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Vanguard Films & Animation, often named only as Vanguard Animation, is an American production studio founded in 2002 by producer John H. Williams and Neil Braun.[1] The studio has offices in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and Ealing Studios in London, England, United Kingdom. Starz Distribution owns a minority stake in the studio.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Computer animation VFX Motion capture Animated |
Founded | 2002 |
Founders | John H. Williams Neil Braun |
Headquarters | , United States |
Number of locations | 3 |
Key people | John H. Williams (CEO) Gary Chapman (Head of Prod.) |
Owner | Starz Distribution (Minority) |
Number of employees | 10 |
Subsidiaries | Rabbit Ears Entertainment, LLC |
Website | vanguardanimation |
The studio was founded in 2002 by John H. Williams.[1] For its launch, it signed with Ealing Studios a four-picture deal to produce sub-$40 million computer-animated films.[2][3] The following year, Vanguard sold a minority stake to IDT Corporation and partnered with its animation unit, Digital Production Solutions, to co-produce and co-own all Vanguard's properties,[1][4] including Valiant (2005) produced for Disney.[2]
# | Title | Release date | Gross | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
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1 | Valiant | August 19, 2005 (US) | $61,746,888 | 32% | 45% |
2 | Happily N'Ever After | January 5, 2007 (US) | $38,085,778 | 4% | 28% |
3 | Space Chimps | July 18, 2008 | $64,834,964 | 33% | 36% |
4 | Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back (DTV) | May 28, 2010 | $4,124,518 | 0% | — |
5 | Get Squirrely | November 4, 2016 | $1,224,520[5] | 34% | — |
6 | Gnome Alone | November 2, 2017 | $10,800,715[6] | 44% | — |
7 | Charming | April 20, 2018 | $8,751,856[7] | 24% | — |
8 | Trouble | August 8, 2019 | $11,942,158[8] | 36% | — |
9 | Fearless | August 14, 2020 | — | 49% | — |
10 | Rally Road Racers | May 12, 2023 | $2,790,163 | 73% | — |
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