Paste Magazine has published a detailed oral history of Ice Age: Scrat Tales, the final production completed at the now-closed Blue Sky Studios. On April 10, 2021, The Walt Disney Company closed Blue ...

Last year, as Blue Sky was preparing to shut for good, Connecticut auditors accused it of receiving almost $50 million in excess state tax credits between 2017 and 2019 (state fiscal years). They now ...

The Walt Disney Company will close Blue Sky Studios, the animation company inherited in its 2019 acquisition of 20th Century Fox. Founded in 1987, Blue Sky helped grow top-grossing family franchises ...

Blue Sky Studios animators at work in May 2017 in Greenwich, Conn. The studio received millions in tax credits. Credit: Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media It was a Hollywood ending, but not the ...

According to DECD data, 2020 and 2021 payments to Blue Sky Studios under this program were based on in-state spending of more than $105 million each of the two years in question. By the time the ...

Editor’s note: Before he founded and became CEO of the Universal-based animation factory Illumination, Chris Meledandri was tasked with building an animation division at Fox. Early on, the president ...