Tag: DreamWorks Animation
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...
Paramount Animation Prez Mireille Soria to Keynote VIEW 2018
Organizers of VIEW Conference 2018 announced that Mireille Soria, President of Paramount Animation, will deliver the keynote address during the annual animation, VFX, gaming...
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design Toasts First Animation & Game Grads
The small city of Lancaster, PA -- known for its Amish heritage -- is celebrating a high-tech milestone as the first graduating class of...
Katzenberg’s NewTV Video Startup Raises $800 Million
Former DreamWorks Animation leader Jeffrey Katzenberg has secured about $800 million in financing for his video startup NewTV. Bloomberg reports that the company will...
‘The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle’: Modern Moose and Squirrel Madness
***This article was written for the June/July 2018 issue of Animation Magazine , No. 281***
Everything old is new again, and “Moose and Squirrel” are...
Sam Rockwell, Chance the Rapper Get Down with ‘Trolls 2’
DreamWorks Animation has announced Oscar-winning Actor Sam Rockwell and Grammy-winning artist Chance the Rapper have joined the cast of Trolls 2, the sequel to...
Hulu Announces Major DreamWorks Deal, 20M+ Subscriber Milestone
Streaming platform Hulu revealed the news that it has surpassed 20 million subscribers in the US during its 2018 upfront event in New York...
Annecy Full Program, WIA Summit Lineup Revealed
It’s official: the full program for the 2018 Annecy Festival was announced Monday at a press conference held by Patrick Eveno, Mickaël Marin and...
‘Weekends’, ‘Icebergs’, ‘Bird Karma’ Win Golden Gate Awards at SFFILM
After 14 days of films, conversations and celebrity guests, the 2018 San Francisco International Film Festival wrapped up another successful edition in the City...
Guillermo del Toro Inks Exclusive DreamWorks Animation Feature Deal
Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has signed a multi-year exclusive deal with DreamWorks Animation to write, produce and direct animated family films, and has...
DreamWorks Animation Unveils Annecy 2018 Line-Up
Attendees of the 42nd Annecy International Animation Film Festival (June 11-16) will be given a glimpse into the workings of DreamWorks Animation with presentations...
Ramsey Naito Is Paramount Animation’s New Exec VP
The Boss Baby producer is now the new boss at Paramount Animation. Ramsey Naito has joined the studio’s animation division as exec VP, according...
Tomasz Sulej Named CEE Manager for Planeta Junior
Planeta Junior, part of the Grupo Planeta/De Agostini group and one of Europe’s leading kids & family entertainment companies, has hired on Tomasz Sulej...
Animation Guild Reports Over 25% of LA Area Employees Are Women
Toon town continues to trudge along toward gender equity according to a survey posted by The Animation Guild, Local 839 IATSE on its blog....
FMX Adds ‘Jim Button,’ ‘The Rain’ and More to 2018 Lineup
The 2018 FMX conference continues to build its well-rounded programming slate, with visual effects presentations on German fantasy flick Jim Button and Luke the...
Disney Director John Musker Retires After Four Decades
Writer and director John Musker, a Disney Animation icon whose neary 40-year career saw him at the helm for major titles from the 1980s...
DreamWorks Options ‘The Bad Guys’ by Aaron Blabey; Etan Cohen Adapting
DreamWorks Animation has optioned rights to turn best-selling kids’ graphic novel series The Bad Guys into an animated feature. The Scholastic titles are written...
Skydance Media Names Leadership for Growing Animation Studio
Having recently announced that Nathan Greno has been tapped to direct its upcoming animated feature Powerless, Skydance Media has now named several key additions...
Kelly Betz Named CFO of DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation has named Kelly Betz Chief Financial Officer. The appointment, effective immediately, was jointly announced by Margie Cohn, President of DreamWorks Animation Television...
Binge Bros. Options C.W. Moss’ Humorous ‘Unicorn’ Cartoon Books
Vancouver-based Binge Bros. Productions has optioned the darkly humorous, irreverent cartoon collections Unicorn Being a Jerk and Why Unicorn Drinks by author-illustrator C.W. Moss....
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