Sentences with phrase «which dreamworks»

Benh Zeitlin's long - gestating «Beasts of the Southern Wild» followup «Wendy» won't be ready for Cannes, nor will «La La Land» director Damien Chazelle's Neil Armstrong biopic «First Man,» which DreamWorks has been developing for some time.

Far from the consistency of other major animation studios, such as Pixar, Aardman or Laika, you never quite know which DreamWorks Animation is going to turn up.

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On a visit to the DreamWorks studio, which produced animated films such as Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda, Mr Obama said Hollywood was a «bright spot» in the US economy and that movies such as Star Wars were a tool for American diplomacy around the world.

Instead, the film will bear the logo of Amblin Entertainment, which preceded DreamWorks and could be an alternate name for the company.

All of which makes the DreamWorks report seem fairly believable.

In addition to established movie franchises like Shrek and Kung Fu Panda, DreamWorks also owns a library of animated content such as the Casper the Friendly Ghost series, which NBCUniversal could make use of.

After praising the DreamWorks brand, he said the main goal was the company's «deep library of intellectual property,» which would help NBCUniversal «grow our film, television, theme parks and consumer products businesses for years to come.»

The offer amounts to $ 41 a share, which is a 50 % premium to the $ 27 that DreamWorks was trading at just before the Journal story came out.

After the acquisition, DreamWorks Animation will become part of NBCUniversal's Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes its Illumination Entertainment animation business — which produced the popular Despicable Me and Minions movies — as well as the Universal Pictures movie studio.

Whitman and Katzenberg are both former Disney executives, and Whitman was also on the board of DreamWorks Animation, which Katzenberg co-founded.

DreamWorks Animation, the studio behind beloved family movies like «Shrek» and «Kung - Fu Panda» that is headed by CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, will become part of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, specifically the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes Universal Pictures, Fandango, and NBCUniversal Brand Development.

The acquisition will give NBCUniversal access to highly valuable entertainment properties, which also include «Madagascar» and «How to Train Your Dragon,» as well as DreamWorks Animation's supply of TV programming.

The deal is expected to close by the end of 2016, at which point Katzenberg will become chairman of DreamWorks New Media, made up of the company's ownership interests in AwesomenessTV and NOVA.

Kids» tabletmaker Fuhu, in collaboration with DreamWorks and Intel, demonstrated its DreamTab, which operates in separate parents» and kids» modes.

His corporate creations have included Asylum Records in 1971 (which he later sold to Warner Communications); Geffen Records in 1980 (which he sold to MCA for $ 550 million); and DreamWorks SKG (of which he's the «G») in 1994.

Hasbro's licensing model, which includes deals with Walt Disney Company (DIS) and DreamWorks, and its in - house brands, Monopoly, My Little Pony, Nerf, and Play - Doh among others, provide many profitable business lines.

DreamWorks is expected to use its existing franchises — which includes Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods and Kung Fu Panda — to develop a number of shows to...

It wasn't that DreamWorks Animation — which I could have bought around $ 17 a share and was later acquired for $ 41 a share — was some sort of home run.

(The language mirrors Dreamworks» disclaimer for «The Prince of Egypt,» which was based on the Book of Exodus.)

When that mix seems uneven, we recommend that studios follow the example of DreamWorks which prefaced their 1998 film The Prince of Egypt with the following disclaimer:

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).

He's excellent on Dreamworks» hugely enjoyable «superhero» animation, which just pips Despicable Me for laughs.

Michael Jackson's «Bad,» blasted near the end of «Megamind,» the witty 3 - D animated deconstruction of superhero movies from DreamWorks Animation, encapsulates the paradoxes of a story in which evil morphs into good and vice versa.

This time the Dreamworks animators have made an attempt to render their characters more lifelike, which brings them closer to that soulless, creepy look of The Polar Express.

The jokes are good and its very entertaining, its a hugely underated film and my favorite made by Dreamworks joint with Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron which the film reminded me of, due to its serious message and hatred for human kind.

But after that film became Dreamworks» biggest hit (which it remains to this day), Jeffrey Katzenberg and his cohorts sought to eke out the series, providing more money at the expense of allowing genuine creativity to flourish.

Which is why, when DreamWorks Animation «s «Kung Fu Panda» was released in 2008, it was sort of shocking.

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 movie was also a big enough hit to make it unthinkable that DreamWorks Animation, which ran poor Shrek into the ground, would let it stand alone.

This is a film from DreamWorks, which is locked in competition with Pixar, and is swinging for the fences.

After the release of his debut album Teenage Emotions last week, Lil Yachty has dropped a new single which appears on the original motion picture soundtrack for the new Dreamworks Animation and 20th Century Fox film, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie — out today.

DreamWorks Animation's comedy «Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie» brings the anarchic adventure and unbridled potty humor of author Dav Pilkey's beloved children's book series — which for 20 years has sent countless elementary - school - age kids into fits of giggles and a few easily offended adults into fits of pique — to movie screens for the first time.

A suited and nearly - booted baby throws a household into chaos in The Boss Baby, the latest animation from DreamWorks, which arrives in UK cinemas this Friday.

Feature films are released under the following banners: Disney, including Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios; Disneynature; Marvel Studios; Lucasfilm; and Touchstone Pictures, the banner under which live - action films from DreamWorks Studios are distributed.

THE VOICE Jackman voiced characters in two animated films that were both released in November 2006, «Flushed Away» (for DreamWorks and Aardman) and Warner Bros.» «Happy Feet», which won the Best Animated Feature Oscar.

Fox announces their distrust of critics with this title by splaying «Property of 20th Century Fox Publicity Department» in huge letters across the screen for the duration of the film on both sides of the disc (the first time a major studio has done so since DreamWorks sent out advanced copies of the Gladiator Signature Selection in 2000 — which is why you never saw a review of it at FILM FREAK CENTRAL), in turn prohibiting an ethical assessment of the image.

DreamWorks Animation has just released the second trailer for Kung Fu Panda 2, which will arrive in theaters nationwide on May 26.

DreamWorks Animation's extraterrestrial comedy Home, which releases officially on 20 March, plays previews this weekend, ingeniously targeting the family audience with the tagline «Where the heart is this Mother's Day — see it first Mother's Day weekend.»

The project extends del Toro and Netflix's collaboration which began with DreamWorks Trollhunters animated series, which returns May 25 for the third and final season.

Co-starring Cobie Smulders, Chris Pratt, and relative newcomers such as Britt Robertson, Jack Reynor and Bobby Moynahan, there's obviously not a lot of names in the cast, which is interesting, but clearly Vaughn, Scott and DreamWorks SKG think the film can stand on its own two feet regardless.

But they did land Will Ferrell, Tina Fey and Brad Pitt to star in the role bending Megamind, which Stiller co-produced, opening Nov. 5 from DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Pictures.

The latest DreamWorks adventure, shown in 3D and packed with action, thrills and flaps of giant dragon wings, is a quintessential popcorn movie, in which scale, emotion and adventure are all never less then epic.

The story of Moses has been adapted for the screen many times before, from live - action epics like The Ten Commandments to DreamWorks» animated tale The Prince of Egypt, but Scott's film seems to be part of a recent push for Biblical and / or religious themed epics in Hollywood; another upcoming title is Ben - Hur, which will star Jack Huston in the title role.

DreamWorks Animation's Trolls once again came in second, earning an estimated $ 35 million, a 24 percent drop from its debut, which is one of the lowest declines for an animated film.

So far Hallstöm's A Dog's Purpose adaptation, which he's directing for DreamWorks, stars Dennis Quaid (At Any Price) and Britt Robertson (Tomorrowland).

Contrary to the fact the ambitious animation studio is consistently held to a higher standard than the likes of DreamWorks, Blue Sky, Fox and Warner Bros. (to name a few), such an impressive track record has earned it the luxury of being able to crank out the occasional less - ambitious production without fearing a major media storm in which words like «disaster,» «major setback» or «uninspired» could comprise the headlines of the day.

Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter has just sold a pitch to DreamWorks called Southpaw, which has Marshall «Eminem» Mathers attached to star.

DreamWorks nabbed the rights to King's story in 2009, which crucially included the permission to use his famous «Dream» speech, as protected by copyright.

The show is the latest production from DreamWorks Animation, which has a long - standing partnership with the streaming giant.

As a result, Dreamworks Animation's new comedy / adventure Home - which comes from the executive producer of How to Train Your Dragon - has the opportunity to become a runaway hit.