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Giveaway crazy! Plus the old American Dog/Bolt switcheroo!
…Sanders was let go from Disney’s (only to end up helming his own show at DreamWorks), is that the April 2007 live-action release Firehouse Dog has almost the exact same… |
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Shrek makes it 600 million; plus Jolson sings again!
…the site today, but news just in is that Paramount/DreamWorks’ Shrek The Third has passed the $600m grossing mark. With a history making US debut (the largest domestic opening for… |
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The Tick returns! Plus yay or nay for TransFormers Bay?
…he wouldn’t direct Paramount/DreamWorks’ requested TransFormers 2 because of their decision not to release those films on both high definition disc formats. According to the Coming Soon site, Bay has… |
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Good g-Reef! The latest fishy tale reviewed…
…warmed to certain aspects of the movie. While it’s obviously not in Pixar or DreamWorks’ league, for the time scale and budget constraints, the crew have made a splash in… |
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Disney's Pixar-release Tuesday! Plus: is Bee Movie really a B-movie?
…Well, our own James R Whitson will be along shortly to post his Animated View on DreamWorks’ latest, the Jerry Seinfeld starring Bee Movie, which opened to $38 million this… |
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Not even a B- for Bee Movie!?
As promised our theatrical Toon Reviewer James R Whitson has posted his thoughts on Bee Movie, the meeting of computer animation giants DreamWorks with giant comedian Jerry Seinfeld. But wait…that… |
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“Life is like a hurricane…”: DuckTales; plus Sonic and Snow White at 70!
…Ten Commandments, the recent CG rip-off of DreamWorks’ sadly forgotten The Prince Of Egypt, which barely made it to a $1 million box office take a couple of months ago…. |
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Blu-Thunder: the format war is as good as over; plus Turok!
…HD-DVD format. About how it was a matter of time before the last two HD hangouts – Paramount/DreamWorks and Universal – would join the Blu camp and effectively end the… |
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More Walt Disney Treasures!!
…announced, as will Paramount/DreamWorks, but Universal has finally announced plans to move to Blu-Ray, effectively leaving HD-DVD without any single major studio supporter. It was long, it was nasty, but… |
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Bee good: Jerry's animated debut is out today, plus good news for Gilliam, and I Am Beowulf!
…Now then, on a lighter note, DreamWorks’ Bee Movie comes to DVD this week, not that you’d know from the slightly lackluster promotions. Is it me, or did this one… |
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Animated Con-versation: AN&V at Comic-Con 2008!
…From what we saw it looks like a very fun movie. But it seems very much in the realm of the more modern DreamWorks style of story and comedy. Up… |
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Freakazoid!: Season 1
…complete with “notes” on how to make the show better from animated exec producer Spielberg, and a DreamWorks gag that dates the show but is very funny nonetheless! Side two… |
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Bolt of lightning! Our coverage starts here!
…Twilight and the unassailable James Bond in Quantum Of Solace, all of which push DreamWorks’ Madagascar sequel down to fourth place (for a close to $140m total, while surprise hit… |
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Of Paramount importance: a pair of live-action reviews!
…DreamWorks/Paramount (2008), 2 discs, 120 mins plus supplements, Not Rated, $35 An acerbic, biting satire of Hollywood and, most notably, the fickle glamor of celebrity, Tropic Thunder is like the… |
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Cost-cutting, Hollywood style…
…set up shop with Steven Spielberg’s re-energized DreamWorks Pictures, is not going to renew their deal with Spielberg’s producing duo of choice, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy. The husband and… |
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More Peter & The Wolf, Madagascar 2 – and a quick catch-up!
…bring you a first look at the packaging for DreamWorks’ Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa on Blu-ray and the DVD double pack that bundles in two new Penguins Of Madagascar adventures… |
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A Magic Gourd, Chipmunks, Madagascar's Nana and Wonder Woman? It's another packed post!
…to be just as noisy and schizophrenic as when I caught it last year. DreamWorks’ animation is probably more refined than last time, but the magic they brought to Kung… |
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Monsters Vs. Aliens! Smurfs! Plus the WB Archives open up!
…helmed the movie with Rob Letterman. DreamWorks’ latest animated movie took a little while to get me juiced up about seeing it, having given the look of being highly derivative,… |
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Pinocchio: Platinum Edition
…Goldsmith score from Rudy, itself once used to promote DreamWorks’ Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron), Pixar’s upcoming Up, Tinker Bell And The Lost Treasure and Disney Movie Rewards, with further… |
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Tropic Thunder: 2-Disc Unrated Director’s Cut
DreamWorks/Paramount (2008), 2 discs, 120 mins plus supplements, Not Rated, $35 The Movie: An acerbic, biting satire of Hollywood and, most notably, the fickle glamor of celebrity, Tropic Thunder is… |
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DWA: Shrek musical on DVD; no Monsters Vs Aliens sequel; future slate announced
DreamWorks Animation’s Jeffrey Katzenberg announced Tuesday that Shrek The Musical, the Broadway edition of the company’s Oscar-winning animated film, was DVD bound in “unique packaging”. Grossing $380 worldwide, this year’s… |
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Katzenberg talks TV, film, stage, and more
BusinessWeek talks with DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg in a quick interview that covers a lot of ground — including sales of movie tickets and DVDs, future Broadway endeavors, runaway… |
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How to Train Your Dragon to watch a trailer
Over at Yahoo Movies, the 2nd trailer for Dreamworks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon has just been released. The film, which will be shown in Digital 3D, is scheduled… |
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A Merry Madagascar Walmart exclusive
Premiering on NBC November 17, DreamWorks’ animated special Merry Madagascar will debut on DVD the very next day – as a Walmart exclusive title. The half-hour special, in which Santa… |
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Cars: Ultimate Gift Pack
…resembles DreamWorks’ Shark Tale, it often comes off not being too far apart from that film in the event. Far from the “what if” fantasies of toys that come to… |
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Posh joining Madagascar cast?
Victoria Beckham may be joining the cast of DreamWorks’ Madagascar 3, according to Aceshowbiz. The film hits theatres on May 25, 2012…. |
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Merry Madagascar airs tonight
Just a reminder (since it is over a week until Thanksgiving and you might not be expecting Christmas specials already!) that DreamWorks’ Merry Madagascar airs tonight at 8pm ET on… |
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Up:rising with Story Artist and Dug’s Special Mission‘s Director Ronnie del Carmen!
…DreamWorks, as a story supervisor. Occasionally he would dabble in comic book work for DC and Dark Horse and even still self-publishes his own. Here’s what he told us about… |
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Monsters, Inc.
…huge warehouse storage of Monsters Inc… The Sweatbox Review: Although DreamWorks’ Shrek eventually stole the prize for the inaugural Best Animated Feature award at the 2001 Oscars, it is rightfully… |
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Pixar and Princess rule our latest updates!
…much and my interest just shifted into high gear. I have less enthusiastic words to say about DreamWorks’ newest holiday special Merry Madagascar, a typically loud and noisy return trip… |
