[57], On January 5, 2015, DreamWorks Animation announced that Bonnie Arnold, producer of the How to Train Your Dragon series and Mireille Soria, producer of the Madagascar series were named co-presidents of the studio's feature animation division. Toonsylvania (1998-2000) Random stories that happen in the science lab of doom and other shorts. : Bureau of Otherworldly Operations, Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space, The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (TV series), Films featuring anthropomorphic characters, This is a first computer-animated film by DreamWorks Animation to be produced at their Glendale studio. Each film is linked to the "Critical response" section of its article, It has been suggested that this article should be. https://www.britannica.com/topic/DreamWorks-Animation. 2Co-owned with Hearst Corporation. 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[116], On July 11, 2012, then CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg announced it would build the DreamWorks Water Park, an indoor water park at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey. [9], On October 12, 1994, a trio of entertainment players, film director and producer Steven Spielberg, former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, and music executive David Geffen, founded DreamWorks SKG (the three letters taken from the surnames of the founders). A panel will be led by director Joel Crawford and producer Mark Swift, . DWA's partnership with Aardman ended after the release of Flushed Away in November 2006, having delivered three out of five films. Its productions, including The Prince of Egypt, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and the Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, and How to Train Your Dragon franchises, have received several accolades, including three Academy Awards, 41 Emmy Awards, numerous Annie Awards, and multiple Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. This logo first debuted with and was used on the trailers for Antz (1998) and The Prince of Egypt (1998). [16], On March 13, 2007, DreamWorks Animation announced it would release all of its films, beginning with Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), in stereoscopic 3D. 19Sold its stake to Ion Media. [46] In September that same year, DreamWorks announced that it has acquired the TV library of London-based Chapman Entertainment with the programs to distributed through DWA's UK-based TV distribution operation. The American Family Association, a Christian conservative organization, raised concerns about Shark Tale, suggesting that it was designed to promote the acceptance of gay rights by children. 1.18 DREAMWORKS ANIMATION STUDIO PRODUCTION 1.19 POST PRODUCTION 1.20 MUSIC 1.21 DREAMWORKS ANIMATION TECHNOLOGY 1.22 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 1.23 DIGITAL OPERATIONS 1.24 TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT 1.25 THANKS TO EVERYONE AT DREAMWORKS ANIMATIONAND PDI/DREAMWORKS WHO SUPPORTED THIS PRODUCTION 1.26 SONGS Scrolling Credits CAST In 1995, DreamWorks signed a co-production deal with Pacific Data Images to form subsidiary PDI, LLC (PDI owned 60% of PDI, LLC, while DreamWorks SKG owned 40%). Roger Ebert gave Shark Tale two out of four stars, observing "Since the target audience for Shark Tale is presumably kids and younger teenagers, how many of them have seen the R-rated Godfather and will get all the inside jokes? The film opened at #1 with $47.6 million, which was the second-highest opening for a DreamWorks Animation film at the time, behind Shrek 2 ($108 million). 3Owns a minority share, InterMedia Partners owns a majority share. List of cartoons by Dreamworks. Bonnie Arnold and Mireille Soria retained their positions as co-presidents of DreamWorks' Feature Animation division, while Margie Cohn will lead a television animation division for the entire Universal Pictures group. Today, DreamWorks Animation presented a sneak peek at the three films set for release in 2013: The Croods, Turbo and Mr. Peabody & Sherman.While the films are in varying stages of completeness . Dreamworks Animated TV Shows. 1. [96] On July 30, 2018, Variety reported that the deal is worth at least $50 million. Two weeks later, PDI/DreamWorks completely shut down as part of its parent company's larger restructuring efforts. Oscar comes back to the city with a new title of the Sharkslayer. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. [97], On January 9, 2019, Christopher DeFaria stepped down from his position as president of the company, with DreamWorks Animation Television head Margie Cohn promoted to oversee all film and television operations. Some . Meanwhile, on the other side of the ocean, a family of criminally-inclined sharks has a problem with one of their sons named Lenny (Jack Black). [110] The same year, both companies announced a technology called InTru3D that allows DreamWorks to produce all of their future films in 3D, beginning with Monsters vs. [115], The world's first indoor interactive play and creativity center theme park located within City of Dreams Manila opened on June 12, 2015. 6Sold its stake to Ion Media. Feature films Released Upcoming In development Television specials Short films It was also compared to previous "Finding Nemo" and people said that Dreamworks ripped off the aforementioned Pixar film with bad pop culture jokes. The film stars Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Rene Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, and Martin Scorsese (in his only voice acting role). [113] On April 11, 2019, the DreamWorks program was removed from all ships due to DreamWorks and Royal Caribbean not renewing their contract. Michael Kamen were considered for the compose, but were replaced by Hans Zimmer. Discovery). For other attractions, you'll have to wait", "DreamWorks Water Park at American Dream mall delays opening", "Opening date for American Dream water park and some retail stores announced", "American Dream postpones DreamWorks Water Park opening", "New Jersey's American Dream Mall Will Reopen Oct. 1", "American Dream mall reopens Thursday -- including 80+ stores. Film production companies of the United States, Entertainment companies of the United States, Mini-major film production companies of the United States, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, B.O.O. [citation needed] Katzenberg headed the new division, while Spielberg and Geffen remained on board as investors and consultants. NBCUniversal, Hasbro, Reliance ADA Group, and Alibaba Group. This article is about the animation film studio. He also opined that younger viewers would have trouble enjoying a film about adult characters with adult problems, such as an elaborate love triangle and a main character wanting to clear his debt with loan sharks, and compared it to more successful fish-focused animated features like Pixar Animation Studios' Finding Nemo, which Ebert felt featured a simpler plot that audiences could more easily identify with. [50] DreamWorks Animation then purchased Paramount's distribution rights to the pre-2013 library in July, and since then, DreamWorks Animation's then-distribution partner 20th Century Fox has distributed the library on their behalf until 2018, in which DreamWorks Animation's sister studio Universal Pictures has assumed these responsibilities. | Rhyme Time Town | Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts | Madagascar: A Little Wild | Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous | The Mighty Ones | Doug Unplugs | Trolls: TrollsTopia | Gabby's Dollhouse | Go, Dog. 1Co-owned with Reach High Media Group. [103] It received a new fanfare composed by John Powell, the other composer of the first Shrek and other DreamWorks films, adapting some cues from Shrek 2 and tones from John Williams' DreamWorks Pictures fanfare to create the music for the logo. With Near $21M Opening Weekend", List of Paramount Pictures theatrical animated feature films, List of 20th Century Studios theatrical animated feature films, Universal Pictures theatrical animated features, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_DreamWorks_Animation_productions&oldid=1142123071, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected pages, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 16:57. DreamWorks Animation did not use an on-screen logo until 2004; prior to that year, the DreamWorks Pictures logo was used in its place. [77][78][79], In January 2017, Christopher DeFaria joined DreamWorks Animation in the newly created position of president of the DreamWorks Feature Animation Group. For 25 years, DreamWorks Animation has considered itself and its characters part of your family. The studio that previously animated DreamWorks Animation's hand drawn animated films, This also marks the only computer-animated film by DreamWorks Animation to be produced at their Glendale studio that was theatrically released by DreamWorks Pictures (through. The unit is owned by Technicolor, but DreamWorks hires and trains the animators, who then contribute to DreamWorks projects. [68][73][74][75][76], On December 21, 2016, Mireille Soria stepped down from her position as co-president of DreamWorks' Feature Animation division. On November 25, 2022, a new logo was announced. NBCUniversal acquired DreamWorks Animation at a cost of $3.8 billion in 2016. [15], In 2001, Shrek was released and went on to win the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. An updated version of the fanfare accompanied this logo, and the logo would be used from How to Train Your Dragon (2010) to Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017). For the next two weeks, it stayed as the #1 film, grossing $31,330,299 on its 2nd week and on its 3rd week, the film grossed $22,005,952. [63][64], At Guggenheim Partners' TMT Symposium, NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke discussed how the purchase of DWA would fit into its business strategies. However, he spends too much time threatening the sharks and doesn't realize how much pain Lenny is in, and Angie is regurgitated onto the table. [33] On May 1, Katzenberg and DWA announced their intent to purchase YouTube channel AwesomenessTV, which was finalized later in the month. [44] The next day, DWA completed a five-year licensing agreement with Super RTL to start that September for the Classic Media library and the Netflix slate. 4Co-owned with Peacock [67][68], On June 21, 2016, the acquisition was approved by the United States Department of Justice. Although DreamWorks Animation was an independent studio from 2004 until 2016, it didn't always release its titles on its own. 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