Dice Productions (originally founded as Audrey Wells Animation Studios) is an American animation studio founded in 2011 by Audrey Wells and based in Los Angeles, California. It is a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, a segment of The Walt Disney Company. They debuted in 2012 with the short film Dylan Dice, which was acclaimed and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Dylan Dice garnered Disney's attention, and Disney bought Audrey Wells Animation Studios in September 30, 2013, and later renamed it to Dice Productions in December 13 of that same year.
Dice's first film was Vanellope & Friends on October 21, 2016. Their first sequel, Vanellope & Friends: Christmas, was released on December 1, 2017. Vanellope & Friends: Time Travel is the studio's highest-grossing film, with a total of 1.918 billion worldwide. Films produced by Dice have currently grossed a total of $15.368 billion worldwide.
Dice's most recent release was Vanellope & Friends: Halloween on October 18, 2024. Its upcoming slate of films includes Kenya Kes Remington on April 25, 2025, Vanellope & Friends: Ocean on September 10, 2025, Front Desk on January 30, 2026, Critters 3 on April 17, 2026, an untitled 10th anniversary Vanellope & Friends film on October 21, 2026, Vanellope & Friends: Circus on April 7, 2027, Zoob 2 on August 27, 2027, Vanellope & Friends: Big City Vacation on January 28, 2028, Critters 4 on September 8, 2028, Kenya Kes Remington 2 on January 30, 2029, Vanellope & Friends: Outer Space on April 13, 2029, and Vanellope Ever After on January 30, 2030. Additionally, two untitled films are scheduled for release on August 29, 2029, May 10, 2030, and October 11, 2030.
History[]
2011-present[]
Dice Productions was founded and based in Los Angeles, California on October 25, 2011 as Audrey Wells Animation Studios. After the release of the short film Dylan Dice in 2012, Disney's attention was attracted by Audrey Wells Animation Studios, which was then purchased by Disney on September 30, 2013 for a total of $1.7 billion and later renamed Dice Productions in December of that same year.
The first film from Dice was Vanellope & Friends, which started the studio's flagship series, the Vanellope & Friends franchise.
Films[]
Released[]
- Vanellope & Friends
- Critters
- Vanellope & Friends: Christmas
- Vanellope & Friends: Wild Wild West
- Magic Tree House
- Vanellope & Friends: Off To Adventure Camp
- Vanellope & Friends: Time Travel
- Critters 2
- Vanellope & Friends: Return To Adventure Camp
- Vanellope & Friends: Easter Egg Hunt
- Vanellope & Friends: Basketball
- Zoob
- Vanellope & Friends: A Dinosaur's World
- 6-Kid Band
- Magic Tree House 2
- Vanellope & Friends: Halloween
Upcoming[]
- Kenya Kes Remington
- Vanellope & Friends: Ocean
- Front Desk
- Critters 3
- Untitled Vanellope & Friends 10th anniversary film
- Vanellope & Friends: Circus
- Zoob 2
- Vanellope & Friends: Big City Vacation
- Critters 4
- Kenya Kes Remington 2
- Vanellope & Friends: Outer Space
- Untitled film
- Vanellope Ever After
- Untitled film
- Untitled film
Filmography[]
| Film | Release date | Directed by | Written by | Composers | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | Budget | Box office | MPA rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanellope & Friends | October 21, 2016 | Audrey Wells | Screenplay: Scott Alexander Larry Karaszweski Christopher Markus Stephen McFeely Story: Audrey Wells Alicia Kirk Andrei Svislotski |
Hans Zimmer John Powell |
97% | 91 | $100 million | $575 million | G |
| Critters | January 13, 2017 | Stephen Swofford | Screenplay: David Reynolds Story: Stephen Swofford Audrey Wells |
$956 million | |||||
| Vanellope & Friends: Christmas | December 1, 2017 | Tim Hill | Screenplay: Jonathan Aibel Glenn Berger Story: Tim Hill Joe Ansolabehere Jill E. Blotevogel Kevin Hopps |
Harry Gregson-Williams | 91% | 79 | $150 million | $1.111 billion | |
| Vanellope & Friends: Wild Wild West | May 30, 2018 | Walt Becker Simon J. Smith [[Steve Pinkl] |
Screenplay by: Michael Colton John Aboud Brandon Sawyer Story by: Alan Schoolcraft Brent Simons Bob Tzudiker Noni White]] |
Christophe Beck | 50% | 56 | $175 million | $616 million | PG |
| Magic Tree House | October 10, 2018 | Mark Fergus Hawk Ostby |
Mark Fergus Hawk Ostby Roger S. H. Schulman Alexa Junge Audrey Wells Mary Pope Osborne (based on the book series by) Will Osborne Jenny Laird |
Hans Zimmer John Powell |
100% | 100 | $200 million | $1.756 billion | |
| Vanellope & Friends: Off To Adventure Camp | January 25, 2019 | Andrew Adamson | Screenplay: Samantha Silver Joey Manderino Story: Evan Spiliotopoulos Andrew Stanton |
Harry Gregson-Williams | 97% | 91 | $150 million | $871 million | G |
| Vanellope & Friends: Time Travel | April 19, 2019 | Audrey Wells Aaron Kaufman Viki Anderson |
Screenplay Ashley Edward Miller Story by: Audrey Wells Alicia Kirk Andre Svislotski |
Hans Zimmer John Powell |
100% | 100 | $200 million | $1.918 billion | PG |
| Critters 2 | August 30, 2019 | Stephen Swofford | Screenplay: Anthony Russo Joe Russo Story: Stephen Swofford |
91% | 79 | $150 million | $1.521 billion | G | |
| Vanellope & Friends: Return to Adventure Camp | January 31, 2020 | Doug Sweetland Lynne Southerland |
Screenplay: Michael J. Wilson Story: Elizabeth Anderson Temple Mathews Elise D'Haene Eddie Guzellan |
Mark Mothersbaugh | $200 million | $1.050 billion | PG | ||
| Vanellope & Friends: Easter Egg Hunt | April 21, 2021 | Karey Kirkpatrick | Screenplay: John Whittington J. David Stern David N. Weiss Story: Karey Kirkpatrick John Whittington J. David Stern David N. Weiss |
Harry Gregson-Williams | $75--90 million | $250 million | G | ||
| Vanellope & Friends: Basketball | February 11, 2022 | Simon J. Smith | Screenplay: Darren Lemke Story: Jennifer Ventimilia |
David Newman | 75% | 67 | $340 million | ||
| Zoob | August 19, 2022 | Mark Fergus Hawk Ostby |
Mark Fergus Hawk Ostby Ashley Edward Miller Alexa Junge Lakeshore Learning Materials (based on Zoob toys by) |
Hans Zimmer John Powell |
97% | 91 | $100 million | $1.212 billion | PG |
| Vanellope & Friends: A Dinosaur's World | August 23, 2023 | Thor Freudenthal Jimmy Hayward |
Screenplay: John Norton Story: Cindy Davis John Norton Bob Tzudiker Noni White |
David Newman | 75% | 67 | $480 million | G | |
| 6-Kid Band | January 24, 2024 | Steve Loter | Screenplay: Evan Spiliotopoulos Story: Steve Loter Evan Spiliotopoulos Tom J. Astle |
Harry Gregson-Williams | 91% | 79 | $150 million | $518 million | |
| Magic Tree House 2 | April 24, 2024 | Doug Sweetland Lynne Southerland |
Screenplay: Mary Pope Osborne (based on the books by) Will Osborne Jenny Laird Elizabeth Anderson Temple Matthews Elise D'Haene Eddie Guzelian |
Mark Mothersbaugh | $175 million | $1.430 billion | PG | ||
| Disney In The House: Halloween | October 18, 2024 | Malcolm L. Dee | Screenplay: Kristin Hahn Eyal Podell Jonathon E. Stewart Story: Malcolm L. Dee Matt Lieberman |
David Newman | 75% | 67 | $656 million |