Threshold Entertainment Group, also known as Threshold Entertainment, is an intellectual property company. Its animation subsidiary, Threshold Animation Studios, produces films.
Larry Kasanoff is the company's
chief executive officer
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(CEO) after previously serving as president for
Lightstorm Entertainment
Lightstorm Entertainment, Inc. is an American independent film and television production company founded by filmmaker James Cameron and producer Lawrence Kasanoff in 1990. The company's films include the sci-fi film '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' ...
, a company he co-founded with entrepreneur and filmmaker
James Cameron
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker, who resides in New Zealand. He is a major figure in the post-New Hollywood era and often uses novel technologies with a Classical Hollywood cinema, classical filmmaking styl ...
.
Threshold Animation Studios
Threshold Animation Studios has produced several CGI projects:
Theme park films
*DC Comics' ''Justice League'' (still in production)
*''Star Trek 4D'' –
Las Vegas Hilton
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Armageddon – Les Effets Speciaux'' –
Disneyland Paris
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Mission: Space'' –
Epcot's
Walt Disney World Resort
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*''Hershey's Really Big 3D Show'' –
Hershey's Chocolate World
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Bob the Builder
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4D'' –
Legoland
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Marvel Super Heroes 4D'' –
Madame Tussauds
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Justice League: Alien Invasion 3D'' – animations for the amusement ride at
Warner Bros. Movie World
Television specials
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Lego Star Wars
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: The Empire Strikes Out'' –
Cartoon Network
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*''Lego: Atlantis'' –
Cartoon Network
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*''The Afterlife'' – animated comedy pilot for
Fox
Films
*''Bobbleheads: The Movie'' – released on home video by
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in December 2020.
*''
Foodfight!'' – released on DVD in the United States on May 7, 2013.
* ''
Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers'' – released by
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* Universal Studios, Inc., an American media and entertainment conglomerate
** Universal Pictures, an American film studio
** Universal Studios Lot, a film and television studio complex
* Various theme parks operat ...
in 2010.
*''
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn'' – released on home video by
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** Universal Pictures, an American film studio
** Universal Studios Lot, a film and television studio complex
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in September 2009.
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Hero Factory's Rise of the Rookies'' – premiered on
Nickelodeon
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, released on DVD by
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment.
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Beowulf
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'' - premiered by
Dimension Films
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in the United States on March 31, 1999, released on home video by
Paramount Home Entertainment on July 27, 2021 (as Threshold Entertainment Group).
*''
Mortal Kombat Annihilation'' – released in the United States on November 21, 1997 (as Threshold Entertainment Group).
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Mortal Kombat
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The original ''Mortal Kombat (1992 video game), Mortal Kombat'' arcade game spawned Lis ...
'' – released in the United States on August 18, 1995 (as Threshold Entertainment Group).
Unreleased Films
*''Arcade'' - An animated film about
video game
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characters. A similar film
Wreck-It Ralph
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would be made by Disney in 2012.
*''Mascots'' - An animated film about
sports mascot characters.
*''Ninja Scroll'' - A live action film adaptation of the
1993 anime of the same name.
*''Sunday Comics Capers'' - An animated film about
comic strip
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characters.
Contributions to other media
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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
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Scary Movie
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I Still Know What You Did Last Summer''
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The Faculty
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Dogma
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Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big''
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back''
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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective''
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Highlander: Endgame''
*''Gen Y Cops''
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Impostor
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The Weight of Water''
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From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter''
*''The Producer''
*''Where Are The Toons Now''
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United Artists
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logo (1994–2000)
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Fox Searchlight Pictures
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logo (1996–2011)
References
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American animation studios
Mass media companies of the United States
Visual effects companies
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