Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake return for the new chapter in DreamWorks Animation’s blockbuster musical franchise: Trolls Band Together. The new feature is steered by returning director Walt Dohrn and producer Gina Shay, and is co-directed by Tim Heitz (head of story, Trolls World Tour). It will be released in theaters on November 17th. After […]
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Dreamworks Animation To Present New Projects at Annecy
March 10th, 2023 
Jerry Beck DreamWorks Animation, the Oscar-winning studio of the Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon, Trolls, The Boss Baby, Puss in Boots and Kung Fu Panda franchises, will showcase its latest projects at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, which will be held from June 11-17, 2023. The studio’s presentations are set to feature the latest offerings from DreamWorks Animation, which seamlessly blend renewed installments […]
REVIEW: “Puss In Boots: The Last Wish”
January 5th, 2023 Martin Goodman DreamWorks Animation has found a new sport: outperforming far more costly and heavily promoted Disney movies. As a result, the latest entry, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PIB2 for the duration of this review), is better, livelier, and far more creative than the tedious and disappointing Disney opus Strange World. One might think this […]
INTERVIEW: Director Joel Crawford discusses “Puss In Boots: The Last Wish”
December 15th, 2022 Jackson Murphy It’s been 11 years since DreamWorks released the Oscar-nominated, hit Shrek prequel Puss in Boots. Now Antonio Banderas returns as the beloved cinematic cat in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (which takes place after the events of 2010’s Shrek Forever After). Universal screened The Last Wish in theaters nationwide over Thanksgiving weekend ahead of […]
DreamWorks Animation Debuts New Logo Sequence
November 25th, 2022 Jerry Beck DreamWorks Animation has created an all new logo sequence that will first be seen on the upcoming feature film Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, in theaters December 21st. The new curtain raiser features DreamWorks’ iconic moonchild in flight, soaring through the stars amongst the studio’s celebrated franchises including this year’s The Bad Guys, alongside […]
“Puss In Boots: The Last Wish” Coming To Theaters December 21st
November 15th, 2022 Lauren Ashton This December, the swashbuckling and fearless feline, Puss In Boots, returns. It’s been over a decade since Dreamworks last released a film from the Shrek universe. In this all-new story, Puss learns that his lifetime of daring adventures has taken a toll on him. Out of his nine lives, he has used all but one. […]
“The Bad Guys” Holiday Special Will Be Available On Netflix In 2023
November 8th, 2022 Lauren Ashton In 2023, Netflix plans to release a new holiday-themed special based on DreamWorks’The Bad Guys. The Bad Guys premiered on Netflix on November 1st of this year as a part of an animated license deal with Universal. From October 31-November 6th, the animated feature topped Netflix’s weekly Top 10 Films in the US. The film […]
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No Comments » TRAILER: Dreamworks’ “Dragons: The Nine Realms” Season 4
November 3rd, 2022 Lauren Ashton On November 17th, new episodes of DreamWorks’Dragons: The Nine Realms will be available on Hulu and Peacock. Inspired by the hit How To Train Your Dragon films, this series features the voice talents of Jeremy Shada, Julia Stiles, Haley Joel Osment, Marcus Scribner, Aimee Garcia, Ashley Liao, Lauren Tom, Keston John, Justina Machado and D’arcy […]
Posted in DreamWorks, Hulu, Peacock Tags: Dreamworks Animation, How To Train Your Dragon, Hulu, Peacock No Comments » INTERVIEW: Uncovering The Magic Of “Abominable And The Invisible City”
September 30th, 2022 Jackson Murphy Ruolin Li is the director of new DreamWorks series Abominable and the Invisible City, the sequel show to the studio’s hit 2019 movie. It premieres this Wednesday October 5th on Hulu and Peacock. Li discusses what the characters are up to, her goals for the series and the movie that inspired her to get into […]
DreamWorks Animation To Give VFX Insights at VIEW Conference 2022
September 15th, 2022 Jerry Beck VIEW Conference has announced the participation of the visual effects supervisors responsible for the some of the wizardry behind two of DreamWorks Animation’s latest animated features, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and The Bad Guys. In DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming contemporary fairy tale sequel “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” Antonio Banderas returns as the […]
DreamWorks Animation Announces Plans to Release MoonRay as Open Source Software
August 5th, 2022 Jerry Beck DreamWorks Animation announced their intent to release their proprietary production renderer, MoonRay, as open source software later this year. MoonRay is DreamWorks’ state-of-the-art MCRT renderer, which has been used on feature films such as How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Croods: A New Age, The Bad Guys, and the upcoming Puss In Boots: […]
INTERVIEW With The Masters Of “Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight”
July 11th, 2022 Jackson Murphy Po the Panda is back! And so is Jack Black. He reprises the role of the beloved DreamWorks character in new animated series Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, premiering this Thursday July 14th on Netflix. I spoke with executive producers Peter Hastings and Shaunt Nigoghossian about the next chapter in the action and comedy […]
TRAILER: Dreamworks/Netflix “Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight”
June 16th, 2022 Jerry Beck Jack Black returns to Kung Fu Panda in the new series Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight. When a mysterious pair of weasels set their sights on a collection of four powerful weapons, Po must leave his home to embark on a globe-trotting quest for redemption and justice that finds him partnered up with a […]
TRAILER: “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
June 15th, 2022 Jerry Beck This fall, everyone’s favorite leche-loving, swashbuckling, fear-defying feline returns. For the first time in more than a decade, DreamWorks Animation presents a new adventure in the Shrek universe as daring outlaw Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for peril and disregard for safety have taken their toll. Puss has burned through eight of his […]
INTERVIEW: Brandon Sawyer Puts The Boss Baby “Back In The Crib”
May 17th, 2022 Jackson Murphy Four years ago I interviewed Brandon Sawyer, who was executive producing the first Boss Baby spinoff series Back in Business. Now he returns as EP of the new, follow-up series The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib, debuting this Thursday May 19th on Netflix. Sawyer shares what drew him BACK to the iconic DreamWorks character […]
