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U.S. box office actuals: June 15–17, 2007

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo: 5) Surf’s Up with $9,254,793, averaging $2,621 over 3,531 theaters ($34,625,490 total; 2nd week) 6) Shrek the Third with $9,003,044, averaging $2,568 over 3,505 theaters…

Another sneak peek at Goofy

Dutch entertainment show RTL Boulevard recently featured comic/gag artist Wilbert Plijnaar who has also worked on American animated films such as Ice Age and Shrek 2. The video (for those…

HP and DW and WB…

…has deals with DreamWorks (since the original Shrek) and Warner Brothers, where their computers and software have helped restore such films as Singin’ In The Rain and The Adventures Of…

Amy Poehler Hears a Who

…in Shrek the Third, but she will also be voicing the wife of the Mayor of Who-ville in the upcoming adaption of Dr. Seuss classic book, Horton Hears a Who….

"Ogre"-whelmed with triplets

Like the dancing baby from Ally McBeal, Shrek and Fiona’s offspring groove just as much but are a lot greener: http://www.ogrebabies.com/…

Delgo's Fathom Studios dress up their epic

…the Rings with the original comedy of Shrek“. Seems to have a bit in common with several other films too: check out the trailer at the {{link http://delgo.com/ official site}}….

Twelve films submitted for animated Oscar

…Theaters, Bee Movie, Beowulf, Meet the Robinsons, Persepolis, Ratatouille, Shrek the Third, The Simpsons Movie, Surf’s Up, Tekkonkinkreet, and TMNT Three films (Alvin and the Chipmunks, Beowulf, and Persepolis) have…

More unannounced DreamWorks animation in the pipeline: Chicken Run 2?

…set things right) and Toad Trip (a Shrek-esque tale of a human turned into a toad, with John H. Williams again to produce this live action/CGI hybrid) both look to…

Ratatouille and Enchanted grab Saturn awards

…Music for Alan Menken) while Ratatouille won for best Writing and unsurprisingly beat Beowulf, Meet the Robinsons, Shrek the Third, The Simpsons Movie and Surf’s Up in the Animated Film…

Kung Fu Panda kicking into theaters tomorrow

…Mike Myers, who famously convinced the same studio to let him re-voice the original Shrek when he was displeased with his work. “I had a gentleman’s agreement with the animators…

AFI's top 10 animated films

…Brad Garett (Bloat) and #10. Finding Nemo (2003) #9. Cinderella (1950) #8. Shrek (2001) #7. Beauty and the Beast (1991) #6. Toy Story (1995) #5. Fantasia (1940) #4. The Lion…

Seann William Scott talks about Planet 51

…like, ‘Oh, my gosh! I told you!’ The script [by Shrek writer Joe Stillman] is amazing. It’s really funny, and it’s right up SCIFI.COM’s alley, because it starts off on…

DreamWorks Animation share downgraded from neutral to sell

…the historical average including the highly successful Shrek franchise. The company’s last five films have averaged $191 million in the domestic box office. UBS, however, raised its price target for…

Can Kung Fu Panda mark DreamWorks' return to the Oscars?

…was the studio’s last win since 2001’s Shrek but an Aardman production). Tough to digest for the only studio in town to be solely dedicated to animation and releasing two…

The Smurfs coming to the big screen

…installments in the Shrek franchise, are in negotiations to pen the screenplay. Kerner secured film rights to the Smurfs property in 2002 and had been developing a 3-D CGI feature…

Strong international debut for Kung Fu Panda

…and the start of vacations.” Variety also reports that Panda nabbed the best exit polls of any DreamWorks Animation film, besting those for Shrek 2, and received an A- CinemaScore….

Kung Fu Panda opening a strong #1 at the U.S. box office

…after last year’s Shrek the Third which bowed to $38.4M in May. Kung Fu Panda should finish the weekend north of $60M and possibly as high as $65M, beating Cars‘…

Platinum Studios and Vanguard Animation developing Illegal Aliens as a feature film

…says Variety. Platinum Studios CEO-chairman Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and Vanguard Animation chairman John H. Williams, producer of the Shrek series, are launching the imprint. They’ve already acquired a first property,…

DreamWorks promo pics

{{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/shrek2/ DreamWorks Fansite}} has pics of some promotional material from \\Shrek 2\\ and \\SharkTale\\.

DVD charts: November 19-25, 2007

The Hollywood Reporter indicates that Shrek the Third was pushed to second place on the DVD sales charts, as Live Free or Die Hard took the top spot. As for…

Podcast recommendations

…site Creating Success Podcast features interviews with Flushed Away directors Sam Fell and David Bowers, Cars directing animator James Ford Murphy, Bill Plympton or Shrek the Third director Chris Miller….

Theater 3-D conversion "dragging along"

…company, first quarter profits were up from $15.4 million last year to $26.1 million, largely due to the success of Shrek The Third DVDs and Bee Movie oversea ticket sales….

Beowulf #1 in DVD sales charts

…Gangster, last week’s number one. Other animated films received a boost in sales as well, with last year’s Ratatouille, Shrek The Third, and The Simpsons Movie also in the top…

Why Pixar's films are more "Disney" than Disney's…

…sums it up the best. “[My] prediction: These films will be ’emotional.’ They will be ‘relevant,’ They will imitate Shrek’s sarcasm. They will have wall-to-wall smartass dialogue. They will be…

A bumper weekend post: reviews, announcements and clips…oh my!

…this week, which he at least seems to have come away entertained by, if not being too impressed overall. Those Madagascar Penguins turn up again in the extras for Shrek

DreamWorks to launch theme park in Dubai

…which will be a theme park. The 5 million-square-foot DreamWorks Animation-branded park will see rides incorporate characters from DreamWorks titles such as the Shrek franchise and upcoming Kung Fu Panda….

Don't forget – it's Oscar Night!

…no, not Jabba the Hut, but Shrek. So go over to Oscar.com, print out your Oscar ballet, and have fun tonight when the main show kicks off at 7:30pm Central…

Israel loves animation

…their list of the top ten grossing movies at the box office for 2007 with Ratatouille and Shrek the Third topping the list and Bee Movie showing up as well….

Vanguard producer's Happily N'Ever After taps German talent

{{link http://news.awn.com/index.php3?ltype=top&newsitem_no=9423 Animation World Network}} has reported that Shrek producer John H Williams, who has a four picture CG deal set up with Disney in the US under his Vanguard…