Lord and Christopher Miller, Wish Dragon, a co-production with Base FX, and the musical film, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Vivo, which marks Sony Pictures Animation's first musical film. SPA has since signed Genndy Tartakovsky to a long-term deal with the studio to develop and direct original films. Upcoming projects , the studio is working on projects such as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which will be released on June 2, 2023, and its sequel Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse on March 29, 2024. It has as well other projects in development, including an animated Ghostbusters spin-off film; a musical comedy K-Pop: Demon Hunters; another R-rated comedy Bubble, a co-production with Point Grey Pictures based on the podcast of the same name, Tao, a China-set science-fiction adventure film directed by The Lego Movie 2 story artist Emily Dean, and Tut, an afro-futuristic coming-of-age story set in ancient Egypt directed by Hair Love creator Matthew A. Cherry. Process In a similar fashion to the Warner Animation Group and Paramount Animation, the studio outsources their films to other animation companies and visual effects studios, with the majority of their films being animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks (its sister company). Some films, such as Arthur Christmas and The Pirates! Band of Misfits were acquired by Sony Pictures Animation to be released under their banner while others, such as Goosebumps and Peter Rabbit, were made with no involvement from the studio. Franchises Filmography See also Adelaide Productions Sony Pictures Imageworks Silvergate Media Screen Gems Cartoons Sony Pictures Kids Zone United Productions of America List of Sony theatrical animated feature films List of unproduced Sony Pictures Animation projects Notes References External links 2002 establishments in California American companies established in 2002 Mass media companies established in 2002 Sony Pictures Entertainment Sony subsidiaries American animation studios Film production companies of the United States Entertainment companies based in California Companies based in Culver City, California