China's CMC Buys Oriental DreamWorks, Relaunches as Pearl Studios
NBCUniversal Will Continue To Partner With Pearl Studio on its 2019 CG comedy-adventure ‘Everest.’
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Nominees for the 90th Oscars Announced
Studio entries ‘Boss Baby,’ ‘Coco’ and ‘Ferdinand’ face off against indies ‘The Breadwinner’ and ‘Loving Vincent’ for the Best Animated Feature Oscar.
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Five Animated Features, Two Series Earn PGA Noms
Tie puts 11 titles -- including ‘Dunkirk,’ ‘The Shape of Water’ and ‘Wonder Woman’ -- in contention for top feature award.
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ILM, Pixar, DreamWorks Among 10 Academy Sci-Tech Honorees
Jonathan Erland to receive Gordon E. Sawyer Award Feb. 10 at annual awards ceremony.
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WAG Adds Abbate, Leahy to Executive Team
Veteran animation creatives will, respectively, oversee the studio’s creative direction and production and operations.
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Nominations for 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards Announced
DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Boss Baby,’ Cartoon Saloon’s ‘The Breadwinner,’ Pixar’s ‘Coco,’ Blue Sky’s ‘Ferdinand’ and BreakThru Entertainment’s ‘Loving Vincent’ garner nominations for best animated feature.
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‘Trolls Holiday’ Special Debuts Dec. 10 in U.K.
Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake return for all-new tale based on the hit DreamWorks Animation feature.
Robert Winthrop to Oversee Physical Production at DreamWorks TV
Industry veteran will take over for retiring exec Mark Taylor in January.
DreamWorks Animation Launches DreamWorks Shorts
Short films planned for release over the next 18 months include ‘Bird Karma’ directed by William Salazar, ‘Marooned’ directed by Andy Erekson, and a currently untitled short film directed by Pierre Perifel, Liron Topaz and JP Sans.
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Animation Mentor Unveils New Digital Platform
Online school offers advanced feedback tools and social-media-style interaction between students and professional mentors.
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Joel Crawford Set to Direct ‘Croods 2’
DreamWorks Animation veteran Mark Swift producing sequel due in 2020.
Women Working in Animation Pen Open Letter Calling for End to Harassment
Series creators Rebecca Sugar, Shadi Petosky and Lauren Faust among 217 signatories on open letter sent to a dozen studios demanding an end to sexism and sexual harassment in the animation industry.
‘Party’ Helmer Vernon Set for ‘Addams Family’
Animated feature set up at MGM will be based on Charles Addams’ original cartoons.
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WATCH: Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn Talk ‘Trolls’ Production at VIEW
The co-directors discuss design and production challenges on DreamWorks Animation’s fuzzy animated musical comedy, Trolls.
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Bill Damaschke to Head Animation at Skydance Media
DreamWorks veteran will oversee creative direction and strategy for the company’s recently created animation and family entertainment division.
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DreamWorks Names Abhijay Prakash Chief Operating Officer
Prakash previously was COO at Focus Features and an exec VP at Universal.
Universal Moves Up ‘Trolls 2’ to Feb. 14, 2020
DreamWorks sequel set to roll out two months earlier than previously scheduled.
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Oriental DreamWorks Names Peilin Chou CCO
Studio announces five in-development projects, including ‘Over the Moon,’ ‘The Monkey King,’ ‘Illumikitty’ and ‘Lucky.’
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DreamWorks Sets ‘Croods 2’ for 2020, ‘Spooky Jack’ for 2021
Studio revives previously canceled sequel and sets original tale from horror maestro Jason Blum for autumn release dates.
Melissa Cobb to lead Netflix Kids & Family content team
Former Oriental DreamWorks chief will head up the streaming giant’s creation and acquisition of series and movies for children.
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Deleted Scene: DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Captain Underpants’ Lands on Disc September 12
Now available on Digital HD, director David Soren’s outrageous family comedy based on the bestselling book series by Dav Pilkey arrives on retail shelves on September 12 in DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra-HD editions.
NBCUniversal Shedding Oriental DreamWorks Stake
Talks with Warner Bros. follow disagreements over strategy with Oriental DreamWorks stakeholder China Media Capital.
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Clips: DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Home Adventures with Tip & Oh’ Returns August 11
Celebrity icon Cher guest stars in Season 3 of the series as Chercophonie, a rock diva character who is as famous for her off-key tunes as she is for her outrageous fashion sense.
Shotgun Announces Pipeline Award Winners at SIGGRAPH 2017
The fourth annual Pipeline Awards recognizes outstanding achievement in pipeline tool development and includes winners who demonstrated innovation in overcoming common VFX and animation challenges, were able to meet the demands of large-scale projects and showed generosity by making their tools open source, to be leveraged by the wider VFX and animation community.
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Featurette: DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Boss Baby’ Now on Blu-ray!
Animated comedy starring Alec Baldwin and directed by Tom McGrath now available on Blu-ray 3D, 4K Ultra HD, DVD and Digital HD.
