Disney Recently Shut Down Their Direct-To-Video Animation Unit Behind PLANES, TINKER BELL, & More
Disney's direct-to-video studio, DisneyToon Studios which brought such animated films as Cars spinoff Planes and Peter Pan spinoff Tinker Bell, was recently shut down. Hit the jump to find out more...
DisneyToon Studios, Disney's direct-to-video unit, is being shut down, effective immediately - as recently reported by Indiewire.
This shutdown means the layoff of 75 animators and staff, although there's a possibility that many will be transitioned to another of Disney's animation studios such as Pixar.
The Glendale-based unit hasn’t released a film since Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast back in 2015. The studio was also known for, its Pixar's Cars spinoff, Planes which released in 2013 and received a sequel the year after titled Planes: Fire & Rescue.
While Tinker Bell and Planes both had theatrical releases, but for the most part DisneyToons was focused on creating content that would be released directly on DVD and Blu-ray.
DisneyToon was initially known as Disney MovieToons and released such films as DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, A Goofy Movie!, The Lion King 1 ½, and countless more tie-ins.
What do you think about DisneyToon Studios being shut down? Did you like their animated films?
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