A new deal with Skydance Animation grants Apple TV+ the exclusive streaming rights to films "Luck" and "Spellbound," and a two-season order for the animated series "The Search for WondLa."
A new deal with Skydance Animation grants Apple TV+ the exclusive streaming rights to films "Luck" and "Spellbound," and a two-season order for the animated series "The Search for WondLa."
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Apple Acquires Luck & Spellbound in Overall Deal With Skydance Animation
In a new overall deal with Skydance Animation, Apple has acquired the upcoming animated movies
Luck and
Skydance, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The deal covers feature films and TV series for the company’s streaming service, Apple TV+.
Luck and
Spellbound in addition to a two-season order given for The Search for WondLa series. The animated features were originally set up at Paramount. The outlet reports the deal with the studio allows Skydance “to move the films” at the discretion of CEO David Ellison.
Spellbound is an animated musical that follows the story of a young who must break the spell that has split her kingdom in two. The film will be directed by Vicky Jenson (
Apple and Skydance Animation Formally Announce Multi-Year Partnership
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Variety‘s exclusive report in December, Apple is officially announcing its multi-year content partnership with David Ellison’s Skydance Animation.
The agreement, which includes the previously announced feature films “Luck” and “Spellbound,” will also include what Apple billed as “first-ever theatrical-quality animated television series” for Apple TV Plus subscribers.
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Skydance Animation is a division of Ellison’s Skydance Media, which is run by John Lasseter and president Holly Edwards. The deal reunites Lasseter with the Cupertino giant decades after he founded Pixar with the late Steve Jobs.