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THQ and DreamWorks announce deal

THQ Inc. and DreamWorks Animation have just announced a multi-year business deal that will give THQ exclusive rights to develop video games based off of the studio’s animated films and…

Jerry Seinfeld “makes faces” for DreamWorks

Jerry Seinfeld, star of DreamWorks’ upcoming animated film, Bee Movie, recently sat down with the LA Times and discussed the challenges of voicing/writing an animated character in conjunction with using…

Aardman and DreamWorks "calling it quits"?

Variety speculates whether the five-picture deal between DreamWorks Animation and Aardman is about to be cancelled. Despite the success of the duo’s latest venture, Flushed Away, the article argues the…

DreamWorks reveals the tech behind the art

Techradar gets a behind the scenes look at the tech powering DreamWorks’ computer animated films. As you can probably imagine if you’ve ever filled a hard drive on your own…

Gaumont and DreamWorks team for Noddy animated series

Gaumont Animation has entered a development and production agreement with DreamWorks Classics and France Télévisions to produce the computer animated series Noddy, says Deadline.com. The series will focus on the…

CFO Leslie to leave DreamWorks Animation

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. Having been at the company for over ten years, Leslie will remain with DreamWorks through February 2007 to manage the reporting of the company’s end-year results….

DreamWorks Gives Paramount the Boot, Makes New Deal with Fox

In a move that will go down in animation history, Jeffrey Katzenberg and his DreamWorks studio have ended their distrubution contract with Paramount after six years. The animation studio responsible…

The Motley Fool comments on the upcoming DreamWorks IPO

With DreamWorks set to spin off its animation studio and promising to ramp up its computer-rendered production, it’s going to get crowded at the pixilated multiplex soon. Rick Munarriz takes…

Spotlight on DreamWorks Animation and Jeffrey Katzenberg

Wired Magazine has a very enlightening three-page article describing the aspects and history of DreamWorks Animation and its CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, while also comparing and contrasting the studio to Pixar….

Fox/DreamWorks only challenger left to Disney/Pixar hegemony?

Forbes looks at the implications of Fox and DreamWorks’ recent partnership, saying “it immediately establishes just who the titans in modern day American animation are… the second and third-place animation…

DreamWorks stock falls due to lawsuit

The Associated Press reports that DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. shares fell to a new low on Friday, following the shareholder lawsuit claiming that Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg misrepresented DVD sales…

DreamWorks to spin of animation unit

In a move that has been {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000804.html expected for some time}}, DreamWorks has taken the first step in spinning off its animation studio by filing for an initial public…

DreamWorks looks to Fox or Sony for distribution

DreamWorks is closing in on a September deadline to decide on a new distribution partner, according to the L.A. Times. With their 2006 deal with Paramount set to expire, DreamWorks

DreamWorks’ China Studio to Make Kung Fu Panda 3

DreamWorks Animation has announced that it will make Kung Fu Panda 3 a co-production with Oriental DreamWorks–the Shanghai divison. The movie is set for a 2016 and will see huge…

Wall Street perspective of DreamWorks Animation

CNN Money analyzes the future of DreamWorks Animation, whose shares fell 35% in 2005. Special interest is especially shown in how Paramount’s acquisition of DreamWorks will affect the company, along…

DreamWorks launches trailer to Abominable

DreamWorks Animation has launched the trailer to their upcoming feature Abominable, which can be viewed above. It marks the second film to be released under the Universal Pictures banner and…

The Croods raise DreamWorks’ bottom line

After some financial issues earlier this year, DreamWorks announced a stronger-than-expected profit in the second quarter, the L.A. Times reports. DW head Jeffrey Katzenberg said, “DreamWorks Animation significantly outperformed in…

DreamWorks Princesses

Move over, Disney Princesses. The princesses in DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek the Third, slated for a May 18, 2007, are flexing some serious girl power. An article in USA Today showcases…

More on Disney and DreamWorks: 30 pictures over seven years

The Hollywood Reporter has more on yesterday’s announcement that DreamWorks’ live-action motion pictures will begin to be distributed by the Walt Disney Studios under their Touchstone Pictures banner from 2010….

DreamWorks Animation for sale?

The Los Angeles Times speculates as to whether or not DreamWorks Animation will aim for an acquisition by a major media company, similar to Pixar’s merge with Disney. “I think…

Enough with the sequels, DreamWorks?

The L. A. Times makes the case against DreamWorks going the sequel route with their latest hit How to Train Your Dragon. Their thought is that DreamWorks should focus more…

eBay's Meg Whitman joins DreamWorks Animation's board of directors

Margaret C. Whitman, president and CEO of eBay, has been elected into DreamWorks Animation’s board of directors. “Meg is someone that both Roger Enrico and I have been courting to…

DreamWorks Animation reports financial results for 2006

For its fourth quarter, DreamWorks Animation records show revenue of $204.3 million with a net loss of approximately $21.3 million, or $0.20 per share on a fully diluted basis. With…

More on Shrek 3 and upcoming DreamWorks films

…many points about other DreamWorks films}} in development, including Over The Hedge, Bee Movie and Aardman’s first foray into CGI waters, Flushed Away. Release dates given indicate that DreamWorks will…

DreamWorks diversification good news for investors

The Wrap says DreamWorks Animation has reached a pivotal moment in growth of the company — they “can get away with releasing movies that are not huge hits”. How? Diversification,…

DreamWorks to make Alma into feature film

Collider is reporting that DreamWorks Animation is set to make a feature film based on the award-winning animated short Alma. The storyline of the short involved a little girl who…

DreamWorks lands Japanese film \\Casshern\\

DreamWorks has landed the domestic distribution rights to the Japanese science fiction action film \\Casshern\\, which it will release under the banner of its specialty film division, Go Fish Pictures….

A host of Sunday animated reading, and DreamWorks has another feature in development?

…from news of a 72-hour Bugs Bunny marathon to CGI rivals Pixar and DreamWorks’ upcoming company plans, including Pixar’s desire to increase staff by 1,350 from its current 625-person team….

New DreamWorks Animation website

…* a photographic tour of DreamWorks’ northern and southern California campuses; * a careers section featuring current openings, and details on DreamWorks’ School Outreach program; * a company overview including…

DreamWorks Updates: Gregg Taylor and Mr. Peabody and Sherman

The Sacramento Bee has two major headlines from DreamWorks. Gregg Taylor has been named the new head of development. Taylor started his DreamWorks animation relationship began with Shrek and prior…