Tag: DreamWorks
DreamWorks’ Shrewd ‘Croods’ Looks Good at No. 1
After months of anticipation, DreamWorks watchers can sigh in relief this weekend as the studio’s first animated feature of 2013 proved to be a...
Animated People: Chris Sanders & Kirk DeMicco
In theaters today, DreamWorks Animation’s latest feature The Croods goes back to the basics with a strong family comedy set in a magical, prehistoric...
Chris Wedge Previews Vibrant New ‘Epic’
Blue Sky Studios co-founder and Oscar-winning animation director Chris Wedge took some time out of his busy schedule to show a few scenes from...
Gary Wang Launches New Toon Studio in Beijing
Gary Wang, the man behind on-line video venture Tudou has unveiled a new Beijing-based animation studio to focus on domestic feature projects. Wang, who...
‘Guardians’ Rises Amid Week’s DVDs
There’s a veritable olio of diverse DVDs simmering in the pot this week. Rising to the top of our list is DreamWorks’ magical adventure...
Peters Named to VES Board for Northern California
Jon V. Peters, CEO and founder of Athena Studios, has been named to the board of directors for the Visual Effects Society’s Northern California...
Comic Dane Cook to Voice Planes’ Rusty
The final pieces are coming together for Disney’s upcoming summer feature Planes as the studio announced that comedian Dane Cook has signed to voice...
Visual Effects Society Issues Calls to Action
To raise awareness of the plight of the visual effects industry and to create some changes in the way vfx artists are treated in...
DreamWorks Takes $87 Mil. Write-Down on ‘Guardians’
It looks like Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy weren’t that nice to DreamWorks this year. The animation studio will take an...
‘Gladiators of Rome’ to Open L.A. Italia Festival
Iginio Straffi’s much-anticipated CG-animated 3-D feature Gladiators of Rome is set to open the Los Angeles-Italia Film, Fashion and Art Festival this Sunday (February...
The Elephant Not in the Room (or Anywhere Else)
Last week's announcement DreamWorks Animation that it was shutting off the lights on its CG/2D mix Me and My Shadow might have surprised some....
DHX Moves For-Hire Ops to Canada
Canadian indie toon house DHX Media is moving its Los Angeles-based work for hire production operations to Canada to take advantage of tax credits,...
Release Shuffle Leads to Drop in DreamWorks Stocks
This week’s news of looming layoffs at DreamWorks Animation and the delayed release of Mr. Peabody and Sherman (from Nov. 2013 to March 2014)...
Bardel Collaborating with Frank Saperstein
Canada’s award-winning animation and digital media studio Bardel Entertainment, Inc. has entered into a non-exclusive partnership with L.A.-based, Emmy-nominated toon vet Frank Saperstein and...
‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Wins Producers Guild Award
Ralph is finally a winner. Disney’s popular animated feature Wreck-It Ralph, about an 8-bit videogame baddie who wants to change his life, was the...
GRspace Showcases ‘Ladies of Animation’
Gennie Rim, former artistic manager at Pixar and Disney and founder of GRworks, will present the latest installment in her ongoing series of shows...
The Russians Love Their ‘Ice Age’ Too!
The number-one movie at the Russian box office in 2012 was the Fox/Blue Sky blockbuster toon Ice Age: Continental Drift, with $50.1 million in...
GKIDS’ ‘The Rabbi’s Cat’ Rolls Out in the U.S.
Prolific French comic-book artist and film director Joann Sfar discusses the real-life inspirations behind The Rabbi’s Cat and his love for American classics.
Joann Sfar,...
Fortune Picks DreamWorks as Best Studio to Work for
DreamWorks Animation was snubbed by the Oscars this year, but studio head Jeffrey Katzenberg can raise his head up high for leading the only...
Passion Signs ‘ParaNorman’s Sam Fell
Award-winning indie production house Passion Pictures has just signed animated feature film director Sam Fell for worldwide commercial representation. Fell has recently received both...
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