Tag: Universal Pictures
2019 Golden Trailer Awards Nominees Announced
The nominations for the 20th annual Golden Trailer Awards (goldentrailer.com) have been announced by GTA Executive Director Evelyn Watters. Honoring marketing executives and companies...
Illumination’s ‘Sing 2’ Set for 2021, DWA’s ‘Croods 2’ Moves to Holiday 2020
Universal Pictures has shifted release dates for two highly anticipated sequels from its powerhouse animation studios. Sing 2 from Illumination Entertainment has been pushed...
LIMA Unveils 2019 International Licensing Awards Nominees
The Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association has announced its 154 nominees for the 2019 International Licensing Awards. LIMA’s nominees were selected from a panel of...
Pearl Studio Donates $100,000 in scholarships to UCLA in Memory of Audrey Wells
Pearl Studio has gifted $100,000 in scholarships to UCLA School of Theater, Film and TV in memory of screenwriter, director and producer Audrey Wells...
MPSE Announces 66th Golden Reel Award Nominees
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) today announces nominees for the 66th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards. Nominees represent the work of the world’s...
Imagine Entertainment Forms Kids & Family Division
Imagine Entertainment -- headed by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard -- has launched Imagine Kids & Family. Set to develop and produce premium animated...
Universal Names Margie Cohn President of DreamWorks Animation
Universal Filmed Entertainment Group announced that Margie Cohn has been named President, DreamWorks Animation, effective immediately. Cohn, who previously served as President of DreamWorks...
DreamWorks’ ‘Dragon’ Soars at Australia/New Zealand Box Office
Universal Pictures is toasting the successful launch of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World in Australia and New Zealand, where the highly...
Universal Unleashes ‘Secret Life of Pets 2’ Trailer Starring Max
The first official trailer for Universal Pictures/Illumination Entertainment’s The Secret Life of Pets 2, dubbed the “Max Trailer,” follows the canine star on a...
‘Shrek’ & ‘Puss in Boots’ Rebooting at Universal with Chris Meledandri
DreamWorks Animation’s global smash-hit franchise Shrek and its spin-off Puss in Boots will return to the big screen, now that the studio is nested...
‘First Man’: Recreating One Giant Leap
***This article originally appeared in the December ‘18 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 285)***
Although filmmaker Damien Chazelle is best known for the music-centric features...
The Grinch: Illuminating Dr. Seuss’s Mean One!
The new CG-animated feature The Grinch digs deeper into the world of the favorite holiday curmudgeon.
Anyone who has shared Thanksgiving dinner with extended family...
‘Grinch’ Adds Pharrell Williams, Tyler the Creator Tune with 3rd Trailer
Oscar-nominated hitmaker Pharrell Williams returns to the Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures fold with the news that he has boarded The Grinch as the film’s narrator....
Margie Cohn of DreamWorks to Keynote MIPJunior 2018
MIPJunior has announced that Margie Cohn, President of DreamWorks Animation Television, will keynote this year’s edition of the world-leading kids’ entertainment industry event. The...
Leading German VFX & Animation House Trixter Teams with Cinesite
Cinesite has forged a partnership with leading German/European visual effects and feature animation provider Trixter, which lead lead to Cinesite’s 100% acquisition of the...
‘Abominable’ Voice Cast Announced by DreamWorks and Pearl
Albert Tsai, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, and Tsai Chin have joined Chloe Bennett in the voice cast of the upcoming animated feature Abominable, which will be...
Skydance Makes Key Executive Appointments in Animation Division
Skydance Media has named Ian Sheppard as Senior Vice President Development for Animation and Lawrence Jonas as Executive in Charge of Animated Television, effective...
Pearl & DreamWorks’ ‘Everest’ Retitled ‘Abominable’
Recently redubbed Pearl Studio and production partner DreamWorks Animation announced that the upcoming animated Yeti feature Everest has been retitld, and will now release...
19th Annual Golden Trailer Award Nominees Announced
The Golden Trailer Awards -- celebrating outstanding achievement in motion picture and television marketing -- announced the nominees for the 19th annual competition. The...
VFX Vets Christian Irles, Joern Grosshans Join Image Engine
Oscar-nominated visual effects studio Image Engine has added visual effects supervisors Christian Irles and Joern Grosshans to its Vancouver headquarters roster. The new appointments...
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