Behind the Scenes at Blue Sky

Our Next Movie Has Finally Been Announced: Rio!

From Variety:
Fox, Blue Sky drawn to ‘Rio’
Studio greenlights 3-D digital animated film
By TATIANA SIEGEL
Twentieth Century Fox Animation is heading south for its next bigscreen project from Blue Sky Studios.
Studio has greenlit the 3-D digital animated pic “Rio,” which centers on a nerdy macaw who leaves the comforts of his cage in small-town Minnesota and [...]

Cinema Blend Hears A Who: A Visit To Blue Sky Studios

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Dude Challenge!

I’ll be participating in this bit of tom foolery… check it out should be fun.  Click on the image above for the blog.

Fox Animation Soars Under Blue Sky

Low-profile studio stays afloat with ‘Ice Age’

By BEN FRITZ

The nondescript glass building at 44 South Broadway in the New York City suburb of White Plains doesn’t exactly look like an artists’ paradise.
Amidst the lawyers and insurance companies here, however, is an office that’s notable only for the cardboard cutout by the front door advertising [...]

Animation world gets competitive Studios challenging Pixar for toon throne

-Variety
The world of feature animation — once thought to be the exclusive domain of Disney and DreamWorks — is getting increasingly competitive, as studios left outside the gates of the toon kingdom are employing aggressive tactics to break in.
With the successful bow of “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who,” Fox Animation reaffirms its place in [...]

The Tree House

I’ve been meaning to post some pictures of our work environment for some time. My bud and fellow treehouse member beat me to it. He has a cool post on his site about it. Click the pick below to go to his blog entry. I’ll post more about it later.

Blue Sky is Moving!

We will be moving to Greenwich, CT, about 10 miles up the road. But the new office space should be great. For starters we’ll all be on one floor instead of spread out over 3 like we are now. And with the brand new renovations that are being completed this year it [...]

Ice Age 3 and Blue Sky Studios History

Box Office Prophet has posted a very cool article detailing some Blue Sky history, check it out, definitely an interesting read. Just click on Scrat below.

You Gotta Love’em

At the risk of embarrassing myself I thought I’d share a funny prank my work mates pulled on me yesterday, for my birthday. First thing in the morning they sent out the following email to the whole Blue Sky Animation department:
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In honor of Scott Carroll’s birthday, we’ve decided to combine selected songs from his [...]