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Mars Needs Moms, but Earth needs Director Simon Wells!
…continued as a story artist for films such as Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002), Shrek 2 (2004), Madagascar (2005) and Flushed Away (2006). In 2007, Wells received an intriguing… |
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New project for DreamWorks Animation: Imaginary Enemies
…friends of children–fed up with being blamed for their misdeeds–looking for revenge when their kids have grown up. Mike Mitchell of Sky High and Shrek Forever After fame is working… |
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Specs on How To Train Your Dragon
…20 animated feature films, including the franchise properties of Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon. DreamWorks Animation’s next feature film is Megamind, scheduled to be… |
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Megamind
…Shrek franchise followed in May. That may have marked the first time in a decade that the studio released back to back in-house movies that were both good. (OK, I’ll… |
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15 films going up for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars
…The Illusionist Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole Megamind My Dog Tulip Shrek Forever After Summer Wars Tangled Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue Toy Story 3… |
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Katzenberg talks DreamWorks sequels
…two more sequels ahead for this year’s critically acclaimed How to Train Your Dragon. The full interview with Jeffery Katzenberg–in which he talks about Shrek Forever After–can be found here…. |
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Forty-one songs compete for Oscar
…Sky from Legend of the Guardians • Darling I Do from Shrek Forever After • I See the Light from Tangled • We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 The… |
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Highest grossing films of 2010
…this year with Toy Story 3 at the top of the list. DreamWorks with Shrek Forever After and How To Train Your Dragon follow behind Disney, while Despicable Me makes… |
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DreamWorks bringing Lidsville to theatres
…at DreamWorks Animation,” added animation veteran Conrad Vernon (Monsters vs. Aliens, Shrek 2), who brought the project to to the studio. Alex Schwartz, head of development for DreamWorks Animation, said… |
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Puss in Boots teaser now online
The first teaser for DreamWorks’ upcoming animated feature Puss in Boots has just premiered on Apple. Puss in Boots, one of the most beloved characters of the Shrek universe, tells… |
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Are the Madagascar penguins getting their own movie?
…actually getting made will depend largely on the returns of this November’s Puss in Boots film, the studio’s spin-off of the Shrek series starring one of its most famous characters…. |
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Andrew Adamson producing Beasts of Burden movie
Screen Rant is reporting that Shrek director Andrew Adamson is set to produce an edgy computer animated movie called Beasts of Burden. Based off of a Dark Horse Comics book,… |
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Puss in Boots trailer debuts online
…offers several glimpses at the new characters in the film, including mastermind Humpty Dumpty and the sneaky Kitty Softpaws. The Shrek spinoff opens in theaters and IMAX 3D this November…. |
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How To Train Your Dragon Stage Show
DreamWorks took to the Broadway stage with Shrek: The Musical , but now they are previewing the How To Train Your Dragon stage show in Australia. The first clip of… |
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Eddie Murphy to Voice Hong Kong Phooey
…cartoon. Eddie Murphy is set to voice Penry, the kung-fu fighting superhero who doubles as a janitor at a police station. Murphy has previously voiced Donkey from the Shrek movies… |
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New Puss in Boots poster
Another new poster for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming adventure movie Puss in Boots has recently been posted over at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. The Shrek spin-off comes to theaters everywhere… |
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Mulan: 15th Anniversary 2-Movie Collection
…his later performances in the Shrek films is Eddie Murphy, who here is bags of fun, and not nearly half as annoying as Donkey could become at times. His tiny… |
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Details on DreamWorks’ Turbo
…Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Samuel L. Jackson, Snoop Dogg and Michelle Rodriguez. David Soren (Merry Madagascar) is directing. He and Robert Siegel (The Wrestler) and Darren Lemke (Shrek Forever After)… |
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Shane Acker Joins Beasts Of Burden Pack
…Cool News considers Acker to be an upgrade from the previously named director Andrew Adamson (Shrek). They are also interested in how Reel FX will handle the supernatural elements since… |
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Prep & Landing: Totally Tinsel Collection
…special. DreamWorks’ Shrek The Halls may have kickstarted the fashion for modern animated Christmas programs again in 2007, after many years of Rankin/Bass’ stop-motion re-runs, but Prep & Landing seems… |
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Rise of an animator: Pierre Perifel reveals secrets of the Guardians
…animation. After that, I went on doing some CG. I worked a little bit on Monsters Vs. Aliens for like two months. Then I moved to Shrek 4 – I… |
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DreamWorks Gives Paramount the Boot, Makes New Deal with Fox
…for Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, and Madagascar has signed a new deal with Fox after talks with Paramount went south. Paramount did not want to lower it’s cutback and it… |
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Home On The Range
…new kids on the block, providing the whiz-bang fireworks of Toy Story and Shrek, no wonder the handcrafted, staunchly traditional Disney began to look old hat. Now, I loved the… |
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Fox Animation Buys Rights To The Hero’s Guide To Saving Your Kingdom
…Backwards and fractured fairytales are always an animation staple these days. the Hero’s Guide To Saving Your Kingdom may raise the standard level for quality storytelling that way Shrek did…. |
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Happy Feet Two
…John Goodman and Patrick Warburton, memories of Bartok, the magnificent albino bat in Don Bluth’s Anastasia may come flooding back: Sven is to Azaria what Shrek’s Donkey was to Eddie… |
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Puss in Boots release moved up by one week
DreamWorks animation has moved the release date for their Shrek spin-off Puss in Boots from November 4th to October 28th, reports Collider. Directed by Chris Miller, Puss in Boots features… |
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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… |
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Disney Blu-ray 3D Reissues: Chicken Little / Meet The Robinsons / Bolt / G-Force
…if it’s a DreamWorks-esque Fractured Fairy Tale along the lines of Shrek, or if it’s trying to be good clean Disney fun. Being a CGI movie, we get ample amounts… |
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Arthur Christmas composer Harry Gregson-Williams: from Venice Beach to the North Pole!
…a kind of animation that is not connected with Shrek. So, it was very liberating and very fun. You can imagine how hard I had to work to make sure… |
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Toy Story / Toy Story 2 / Toy Story 3 – 3D Editions
…from any Studio. That the trilogy on the whole is largely unique for retaining a consistent quality across all three films the likes of Shrek and Ice Age can only… |