Circle 7 Animation
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| Former type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry |
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| Fate | Dissolved |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Defunct | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Glendale, California, US |
| Owner(s) | The Walt Disney Company |
| Parent | Walt Disney Pictures |
Circle 7 Animation was a short-lived division of The Walt Disney Company specializing in computer generated imagery (CGI) animation and was originally going to work on making sequels to the Disney-owned Pixar properties (which consisted of the seven Pixar films released by Disney between 1995 and 2006), leading rivals to derisively nickname the division "Pixaren't".[1]
The division was working on early drafts of Toy Story 3,[2]Monsters, Inc. 2,[3] and Finding Nemo 2[4] before Disney's acquisition of Pixar in 2006 led to the end of production on the Circle 7 version of those films.
Overview
The division was named after the street where its studios were located. Circle Seven Drive in Glendale, California is also home to KABC-TV; the street is presumably named after KABC's trademark Circle 7 logo, which is also used in other ABC O&Os in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.[5]
On March 21, 2006, Disney officially closed this division, transferring about 80% of the studios employees to Walt Disney Feature Animation.[6]
References
- ^ "The Pixaren't Team Awaits Its Fate". Gawker. January 26, 2006. http://defamer.gawker.com/150936/the-pixarent-team-awaits-its-fate. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
- ^ Hill, Jim (November 24, 2010). "The "Toy Story 3" that you didn't get to see". http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2010/11/24/toy-story-3-_7C00_-you-didnt-get-to-see.aspx. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^ Hill, Jim (March 7, 2011). "Want a peek at Circle 7's unproduced "Monsters, Inc." sequel?". http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2011/03/07/want-a-peek-at-circle-7-s-unproduced-quot-monsters-inc-quot-sequel.aspx. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
- ^ Armstrong, Josh (March 5, 2012). "Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir on the Rise and Fall of Disney’s Circle 7 Animation". http://animatedviews.com/2012/bob-hilgenberg-and-rob-muir-on-the-rise-and-fall-of-disneys-circle-7-animation/. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
- ^ Hill, Jim (August 7, 2005). "The Skinny on Circle Seven". http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2005/08/08/655.aspx. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
- ^ "Disney Closes Unit Devoted to Pixar Sequels". Los Angeles Times. March 21, 2006. http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/21/business/fi-pixarent21. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
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