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‘Forgotten Island’: How DreamWorks Made a Love Letter to Filipino Culture and Mythology
For DreamWorks directors and best friends Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish), Forgotten Island offered an opportunity to make an original movie that was a wildly imaginative love letter to their shared Filipino culture and mythology.
First Look at Dreamworks’ “Cocomelon: The Movie”

First Look at Dreamworks’ “Cocomelon: The Movie”

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
May 15th, 2026
Universal Pictures, Moonbug Entertainment, Flywheel Media, Prime Focus Studios and DreamWorks Animation today debuted the first look and announced the all-star cast for CoComelon: The Movie set to arrive in theaters on Friday, February 19, 2027.  The film’s cast includes SZA (One of Them Days), Ike Barinholtz (The Studio), Nicholas Hoult (Superman), Sarah Sherman (Saturday Night Live), Ego Nwodim (Saturday Night Live), Josh Johnson (The Daily Show), Matt Friend (Family Guy), Rhys Darby (Jumanji: […]
DreamWorks Drops First ‘Forgotten Island’ Trailer About Friendship and Philippine Mythology

DreamWorks Drops First ‘Forgotten Island’ Trailer About Friendship and Philippine Mythology

Avatar photoBill Desowitz|
March 25th, 2026
The trailer dropped today for DreamWorks Animation’s Forgotten Island (Universal, September 25), the studio’s first embrace of Filipino culture about friendship and memory. The comedy-adventure follows two lifelong friends who grow up together in the ’90s in the Philippines — Jo (singer H.E.R./Gabriella Wilson) and Raissa (Liza Soberano) — and the stakes of potentially growing […]

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Dreamworks “Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous” Animated Series Coming To Netflix

DreamWorks Animation today announced Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, an animated action-adventure series, is set to debut globally on Netflix in 2020 as part of an ongoing multi-year agreement with Netflix to produce original animated kids and family programming. Set within the same timeline as the 2015 blockbuster film, Jurassic World, the Netflix original series is […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|June 4, 2019
Dreamworks “Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous” Animated Series Coming To Netflix

First Look Images: Dreamworks New Short “Marooned”

Dreamworks has released two “first-look” images from their next short Marooned. The film is directed by Andy Erekson and produced by Jeff Hermann. Music by Amie Doherty. In addition to its World Premiere screening at the Annecy International Animation Festival (June 10th through 15th), it was announced today that Marooned has been accepted to screen […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|May 28, 2019
First Look Images: Dreamworks New Short “Marooned”

TRAILER: Dreamworks “ABOMINABLE”

DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio’s co-production Abominable takes audiences on an epic 2,000-mile adventure from the streets of Shanghai to the breathtaking Himalayan snowscapes. Abominable is written and directed by Jill Culton (Open Season, Monsters, Inc., Toy Story 2) and is produced by Suzanne Buirgy (Kung Fu Panda 2, Home). Peilin Chou of Pearl Studio […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|May 23, 2019
TRAILER: Dreamworks “ABOMINABLE”

INTERVIEW: Dreamworks “Harvey Girls Forever”

The Harvey Girls are back for Season 2 of the popular DreamWorks Animation series, now streaming on Netflix. Executive Producer Brendan Hay and Supervising Producer Aliki Theofilopoulos discuss the bigger, bolder new season, starting with a title change. Jackson Murphy: The show was called Harvey Street Kids for Season 1. Now it’s called Harvey Girls […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|May 16, 2019
INTERVIEW: Dreamworks “Harvey Girls Forever”

INTERVIEW: Dean DeBlois Talks Completing “How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”

DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon saga will do down in animation history as one of the most beloved and successful franchises of all time. Dean DeBlois, who co-directed the 2010 original, and then went solo for 2014’s “Dragon 2”, is back at the helm for the finale of the trilogy – How to Train […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|February 13, 2019
INTERVIEW: Dean DeBlois Talks Completing “How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”

Interview With The Dreamworks Director Trio on “Bilby”

After years of producing award-winning feature-length films, DreamWorks Animation announced they were getting into the “shorts” business in November 2017. And this year their first two short films have made it onto the finalists list for the Best Animated Short Film Oscar. One of the entries is Bilby, which emerged from the DWA feature “Larrikins”, […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|January 9, 2019
Interview With The Dreamworks Director Trio on “Bilby”

Dreamworks Animation Aligns TV Leadership Under Peter Gal

DreamWorks Animation today announced the streamlining of executive leadership within its TV division under Teri Weiss, Executive Vice President of Development, and Kelly Kulchak, Executive Vice President of Current Programming. The announcement was made by Peter Gal, Chief Creative Officer, TV. “As we continue to push boundaries in animation and challenge ourselves to pursue innovative […]