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DreamWorks Animation Makes $50 Million Settlement in Hollywood Studio Antitrust Lawsuit

Comcast-owned studio reaches a settlement in the class-action lawsuit filed in December 2014 claiming it and other Hollywood studios violated antitrust laws by conspiring to suppress the wages of animation and VFX artists.

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IATSE Issues Open Letter to Help VFX Workers Fight ‘Untenable’ Working Conditions

IATSE opens invitation to former Arc Productions and Nitrogen Studios employees to help recover lost wages and meet with legal counsel.

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‘Sausage Party’ Animators Allege Unpaid & Uncredited Work

Contract workers at Vancouver-based Nitrogen Studios allege they were denied pay for overtime work, and, in many cases, denied credit for working on the film at all.

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‘Angry Birds Movie’ Hatching Early on Digital HD

Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Maya Rudolph, Bill Hader and Peter Dinklage star in the $335 million global box office sensation ‘The Angry Birds Movie,’ hatching early on Digital July 29, on Blu-ray Combo Pack, 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack & DVD August 16.

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Sony Pictures Animation Announces 2017 & 2018 Slate

Projects include ‘Emojimovie: Express Yourself,’ faith-based film ‘The Star,’ ‘Hotel Transylvania 3,’ animated ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Ghostbusters’ animated TV series.

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Disney, DreamWorks Animation Appealing Hollywood Studio Antitrust Lawsuit

New petition raises questions about the statute of limitations for the class-action lawsuit alleging that studios violated antitrust laws by conspiring to suppress the wages of animation and VFX artists via non-poaching agreements.

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WATCH: Sony Drops Trailer for ‘Angry Birds Movie’s ‘Hatchlings’ Short

New animated short directed by John Rice, ‘The Early Hatchling Gets the Worm,’ to screen in select theaters ahead of ‘The Angry Birds Movie’ this weekend.

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Sony’s ‘Angry Birds Movie’ Powered by Dell & NVIDIA Technology

Dell and NVIDIA host technology and creative workflow panel at Sony Pictures Imageworks featuring VFX supervisor Danny Dimian and layout supervisor Steve Childers.

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Composer Heitor Pereira Scoring Sony’s ‘Angry Birds Movie’

Grammy winning composer has previously provided film scores for Sony’s ‘The Smurfs’ and ‘The Smurfs 2’ as well as Illumination Entertainment’s ‘Despicable Me’ and ‘Minions’ movies.

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Story Details Revealed in New ‘Angry Birds Movie’ Trailer

New trailer delivers a storyline straight from the game, with a tranquil tropical island populated by flightless birds who become wildly distressed when their eggs are stolen by a boatload of piggies.

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GBI Signs Home Entertainment Deal with Sony

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to distribute Genius Brands International kids properties including SpacePOP, Baby Genius, Secret Millionaires Club and Stan Lee’s Mighty 7 across multiple platforms in North America.

Sony Pictures Animation Headline News

Sony Rounds Out Voice Cast for ‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’

Joining the previously announced casting of Demi Lovato as Smurfette, Rainn Wilson as Gargamel and Mandy Patinkin as Papa Smurf are Jack McBrayer as Clumsy, Danny Pudi as Brainy, and Joe Manganiello as Hefty. 

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Box Office Report: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Outpaces ‘Avatar’

J.J. Abrams’ record-shattering ‘Star Wars’ reboot becomes the fastest title in history to hit $700 million, a feat accomplished in only 16 days versus the 72 days it took for ‘Avatar’ to reach the milestone.

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Box Office Report: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Crosses $1 Billion

J.J. Abrams' record-shattering ‘Star Wars’ reboot earns $149.2 million domestically and $550.3 million overseas over Christmas weekend for a global cume of $1.09 billion through Sunday.

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Box Office Report: ‘Krampus’ Surprises with $16M Debut

Universal and Legendary’s holiday horror-comedy ‘Krampus’ outperforms expectations in its North American debut, grossing $16 million from 2,902 theaters to come in at number two behind ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2.’

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