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DreamWorks’ ‘Rise of the Guardians’ Casts Its Magic Today

November 21, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

How director Peter Ramsey and his brilliant team of DreamWorks artists and technicians created the majestic worlds of Rise of the Guardians. For centuries, magical characters such as Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and the Sandman have been familiar fixtures of children’s stories and their dreams. Now [...]

‘Rise of the Guardians’ Makes a Splash in Cannes

May 16, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

As expected, DreamWorks Animation made an early splash at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday with a big press event for its holiday season feature Rise of the Guardians. Studio head Jeffrey Katzenberg has made a habit of launching his big animated titles (Shrek, Bee Movie, Kung Fu Panda, Puss [...]

A Fin-de-Siècle Fantasy: ‘A Monster in Paris’

September 7, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 4 Comments divider image

DreamWorks veteran Bibo Bergeron goes back to his French roots with A Monster in Paris, an elegant CG-animated feature set in 1910. French director Bibo Bergeron has directed two very different DreamWorks animated features (The Road to El Dorado and Shark Tale) and worked as character designer on the studio’s [...]

Simon Smith to Direct ‘Penguins of Madagsacar’ Pic

August 12, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

The mischievous Penguins of Madgascar are getting their own movie, which will be directed by Simon Smith, director of the Shrek 4-D ride film and co-director of Bee Movie. The upcoming CG-animated DreamWorks movie will be penned by Megamind writers Brent Simons and Alan J. Schoolcraft and produced by Lara [...]

A Sneak Peek at ‘A Monster in Paris’

July 1, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

An excellent new clip for Bibo Bergeron’s upcoming 3-D, CG-animated feature A Monster In Paris (Un Monstre a Paris) premiered on the web this week. The pic, which will be released on October 12 in France, is set in Paris, circa 1910 and tells the story of a shy movie [...]