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DreamWorks News: ‘Night Fury’, Barco, 3rd Quarter Nos.
Night Fury Takes Flight on Fox: Fox network announced today it will air DreamWorks Animation’s CG holiday special DreamWorks Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury on December 17 at 8 p.m. The half-hour special is based on the studio’s hit film How to Train Your Dragon–now a solid franchise with [...]
DreamWorks Classics to Debut at MIPCOM
DreamWorks Animation has announced that its DreamWorks Classics shingle will debut at MIPCOM 2012, making available to global broadcasters a comprehensive portfolio highlighted by DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk–inspired by the hit How to Train Your Dragon film franchise (second and third films due out June 20, 2014 and June [...]
JumpStart Launches New ‘Madagascar’ Learning Games
Looks like the adventurous Zooster buddies from DreamWorks’ popular Madagascar movies are going to find new lives online and in the mobile learning universe thanks to a new partnership with the kids educational game company JumpStart (formerly known as Knowledge Adventure). Torrance, Calif.-based JumpStart has recently closed a round of financing [...]
DreamWorks Picks Fox as Next Distrib Partner
It’s a wrap! 20th Century Fox will be the next releasing partner of DreamWorks Animation, it was announced today for the next five years. According to the new distribution deal, Jeffrey Katzenberg’s studio will release its animated through Fox (2013-2017) after its deal with Paramount expires at the end of [...]
DreamWorks Opens Redwood City Facility
DreamWorks Animation has unveiled the new 200,000 square-foot headquarters for its PDI animation facility in Redwood City, Calif., the LA Times reports. The new campus overlooks the San Francisco Bay and is 30% larger than the location’s previous facility. DWA execs had said they needed the extra space to expand [...]
DreamWorks Toons May Partner with Sony
Over the past few days, there has been much speculation in the trades about which studio is going to form a partnership with DreamWorks Animation when it’s contract with Paramount runs out at the end of the is year. Sony Pictures is the next big studio looking to land a [...]
Rihanna, Jim Parsons to Voice DreamWorks Alien Pic
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) and singer-actress Rihanna (Battleship) will voice the lead parts in Happy Smekday!, a DreamWorks Animation adaptation of the award-winning book The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex. Slated for a holiday 2014 release, the pic will be directed by Tim Johnson (Antz, Over [...]
‘Madagascar 3' Promotion Goes Bananas
Unless you’re allergic to potassium, you have probably noticed one of DreamWorks Animation’s creative promotions for Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted already as Dole Fresh Fruit Co. is doling out 100 million specially branded bananas with Madagascar stickers to ripen in stores across the country. The “Go Bananas” promotional campaign [...]
Burrell and Charles Cast as Mr. Peabody & Sherman
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 [...]
Taylor Is DreamWorks New Head of Development
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 [...]
Academy Makes Animation...
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has...
Shout! Unleashes...
The Eisner Award-winning comic-book series by Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins, Bill...
