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The London-based CG animation studio Locksmith Animation has appointed Mary Coleman as Chief Creative Officer. Coleman joins Locksmith from Pixar Animation Studios, where she served as Head of Creative Development. She will begin her work at LSA in July. During her 23 years at Pixar, Coleman worked closely alongside…

Locksmith Animation (Ron’s Gone Wrong) has optioned Marissa Meyer’s New York Times bestselling novel series The Lunar Chronicles for film, the London-based CG animation producer announced today. The series published by Feiwel & Friends is comprised of titles including Cinder (2012), Scarlet (2013), Cress (2014) and Win…

In a world where technology has so much influence in the lives of children, there's always going to be an underlying fear for parents that their kids will struggle to make real connections. As parents themselves, it was important for Ron's Gone Wrong writer-director Sarah Smith (alongside director Jean-Philippe Vine)…

Since being screened to great fanfare before the press since late August, Warner Bros. and Legendary’s $165M sci-fi epic Dune finally lands in U.S. theaters as well as 40 overseas markets, including China with an eye on a global weekend in the $70M+ range. Already, the Denis Villeneuve directed epic, which carries a…

VES Award-winning How To Train Your Dragon franchise alum Simon Otto has been set to make his animated feature directorial debut on Locksmith Animation's That Christmas. Based on a trio of children's books by writer/director Richard Curtis, and previously known as The Empty Stocking, the film is currently in…

Locksmith Animation has named Natalie Fischer as CEO as the London-based company gears up for the October release of its first feature, Ron's Gone Wrong. Fischer is a former COO of Illumination Entertainment and has been a senior adviser there for the past four years. At the same time, Locksmith Co-Founder and Ron's Go…

Love, Actually writer/director Richard Curtis has teamed with Locksmith Animation for an animated feature based on his Christmas children's books. Curtis, who also wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral and Yesterday, is writing The Empty Stocking with Peter Souter (Married Single Other). Bonnie Arnold (How to Train Your Dr…

Warner Bros Pictures has signed a multi-film pact with UK studio Locksmith Animation after the latter's deal with 20th Century Fox ended prematurely earlier this year. Toby Emmerich, Chairman, Warner Bros. Pictures Group, and Courtenay Valenti, President Production and Development, Warner Bros. Pictures, announced the…

Red Arrow Studios International has sold neo-noir crime drama Stella Blómkvist to AMC Networks' Sundance Now. The series has also been recommissioned for a second season by Síminn in Iceland. Produced by Sagafilm for Síminn and Viaplay, the series has been picked up by AMC Networks' Sundance Now SVOD platform for…

EXCLUSIVE: Kids' adventure book Wed Wabbit is to be turned into a family feature film after Elisabeth Murdoch-backed animation studio Locksmith Animation optioned the book. Wed Wabbit, written by Lissa Evans, follows a ten-year-old girl, Fidge, who lives with her dippy mother and four-year-old sister Minnie and is…

20th Century Fox and UK-based animation studio Locksmith Animation have set Ron’s Gone Wrong as their inaugural animated feature since announcing the multi-year production partnership deal, which is expected to deliver one film every 12-18 months  From co-directors Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and Pixar Story…

Twentieth Century Fox Film and Locksmith Animation have entered into a multi-year production partnership to release one animated film every year to 18 months. The U.K. based studio will develop and produce projects completely there and Locksmith partner Double Negative providing digital production. That product will…