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THE OFFICIAL RIO2 CASTING PRESS RELEASE
The starring voice cast of Twentieth Century Fox's 2011 animated smash RIO is reuniting for the follow-up, RIO 2, and they are joined by a flock of top actors and musical talents new to the franchise, it was announced today by Vanessa Morrison, president of Twentieth Century Fox Animation. The film is now in production at Blue Sky Studios. Twentieth Century Fox's international rollout begins March 20, 2014, followed by its domestic release on April 11, 2014. CLICK HEADLINE FOR MORE...
by @blueskystudios on Feb. 22, 2013
THE OFFICIAL PEANUTS PRESS RELEASE
Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios have acquired rights to make a feature film based on the late Charles Schulz’s beloved and iconic “Peanuts” franchise. The agreement is the culmination of over two years of discussions – focused on the film’s creative direction – between the Studio and members of the Schulz family. The announcement was made today by Vanessa Morrison, president of Twentieth Century Fox Animation.
by @blueskystudios on Oct. 9, 2012
Welcome to the new site!
It took a surprisingly long time and many many many (many) internal meetings to pull together our new online home. We hope you like it!
In addition to the overall overhaul, we really wanted to create a place where both hardcore fans of our movies and people in the industry can get to know who we are, what we do, and how we do ...
by @blueskystudios on July 19, 2012
Mighty Misc
Warning: this post is about to get very insider. But that’s why you’re here, right?

A picture of daily life at Blue Sky would not be complete without mentioning one very small word: MISC.

Misc is to Blue Sky what Craigslist is to everyone else. It’s an internal email alias, it’s a source of information, it’s a way of ...
by Shelley on July 16, 2012
Ice Age Scoring Sessions with Mike and Steve
Scoring the films is one of the few things that we don't do here in the Blue Sky facilities. Actually, none of the studios do their own scoring in their own studios.
One of the perks of making movies with Fox is the use of their incredible scoring stage. It's actually rented out by all the major studios because of the unique ...
by @blueskystudios on July 10, 2012
Mike and Steve giving us a taste of the score.
Over the River and Through the Woods
The 33 mile drive north takes about 40 minutes and takes me across the Whitestone bridge and up the Hutchinson River Parkway. The drives are mostly non-eventful but occasionally you get to see a sad tractor trailer stuck under a low over-pass; the top of its crumpled trailer peeled open like sardines. 20 minutes into the drive and any semblance of the city with ...
by Elvis on July 5, 2012
Blue Sky forest
We are growing!
If you come here every day, you already know we are taking on an additional 40,000+ square feet of space right next door.
Once the literal dust has settled, the offices finished, the cubes set - several whole departments will fill the new wing. Knowing our crack Facilities and IT team - nobody will feel the hiccup.
Watching this "little" film studio grow is a ...
by @blueskystudios on July 3, 2012
Making room for more awesome people and their desks.
Shot 911
It never fails. It’s usually on a nice saturday afternoon. The movie's been shipped and most of the team is off, but you’re scheduled to be at the studio on call for stereo color timing notes from Los Angeles. And it goes down like this:

The emergency call comes from management: There’s a shot coming back your way. They found ...
by Elvis on June 18, 2012