David Stainton ankles Vital animation

StaintonWith the announcement of David Stainton's resignation carrying out a short tenure as mind of Paramount's fledgling animated film division, the question becomes: Without any films yet slated for release, where will it move from here?Four several weeks after employing the previous Disney feature animation leader, Vital introduced Wednesday that Stainton could be departing for private reasons, adding that Vital Movie Group prexy Adam Goodman will take control from the animation team of developers.InchWe're grateful for that time David spent in the studio and that we wish him well in the future endeavors," Goodman stated inside a statement.Vital hired Stainton in October to mind its new in-house animation division, that was introduced last This summer after "Rango" -- its first animated pic not created by DreamWorks Animation -- made a lot more than $240 million worldwide.At that time, this news seemed to be considered a settling tactic with DWA, whose distribution cope with Vital was set to run out in the finish of 2012. Both sides stated that the division might have no relation to discussions -- which were not even designed to begin until early 2012. But sources outdoors the studio saw the initiative as leverage that Vital could provide.The first arrange for the brand new division ended up being to release one pic annually starting in 2014. Though no film continues to be slated for any release yet, studio has stated several viable candidates have been in the whole shebang, including an adaptation from the graphic novel, "New Kid." Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com