Tag "Happy Smekday!"

Fox Skeds Five Animated Features a Year for 2017-2018

June 11, 2013 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

20th Century Fox has upped the ante in the animated feature film game, announcing Monday plans to release five animated movies a year in 2017 and 2018. With both Blue Sky Studios and DreamWorks Animation allied with the studio, that means the burden will be split between those two houses. [...]

‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’ Moved Back to March ’14

February 6, 2013 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

The release date for DreamWorks Animation’s much-anticipated CG-animated feature Mr. Peabody & Sherman has changed from Nov. this year to March 7, 2014. The film, which will be distributed by Twentieth Century Fox takes over the March spot previously held by Me & My Shadow, which is heading back to [...]

12 DreamWorks Pics Get Dates; ‘Dragon 3' Confirmed

September 9, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Fox and DreamWorks Animation have set release dates for twelve features the studio will distribute in its new deal with the toon powerhouse. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the slate is the most ambitious for an animation studio in Hollywood history. The announcement included details on a feature called B.O.O.: [...]

Rihanna, Jim Parsons to Voice DreamWorks Alien Pic

June 20, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

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 [...]