Malach Entertainment

Malach Entertainment is an American-Canadian animation studio owned by Paramount Pictures, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS. Founded on July 4, 2022 by Karen Malach and Alex Wylie, It is based in New Westminster, British Columbia and produces animated feature films, while Paramount finances and distributes all the films under the Paramount Animation label with Nickelodeon Movies co-producing.

History
On July 4, 2022, Karen Malach and Alex Wylie founded Malach Entertainment, a New Westminster-based animation studio where Malach would produce both 2D and 3D animated films based on Nickelodeon's animated television shows as well as other adaptations and original projects using flash animation and computer animation, and went on to hire directors, producers, writers, character designers, storyboard artists and series' creators. At the same year, the deal was announced, positioning Malach Entertainment as Paramount's feature animation arm that produces two to three films a year. As part of the deal, Malach retains creative control and Paramount finances and distributes the films under the Paramount Animation label with Nickelodeon Movies co-producing.

In August 2023, Malach Entertainment partnered with Intel Corporation to revive the InTru3D brand since DreamWorks Animation stopped utilizing the brand with Rise of the Guardians (2012).

On February 14, 2025, Malach Entertainment released their first film, The Nicktoons, a superhero sci-fi comedy film based on the video game series Nicktoons Unite! published by THQ, starring Tom Kenny, Tara Strong, Debi Derryberry, Josh Peck, Janice Kawaye, JoJo Siwa and Richard Steven Horvitz. The film was critically acclaimed and was a box office success, grossing $1.8 billion worldwide, which surpassed the 2019 remake of The Lion King to become the highest-grossing animated film of all time, and was the first non-Disney/Pixar film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature since Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018).

On May 9, 2025, the studio then released another film, The Angry Beavers Movie, an adventure comedy film based on the series The Angry Beavers, starring Richard Steven Horvitz, Nick Bakay, Brad Garrett, Wally Wingert and Billy Eichner. Despite receiving mixed reception from critics, it became financially successful, earning $268 million worldwide.

On October 3, 2025, the studio released their first and only PG-13 rated film, Invader Zim: The Doom Movie, a sci-fi comedy film based on the series Invader Zim, starring Richard Steven Horvitz, Rosearik Rikki Simons, Andy Berman, Melissa Fahn, Kevin McDonald, Wally Wingert and Rodger Bumpass. It was critically acclaimed from critics and audiences and was a commercial success, earning $433 million worldwide.

On February 13, 2026, the studio released XJ-9, a superhero film based on the series My Life As a Teenage Robot, starring Janice Kawaye, Candi Milo and Cree Summer. It was met with positive reviews and was financially successful, earning $369 million worldwide.

On May 15, 2026, the studio released The Fairly OddParents Movie, an action comedy crossover film based on the series The Fairly OddParents and T.U.F.F. Puppy, starring Tara Strong, Daran Norris, Susanne Blakeslee, Maddie Taylor, Kari Wahlgren, Jerry Trainor, Grey DeLisle and Carlos Alazraqui. It received generally positive reviews and was a box office success, earning $516 million worldwide.

On October 16, 2026, the studio released The Honeybee Scouts, a spy action comedy film based on the series The Mighty B!, starring Amy Poehler, Grey DeLisle, Jessica DiCicco, Dannah Feinglass, Tinashe, Jenny Slate, Bill Hader, Zac Efron, Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Drake Bell, Ryan Reynolds, Will Arnett, Sarah Thyre, Tiffany Haddish, Adam Driver and Seth Rogen. It was a critical and financial success, earning $272 million worldwide and won numerous awards including Best Animated Feature at the 99th Academy Awards, making it the second Malach Entertainment film to win after The Nicktoons.

On February 12, 2027, the studio released The Rise of El Tigre, a superhero adventure comedy film based on the series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, starring Alanna Ubach, Grey DeLisle, Eric Bauza, Carlos Alazraqui, April Stewart, Jason Segel, Dwayne Johnson and Leslie Jones. The film met with generally positive reviews and was financially successful, earning $354 million worldwide.

On May 7, 2027, the studio released Danny Phantom, a supernatural superhero film based on the series of the same name, starring Josh Peck, Amanda Seyfried, Rob Paulsen, Kath Soucie, Grey DeLisle, Rickey D'Shon Collins and Martin Mull. It received critically acclaimed reviews and was financially successful, earning $385 million worldwide and won Best Animated Feature at the 100th Academy Awards.

On October 1, 2027, the studio released The ChalkZone Movie, an adventure comedy film based on the series ChalkZone, starring E.G. Daily, Candi Milo, Hynden Walch, Jim Cummings, Gilbert Gottfried, Mandy Patinkin, Patrick Warburton, Ralph Fiennes and Jim Carrey. Despite receiving mixed reviews with many criticizing its janky animation quality, the film was a box office success, earning $187 million worldwide.

On November 16, 2027, Malach Entertainment announced that a 3D computer-animated Avatar: The Last Airbender film trilogy each based on the first five graphic novels published by Dark Horse Comics is in development due to the poor reception of M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender.

Upcoming releases
The Nicktoons: Zim's Revenge, a sequel to The Nicktoons, is scheduled for release on February 4, 2028.

The Fairly OddMovie: Crocker Strikes Back, a sequel to The Fairly OddParents Movie, is scheduled for release on May 12, 2028.

The studio's first computer-animated film based on The Nome Trilogy books titled Truckers, Diggers and Wings is scheduled for release on October 13, 2028.

An animated film titled Edwardo the Blue-Footed Booby is scheduled for release on February 9, 2029.

Another animated film based on Berkeley Breathed's illustrated novel Flawed Dogs is scheduled for release on October 5, 2029.

Production
Similar to Warner Animation Group, Sony Pictures Animation and Paramount Animation, the studio outsources their animation production to other animation studios. Malach Entertainment will not have an in-house animation style. According to Karen Malach and Alex Wylie, each film based on Nickelodeon's animated television shows (with the exception of The ChalkZone Movie) will have a blend of 2D flash-animated characters with Who Framed Roger Rabbit-styled lighting effects in a 3D computer-generated environment created by the filmmakers and the series' creators, which would be helped by outsourcing animation to different vendors.

The budgets for their films tend to range within $50-80 million. Their most cheapest film to date, The ChalkZone Movie, cost $20 million respectively.

Released films
All films are distributed by Paramount Pictures.