Drake Kelly Studios

Drake Kelly Studios (formerly known as Bubby Studios, commonly referred to as DKS) is an American production company and animation studio founded by Drake Kelly. They are known for the Sutton franchise, Team Seven Franchise, Voltage franchise, and Titans (Godzilla) franchise. They also worked on some My Little Pony: Equestria Girls content with Hasbro for a little while, but they can sometimes can used there characters if they said so.

History
Pre Drake Kelly and Phase 1

Bubby Studios was founded in 1980 and it was used to make kids show and movies like Nick Jr or Disney Junior. In 2000, News Corporation bought Bubby Studios but in 2009, Drake Kelly bought the company but it’s still owned by News Corps. He decided to go for a rebranding for the studio, the name was changed from Bubby Studios to Drake Kelly Studios.

Drake Kelly Studios released Black Panther (not the marvel franchise) in 2009 with 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks. The movie was a box office hit and becoming the rise of Drake Kelly Studios. In 2011, they released Voltage with Universal Studios. In 2012, they released Team Seven with 20th Century Fox.

DKS Animation and Phase 2

In 2013, Drake Kelly announced that there will be sequels to Black Panther in 2013, Voltage in 2014, and Team Seven in 2015. He also announced that he is working on a animation studio to rival Pixar, but when they figured out that is My Little Pony. Yeah they were not happy but unless they have something for the kids.

Michael Bay Era and Phase 3

In 2016, Drake Kelly Studios signed Michael Bay, director of the Transformers franchise to direct Team Seven 3 which would go into theaters in 2017. When the movie came out, it was a box office hit like no other. The fans love the new outfits for the characters and the studio became popular with Team Seven and Michael.

They decided to take a break in 2018 but made 2 movies for the 10th Anniversary of the studio in 2019, Flamethrower and Black Panther III. In 2019, Drake Kelly Studios went for a little change and decided to change there logo. A new logo for the first 10 years.

New Era and Phase 4

In 2020, Drake Kelly Studios lost a faithful ally, 20th Century Fox because of the name change done by Disney. DKS decided to move the release date for Voltage 3 from February to March to to face off against Pixar’s Onward. DKS released Team Seven: Armageddon in theaters on Memorial Day but they finished production before the COVID-19 Pandemic hit the USA. They also released Phoenix with the help of Paramount on June 19th. And finally they finished off 2020 by releasing Godzilla on November 20th, 2020.

In July, they release Team Seven 2020, which it is an Animated Reboot to the 2012 Live Action movie. It was like no other what DKS Animation EVER released. The movie was so big that they expanded the universe knowing as the DKS Animation Universe, (DKSAU). They released Sutton in theaters not a while ago, and thinking of doing a sequel to Team Seven 2020 called Team Seven vs Team Twelve in 2022.

Logo
The logo is based on the Marvel Studios logo but instead of red, it’s purple. The “STUDIOS” is below a box with the words “DRAKE KELLY” instead of on the side like it’s predecessor have with there current logo.

Trivia
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