rise of computer-generated animation. The films used digital ink and paint similar to what Disney did with the CAPS software. The studio's first theatrical release Anastasia (1997) found critical and box-office success, but their second and final theatrical release Titan A.E. (2000) got mixed reviews and was a costly flop, losing $100 million for 20th Century Fox. Nearly a year before its closure, 20th Century Fox laid off 300 of the nearly 380 people who worked at the Phoenix studio in order to "make films more efficiently". Shutdown On June 26, 2000, the studio was shut down after six years of operation, resulting from poor financial returns. Their last film set to be made would have been an adaptation of Wayne Barlowe's illustrated novel Barlowe's Inferno, and was set to be done entirely with computer animation. Another film they would have made was The Little Beauty King, an adult animated film directed by Steve Oedekerk, which would have been a satire of the films from the Disney Renaissance. It would predate Shrek (2001). Fox Animation Studios' only other productions were the PBS television series Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1996–2000) and the direct-to-video spin-off to Anastasia, Bartok the Magnificent (1999), along with sub-contract work for DreamWorks Animation's The Prince of Egypt (1998). Out of all the television shows, sequels and spin-offs based on existing Don Bluth properties, Bartok was the only one to actually have Bluth and Goldman as directors. The former headquarters for the studio sat unused and abandoned until it was demolished in 2017. An apartment complex was later built on the site. Filmography Animation service Cancelled projects See also Sullivan Bluth Studios 20th Century Animation Blue Sky Studios 20th Television Animation Walt Disney Animation Studios Pixar Disneytoon Studios List of animated feature films of the 1990s List of 20th Century Studios theatrical animated feature films References 1994 establishments in Arizona 2000 disestablishments in Arizona American animation studios American companies established in 1994 American companies disestablished in 2000 20th Century Studios Films directed Companies based in Phoenix, Arizona Mass media companies established in 1994 Mass media companies disestablished in 2000 Fox animation