{{Short description|Visual effects and animation studio}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox company | name = Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc. | logo = Sony Pictures Imageworks logo.svg | logo_caption = Logo used since 2006 | type = Subsidiary | foundation = {{Start date and age|1992|05|26}} | location = Floor 4, The Post, 349 W Georgia St, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 0N2, Canada {{Infobox|decat=yes|child=yes|label2={{nowrap|Additional offices}}|data2= 5750 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States <br /> 700 Rue Saint-Hubert, Suite 400, Montreal, Quebec HY2 0C1, Canada}} | locations = 3 | key_people = Michelle Grady (president) | owner = | num_employees = 1,300 (2024)<ref name="VSun2">{{cite news |last1=Derdeyn |first1=Stuart |title=Vancouver's Sony Pictures Imageworks is on the cutting edge of VFX industry |url=https://vancouversun.com/business/local-business/vancouvers-sony-pictures-imageworks-is-on-the-cutting-edge-of-vfx-industry |access-date=August 24, 2018 |work=The Vancouver Sun |publisher=Postmedia Network |date=September 22, 2017 |archive-date=August 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825010026/https://vancouversun.com/business/local-business/vancouvers-sony-pictures-imageworks-is-on-the-cutting-edge-of-vfx-industry |url-status=live }}</ref> | industry = CGI visual effects<br>Motion pictures | parent = Sony Pictures Entertainment | products = {{Plainlist| * Visual effects * Computer animation }} | homepage = {{URL|https://www.imageworks.com/|imageworks.com}} }} '''Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc.''' (also known as '''Imageworks''') is a Canadian-American visual effects and computer animation studio headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, with additional offices in Los Angeles, California and Montreal, Quebec.<ref name="VSun1">{{cite news | author=Bruce Constantineau | url=https://vancouversun.com/business/Visual+effects+company+Sony+Pictures+Imageworks+move+head+office/9890292/story.html | title=Sony Pictures Imageworks to move head office to Vancouver | newspaper=The Vancouver Sun | date=May 28, 2014 | access-date=May 28, 2014 | archive-date=May 31, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531081326/http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Visual+effects+company+Sony+Pictures+Imageworks+move+head+office/9890292/story.html | url-status=live }}</ref> SPI is a unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Motion Picture Group.<ref name="Sony Pictures Entertainment">{{cite web|title=Sony Pictures - Divisions|url=http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/divisions.html|website=sonypictures.com|access-date=7 June 2015|archive-date=March 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330173948/https://www.sonypictures.com/corp/divisions.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Sony Pictures Imageworks">{{cite web|title=Sony Pictures Imageworks|url=http://www.imageworks.com/about.php|website=imageworks.com|access-date=June 8, 2015|archive-date=January 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125084601/http://www.imageworks.com/about.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
The company has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for their work on ''Spider-Man 2,'' as well as the Academy Award for Best Animated Film for ''Into the Spider-Verse'' and Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for ''The ChubbChubbs!'', having also received many other nominations for their work.
SPI has provided visual effects for many films; most recent include ''The Meg'', ''Men in Black: International'', and ''Spider-Man: Far From Home''. They also provided services for several of director Robert Zemeckis' films, including ''Contact'', ''Cast Away'', ''The Polar Express'', and ''Beowulf''.
Since the foundation of its sister company Sony Pictures Animation in 2002, SPI would go on to animate nearly all of SPA's films, including ''Open Season'', ''Surf's Up'', ''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'', ''KPop Demon Hunters'', ''Goat'', and films in the ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'', ''Smurfs'' and ''Hotel Transylvania'' franchises, in addition to animating films for other studios such as ''Arthur Christmas'' for Aardman Animations (co-produced by SPA), ''Storks'' and ''Smallfoot'' for Warner Animation Group (now known as Warner Bros. Pictures Animation), ''The Angry Birds Movie'' for Rovio Animation and its sequel (co-produced by SPA), and ''Over the Moon'' for Netflix and Pearl Studio'', The Sea Beast'' and ''In Your Dreams'' for Netflix Animation, and ''The Bad Guys 2'' for DreamWorks Animation.
== History == Sony Pictures Imageworks was formed on May 26, 1992 with five employees to use computers to help plan complicated scenes for live-action films.<ref name=TNYTPartialSale>{{cite news|last1=Halbfinger|first1=David M.|title=Sony Said to Be Pondering Partial Sale of Movie Units|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/31/business/31sony.html|access-date=September 12, 2014|work=The New York Times|date=October 31, 2007|archive-date=September 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912213027/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/31/business/31sony.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Located in the former TriStar building, their first work was a previsualization for the 1993 film ''Striking Distance''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Failes|first1=Ian|title=From Speed to Spidey: 20 years of VFX and animation|url=http://www.fxguide.com/featured/from-speed-to-spidey-20-years-of-vfx-and-animation/|publisher=FX Guide|access-date=September 12, 2014|date=August 30, 2012|archive-date=September 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912014920/https://www.fxguide.com/featured/from-speed-to-spidey-20-years-of-vfx-and-animation/|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 1993, the previously unnamed unit received its current name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1993/film/news/sony-christens-digital-studio-imageworks-106162/|title=Sony christens digital studio Imageworks|first=Matt|last=Rothman|website=Variety|date=April 22, 1993|access-date=January 9, 2025}}</ref> In 1997, SPI became part of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Digital Studios unit.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cox|first=Dan|date=1997-01-30|title=SONY STREAMLINING|url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/sony-streamlining-1117432819/|access-date=2021-08-29|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>
To fill the gaps between VFX jobs, SPI decided to partake in the more profitable animation business.<ref name=VarietyShiftingStaff /> Its first independent animated effort was the 5-minute short ''The ChubbChubbs!'' directed by Eric Armstrong. In 2002, it won the Oscar for Best Animated Short. ''Early Bloomer'', released in 2003, was the division's second short film and originally made as a storyboarding exercise.<ref>{{cite web | author=Tito A. Belgrave | url=http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=1559 | title=Making Waves with Early Bloomer | publisher=CGSociety.org | date=September 8, 2003 | access-date=November 5, 2010 | archive-date=September 24, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924150247/http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=1559 | url-status=dead }}</ref> SPI completed its first feature animation project in 2006 with the release of ''Open Season'', which was produced by sister company Sony Pictures Animation.
In 2007, SPI acquired Indian visual effects studio FrameFlow to take advantage of lower labor costs.<ref name=VarietyShiftingStaff /><ref>{{Cite press release | title = Sony Pictures picks up 51% in FrameFlow | publisher = FrameFlow via The Economic Times | date = February 20, 2007 | url = http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/media/entertainment-/entertainment/Sony-Pictures-picks-up-51-in-FrameFlow/articleshow/1646568.cms | access-date = November 23, 2010}}</ref> Renamed to Imageworks India, a modern facility was opened in Chennai a year later.{{cn|date=April 2024}} To leverage New Mexico's tax rebates and talent base,<ref name=LATCloseNewMexico>{{cite news|last1=Verrier|first1=Richard|title=Sony ImageWorks to Close New Mexico Viz Effects Unit|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/02/sony-imageworks-to-close-new-mexico-viz-effects-unit.html|access-date=August 22, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 29, 2012|archive-date=December 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208022945/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/02/sony-imageworks-to-close-new-mexico-viz-effects-unit.html|url-status=live}}</ref> a satellite production facility was opened in 2007 in Albuquerque,<ref>{{Cite press release | title = Albuquerque Studios Sees Special Effects of SONY Imageworks Deal in New Mexico | publisher = Albuquerque Studios via PRWeb | date = May 20, 2007 | url = http://www.prweb.com/releases/SONYImageworks/AlbuquerqueStudios/prweb527671.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100504182742/http://www.prweb.com/releases/SONYImageworks/AlbuquerqueStudios/prweb527671.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = May 4, 2010 | access-date = November 23, 2010}}</ref> becoming the largest post-production operation in the state.<ref name=BJLeavNewMexico>{{cite news|last=Kamercik|first=Megan|title=Sony Pictures Imageworks to leave New Mexico|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/2012/02/29/sony-pictures-imageworks-to-leave-nm.html?page=all|access-date=March 1, 2012|newspaper=New Mexico Business Weekly|date=February 29, 2012|archive-date=February 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228130022/http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/2012/02/29/sony-pictures-imageworks-to-leave-nm.html?page=all|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, SPI opened a production studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, in order to take advantage of the local talent pool and government film production incentives.<ref name=NPHomeField>{{cite news|last1=MacInnis|first1=Tara|title=How Sony's Vancouver studios give Canadian animators home field advantage|url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/how-sonys-vancouver-studios-give-canadian-animators-home-field-advantage|access-date=August 22, 2015|work=National Post|date=August 14, 2012}}</ref> Two years later, the studio doubled its Vancouver facilities.<ref name=THRCanadianOutpost>{{cite news|last1=Etan|first1=Vlessing|title=Sony Pictures Imageworks Expands Canadian Outpost|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sony-pictures-imageworks-expands-canadian-286980|access-date=August 22, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 3, 2012|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924202245/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sony-pictures-imageworks-expands-canadian-286980|url-status=live}}</ref> At the same time, the Albuquerque studio was closed down due to declining state subsidies and difficulty with attracting artists to move there.<ref name=LATCloseNewMexico />
In the beginning of 2014, as a cost-cutting move, SPI transferred a portion of its technology team from its headquarters in Culver City to Vancouver.<ref name=VarietyShiftingStaff>{{cite news|last1=S. Cohen|first1=David|title=Sony Imageworks Shifting Staff From L.A. to Vancouver; Layoffs Feared|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/sony-imageworks-shifts-jobs-from-l-a-to-vancouver-layoffs-feared-1201066205/|access-date=August 22, 2015|work=Variety|date=January 21, 2014|archive-date=October 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031075023/https://variety.com/2014/film/news/sony-imageworks-shifts-jobs-from-l-a-to-vancouver-layoffs-feared-1201066205/|url-status=live}}</ref> By May 2014, entire headquarters and production had been moved to Vancouver, with only a small office remaining in Culver City.<ref name=VarietyMovingHQ>{{cite news|last1=S. Cohen|first1=David|title=Sony Imageworks Moving HQ to Vancouver|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/sony-imageworks-moving-hq-to-vancouver-1201197891/|access-date=August 22, 2015|work=Variety|date=May 29, 2014|archive-date=September 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901000900/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/sony-imageworks-moving-hq-to-vancouver-1201197891/|url-status=live}}</ref> At the same time, SPI closed down its Indian studio, laying off around 100 employees.<ref>{{cite news|last=S. Cohen|first=David|title=Sony Imageworks India to Shut Down (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2014/biz/news/sony-imageworks-india-shutting-down-1201077215/|access-date=January 30, 2014|newspaper=Variety|date=January 29, 2014|archive-date=January 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113150349/http://variety.com/2014/biz/news/sony-imageworks-india-shutting-down-1201077215/|url-status=live}}</ref> A year later, over 700 artists moved into a new 74,000-square feet headquarters in Vancouver.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Marchand|first1=Francois|title=Sony Pictures Imageworks unveils new Vancouver headquarters|url=https://vancouversun.com/Sony+Pictures+Imageworks+unveils+Vancouver+headquarters/11201700/story.html|access-date=August 22, 2015|work=The Vancouver Sun|date=July 10, 2015|archive-date=July 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051133/http://www.vancouversun.com/Sony+Pictures+Imageworks+unveils+Vancouver+headquarters/11201700/story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=VB12NewHQ>{{cite web|last1=Lu|first1=Cecilia|title=12 photos inside Sony Pictures Imageworks new downtown Vancouver HQ|work=Vancity Buzz |url=http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/07/sony-pictures-imageworks-vancouver-office-photos/|access-date=August 22, 2015|date=July 29, 2015|archive-date=August 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829003258/http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/07/sony-pictures-imageworks-vancouver-office-photos/|url-status=live}}</ref>
On October 6, 2023, Cartoon Brew reported that DreamWorks Animation was moving away from producing films in-house at their Glendale campus to rely more heavily on outside studios after 2024, as part of a layoff by chief operating officer Randy Lake in a series of meetings the previous month. According to the report, SPI was named as the animation service for a then-unannounced DreamWorks sequel (''The Bad Guys 2'') scheduled for 2025. The film would use a "mixed production model", in which pre-production would be done in-house at DreamWorks along with approximately 50% of the asset build and one hour of production, while SPI would handle the other 50% of asset builds and 20 minutes of shot production.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Amidi |first1=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |title=Dreamworks Shifting Away From In-House Production In Los Angeles; Sony Imageworks Is A New Production Partner |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/dreamworks-shifting-away-from-in-house-production-in-los-angeles-sony-imageworks-is-new-production-partner-233466.html| website=Cartoon Brew |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=6 October 2023}}</ref>
== Technology == During 2009–2010, SPI made a transition from a traditional, emotional, multi-pass rendering system to a largely single-pass, global illumination system incorporating modern ray-tracing and physically based shading techniques. They have achieved that with ''Arnold Renderer'', an unbiased stochastic ray tracer. Arnold, started in 1997 by Marcos Fajardo, was co-developed between 2004 and 2009 with SPI, where Marcos was employed, and a commercial branch is being developed by Marcos' Madrid-based company ''Solid Angle SL'' (now owned by Autodesk). Arnold was used on projects such as ''Monster House'', ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'', ''2012'', ''Alice in Wonderland'', ''The Smurfs'' and ''Arthur Christmas''.<ref>{{cite news | last = Haines | first = Eric | title = Marcos and Arnold | newspaper = Ray Tracing News | date = July 20, 2010 | url = http://tog.acm.org/resources/RTNews/html/rtnv23n1.html#art3 | access-date = November 24, 2010 | archive-date = November 4, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101104115148/http://tog.acm.org/resources/RTNews/html/rtnv23n1.html#art3 | url-status = live }}</ref>
== Filmography == Sony Pictures Imageworks has provided visual effects and digital animation for the following films:<ref>{{cite web|title=About|url=http://www.imageworks.com/about|website=Sony Pictures Imageworks|publisher=Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.|access-date=October 3, 2018|archive-date=September 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903171933/http://www.imageworks.com/about|url-status=live}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Year !Films |- |1993 |''Last Action Hero''<br />''In the Line of Fire''<br />''So I Married an Axe Murderer''<br />''Striking Distance'' (CGI previsualization, uncredited)<br />''Mr. Jones'' (titles only)<br />''Rudy'' (titles only)<br />''Look Who's Talking Now''<br />''My Life''<br />''The Pelican Brief'' (falcon jet air to air shot) |- |1994 |''Guarding Tess'' (CGI titles only)<br />''Speed''<br />''Wolf''<br />''Blankman'' (CGI blankwheel screen graphics and CGI plate supervision) |- |1995 |''Hideaway''<br />''Tall Tale''<br />''Die Hard with a Vengeance''<br />''Johnny Mnemonic'' (CGI cyberspace sequence)<br />''Judge Dredd'' (CGI additional digital compositing)<br />''The Net'' (CGI plane crash sequence)<br />''Virtuosity'' (CGI tendril animation)<br />''Money Train'' (CGI money train wreck sequence/CGI digital composites)<br />''Wings of Courage'' |- |1996 |''James and the Giant Peach'' (CGI water, sharks, and seagulls)<br />''The Craft''<br />''The Cable Guy''<br />''Phenomenon''<br />''The Ghost and the Darkness''<br />''Michael'' |- |1997 |''Anaconda''<br />''Contact''<br />''Starship Troopers'' (CGI spaceship)<br />''The Postman''<br />''As Good as It Gets'' |- |1998 |''The Replacement Killers''<br />''Sphere'' (CGI end sequence)<br />''City of Angels''<br />''Paulie''<br />''The Big Hit''<br />''Godzilla''<br />''You've Got Mail'' (CGI titles only)<br />''Patch Adams''<br />''Star Trek: Insurrection'' |- |1999 |''Big Daddy''<br />''The Astronaut's Wife'' (CGI visual effects)<br />''The Ninth Gate''<br />''Jakob the Liar''<br />''Stuart Little''<br />''Snow Falling on Cedars'' |- |2000 |''What Planet Are You From?''<br />''What Lies Beneath''<br />''Hollow Man''<br />''Charlie's Angels''<br />''Cast Away'' |- |2001 |''Evolution'' (CGI flatworm animation sequence)<br />''America's Sweethearts''<br />''Riding in Cars with Boys''<br />''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' |- |2002 |''Spider-Man''<br />''Men in Black II''<br />''Stuart Little 2''<br />''The Tuxedo''<br />''I Spy''<br />''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' |- |2003 |''Darkness Falls''<br />''Anger Management''<br />''Identity'' (CGI digital color timing)<br />''The Matrix Reloaded''<br />''Hollywood Homicide''<br />''Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle''<br />''Bad Boys II''<br />''Seabiscuit''<br />''Matchstick Men''<br />''The Matrix Revolutions''<br />''The Haunted Mansion''<br />''Big Fish''<br />''Peter Pan'' |- |2004 |''50 First Dates''<br />''Spider-Man 2''<br />''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy''<br />''Little Black Book''<br />''The Forgotten''<br />''The Polar Express''<br />''Christmas with the Kranks''<br />''The Aviator''<br />''Spanglish'' |- |2005 |''Cursed''<br />''Bewitched''<br />''Zathura''<br />''The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' |- |2006 |''Click''<br />''Superman Returns''<br />''Monster House''<br />''Open Season''<br />''Last Holiday'' |- |2007 |''Ghost Rider''<br />''Spider-Man 3''<br />''Surf's Up''<br />''Blade Runner: The Final Cut'' (CGI visual effects enhancement)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://area.autodesk.com/life-in-3d/richard-hoover-of-framestore-my-journey-to-blade-runner-2049/|title=My journey to "Blade Runner 2049"|work=Autodesk|last1=Robinson|first1=April|access-date=February 18, 2019|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402175113/https://area.autodesk.com/life-in-3d/richard-hoover-of-framestore-my-journey-to-blade-runner-2049/|url-status=live}}</ref><br />''The Jane Austen Book Club''<br />''Beowulf''<br />''I Am Legend'' |- |2008 |''Speed Racer''<br />''You Don't Mess with the Zohan''<br />''Hancock''<br />''Eagle Eye''<br />''Body of Lies''<br />''Valkyrie'' |- |2009 |''Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience''<br />''Watchmen''<br />''G-Force''<br />''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs''<br />''Michael Jackson's This Is It''<br />''2012'' |- |2010 |''Alice in Wonderland''<br />''Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore'' |- |2011 |''The Green Hornet''<br />''Just Go with It''<br />''Green Lantern''<br />''Zookeeper''<br />''Captain America: The First Avenger''<br />''The Smurfs''<br />''Arthur Christmas'' |- |2012 |''Men in Black 3''<br />''The Amazing Spider-Man''<br />''Hotel Transylvania''<br />''Here Comes the Boom'' |- |2013 |''Oz: The Great and Powerful''<br />''The Smurfs 2''<br />''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2'' |- |2014 |''Captain America: The Winter Soldier''<br />''The Amazing Spider-Man 2''<br />''Blended''<br />''Edge of Tomorrow''<br />''22 Jump Street''<br />''Deliver Us from Evil''<br />''Guardians of the Galaxy''<br />''Fury''<br />''American Sniper''<br />''The Interview'' |- |2015 |''Pixels''<br />''Hotel Transylvania 2''<br />''Concussion'' |- |2016 |''The Angry Birds Movie''<br />''Alice Through the Looking Glass''<br />''Ghostbusters''<br />''Suicide Squad''<br />''Storks'' |- |2017 |''Smurfs: The Lost Village''<br />''Spider-Man: Homecoming''<br />''The Emoji Movie''<br />''Kingsman: The Golden Circle''<br />''Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle'' |- |2018 |''Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation''<br />''The Meg''<br />''Smallfoot''<br />''Venom''<br />''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' |- |2019 |''Men in Black: International''<br />''Spider-Man: Far From Home''<br />''The Angry Birds Movie 2''<br/>''Zombieland: Double Tap'' (Columbia Pictures CGI opening variant only)<br/>''Jumanji: The Next Level'' |- |2020 |''Mulan''<br/>''Over the Moon'' |- |2021 |''The Mitchells vs. the Machines''<br />''Vivo''<br />''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' |- |2022 |''Hotel Transylvania: Transformania''<br />''Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness''<br />''The Sea Beast''<br />''Thor: Love and Thunder'' |- |2023 |''Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania''<br>''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3''<br>''Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse''<br>''The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story''<br>''The Marvels'' |- |2024 |''Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire''<br>''Red One'' |- |2025 |''A Minecraft Movie''<br>''Lilo & Stitch''<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.awn.com/news/lilo-stitch-trailer-has-arrived|title= The 'Lilo & Stitch' Trailer Has Arrived|date= March 12, 2025|access-date= April 4, 2025|first= Dan|last= Serto|work= Animation World Network}}</ref><br>''KPop Demon Hunters''<br>''The Fantastic Four: First Steps''<br>''The Bad Guys 2''<br>''In Your Dreams'' |- |2026 |''Goat''<br>''Project Hail Mary''<br>''Spider-Man: Brand New Day''<br>''Forgotten Island''<br>''Jumanji: Open World'' |- |2027 |''Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse''<br>''Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory''<ref name=Tudum>{{cite press release |title=Here’s Your First Taste of Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory |date=April 16, 2026 |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/charlie-vs-the-chocolate-factory-release-date-photos |website=Netflix}}</ref> |}
=== Television === * ''The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest'' ("The Edge of Yesterday") * ''Stuart Little: The Animated Series'' (CGI animation and visual effects) * ''Love, Death & Robots'' ("Lucky 13" and "In Vaulted Halls Entombed") * ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'' ("One World, One People") * ''Hawkeye'' (2 episodes) * ''The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special'' (TV special)
== Controversy == In an article published by ''Vulture'' in June 2023, several animators quit ''Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'' due to unstable working conditions. According to the Animation Guild, while SPI is associated with Sony Pictures Animation, SPI remains non-union.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Chris |date=2023-06-23 |title=''Spider-Verse'' Artists Say Working on the Sequel Was 'Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/06/spider-verse-animation-four-artists-on-making-the-sequel.html |url-access=limited |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref>
== See also == * Sony Pictures Animation * Pixomondo * List of animation studios owned by Sony
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.imageworks.com/}}
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