Tag Archives: Dreamworks
Interview with Head of Character Animation (Dreamworks Animation) Jason Schleifer
This week I had the opportunity to interview a talented animator and mentor, who’s truly open to sharing his thoughts and experiences working in the film industry. He has worked on a number feature films and has always pushed to … Continue reading
KUNG FU PANDA 2!!!
I find it particularly exciting to learn the back story of Po the Panda, after I got to meet him in the first “Kung Fu Panda.” It’s like the hand held lift you get from your buddy when you need … Continue reading
DreamWorks making Enemies, “Imaginary Enemies”
Keeping with its speedy 3-film a year pace, DreamWorks Animation has called in scribes for a new film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, DreamWorks has called in Joe Syracuse and Lisa Addario as screenwriters for the tentatively titled film “Imaginary … Continue reading
DRAGON to Fly Again
According to The Hollywood Reporter, DreamWorks latest feature HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON has done well enough to hatch its own franchise. In a conference call, DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg announced that the pic will be back to theaters as … Continue reading
Spielberg Up for HALO Movie?
According to Animation Magazine, Spielberg is in talks to create a feature film of the popular online game HALO. While this news is still in rumor form, it would be a good guess that Spielberg and DreamWorks is looking for … Continue reading
NEIGHBORS FROM HELL Move In
Variety reports that the cable channel TBS has just greenlit a new animated series from 20th Century Fox TV. This will be the first time the channel has delved into the world of animation, but they want to develop programing to … Continue reading
TRUCKERS Gets SLUMDOG Treatment
According to AWN, DreamWorks has brought on Simon Beaufoy, writer of SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, to write the feature adaptation of the popular children’s novel TRUCKERS. DreamWorks picked up the rights for TRUCKERS back in 2001, and have had several writers … Continue reading
PRINCESS & FROG Gets Bumped Up
AWN reports that Disney had its annual shareholder meeting this yesterday to discuss various business issues, including the release date of THE PRINCESS & THE FROG. Originally slated to release at Christmas, the film has been bumped up December 11th, possibly to put … Continue reading
DreamWorks Seals Deal with Disney
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney will be distributing for DreamWorks. The deal will provide DreamWorks with immediate capital, and fill the hole in Disney’s theatrical pipeline. This deal was originally in the works between DreamWorks and Universal, but after Universal fell … Continue reading
KUNG FU PANDA Sweeps Annies
While most of America was in Super Bowl frenzy this weekend, the animation community held their annual Annie Awards ceremony at Royce Hall. This year Dreamworks swept the Annies collecting 17 awards out of 27 with their feature KUNG FU PANDA and … Continue reading
