Tag Archives: Shrek
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
A New Toon Capital In… South Africa?
Variety reports that SETA, the South African training authority has announced a multimillion dollar push into the animation industry, or more specifically, the Animation SA and Cape Film Commission. This Animation Industry Development Initiative have the ambitious plan to have … Continue reading
Mike Mitchell to Direct ONCE UPON A TIME
It seems like the SHREK idea of modernizing faerie-tales has rubbed off on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. AWN reports that MGM has just confirmed Mike Mitchell to direct their new live-action story ONCE UPON A TIME. In this action-adventure fantasy Snow White, … Continue reading
DreamWorks Releases Slate
According to The Hollywood Reporter, DreamWorks Animation is slated to release eight films in the next four years. That ups the ante from two films per year to three films per year, and three of the five films are going to be … Continue reading
Shrek Sings in Seattle
One of the first theater reviews of “Shrek: The Musical” has been written by Variety’s Lynn Jacobson. The musical is in tryouts in Seattle before heading to Broadway. Jacobson gives it an overall good review, extolling the virtues of the … Continue reading
Summer B.O. as Big as Last Year
Variety reports that with two weekends left in the summer domestic box office race, it looks like this year will be on par with last year’s record breaking profits of $4.16 billion. Many see the summer’s strength, led by “The … Continue reading
No Prince of Persia Next Year
According to Empire Online, Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer have decided to push back the release date of their upcoming video game -to-film adaptation, “Prince of Persia”. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, the Mike Newell directed film was originally intended to premiere next … Continue reading
Iron Man Keeps Flying
If anyone’s counting, Reuters is reporting that as of today, “Iron Man” will be past the $300 million mark in domestic box office sales. It’s taken the film 51 days to achieve that benchmark that so few movies will ever … Continue reading
AFI Rates Films by Genre
The Associated Press has released AFI’s newest top 10 lists- and this time it’s all about genres of movie-making. In the “Animation” genre, AFI claims the top 10 films are: 1. “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” 1937. 2. “Pinocchio,” … Continue reading
“Smurfs” Skip to the Big Screen
Variety is reporting that Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation plan on reviving the 1980′s U.S. cartoon phenomenon “Smurfs” for a live action/animated feature. David Stem and David Weiss, writers of the second and third Shrek films, will pen the … Continue reading
