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Monsters Vs. Aliens TV series in the works
…site also has news regarding the studio’s other plans for television, including confirmation that a Shrek Halloween special is currently in production, along with a Kung Fu Panda holiday special…. |
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11 Animated Movies Eligible for Oscar
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 11 animated features will be eligible for an oscar nomination. Here is the list: The Incredibles Shrek 2 Shark… |
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Playing around with Kung Fu Panda 3 voices
…a franchise to rival Shrek’s success and the third movie is already in the works with a December 23, 2015 release date, reports The Hollywood Reporter. It will be the… |
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Wanted: CG artists
…more than 5,000 jobs available in live-action movies, animated features and video game projects”. For example, while New Zealand based Weta Digital (the computer effects company best known for its… |
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Enchanted 2 moving forward at Disney (again!)
…more or less “relaunched” a string of fairy tale blockbusters for Disney). Now, Deadline is reporting that the sequel is back on track, with Smurfs and Shrek 2 writers David… |
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Turbo
…500. Let’s be honest here, whether it’s true or not Turbo seems to take a lot of inspiration from Pixar films. An animated movie with race cars is obviously going… |
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Free Birds creators explain why Reel FX’s first theatrical feature is no turkey
…Antz. Furthermore, he had helped steer DreamWorks toward massive success with the multi-billion dollar grossing Shrek franchise. With him as an executive producer, Reel FX hoped Warner could assist in… |
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Animated Views: A Retrospective
…would have to manually reenter scores and records every week of the season! I eventually moved up to Vic-20, a TRS-80, and finally a Mac. Like Olivier, I got hooked… |
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Obama visits DreamWorks and “wants to work there.”
…2 and a screening of holiday 2014 film Home. Obama joked during his speech that his ears were inspiration for Shrek and wanted to ask Katzenberg for a job. UPDATE:… |
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Frozen
…the vein of Tangled, as intended. You could describe it as Disney’s version of Shrek — a fractured fairy-tale done in an earnest rather than condescending way. The story itself… |
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Should Google buy DreamWorks?
…its magic to the clip channel before any other platform. What if The Croods 3 or Shrek 5 were to premiere first on YouTube before it hit theaters, not for… |
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Sony Pictures Animation unveils updated production slate
SPA has just announced their production slate. It includes Kelly Asbury (Shrek2, Gnomeo & Juliet) directing an all-animated new Smurfs film with new designs and environments, scheduled for August 2015,… |
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Frozen is now the biggest animated movie ever in terms of worldwide box office
…however, is at the domestic box office, where Shrek 2 still reigns supreme as the biggest toon ever with a take of $441 million. In other Frozen success stories, the… |
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Antonio Banderas says Puss in Boots 2 has begun production
…started the new one four days ago,” he said of the first Shrek spin-off. “It did incredibly well with audiences and critics, all around the world, and the character is… |
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Upcoming Smurfs movie blog
Kelly Asbury (Shrek 2, Gnomeo & Juliet), director of Sony Pictures Animation’s brand new all-animated computer-generated Smurfs feature film, launched his official blog this morning at www.SmurfsProductionBlog.com The blog, called… |
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Prolific animation composer Powell profiled
Variety looks at the career of composer John Powell. “Twenty of his 54 features have been animated. And with a resume that also includes a 2010 Oscar nomination for his… |
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Frozen crosses $400 million mark at domestic box office
There’s yet another Frozen success story to be discussed today, as the Disney movie finally crossed the $400 million mark in the US, The Wrap is reporting. That makes the… |
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How To Train Your Dragon 2
DreamWorks Animation has been in a somewhat odd position since the release of the last How To Train Your Dragon movie four years ago in 2010. At the time I… |
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Is the Dream over? NBC/Universal to acquire DreamWorks Animation
…sales to Disney. For full details, The Hollywood Reporter has more. UPDATE: More takes on today’s news: CNN: “Why Comcast wanted Shrek all to itself” Wired: “Comcast is buying DreamWorks… |
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The Emperor’s New Groove: 2-Movie Collection
Walt Disney Feature Animation (December 10 2000), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (June 11 2013), Blu-ray plus two DVD set, 78 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.66:1 widescreen, 5.1 DTS-HD Master… |
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Finding Dory opens
…record currently held by Shrek the Third for largest animated film opening weekend with $124.85 million. Box Office Prophets projects a similar, but just short of the record, $120.2 million…. |
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Finding Dory claims all-time domestic record for animated film
…domestic animated film of all time, according to Box Office Mojo. The Pixar sequel has made $445 million to date, beating the $441 million earned by Shrek 2, which held… |
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Around the world with Mila: interview with Visual Development Supervisor Cesar Alejandro Montero Orozco
…He’s married to an animator and loves videogames. So pretty much 100% of the time he’s either doing graphics, talking about graphics, or enjoying graphics! As a Surfacing Artist at… |
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Watch the first teaser trailer of Smurfs: The Lost Village
…the biggest secret in Smurf history! Smurfs: The Lost Village is scheduled to be released on April 7, 2017. Directed by Kelly Asbury (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Shrek 2),… |
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Kubo And The Two Strings
…also count on Minions producer Illumination Entertainment and newly acquired DreamWorks Animation to provide additional similar content. Perhaps the mega-franchises those two bigger labels represent (Despicable Me, Shrek, Madagascar, The… |
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The Secret Life Of Pets
…its comedy strengths consistently and, at a brisk 80 minutes, doesn’t outstay its welcome. Some of the humor is just the now generic mix of hyperactive vocals and smart-aleck comments,… |
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Cars 3
…It was such an unexpected pleasure to be watching an animated film that literally took the time to take its time. Back in the Shrek obsessed mid-2000s when animated films… |
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The first trailer for The Lego Movie 2 is here
…Cone. “The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part” is directed by Mike Mitchell (“Shrek Ever After,” “Trolls,” “Sky High”). It is produced by Dan Lin, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and… |
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The new Lego Movie 2 trailer builds on the jokes from the first film
…characters Queen Watevra Wa-Nabi, Sweet Mayhem and Ice Cream Cone. The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part is directed by Mike Mitchell (Shrek Ever After, Trolls, Sky High). It is… |
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
How to Train Your Dragon is arguably the crown jewel franchise of DreamWorks Animation. Shrek may be the face and perhaps the most recognized. But it is the Dragon series… |
