Not to be confused with Warner Bros. Pictures Animation.
Warner Bros. Animation is the animation division of Warner Bros. Its counterpart is Warner Bros. Pictures Animation (formerly Warner Animation Group), which produces animated theatrical movies. Warner Bros. Animation is currently responsible for the production and distribution of the animated TV series and animated direct-to-video/direct-to-streaming movies based on Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies, Hanna-Barbera, DC Comics and Mortal Kombat.
History[]
One of the studio's predecessors, Warner Bros. Cartoons, had the involvement of Tex Avery and Chuck Jones. Avery left the studio in 1941; following a stint at Paramount Pictures, he moved to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. Jones would establish Sib Tower 12 Productions in 1962 after he was fired from WB for ghostwriting the UPA film Gay Purr-ee with his wife. This is the studio that produced the Tom and Jerry cartoons from 1963 to 1967.
Beginning in 1976, Jones began to produce Looney Tunes specials at his newly created studio, Chuck Jones Productions. He eventually directed and produced The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie, which was released in 1979. Jones was later given a contract to produce Looney Tunes cartoons for every year since 1994, which was eventually terminated when he publicly criticized Space Jam.
The success of the Looney Tunes specials and feature film led Warner Bros. to open Warner Bros. Animation in 1980. Hal Geer served as the initial head of the studio.
Warner Bros. Animation has been involved in the creation of every Tom and Jerry films and TV show since Turner Entertainment merging with Time Warner in 1996.
Tom and Jerry filmography[]
- Direct-to-video films
- Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (2002)
- Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars (2005)
- Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (2005)
- Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers (2006)
- Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (2007)
- Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)
- Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz (2011)
- Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (2012)
- Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure (2013)
- Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon (2014)
- Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest (2015)
- Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz (2016)
- Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017)
- Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up! (2022)
- Tom and Jerry: Snowman's Land (2022)
- Short films
- The Karate Guard (2005)
- TV shows
- Tom and Jerry Tales (2006-2008)
- The Tom and Jerry Show (2014-2021)
- Tom and Jerry Special Shorts (2021)
- Tom and Jerry in New York (2021)
- Tom and Jerry Singapore (2023)
- Tom and Jerry Time (2025)
- DVD specials
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