Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterThe Walt Disney Company will close Blue Sky Studios, the animation company it inherited in the 2019 acquisition of 20th Century Fox.Founded in 1987, the company helped grow top-grossing family franchises including “Ice Age,” the Dr.
Seuss adaptation “Horton Hears a Who!”, and most recently the Will Smith and Tom Holland project “Spies in Disguise.”About 450 employees staffing the company will face termination, thought some are said to be eyeing roles at other Disney portfolio holdings, which includes the eponymous Walt Disney Animation studio and Pixar.
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