • Loppy the Dog 3 (2024) • The Dragon Prince Movie (2024)
Sony's Movie Land Universe films The Animals in the Attic (2019) • Carmen Sandiego (2019) • Chocolate Fever (2019) • Spider-Gwen (2019) • Everest (2019; produced with Panko & Panda Studios) • Grossology (2019) • Bunny (2019) • Cool Girls (2020) • Las Vegas (2020) • Overwatch (2020) • Famous 5 (2021) • Animals vs. Monsters (2021) • Sushi (2021) • Marcos (2021) • Jerry and Will (2021) • Panko the Dragon (2021; produced with Panko & Panda Studios) • Totally Spies! (2021) • Carmen Sandiego 2 (2021) • 6teen (2021) • The Crown 2 (2021) • The Hollow (2021) • The Last Kids on Earth (2021) • Grossology 2 (2021) • Super Bowl (2021) • Tom the Hand 5 (2021) • Cool Girls 2 (2021) • The JH Movie Collection Movie: Friendsformania (2022) • Sally Bollywood (2022; produced with Kumar Coca) • The Animals in the Attic 2 (2022) • Red (2022; produced with Panko & Panda Studios) • League of Techs (2022) • Voltron (2022) • Bunny: The Rise of Dylan (2022) • Ghost in the Shell (2022) • Cuphead (2022) • Spider-Gwen 2 (2022) • Mira: A Hollow Story (2022) • Famous 5: A New Mystery (2022) • Tom the Hand 6 (2022) • The JH Movie Collection Movie: Homecoming (2022) • Arcane (2022) • The Tibet Code (2023; produced with Panko & Panda Studios) • The Pencilmation Movie (2023) • Animals vs. Monsters: Most Wanted (2023) • Carmen Sandiego 3 (2023) • Need for Speed (2023) • The Hollow: A New World (2023) • Techs-Mas (2023) • Grossology: The Final Chapter (2023) • Final Fantasy (2023) • Mech Cadets (2023) • Birds 3 (2024) • Tom the Hand 7 (2024) • Baywatch (2024) • Welcome to Mumbai (2024; produced with Kumar Coca) • Bubbles (2024; co-produced with Alcon Entertainment) • Tomb Raider (2024) • Raise the Bar! (2024)
Upcoming Agent Elvis (2024) • Kena: Bridge of Spirits (2024) • Famous 5: Mystery Together (2024) • Coffee Run (2024) • Cool Girls in Mexico (2025) • Smash of Claws 2 (2025) • Carmen Sandiego 4 (2025)
Upcoming Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Part Two (2025)
Produced with Aardman Animations The JH Movie Collection Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) • The JH Movie Collection Movie: The Fate of the Tour (2020)
As Ted-LaPai Productions A Bird's Tale (1994) • The Secret of Ace (1995) • Cycle Throughout the World (1996) • Life of Animals (1996) • Power Up (1997) • One Little Rabbit (1997) • El Fuego (1997) • A Trip to Denmark (1998) • The Secret of Ace 2 (2000) • Yeti (2000) • A Bird's Tale 2 (2000) • Life of Animals 2 (2001) • Two Little Rabbits (2001) • Magnus (2002) • Los Altos (2002) • Street Racers (2002) • Bunnies on the Streets (2003) • Go Touching (2003) • Power Up 2 (2004) • Let's Get It On (2005) • Kevin the Lost Dog (2006) • A Trip to Los Angeles (2007) • The Dragon Deluxe (2008) • Zoos of America (2008) • Go Touching 2 (2008)
As Movie Land Productions Two Foxes (2010) • Go Touching 3 (2011) • Go Touching 4 (2012) • The Hindus vs. The Droids (2013) • Go Touching 5 (2013) • Go Touching 6 (2013) • Go Touching 7 (2014) • Mr. Mango (2014)
Associated productions The JH Movie Collection Movie (2018) • Gwen and Dan (2019) • Gwen and Dan: Level Two (2021) • Makoo 2 (2023)
Franchises Stickman (2014-2019) • Loppy the Dog (2016-2025) • The JH Movie Collection Movie (2018-2022) • Sony's Movie Land Universe (2019-present) • Tom the Hand (season 3; 2016, 2019-present) • Cool Girls (2020-present)
Television series
Current The Tom the Hand Show (2021-present) • JH Movie Collection: League of Visions (2021-present) • Sarcastics: The Series (2022-present) • JH Movie Collection: The Great Outdoors (2022-present) • Cool Girls: A Very, Merry Cool Year (2022; television film) • Toon Chaos (2023-present) • Agent Marcos (2023-present)
Ended Stickman: The Series (2016-2019) • Tom the Hand (2016-2021) • All Hail Loppy the Dog (2017-2021) • How Penguins Goes to Kansas (2017; television film) • The JH Movie Collection Show (2018-2021) • The Christopher the Stickman Show (2020-2021) • Junior and Friends (2021)
People
Directors Ted V. MillerRobert ZemeckisStephen HeneveldMike MitchellDon HallPhil Lord and Christopher MillerChris WilliamsChris MillerJenny HarderBob PersichettiPeter RamseyRodney RothmanTom McGrathWilliam RenschenElla RayDominic FormellaAlejandro MunozMarcos Rivera
Producers Chris MeledandriKristina ReedBonnie ArnoldRoy ConliRoy LeePhil Lord and Christopher MillerJordan KernerDon HahnDarla K. AndersonDan LinJohn LasseterAvi AradAmy PascalWilliam RenschenElla RayDominic FormellaAlejandro MunozMarcos Rivera
Writers Karey KirkpatrickNicholas StollerRodney RothmanPhil Lord and Christopher MillerJordan RobertsJohn DavisPeter LordNick ParkWilliam Renschen
Executives/Associated figures Ted V. MillerMichael LaPaiMonty LaBuenoGeorge MacGuffinChristopher MacGuffinChris Meledandri
Animators and visual/special effects artists Gal GadotJamie ChungBex Taylor-KlausJeffrey KatzenbergRich MooreRoy ConliGary TrousdalePhil Lord and Christopher MillerSteven SpielbergDuncan RouleauSteven T. SeagleSteven YeunJenny HarderHailee SteinfeldShiyoon KimPanat ThamrongsombutsakulJohn KnollCraig HammackSimon J. SmithSamik Roy ChoudhuryErik-Jan de BoerCedric Nicolas-TroyanEmilio Ruiz del Río
Signature voice actors/actress Ben StillerAdam SandlerJim CarreyGal GadotHailee SteinfeldJamie ChungBex Taylor-KlausMichael J. FoxAndy SambergKeegan-Michael KeyRihannaJohn DiMaggioTenzing Norgay TrainorShameik MooreJake Johnson
Signature musicians Henry JackmanJames Newton HowardLorne BalfeRupert Gregson-WilliamsJunkie XLDaniel Pemberton
Signature character designer Monty LaBuenoRonnie del CarmenJin KimShiyoon Kim
Visual Development & Storyboard Artists Dante EriksenCody CameronAndrew StantonShiyoon KimJin KimGeoff JohnsRonnie del Carmen
Related topics
Related media and projects Panko and Panda StudiosKumar CocaMovie Land Animation Studios CanadaLa Femme Rouge EntertainmentRedCrackle VFX
Defunct Birdy AnimationTouchstone Animation StudiosSphere Ball StudiosShank FilmsHands StudioThe Bellas VFX Studios
Miscellaneous Warner Bros. films (Unproduced Warner Bros. projectsWAG filmsWarner Bros. animated filmsWarner Bros. Animation franchises and productions) • Movie Land and LGBT representation in animationAcquisition of Movie Land by Sony Pictures
See also Movie LandMovie Land EntertainmentWarner Bros. AnimationWarner Animation GroupSony Pictures AnimationColumbia Pictures
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