Crest Animation Productions

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Crest Animation Productions (formerly RichCrest Animation Studios, Rich Animation Studios and originally Rich Entertainment) was an Indian-American animation studio that operated from 1986 to 2013. Headquartered in Burbank, California, it was founded on March 15, 1986 by Richard Rich.

Crest's most well known work include Alpha and Omega and The Swan Princess. The studio initially made some traditional animated films, but later exclusively relied on computer animation until its closure in 2013.

History

The studio was founded by film director Richard Rich in 1986, who previously worked at Walt Disney Productions. He initially had 26 employees, most of them coming from Disney such as former marketing chief Matt Mazer.[1] Around that time, Rich was contacted by Jared F. Brown to produce half-hour animated videos based on audio cassettes of the Book of Mormon for his Living Scriptures firm.[2] They subsequently expanded to educational animated Christian and historical videos for children through a sister company Family Entertainment Network.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In 1993, Rich Animation Studios was fully acquired by Nest Entertainment,[3] a holding company that also combined Family Entertainment Network and Cassette Duplicators Inc., a cassette-duplicator in West Valley City.[2] On the heels of the videos' success, the two studios produced The Swan Princess in 1994, based on the classic ballet Swan Lake. Despite being a box-office disappointment, it sold well on video and spawned two sequels, The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain and The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom.

In 1999, the two studios teamed up with Morgan Creek Productions and Rankin/Bass Productions to produce an animated adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I for Warner Bros. However, the film bombed at the box office and received very negative reviews, which forced Nest Family Entertainment to sell off the studio to Crest Animation Studios on New Year's Day 2000.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The studio was renamed to RichCrest Animation Studios, and they continued to produce Bible videos for Nest until 2005.

In February 2007, RichCrest was renamed to Crest Animation Productions and announced that it was "expanding its business to become a full-service animation studio specializing in the development and production of CGI-animated properties for theatrical, television, home entertainment and interactive distribution".[4]

The studio was finally shut down in 2013, after failing to make a profit.[5] Many of its productions contracts were handed over to other studios for completion. Norm of the North, a film that was in production at Crest before closing, along with future Alpha and Omega sequels were handed over to Splash Entertainment while future Swan Princess installments were handled by Streetlight Animation, which Rich also formed.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Filmography

Theatrical features

Rich era

Title Release Date Notes
The Swan Princess Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Co-production with Nest Family Entertainment
The King and I Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Co-production with Morgan Creek Productions, Rankin/Bass Productions and Nest Family Entertainment

RichCrest era

Title Release Date Notes
The Trumpet of the Swan Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Co-production with TriStar Pictures and Nest Family Entertainment
Muhammad: The Last Prophet Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Crest era

Title Release Date Notes
Alpha and Omega Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Co-production with Lionsgate Films; and produced in CGI.

Direct-to-Video

Rich era

Title Release Date Notes
Animated Stories from the Book of Mormon 1987-1992 Co-production with Living Scriptures
Animated Stories from the New Testament 1987-2004 Co-production with Nest Family Entertainment
Animated Hero Classics 1991–1997, 2004 Co-production with Living History Productions, Nest Family Entertainment and Warner-Nest Animation
Animated Stories from the Bible 1992–1995 Co-Production with Nest Family Entertainment
The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The Swan Princess III: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The Scarecrow Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

RichCrest era

Title Release Date Notes
K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments 2003 Co-production with TLC Entertainment and SMEC Media
Arthur's Missing Pal (CGI) Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Co-production with WGBH-TV, Mainframe Entertainment and Marc Brown Studios

Crest era Note: All films CGI.

Title Release Date Notes
The Little Engine That Could Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Co-production with Universal Animation Studios
The Swan Princess: Christmas Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Co-production with Nest Family Entertainment
Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Co-production with Nest Family Entertainment
Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Alpha and Omega 4: The Legend of the Saw Tooth Cave Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6]
Alpha and Omega: Family Vacation Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[7]

Films originally slated for production at Crest

Title Release Date Notes
Norm of the North Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Co-produced by Splash Entertainment and Assemblage Entrainment
Alpha and Omega: Dino Digs Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Co-production with Nest Family Entertainment
Alpha and Omega: The Big Fureeze Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The Swan Princess: Royally Undercover Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Co-production with Nest Family Entertainment
Alpha and Omega: Journey to Bear Kingdom Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The Swan Princess: A Royal Myztery Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Co-production with Nest Family Entertainment
The Swan Princess: Kingdom of Music Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The Swan Princess: A Royal Wedding Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The Swan Princess: A Fairytale is Born Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The Swan Princess: Far Longer than Forever Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

References

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