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The History of Blue Sky Studios (Part 4) | Animation Lookback (Patreon)

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2026-10-14 19:00:08
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2026-10-25 23:13:42
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2026-11
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As our story continues to the mid-2010s, Blue Sky Studios was trying new things with plenty of familiar faces. While they may have created one sequel too many in the Ice Age franchise with Collision Course, they also made their first and only non-Ice Age follow-up with Rio 2, and teamed up with the Schulz family to reinvent computer animation with The Peanuts Movie.

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Justin Monti

This definitely felt like an interesting time for Blue Sky Studios Rio 2: I personally think this movie is just ok and no where near as good as the first movie, but does still have some nice animation and some enjoyable songs The Peanuts Movie: I love this movie and it’s easily one of Blue Sky’s animated films that does a great job staying true to the original comics. Ice Age Collision Course: I absolutely hate this movie and it is without a doubt not just the worst Ice Age movie but also Blue Sky’s worst movie, and this really felt like the point where the franchise overstayed its welcome, and killed the franchise. And next time things are about to go from bad to worse for the studio where they’re at their lowest point and were apart of the major buyout that Disney did to acquire Fox.

Alan Oliva

Ah, 2015, the year of Cartoons! Possibly my favorite year altogether, after films like The SpongeBob Movie 2 and Shaun the Sheep. And of course, no surprise, The Peanuts Movie was possibly one of my favorites after Inside Out. It's such a shame, too, since that was the film I really hope it gained massive success after making that sort of innovation. And I don't care what people say about Spider-Verse, which is ironic considering they're both related to comics, go figure. however consider the future episode of this Lookback; my guess is we're going to the bleak era of the studio. Oh Boy.. fun.

Justin Grant

Finally!!! I know you've been really busy the past few months, but you've had us waiting since April! Now I just want to get this out of the way: did you really need to do a full review of Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass? I'd be fine with it if it were just a short review or even part of the Classic Reviews, but not so much as a regular review in place of a more anticipated video like this or the Felix the Cat: The Movie review. Anyway, great video and a lot of cute little moments, like reading the Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown title and that reference with the frozen dinosaur. I don't want to be a downer, but considering his schedule for the rest of the year, there's a good chance we might not get the next part till maybe January of next year. Collision Course may have put Blue Sky in a bad spot, but things aren't going to get much better for them.

Lady Helen Bio Rodriguez

The ending of the Peanuts film is the perfect send-off. Charlie Brown wins at something. Not the football, but love.

Hugo Segal

Yet another fantastic addition to this Lookback series! By the way, in New York dialect, Greenwich tends to be pronounced as “gren-itch”. I don’t fault you on that, though.

Hunter O'Laughlin

What’s really telling about the quality of Ice Age: Collision Course is that despite the efforts of the animators, even the people at Blue Sky Studios didn’t enjoy making this film as well as John Powell not returning to score the film and the Blu-Ray and DVD not having as much bonus features going into the making of the film. I remember the DVD of Continental Drift at least having bonus features that talked about the inspirations the crew drew from The Odyssey and each of the new creatures introduced and their real-life references. Say what you will about that film, but at least there was more effort put into its DVD & Blu-Ray than with Collision’s Course’s. I like to imagine John Powell got a good look at the script for Collision Course and decided his composition would be too much of a waste for that film. Probably for the best as I don’t think his score could’ve saved the film.

Hunter O'Laughlin

Yeah. Compared to 2025, 2015 was a much better year. Heck, the 2010 decade was better than the current 2020 decade. I wish I could go back to the 2010s.

Hunter O'Laughlin

Well, if it gets delayed to January, at least we finally got the 4th part to keep us satisfied. Regarding the review of Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass, he did a regular review last month. I don’t know how you missed it. You can check it out on YouTube if you want or on Patreon.

Hunter O'Laughlin

This was definitely worth the wait. I’m glad you were able to find some information on the making of Ice Age: Collision Course as I remember when you used to review Blu-Rays and DVDs for FilmBook, your biggest criticism was how it lacked any behind the scenes bonus features on the film’s production. (You know a film is so bad when even Blue Sky didn’t put any effort into making the Blu-Ray & DVD) So I was wondering if the lack of details of the film’s production would be an obstacle, but I’m glad you were able to find some to make an adequate behind the scenes story for it. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen The Peanuts Movie, but with a new film coming out, I’m definitely interested in revisiting it. I remember seeing it in theaters back in 2015 with my older brother along with the 50th anniversary special on The Christmas special and both give me fond memories of simpler times. How the people at Blue Sky really made sure to stay true to the tone of the franchise and the 2D animation style is admirable. But yeah, the next part is definitely going to be a bittersweet episode for the studio as they were struggling to make a profit post-Ice Age.

Justin Grant

I didn't miss it. I don't think you read my comment correctly.

Gild Feather

I had NO idea that Jeff Garcia was in Rio 2

Hunter O'Laughlin

He was in the first film as well. RIP Jeff. 🙏

Gild Feather

He’ll still be Sheen to me