Threshold Entertainment Explained

Threshold Entertainment Group
Founder:	Larry Kasanoff
Location:	Santa Monica, California, United States
Key People:	Larry Kasanoff (CEO)
Industry:	Film industry Traditional animation Puppetry CGI Stop motion Flash animation Live action VFX

Threshold Entertainment Group, also known as Threshold Entertainment, is an intellectual property company.^[1] Its animation subsidiary, Threshold Animation Studios, produces films.^[2] Larry Kasanoff is the company's chief executive officer (CEO) after previously serving as president for Lightstorm Entertainment, a company he co-founded with entrepreneur and filmmaker James Cameron.^[3]

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
• Armageddon – Les Effets Speciaux – Disneyland Paris
• – Epcot's Walt Disney World Resort
• Hershey's Really Big 3D Show – Hershey's Chocolate World
• Bob the Builder 4D – Legoland
• Marvel Super Heroes 4D – Madame Tussauds
• – animations for the amusement ride at Warner Bros. Movie World^[4]

Television specials

• Lego Star Wars

The Empire Strikes Out – Cartoon Network

• Lego: Atlantis – Cartoon Network
• The Afterlife – animated comedy pilot for Fox

Films

• Bobbleheads: The Movie – released on home video by Universal Studios in December 2020.
• Foodfight! – released on DVD in the United States on May 7, 2013.
• – released by Universal Studios in 2010.
• – released on home video by Universal Studios in September 2009.
• Hero Factory's Rise of the Rookies – premiered on Nickelodeon, released on DVD by Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment.
• Beowulf - premiered by Dimension Films 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).
• Mortal Kombat – released in the United States on August 18, 1995 (as Threshold Entertainment Group).

Unreleased Films

• Arcade - A animated film about video game characters. A similar film Wreck-It Ralph would be made by Disney in 2012.
• Mascots - A animated film about sports mascot characters.
• Ninja Scroll - A live action film adaptation of the 1993 anime of the same name.^[5]
• Sunday Comics Capers - A animated film about comic strip characters.

Contributions to other media

• Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
• Scary Movie
• I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
• The Faculty
• Dogma
• Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
• Gen Y Cops
• Impostor
• The Weight of Water
• The Producer
• Where Are The Toons Now
• United Artists logo (1994–2000)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures logo (1996–2011)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Threshold Entertainment. Threshold Entertainment. 17 May 2012. Staff. 2012.
2. News: Rossen. Jake. Placing Products? Try Casting Them. 4 August 2014. New York Times. 9 August 2013. The company’s chief executive and chairman, Larry Kasanoff, proclaimed the project, featuring a voice cast led by Charlie Sheen and Eva Longoria, would help make Threshold’s animation arm 'the next-generation Pixar'..
3. Web site: Mortal Kombat Producers Acquire 'Ninja Scroll' for Next Martial Arts Franchise. PR Newswire – United Business Media. PR Newswire Association LLC. 17 May 2012. PRNewswire. Press release. 13 March 2002.
4. News: Mayné. François. New Sally Corporation 3D interactive dark ride set for Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia. 27 June 2012. NewsParcs. 26 June 2012.
5. Mortal Kombat Producers Acquire 'Ninja Scroll' for Next Martial Arts Franchise. PR Newswire . PR Newswire Association LLC. 17 May 2012. 13 March 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20111001031253/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mortal-kombat-producers-acquire-ninja-scroll-for-next-martial-arts-franchise-76433252.html. 2011-10-01 . dead.