According to the American publication Deadline, The Walt Disney Company has decided to close the production studio
What is known
According to a Disney spokesperson, the company made this decision due to “current economic realities.” Simply put, the reason seems to be the pandemic that has hit the film industry.
The Blue Sky team includes 450 employees. They are scheduled to be disbanded by April 2021. Some will be offered work in other studios of the company. For example, at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar.
In case you didn’t know
Blue Sky Studio was founded in 1987.In 1997, it was acquired by 20th Century Fox, which, in turn, was purchased by Disney in 2019. Over the 34 years of its existence, the studio has released 13 feature-length animated films, including Ice Age, Horton, Rio and Ferdinand. Blue Sky was most recently producing the animated film Nimona, which was slated to premiere in 2022. What will happen to the painting now is unknown.
Source: Deadline
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