EXCLUSIVE: Kids’ adventure book Wed Wabbit is to be turned into a family feature film after Elisabeth Murdoch-backed animation studio Locksmith Animation optioned the book. However, when her sister is ...

The genesis of Locksmith lay in a question: why hasn’t London got an animation studio that could go toe-to-toe with the Pixars, DreamWorks and Blue Sky Studios of this world? Smith and Lockhart ...

ANNECY, France — Five years ago Sarah Smith and Julie Lockhart founded Locksmith Animation. Smith was coming off her feature directorial debut on Aardman Animations’ “Arthur Christmas.” Lockhart was a ...

UK-based Locksmith Animation confirms that it awarded the digital production of its second movie That Christmas to DNEG Animation, following their collaboration on Locksmith’s debut animated feature, ...

Simon Otto, best known for his animation work on the How To Train Your Dragon franchise, is to make his feature directorial debut on Locksmith Animation’s That Christmas. The film, previously known as ...

In the latest round of Annecy news, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Locksmith Animation are bringing the feature take of Marissa Meyer’s No. 1 bestselling book series, The Lunar Chronicles, to ...

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Locksmith Animation, the UK studio co-founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, has appointed a new CEO after co-founder Sarah Smith stepped down from the role. Murdoch has named Natalie Fischer, a former chief ...

Locksmith Animation, the new feature digital animation company co-founded by Julie Lockhart, Sarah Smith and Elisabeth Murdoch, officially opened its doors and revealed a few more details of its ...

20th Century Fox and Locksmith Animation have entered into a long-term co-production and development deal, Variety has learned. It comes as Fox is ramping up the number of family films it makes.