Universal animation studios12/19/2023 ![]() The Tale of Despereaux remains their only animated film. Framestore is responsible for the special effects in many blockbuster movies that we all watch, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Dark Knight, and Sherlock Holmes. Universal’s second film, The Tale of Despereaux was animated by British studio, Framestore Feature Animation. Reviews were so-so, with most complaining about the obvious padding to the story. The film, with a much smaller budget than CG films at the time, unfortunately didn’t make enough at the box office to take advantage of that safety net, only making $69.8 million against a $50 million budget. After much discussion, the studio decided to make the film primarily in traditional animation, with a little CG thrown in. A Curious George movie had been bounced around for years, but it didn’t get off the ground until the 2000’s. ![]() Before that, they had 1995’s Balto, made by Amblimation. Universal hadn’t been in the animation game for awhile when Curious George came out in 2006.
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