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A Conversation with Bill Damaschke, CCO of DreamWorks


April 2, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Bill Damaschke first joined DreamWorks in 1995 as production coordinator on Prince of Egypt. He quickly rose through the ranks and became head of production and development in 2005 and co-president of production for feature animation soon after. In early 2011, he became the division’s chief creative officer, overlooking all [...]

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Burrell and Charles Cast as Mr. Peabody & Sherman


March 19, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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DreamWorks Animation’s feature adaptation of Jay Ward’s beloved series Mr. Peabody & Sherman has found its leads in Ty Burrell (Modern Family) and Max Charles (The Amazing Spider-Man). Set for a March 14, 2014 release, the 3-D movie will be directed by Rob Minkoff (The Lion King). With a script by [...]

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DreamWorks Previews ‘Rise of the Guardians,’ ‘Madagascar 3′


March 15, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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Select members of the media got a sneak peek Wednesday at footage from DreamWorks Animation’s 2012 releases: Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted and Rise of the Guardians. The studio showed 25 minutes of Madagascar 3, due out June 8, and about 15 minutes of footage from Guardians, up for release [...]

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Taylor Is DreamWorks New Head of Development


January 24, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Gregg Taylor is the new head of development at DreamWorks Animation. Taylor will replace Alex Schwartz who will be working on the upcoming feature adaptation of Mr. Peabody & Sherman as producer. Prior to his new post, Tyalor was a senior development and production executive, overseeing DreamWorks Animation’s franchises, including [...]

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‘Kung Fu Panda’ Show Premieres on Nick on Nov. 7


October 25, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image
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Nick has announced Monday Nov. 7 as the premiere date for the its new Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness animated series. The CG-animated DreamWorks Animation co-pro kicking off a full week of brand-new episodes every weekday at 5:30 p.m., following new episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants at 5:00 p.m. Kung [...]

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DreamWorks Shows Off ‘Underpants’


October 21, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Dreamworks Animation will be flying with Dav Pilkey’s hugely popular book series Captain Underpants, Deadline.com reported this week. The studio acquired the rights to the wonderful eight-volume Scholastic series after a spirited auction. The series centers on a two precocious fourth graders named George Beard and Harold Hutchins, who hypnotize [...]

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DreamWorks Promotes Damaschke to CCO


January 6, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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DreamWorks Animation has promoted executive Bill Damaschke to the post of chief creative officer, reports Variety. Damaschke previously was co-president of production for feature animation, and oversaw the studio’s successful 2010 releases: How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek Forever After and Megamind. Those films have grossed more than $1.5 billion [...]

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