Cartoon Pizza was an American

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located in

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. It was co-founded by Jim Jinkins and David Campbell serving as the successor to Jinkins' former company, Jumbo Pictures. The studio had partnered with several studios to help produce their shows, including

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and

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in 2001,

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in 2006, and

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. The studio was formerly headquartered in

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until 2011, when the company was relocated to

History

In February 1996, Jim Jinkins' former company Jumbo Pictures was bought by

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, which produced '' Doug's 1st Movie'' (1999) and integrated the studio into its subsidiary

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. In 2001, a year after Jumbo Pictures was closed by The Walt Disney Company, Jinkins and David Campbell formed Cartoon Pizza as a successor company. Jinkins was helming the position as

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, Campbell as

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, Jack Spillum as the president of animated productions, Ellie Copeland as the vice president of finances and operations, and Beldeen Fortunato as the vice president of administration. In December 2001, Cartoon Pizza agreed to a two-year nonexclusive production deal with

, the creators of ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat''. Sesame Workshop agreed to house the company at their

office and handle international distribution. They would co-produce a minimum of six new kids' properties. The company became a co-production partner in

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' animation division to develop a series titled ''Earth Kid''. Gullane Entertainment became an equal partner in ''Earth Kid'' as the show's international distributor in April 2002 until it was acquired by

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in September of that year. Gullane and HIT also had three other projects in the works with Cartoon Pizza. The company operated two separate subsidiaries, Cartoon Cola, and Cartoon Candy. In 2015, the company had been dissolved after 5 years of dormancy.

Productions

References

External links

Cartoon Pizza's website via the Wayback Machine
American animation studios Companies based in Nashville, Tennessee Television production companies of the United States Re-established companies Mass media companies established in 2001 Mass media companies disestablished in 2015 2001 establishments in New York (state) 2015 disestablishments in Tennessee Mass media companies established in 2016 2016 establishments in Tennessee {{US-entertainment-company-stub