


In 1999, Walt Disney Pictures released a film finale to the series, Doug's 1st Movie.

With this, the show moved to Disney's ABC network and new seasons aired as a part of its programming block Disney's One Saturday Morning as Disney's Doug. The Nickelodeon version of the Doug film was not made due to the acquisition of the show's production studio, Jumbo Pictures, by The Walt Disney Company in 1996. However, Paramount and Viacom would go forward and start development on The Rugrats Movie a year after the acquisition. With the creative differences with John Kricfalusi, the creator of Ren & Stimpy and an inability to market that property in a family-friendly manner instead of a "cynical and gross humor" scuttled the film. None of the movies were produced due to the 1994 acquisition of Paramount Pictures by Nickelodeon's parent company, Viacom, and they would distribute the movies instead. The joint venture would mostly produce new material, though a Nickelodeon executive did not rule out the possibility of making films based on The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rugrats and Doug.

In 1993, Nickelodeon agreed to a two-year contract with 20th Century Fox to make feature films. History Nickelodeon/20th Century Fox deal (1993–95) It also received 13 Saturn Awards nominations, but none of the films have won in any year. The studio has earned numerous accolades, including four Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe. Their next film, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie, will be released sometime in 2022 on Netflix. The company has so far produced over 36 feature films in total, with many successful ones including The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Rango, Harriet the Spy, Good Burger, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Adventures of Tintin, Mad Hot Ballroom, The Rugrats Movie, Charlotte's Web, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Nacho Libre, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Dora and the Lost City of Gold. The division was founded on February 25, 1995, and currently a part of the Paramount Players arm of Paramount Pictures, both of which are owned by Paramount Global and ultimately the holding company National Amusements. Nickelodeon Movies is the theatrical motion picture production division for the American children's network Nickelodeon, which releases both animated and live action films.
