If so, you'll be happy to hear
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What
about Dreamworks Animation?
Kopin Tan wrote
about Dreamworks Animation SKG, Inc (DWA) in this week's Barron's on page M6.
It's been a good couple of years since we heard anything
about DreamWorks Animation's Captain Underpants movie, but thanks to Coming Soon we've now got a look at the first teaser poster for the film, which is on display at Licensing Expo 2016...
HONORABLE MENTIONS: ANIMATION «Kubo and the Two Strings» — Laika's most daring, innovative film yet «My Life as a Zucchini» — About little kids but not for little kids; a bold, 70 - minute feature from Switzerland «Sing» — Delightful and triumphant, with terrific voice performances and song renditions «Trolls» — I can't stop the positive feelings I've had
about this DreamWorks musical since I saw it 3 months ago «Zootopia» — Disney's live - action crime drama / social commentary disguised in animated form has one of the year's best screenplays
Say what you want
about DreamWorks believing highly - paid stars draw people into CGI films, but this welcome piece offers a winning blend of interview comments and recording session clips.
Not exact matches
However, if it fails to meet analyst's estimates, and teeters close to
DreamWorks Animation's Thanksgiving debut, the studio could have a larger problem on its hands with only one other film —
about a racing snail — out later this year.
He's currently talking to Steven Spielberg
about combining Participant with Spielberg's
DreamWorks Studios.
The closest I came to explaining the problem caused by learning too much
about value investing was when I talked
about how not buying
DreamWorks Animation was my biggest mistake of omission.
Diego Costa as PUSS IN BOOTS: Former teenage footballer Antonio Banderas played the voice - over in the animated
Dreamworks version so who better to portray the deceit and trickery of the cat than a fellow Spaniard who knows a thing or two
about winding up the opposition.
In
dreamwork, we talk
about «shadow elements,» which can be both elements of ourselves that we've deemed as negative (our jealous self or our angry self) or positive elements that we're having a hard time integrating (our intelligence, beauty, gifts, compassion).
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DreamWorks Animation Spring has sprung, and Verne and his woodland friends awaken from their long winter's nap to discover that a
Top 10 Museums For Geeks ^ Top 10 Museums For Geeks ^ In a way, all museums are for geeks - because geeks love history, science, and the pursuit of
About Freaks & Geeks (from
Dreamworks Television's Series Description) The universal experience of teenagehood as lived by the regular old freaks and geeks
We speak with star Hugh Jackman and director Shawn Levy on the Detroit set of this
DreamWorks adventure
about the intriguing world of robot boxing.
Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey and Jonah Hill lend their voices to this
DreamWorks Animation hit
about heroes and villains in Metro City.
Walt Disney with his early shorts of singing and dancing bunnies or skeletons; Tim Burton with his Jack Skellington and Sally in «The Nightmare Before Christmas»; Nick Park with his man - and - dog team in «Wallace and Gromit» and his prisoner - fowl in «Chicken Run»; Chuck Jones with just
about anything — there's a long and varied list of individuals who have imbued cartoon characters with bottomless expressiveness without the help of anything as sophisticated as
DreamWorks» Express - o - matic (or whatever it's called).
«THE PEACEMAKER,» the first feature release by the Katzenberg - Geffen - Spielberg studio
Dreamworks, is a big, expensive extravaganza
about the danger of nuclear weapons, or the danger of terrorists, or the danger of violent wars being allowed to rage unchecked anywhere in the world.
The oddest thing
about «The Peacemaker» is that
DreamWorks appears to have cut corners on the production - a peculiar decision, given the importance of a rip - roaring success to inaugurate the studio.
If the writing for «Shrek the Third» is the best they could do, it's time for
DreamWorks to take the series
about a gentle green ogre to Saturday - morning TV.
(2005), a British soccer drama starring Kuno Becker and Alessandro Nivola; Flushed Away (2006), a
DreamWorks CG - animated picture
about a mouse named Roddy who gets flushed down the toilet and winds up in a vermin - infested city called Ratropolis; and Julie Taymor's Across the Universe, a hallucinatory musical love story, set against the turbulent backdrop of the»60s, with countless Beatles songs providing the backdrop.The same period found Clement hard at work developing several stage musicals: Victoria's Secret, with a score by Paul Williams and Dave Stewart; Helen of Troy, libretto by Brendan Healy and AC / DC frontman Brian Johnson.
And while this certainly holds true for Kung Fu Panda 2 - which takes the first film's goofy notion that a panda bear can be the son of a goose and goes
about explaining said relationship with a giant vat of sticky sentiment - the follow - up to
DreamWorks» 2008 hit is still more than a cut above the usual family fare.
The
Dreamworks reboot of the classic cartoon
about the adventures of Rocket J. Squirrel (voiced by Tara Strong) and Bullwinkle J. Moose (voiced by Brad Norman).
The folks at
DreamWorks Animation are obviously counting on the audience bringing good feelings
about Po and company into the theater with them, so they've taken the risk of lowering the comedy quotient and emphasizing new characters and plot elements.
Having met Eric Darnell, known for directing
Dreamwork's Madagascar films, and seeing him ecstatic
about the creation of this Rainbow Crow series, you can't help but feel delighted as well when you put on an Oculus headset and see what they've built thus far.
Stephen Colbert, Allison Janney, Ellie Kemper, Ariel Winter, and Stephen Tobolowsky have signed onto the
DreamWorks Animation adaptation
about the world's smartest dog.
Among the high - profile premieres this year are «Antz,» the new
Dreamworks animated film; James Ivory's «A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries,» with Kris Kristofferson playing a character inspired by novelist James Jones; «Dancing at Lughnasa,» starring Meryl Streep in the film of Brian Friel's celebrated play; John Waters» «Pecker,» with Edward Furlong as a fast - food worker whose photos are embraced by the New York art world; Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh in «The Theory of Flight,»
about a work - release prisoner assigned to a woman with Lou Gehrig's disease; Ben Stiller as a drug - addicted TV writer in «Permanent Midnight»; Christina Ricci in «Desert Blue,»
about slim prospects for a teenager in a town of 89 people; «The Imposters,» the new film by Stanley («Big Night») Tucci, starring Tucci and Oliver Platt as cruise - ship stowaways; «Rushmore,» with Jason Schwartzmann as a prep schooler who is a lousy student but hyperactive in campus activities; Cameron Diaz in «Very Bad Things,»
about a bachelor party that ends in murder; Cate Blanchett as «Elizabeth,» the story of England's 16th century monarch, and «The Judas Kiss,» with FBI agent Emma Thompson on the trail of the kidnapper of a computer genius.
Captain Underpants is wondrously inane and bizarre entertainment, an animated
DreamWorks feature full of whoopee cushion humour and jokes
about Y - fronts.
The Scottish actor talks with SPINOFF
about bringing his brogue back for the
DreamWorks Animation sequel, just the first in an ambitious slate of fantasy - fueled films on his horizon.
Some months ago, I wrote an article
about the teaser for
DreamWorks» latest animated feature Trolls.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and
Dreamworks released this brand new movie trailer for the upcoming film «Real Steel» by director Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, The Hardy Men) and starring Hugh Jackman (The Wolverine, Butter), Kevin Durand (I Am Number Four, Robin Hood), Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hurt Locker) and Hope Davis (The Weather Man,
About Schmidt).
His other books include «The Dream Team - The Rise and Fall of
DreamWorks: Lessons from the New Hollywood» (2006), «I'll Have What She's Having: Behind the Scenes of the Great Romantic Comedies» (2008) and «Jar Jar Binks Must Die... and other observations
about science fiction movies» (2011).
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role GLENN CLOSE / Albert Nobbs — «ALBERT NOBBS» (Roadside Attractions) VIOLA DAVIS / Aibileen Clark — «THE HELP» (
DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures) MERYL STREEP / Margaret Thatcher — «THE IRON LADY» (The Weinstein Company) TILDA SWINTON / Eva — «WE NEED TO TALK
ABOUT KEVIN» (Oscilloscope Laboratories) MICHELLE WILLIAMS / Marilyn Monroe — «MY WEEK WITH MARILYN» (The Weinstein Company)
But there's something inherently funny
about a fat bear hitting people in the face — and
Dreamworks know it.
DreamWorks Pictures» «The Light Between Oceans» is a heart - breaking drama
about fate, love, moral dilemmas and the lengths to which one couple will go to see their dreams realized.
Parents should think twice
about bringing their 13 - year - old kids to this Disney /
DreamWorks picture.
Monsters vs. Aliens — from
DreamWorks Animation vets Rob Letterman (Shark Tale) and Conrad Vernon (Shrek 2)-- isn't trying to be deep: that's just an unintended side effect (and one the audience can safely ignore, if it wants to) when you riff on just
about every monster movie ever made and do it this cleverly, in ways that know you know way too much
about the subject of cinematic apocalypse already.
About bringing Justin Timberlake in,
DreamWorks Animation's co-presidents of feature animation Bonnie Arnold and Mireille Soria had this to say.
Preview footage at Cannes has gone over well, with industry players predicting a major victory for the
DreamWorks animated film
about the hirsute toys
Eddie Murphy and Norbit director Brian Robbins are in final talks to reunite for A Thousand Words, a
DreamWorks comedy
about a glib man (Matt Lauer?)
In case we needed another reminder that Hollywood does not care
about minority characters or actors, yesterday brought the news that Paramount Pictures and
Dreamworks Pictures thought it would be a cool idea to cast Scarlett Johansson as the famous Japanese heroine Major in the film adaptation of Japanese writer / illustrator Masamune Shirow's Kodansha Comics manga comic series, GHOST IN THE SHELL.
In the more substantial «Life After Film School: Rob Letterman» (21:52), three film students ask practical questions and get candid answers from the director
about his Sundance and
DreamWorks Animation experiences, his plans for Stretch Armstrong, and, most of all, Gulliver's Travels and its unique challenges.
That is even true of this TV cartoon, which seems to boast just
about all the production value of a
DreamWorks theatrical effort.
DVD Details:
Dreamworks» DVD comes with lots of featurettes (one is
about noodles and another on how to use chopsticks), a «set - top» game, trailers, a music video, a director's commentary track, and other stuff.
And if you curious
about how Scarlett Johansson was going to look like as Major Kusanagi, wonder no more: Paramount Pictures and
Dreamworks Pictures released a first picture of their upcoming live - action Ghost in the Shell film, and she's in...
A sequel was inevitable (and
Dreamworks has never been shy
about sequels) and four years later, the continuing adventures of Hiccup and Toothless have arrived on the silver screen.
Once we were in negotiations with
DreamWorks, it dawned on me that we'd been writing
about the reality of magic for seven years, and something magical was happening to us.
But don't be misled by the distributor's humble beginnings with Binky the Elephant; they now distribute enhanced content starring characters and actual screen footage from
DreamWorks, Jim Henson Productions, Cartoon Network, and many more, all while maintaining a price point for each book averaging
about $ 2.99 apiece.
Now with Pirate Latitudes, I and all of us at
DreamWorks have the chance to be excited
about bringing this new Michael Crichton work to the screen.»
The closest I came to explaining the problem caused by learning too much
about value investing was when I talked
about how not buying
DreamWorks Animation was my biggest mistake of omission.
Deputy sheriffs searched the
Dreamworks building at
about 10 p.m. Saturday after receiving the tip.