Draft:STX Animation
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| Company type | Division |
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| Industry |
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| Founded | October 31, 2025 |
| Founder | Robert Simonds Bill McGlashan |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people |
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| Owner | Jahm Najafi |
Number of employees | 900 (2027) |
| Parent | STX Entertainment (The Najafi Companies) |
STX Animation is an upcoming American animation studio and division of STX Entertainment, founded by former Pacific Data Images executives and based in Burbank, California.
History
[edit]In October 2025, STX Entertainment launched its animation division with former Pacific Data Images executives leading the new studio, with DNEG Animation announced as the project's animation partner. Both films would be distributed by Amazon MGM Studios as part of their deal with STX Entertainment. In January 2026, was hired to head the division as president of animation and family entertainment, and Escape from Hat was given a release date of March 24, 2028.
STX Animation signed on directors Mark Osbourne (Kung Fu Panda and Sherlock Gnomes) to direct Escape from Hat, Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise (Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Atlantis: The Lost Empire) to direct Frogkisser!, and Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3 and The Cat in the Hat) to write and direct The Familiars.
In February 2028, it was announced that Chris Miller would revive his long-dormant project Larrikins for STX Animation after it was originally set up at DreamWorks Animation during the late 2010s. On March 15, 2028, Tim Johnson revealed that he has entered into an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with STX Animation. The following month, longtime Walt Disney Animation Studios director Chris Buck was announced to have joined STX Animation to develop and produce an original animated film for the studio.
Production logo
[edit]With the release of Star and Skipper in October 2027, STX Animation revealed their first logo. With the release of Escape from Hat in March 2028, their full logo was released and shows the star from Star and Skipper which are now the mascots of the studio launched from their planet (also from Star and Skipper) flying around to form the studio's logo with magic yellow and purple trails, the fanfare was composed by Jeff Morrow which was adopted from the theme of Star and Skipper. It was animated by their Glendale branch, DNEG Animation and their head of animation, Mireille Soria. The behind the music of the studio's logo was posted by Jeff Morrow.
Filmography
[edit]Feature films
[edit]Upcoming films
[edit]| Release | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Composer(s) | Distribution | Animation Service(s) |
Production status | Ref. |
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| March 24, 2028 | Escape from Hat | Mark Osborne | Mark Osborne Adam Kline |
Mark Osborne Jinko Gotoh Melissa Cobb |
Christophe Beck | Amazon MGM Studios Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
DNEG Animation | In production | |
| November 22, 2030 | Frogkisser! | Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise |
Based on the fairy tale by: Garth Nix |
Mireille Soria Robert Simonds Noah Fogelson Brian Keane Bruce Anderson |
Christopher Lennertz (score) Christopher Lennertz Glenn Slater (songs) | ||||
| Alison Peck Lauren Hynek Elizabeth Martin | |||||||||
| 2032 | The Familiars | Alessandro Carloni | Based on the books by: Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson |
Mireille Soria Robert Simonds Noah Fogelson Brian Keane Mary Ellen Bauder Andrews |
Rupert Gregson-Williams | ||||
| Alessandro Carloni Steve Bencich Ron J. Friedman | |||||||||
| 2034 | Larrikins | Chris Miller | Matt Lieberman Pam Brady |
Mireille Soria<brRobert Simonds Noah Fogelson Brian Keane Daniela Mazzucato |
Henry Jackman (score) Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (songs) |
Animal Logic | |||
| TBA | Kazorn and the Unicorn | Tim Johnson Chris Buck |
Tom J. Astle Matt Ember |
Mireille Soria<brRobert Simonds Noah Fogelson Brian Keane |
Lorne Balfe | DNEG Animation |
- 2025 establishments in California
- American companies established in 2025
- STX Entertainment
- American animation studios
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema
- Entertainment companies based in California
- Film production companies of the United States
- Mass media companies established in 2025
- Companies based in Burbank, California