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How to Train Your Dragon 2 wins big at Annie Awards
DreamWorks Animation may be going through their own set of financial woes, but they’ve at least been having a very good awards season so far. How to Train Your Dragon… |
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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… |
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The Croods: A New Age
…breakup between DreamWorks’ and its deal with Aardman Animation, where the two companies had been developing the project, then named Crood Awakening, together, DreamWorks got to keep the overall property… |
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It’s good to be bad with DreamWorks’ The Bad Guys trailer
Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation have released the trailer for the latter’s upcoming feature The Bad Guys, which can be viewed above. Adapted from the popular children’s graphic novel series… |
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Seinfeld previews Bee Movie
Fox News reports that 30 minutes of the upcoming Bee Movie were shown at a screening held at the Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday. The event was hosted by… |
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Bee Movie game trailer and demo
The trailer for the video game adaptation of Seinfeld’s Bee Movie can be viewed at Yahoo! Games. A free game demo is also available on the site…. |
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The Simpsons Movie, Ratatouille and Bee Movie score at the Key Art Awards
…Fox feature film won four awards, including honors for its theatrical cardboard “standees” and its Web site design. Meanwhile Bee Movie won for Best Family Trailer and Best Audiovisual while… |
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Pixar to revive traditional animation after Disney and DreamWorks abandon it?
{{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=16604 Ain’t It Cool News}} has the scoop on what may be confirmation of a long whispered rumor. Pixar creating traditional hand-drawn animated movies after Disney and DreamWorks say… |
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Pics from upcoming DreamWorks films
{{link http://www.dreamworksfansite.com/fullstory.php?id=254 DreamWorks SKG Fansite}} has posted 10 new images from the upcoming animated features \\Shrek 2\\, \\Shark Tale\\, \\Over the Hedge\\, and \\Madagascar\\. |
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DreamWorks outsources Father Of The Pride
The {{link http://www.caltradereport.com/eWebPages/page-two-1073607565.html CalTrade Report}} mentions that DreamWorks will outsource “computer-generated animation services, including modelling, character animation, lighting effects, compositing, and rendering” for their upcoming CG television comedy show Father… |
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DreamWorks to spin-off its animation studio?
{{link http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswire/2004/02/03/rtr1238996.html Reuters}} reports that \\The New York Post\\ sources say DreamWorks is “ramping up efforts to spin off its animation unit”. The \\Post\\ sources say that “a spin-off would… |
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DreamWorks hires "Unprofessional" writer
According to Variety, in a seven-figure deal with DreamWorks, John Ridley is set to write his first animated feature, The Unprofessionals. The story follows three “hapless” monkeys who, while on… |
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Dreamworks registers websites for The Unprofessionals
Registered by Dreamworks in August 2002, theunprofessionals-thefilm.com, theunprofessionals-themovie.com, theunprofessionalsthefilm.com, and theunprofessionalsthemovie.com are all contenders to be the official website for The Unprofessionals, the upcoming CGI movie about three monkeys who… |
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DreamWorks promo pics
{{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/shrek2/ DreamWorks Fansite}} has pics of some promotional material from \\Shrek 2\\ and \\SharkTale\\. |
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No long wait for UK DreamWorks fans!
Those anticipating the usual long wait between films being released in the US and their eventual UK issues will be pleased to learn that DreamWorks will bow its two big… |
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DreamWorks' gambling on grabbing the lion's share
When DreamWorks’ animated comedy Father Of The Pride comes to NBC this fall, studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg is hoping that the show will be an immediate hit – especially with… |
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DreamWorks Financial News
Check out The New York Times article about Shrek and the possible sale of DreamWorks’ animation division. Thanks to Kristin for the heads up. Free subscription required to read article… |
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DreamWorks' animation philosophy; upcoming release dates
In a piece over at {{link http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-05-13-shrek-main_x.htm USA Today}}, Jeffrey Katzenberg explains the change in direction DreamWorks has taken from the traditionally animated films Spirit and Sinbad to the hipper,… |
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DreamWorks moves out of Monster House
Variety reports that Sony has acquired the animated feature Monster House from DreamWorks. The feature will be the second film to use “performance capture” animation, after The Polar Express. [paid… |
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A day at DreamWorks Animation
Included with a group of journalists recently invited to visit DreamWorks Animation, Paul Fischer from Moviehole writes of the experience, in which sneak peeks from the studio’s future lineup were… |
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Madagascar Gives Some Good News to DreamWorks
DreamWorks Animation has been plagued in recent months by SEC investigations, stockholder lawsuits, a slump in DVD sales, and rumors of corporate takeovers by NBC; but the studio did get… |
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DreamWorks Animation's future slate
Coming Soon has the lowdown on future projects from DreamWorks Animation, including notes on Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, Rex Havoc, It Came From Earth! and Route… |
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Curse found a blessing for DreamWorks Animation
…Were-Rabbit in the top two boxes of “excellent” or “very good.” In reference to the stars of the flick, Wallace and Gromit, Jim Tharp, head of distribution for DreamWorks, stated,… |
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DreamWorks Animation promotes Hartwell, hires Batter and Bernstein
In an effort to support the company’s plans to release two CGI films a year, along with a number of DTV films, DreamWorks Animation has announced the hiring of John… |
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DreamWorks Animation, Hewlett-Packard wear Halo
Jeffrey Katzenberg has revealed a new venture between DreamWorks Animation and Hewlett-Packard: the Halo room, indicates StarTribune.com. Costing $550,000 to create, each Halo room includes four high-definition plasma screens, along… |
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DreamWorks Animation drawing Circle?
As the animators currently employed at Disney’s Circle 7 wait to hear the future of their division, CGCHAR writes that DreamWorks Animation recently invited the animators for a campus tour,… |
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DreamWorks moves forward with Tintin
According to Herge Studios via Coming Soon, DreamWorks is going into pre-production on a film based on the Belgian cartoon series The Adventures of Tintin. The movie is expected to… |
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DreamWorks Animation pays Katzenberg $1 in 2006
As seen via a regulatory filing last Friday, DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. paid its chief executive, Jeffrey Katzenberg, $1 in total compensation in 2006. The action arrived due to Katzenberg’s… |
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DreamWorks profit rises thanks to DVD sales
Yahoo! Finance reports that DreamWorks Animation received an unexpectedly higher first-quarter profit due to higher-than-expected DVD sales for Over The Hedge and other library titles. The company reported total revenue… |
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DreamWorks Animation considering Interworld
Dark Horizons points to the official website of Neil Gaiman, where the author writes that DreamWorks Animation has optioned his and Michael Reaves’ novel Interworld. The project is explained as… |

