The animation studio where shows like ‘Dexter’s Laboratory’ and ‘The Powerpuff Girls’ were produced will ditch its iconic Burbank, California spot on August 1 to share offices with Warner Bros. Animation; both divisions will continue to run separately.
Wave good-bye! Burbank, California’s Cartoon Network Studios, established in 2000, is packing up and relocating as part of its planned merger with Warner Bros. Animation. Despite sharing one location, both divisions will continue to run separately under the Warner Bros. Discovery umbrella.
Former Cartoon Network Studios General Manager Brian Miller took to Twitter to announce the sad news:
Sadly, this building will no longer be CNS. From what I’ve been told, everyone will be out by August 1. All moving together in a WB building as one animation unit. Farewell CNS as it was. https://t.co/DalgFF0N9K
— Brian A. Miller (@bfredmuggs) July 9, 2023
In a response to Miller’s Tweet, Craig McCracken, who helped create the studio in 2000, stated, “When CN told us they were opening their own studio they asked Genndy and I to help pick the building and make design suggestions on what we wanted for the interior work spaces. So I can honestly say this is [a] place I felt I helped build. It’s sad to see it go.”
While the move certainly marks the end of an era, with shows like Dexter’s Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, The Powerpuff Girls, and many more brought to life at the Burbank facility, the studio itself will not cease operations. Warner Bros. Discovery has yet to make an official announcement of the new location.
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