The future of animation units and Execs
Exclusive: We understand that Ramsey Naito, Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon animation, will remain in her role as PAAROUUNT Animation President after completing the Skydance acquisition of Paramount Global Tomorrow, according to the sources of the deadline.
Meanwhile, Skydance will not be combined with Paramount, we hear. Instead, in the short term, Skydance Animation will remain separate with the former Pixar Studios John Lacter, and the animation head and Huli Edwards continues as head of animation. Skydance Animation is still the NETFLIX direction.
Paramount has some non-intertwined to do after the decline since the departure of Paramount Global Co-CEO Brian Robbins has supervised both Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon as president and executive director of Paramount and Nickelodeon. As President of Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation, his Lieutenant NAITO has made animation across both features of Paramount and TV series for Nickelodeon, which is the last studio of Nickelodeon.
In the structure of the companies after the detected on Monday, the regions are divided, with the advantages of going to Dana Goldberg and Josh Greencites, the second participating in Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon to George Cheeks, and the head of television media, with Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon TV studios in the TV listed in His diet. The latter is a title that was not used in modern memory; The current animation is likely to refer to the current animation.
In light of the separation, Knito will not supervise Nick’s TV animation, focusing on Paramount’s animation features, the sources said.
It is not yet clear who will succeed in running Nickeloodeon TV Studios/Nickelodeon animation, the pioneering nickelodeon home Sponge The privilege as well The Odparents, to some extent, Rugrats, Avatar: The Last Airbinder, The Laud House and Teenage ninja turtles.
NAITO acquired PAAROUNT animation in September 2021 in the aftermath of Robbins that PARAMONT Pictures was president and executive director.
It was assigned to promote it by developing Nickelodeon’s features in animated images. While running in Paramount Animation, the studio released the portrayal of Poin Gray Pictures Teenage Ninja Turtles: Mutile Chaos Which was closed to $ 182 million worldwide in the summer of 2023 and resulted in one billion dollars in global retail sales for this year the evaluation alone. Other cartoons that were released while operating include PAW Patrol: The movie (144.3 million dollars worldwide), Transformers (129.4 million dollars worldwide) and Smurfs (Currently $ 90 million worldwide). Next is SpongeBob: Search for SquarePants (December 19), PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie (July 24, 2026), Angry Birds 3 (January 29, 2027), as well as a historian Aang Legend: Another Airbnder and Teenage Ninja turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2.
Other projects were under the jurisdiction of Knito Star Trek: Miracle From Nickeloodeon, as well as a Higher monster Animation chain.
While in Nickelodeon Animation, Naito launched the largest animation list in the network in its 40 -year -old history with more than 70 projects in the Nickelodeon animation studio and deals with the best talents and creators.
NAITO was promoted from EVP to produce animation and developed for the Nickelodeon Group to Nickelodeon Animation President in 2020. During 2021, she supervised the launch of TV and international films like PAW Patrol: The Movie; expansion SpongeBob SquarePants Universe with SpongeBob: Sponge on The Run Two of the original rotation, Camp Coral: Spongepop under years and Patrick star show; Children’s shark guides Blue and you! ; Santiago from the seas; The Loud House; and Rugrats.