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
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especial ...
(CEO) after previously serving as president for
Lightstorm Entertainment
Lightstorm Entertainment is an American independent production company founded in 1990 by filmmaker James Cameron and producer Lawrence Kasanoff. The majority of its films have been distributed and owned by 20th Century Studios. Its productions ...
, a company he co-founded with entrepreneur and filmmaker
James Cameron
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker. A major figure in the post- New Hollywood era, he is considered one of the industry's most innovative filmmakers, regularly pushing the boundaries of cinematic capability ...
.
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
Epcot, stylized in all uppercase as EPCOT, is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks, Experiences and Products division. Inspired by an unr ...
'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
''Bob the Builder'' is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment and Hot Animation. The series follows the adventures of Bob, a building contractor, specialising in masonry, along wi ...
4D'' –
Legoland
Legoland (, trademark in uppercase as LEGOLAND) is a chain of family theme parks focusing on the construction toy system Lego. They are not fully owned by The Lego Group itself; rather, they are owned and operated by the British theme park c ...
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Marvel Super Heroes 4D
''Marvel Super Heroes 4D'' is an animated 4D film that was launched at Madame Tussauds London on May 31, 2010. On April 26, 2012, an updated version of the film with a different plot was also opened at Madame Tussauds New York. On December 14, 20 ...
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Madame Tussauds
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Justice League: Alien Invasion 3D'' – animations for the amusement ride at
Warner Bros. Movie World
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Television specials
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Lego Star Wars
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: The Empire Strikes Out'' –
Cartoon Network
*''Lego: Atlantis'' –
Cartoon Network
*''The Afterlife'' – animated comedy pilot for
Fox
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Twelv ...
Films
*''Bobbleheads: The Movie'' – released on home video by
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ...
in December 2020.
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Foodfight!
''Foodfight!'' is a 2012 American computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by Threshold Entertainment and directed by Lawrence Kasanoff. The film features the voices of Charlie Sheen, Wayne Brady, Hilary Duff, Eva Longoria, Larry Mi ...
'' – released on DVD in the United States in May 2012.
* ''
Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers'' – released by
Universal Studios
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in 2010.
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Bionicle: The Legend Reborn'' – released on home video by
Universal Studios
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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 Home Video
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It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Vide ...
.
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Mortal Kombat: Annihilation'' – released in the United States on November 21, 1997.
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Mortal Kombat'' – released in the United States on August 18, 1995.
Contributions to other media
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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!''
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Mortal Kombat: Annihilation''
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Scary Movie
''Scary Movie'' is a 2000 American slasher parody film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written by Marlon and Shawn Wayans (who both also star), alongside Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Starring Anna ...
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I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer'' is a 1998 slasher film directed by Danny Cannon and written by Trey Callaway. Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Muse Watson reprise their roles, with Brandy, Mekhi Phifer and Matthew Settle j ...
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The Faculty
''The Faculty'' is a 1998 American science fiction horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Kevin Williamson. It stars Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Famke Janssen, Piper Laurie, ...
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Dogma
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Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
''Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big'' is a 2000 film starring Emily Osment. The film also stars Justin Brinsfield, John Cleese, Frances McDormand, Jonathan Winters, Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer and Haley Joel Osment. It is based on the book by Be ...
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' is a 2001 American satirical stoner buddy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse, a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of h ...
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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 'til Dawn 3''
*''The Producer''
*''Where Are The Toons Now''
References
External links
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American animation studios
Mass media companies of the United States
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