The Chinese Ministry of Commerce is launching an anti-monopoly investigation into Comcast’s $3.8 billion purchase of DreamWorks Animation following complaints that the deal could hurt competition in China.
2D-animated comedy series from the creator of ‘Fifi: Cat Therapist’ and ‘Samurai! Daycare’ debuts on the DreamWorksTV YouTube channel.
Switzerland’s largest animation festival to host a raft of luminaries at its 2016 edition, including voice artist Peter Krause, filmmakers Georges Schwizgebel, Konstantin Bronzit and Kaspar Jancis, and DreamWorks Animation director and story artist Simon Otto.
Co-presidents Bonnie Arnold and Mireille Soria tapped to run DWA’s feature animation group, reporting to Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley; president Ann Daly to step down.
Former DWA CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg bids staffers goodbye, walking away with more than 10 times the compensation than the next-highest-ranking studio employee, studio president Ann Daly.
Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan direct the first ever R-rated CG animated film about sausages, buns and their existential quest for life’s greater truths.
DreamWorks Animation distribution partner Fox shuffles its release dates in the wake of the studio’s sale to NBCUniversal.
Arabic-language DreamWorks Channel available on beIN in the Middle East and North Africa will feature exclusive around-the-clock content from DreamWorks Animation.
New ‘Trolls’ clip features the classic Simon & Garfunkel song, ‘The Sound of Silence.’
Parent company NBCUniversal will reportedly greenlight two DWA films a year, beginning in 2019 with ‘Shrek 5,’ and ‘Shadows’ from Edgar Wright and David Walliams.
Latest release of award-winning 2D animation and storyboarding software employed at studios like Bento Box Entertainment, Disney Television Animation, DreamWorks Animation and Fox Television Animation features new toolsets for artists and an enhanced 3D workflow.
“Cartoon Creatives: Women Power in Animation” panel to include ‘My Little Pony’ series creator Lauren Faust, Disney TV’s Brooke Keesling, ‘Voltron: Legendary Defender’ co-executive producer Lauren Montgomery, ‘Frozen’ Holiday Special co-director Stevie Wermers-Skelton, ‘Trolls’ producer Gina Shay, Cartoon Network’s Katie Krentz, ‘Star vs. the Forces of Evil’ creator Daron Nefcy, and WIA co-president Marge Dean.
Summit featuring top talent from leading studios like DreamWorks Animation, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Google, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Reel FX, LAIKA, Atomic Cartoons and Cartoon Saloon runs October 31 - November 2 in Marina del Rey, CA.
Special presentation at San Diego Comic-Con to be moderated by Chris Hardwick with voice cast members Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and director Mike Mitchell, co-director Walt Dohrn and producer Gina Shay.
Music and comedic powerhouse guest stars join a voice cast led by teen singing sensation Rachel Crow as Tip and Mark Whitten as the voice of Oh.
Class-action lawsuit filed by minority DWA shareholder Ann Arbor City Employees Retirement Systems seeks a share of the profits from an alleged side deal that took place as part of the $3.8 billion merger deal back in April.
DreamWorks Animation’s first original preschool series premiere in the U.S. on Sprout this fall.
First-ever Golden Ticket grants the studio head with a lifetime pass to the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, now underway in France.
DreamWorks Animation & Hero Complex Gallery in Los Angeles host art showcase for new action-packed animated series ‘Voltron Legendary Defender’ debuting on Netflix June 10.
New series from executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos and co-executive producer Lauren Montgomery honors the original show’s venerated history while amplifying its strengths and scope with a mix of old and new animation techniques.
Jeffrey Katzenberg-led studio reports revenue increase of 14 percent to $190 million with segment gross profits improving 31 percent to $70 million
Settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging that Sony and other studios violated antitrust laws by conspiring to suppress the wages of animation and VFX artists via non-poaching agreements will see a payout of roughly $13 million to the initial plaintiffs and other class members.
PBS leads Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards with 15 wins; streaming giant Netflix picks up seven awards and Amazon receives four, while Nickelodeon receives three.
Illumination Entertainment CEO Chris Meledandri to oversee DreamWorks Animation; Jeffrey Katzenberg to serve as chairman of a new entity called DreamWorks New Media.
Jeffrey Katzenberg-led studio and Universal-owned Illumination Entertainment to remain separate brands if a $3 billion deal with parent company Comcast goes through.
