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THQ, DreamWorks Animation Ink Game Deal
THQ Inc. and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. today announced that they have entered into multi-year, multi-property licensing agreements granting THQ the exclusive worldwide rights to develop and publish video games based on DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming animated feature films, Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom and Puss In Boots, as well as the CG animated [...]
Continue reading...DiCaprio Voicing DreamWorks’ Joyce Adaptation
Friday, December 4, 2009
3D animation giant DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. announced today that Leonardo DiCaprio will make his animated feature film debut when he headlines the cast of the Company’s November 2, 2012 release, “The Guardians” (working title) as Jack Frost. DiCaprio is the first actor announced for “The Guardians,” (working title) which is produced by Christina Steinberg and [...]
Continue reading...Autodesk Collaborates With DreamWorks and Imageworks on Mudbox for Linux
Monday, November 23, 2009
Autodesk, Inc. has announced that the 3D animation studio DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. and Sony Pictures Imageworks are integrating Autodesk Mudbox software into their Linux-based production pipelines. Autodesk Consulting’s custom development team worked collaboratively with teams at Imageworks and DreamWorks to port the digital sculpting and texture painting software to the Linux platform. Mudbox for [...]
Continue reading...Peter Ramsey to Direct DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Guardians’
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. today announced that Peter Ramsey, director of the Company’s hit Halloween special, “Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space,” is set to direct “The Guardians,” (working title) the previously announced film based on “The Guardians of Childhood,” a series of highly anticipated children’s books by William Joyce. Pulitzer Prize winning [...]
Continue reading...The Eagle Has Landed – Insights from Apollo 11 for Animation
Monday, July 20, 2009
July 16, 1969 – it has been forty years ago when man first landed on the moon and it was really a special moment for human history. Perhaps nothing can better capture this moment than the line one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. This important scientific milestone is a testament to [...]
Continue reading...WALL-E Wins for Animation in Saturn Awards
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Wall-E, the full-length animated film from 3D animation studio Pixar and Disney, took home the recognition as the best animated film in the recently concluded Saturn Awards. On the other hand, DreamWorks Animation studio head, Jeffrey Katzenberg, was awarded the inaugural Visionary Award for his efforts in advancing 3D film presentation. Top filmmaker Jerry Bruckheimer [...]
Continue reading...An Iron Man’s Heart: Reasons Why 3D Animation Is In for the Long Haul
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Technically, 3D animation is not a groundbreaking technology. It has been in development since the early decades of the 20th century and has been successfully integrated in some films – mostly B-movie theatrical releases concerning horror stories. But lately, the entire world has been seeing a continuous spate of 3D animated movies which have been [...]
Continue reading...3D Animation Studio DreamWorks releases Film Sched up to 2012.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
The giant 3D animation studio DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. announces its plans to release five feature films every two years, adding an additional film every other year to its existing two picture a year release schedule on a going-forward basis. They also announced their upcoming slate of animated feature film releases through 2012. The Company’s slate [...]
Continue reading...DreamWorks Animation to Bring Dragon Training to Life
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
It’s still a long way before the March 2010 release of the 3D animation movie How to Train Your Dragon but the giant 3D animation studio Dreamworks Animation has announced the development of a live arena show based on the movie. DreamWorks Animation is collaborating with the Australia-based Global Creatures, the international entertainment group specializing in [...]
Continue reading...Nickelodeon orders Monsters vs. Aliens TV pilot
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
After its success in the box office, Monsters vs. Aliens is about to see its adaptation for television with a possible cartoon animation series with the hit kid-friendly television network, Nickelodeon. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Nickelodeon make an order for a pilot episode of a television show based on Monsters vs. Aliens by the giant [...]
Continue reading...Shrek Magic Mirror in Broadway powered by Autodesk
Friday, May 15, 2009
The lovable movie cartoon character Shrek crossed over to live Broadway musicals lasst fall in Shrek the Musical. But who said 3D animation special effects have no place in live-action stage plays? Autodesk and its Motionbuilder software have been tasked to depict the Magic Mirror sequence of the musical on-stage. In the old days the producers [...]
Continue reading...Kung Fu Panda now a TV cartoon animation series
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Giant animation TV network Nickelodeon today announced that it has ordered 26 episodes of its second co-production with DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., the cartoon animation series Kung Fu Panda: The Series. This follows the successful launch of The Penguins of Madagascar earlier in the year. The new show will chronicle the further adventures of Po, the [...]
Continue reading...Disney at the 3D Forefront
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Walt Disney has always been a man ahead of his time as far as animation was concerned. Now his very valued Walt Disney Productions are trying to aim for leadership under the new 3D animation movie revolution. Walt Disney innovated in the realm of animation, theme parks, screen writing, voice acting, and even entrepreneurship through character [...]
Continue reading...3D Animation Perks and Problems
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
3D animation is the equivalent of a fashion trend in Hollywood studios. With the exception of Disney, who will release a classic 2D animation The Princess and the Frog this December, most of the animated movies are all in in-depth 3D animation. Most of the heavy lifting comes from the giant commercial 3D animation studios [...]
Continue reading...FX Channel Wins Dreamworks TV Rights
Friday, April 3, 2009
FX Channel is on a roll with licensing the TV rights of popular and recent feature films. Now, they got the 3D animation studio Dreamworks on a surplus by inking a deal from 2008 to 2012. Through this agreement, the cable channel FX can now broadcast box-office high-grossers such as Kung Fu Panda, Shark Tale, Shrek [...]
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