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DreamWorks Animation names new head of development

Alex Schwartz has been named head of development at DreamWorks Animation according to The Big Cartoon Database. Co-president of production Bill Damaschke said, “Alex is an exceptional and experienced executive…

Another lawsuit for DreamWorks Animation

The South Florida Times reports that a Boca Raton man is suing DreamWorks Animation, claiming the studio stole his ideas to create the 2005 movie Madagascar. According to Joseph Davis,…

First look at DreamWorks' How To Train Your Dragon!

DreamWorks unveiled a teaser poster, featuring what looks like visual development art, for its March 2010 feature adaptation of Cressida Cowell’s book How To Train Your Dragon, at the ongoing…

DreamWorks Animation share downgraded from neutral to sell

DreamWorks Animation SKG was downgraded today to sell from neutral at UBS Investment Research, which said the current share price implies domestic box office receipts for future films above the…

Disney and DreamWorks deal is done and dusted

…Today, after talks for the re-launched DreamWorks faltered between the producer-director and his traditional cinematic home Universal, the Disney Studio has confirmed their recent talks have lead to a deal…

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….

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…

DreamWorks planning for a big year

The Hollywood Reporter looks at DreamWorks’ big year ahead, where they will become the first studio to release three CG animated films in the same calendar year. Many investors are…

Why DreamWorks tops Pixar

Cinema Blend has a piece with the link-baiting title “5 Ways DreamWorks Animation Is Better Than Pixar”. The article isn’t nearly as contentious as the title would suggest, however, and…

DreamWorks’ Dragon dominates

DreamWorks How to Train Your Dragon continues to dominate according to Box Office Mojo. In it’s fifth weekend it has reclaimed the #1 spot. In total the film has brought…

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…

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 to release Me and My Shadow in 2013

DreamWorks Animation has just announced a new 3D feature Me and My Shadow to be released in March 2013, reports Variety. Directed by Mark Dindal, the feature will seamlessly combine…

DreamWorks Acquires Maintenance comic book movie rights

We’ve seen a lot of movies about evil geniuses lately and now DreamWorks has acquired the movie rights to Maintenance a comic book about two janitors and the mad scientists…

DreamWorks, Dragon take home the Annies

DreamWorks was once again the big winner at the Annie Awards (though Disney and Pixar cut their involvement with animation’s highest honor this time out). Toy Story 3 may be…

Mars Needs Moms, but Earth needs Director Simon Wells!

…to offer me another film right now. Jeffrey Katzenberg and DreamWorks have always been incredibly kind to me. I’m actually talking to you from my office at DreamWorks; it has…

Penguins to get film, more DreamWorks news from Comic-con

DreamWorks had plenty of announcements to make at their Comic-con panel and Entertainment Weekly has the scoops. The Penguins of Madagascar will be getting their own feature film slated for…

DreamWorks Wants Classic Media

…While DreamWorks has been able to play with Disney Pixar, many of their popular franchises have waned and have not even matched the same success. Could these new-old titles be…

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…

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 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…

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…

40th Annual Annie Award winners revealed

…of Hiccup as a Buff Man — DreamWorks Animation Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Johanne Matte Rise of the Guardians — DreamWorks Animation Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting…

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…

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 moves forward with Trolls

DreamWorks Animation announces it has acquired the intellectual property for the iconic Troll Dolls franchise from the Dam Family and Dam Things of Denmark. To cultivate the franchise, American Girl…

Fox showcases Blue Sky, DreamWorks flicks at CinemaCon

At CinemaCon on Thursday, Fox gave an animation-heavy presentation to promote upcoming projects from Blue Sky and DreamWorks Animation. On the Blue Sky front, the animation house unveiled its newest…

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…

Here comes Captain Underpants from DreamWorks Animation

Dav Pilkey’s children’s book hero Captain Underpants is set to make his big screen debut courtesy of DreamWorks Animation, THR is reporting. The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted director Nicolas…

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,…