Considering none of Illumination's works have been anywhere near rooted in the worlds of either manga or anime, the mind reels at what the Minions people would've done with Pluto. Most interestingly was that, by the end of 2010, Illumination had acquired the rights to make a live-action movie out of the manga property Pluto. This included a feature film take on Where’s Waldo?, while another children's book character, Curious George, was set to be the centerpiece of another Illumination live-action movie. Nearly all the proposed live-action films Illumination announced in its earliest years were based on pre-existing material. Though the very first animated Illumination title, Despicable Me, was a completely original feature, this studio was looking to go a different route for its live-action properties. A studio that had barely any animation experience a dead earlier was now giving Pixar a run for its money at the worldwide box office. The biggest victory in his time at Fox was when the studios Blue Sky Studios branch released the smash hit Ice Age and ensured Fox's dominance in the field of big-screen animation. Under Meledandri's leadership, 20th Century Fox delivered more consistent and lucrative motion pictures (after the 2000 film Titan A.E. There weren’t decades of prior smash hits Fox could turn to for guidance on how to make and release animated features. Meledandri hadn't introduced the idea of 20th Century Fox distributing animated movies, but the studio didn't have a lengthy history with the retiform. This outfit would be led by Chris Meledandri, a man who had previously overseen the animation units at 20th Century Fox. This studio was launching a production company that would eventually take on the name of Illumination. At the start of 2007, the news broke that Universal Pictures was making a big bid for family entertainment.
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