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More Info on New DreamWorks Merger
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 06-19-2008)

Yesterday's announcement that DreamWorks was nearing a deal to split off from Paramount and merge with India-based Reliance ADA was vague at best. It's good thing that on this very slow news day, a new article has popped up at the trades explaining just w...

DreamWorks, Activision Pact for Games
by News Editor (Thu 11-17-2005)

Activision and DreamWorks Animation have announced that the companies have agreed to a new long-term, broad-based strategic alliance. The companies signed a multi-year agreement which grants Activision the exclusive video game rights to upcoming feature f...

Universal/DreamWorks SKG Talks Innocence (Wed 01-05-2005)

According to a reply someone at DVDTalk received from Universal/DreamWorks regarding the subtitles for their release of Ghost in the Shell: Innocence that has \"captioned\" material within the subtitle stream, it\'s apparently intentional, even though it ...


Year In Review: DreamWorks in 2003
by Chris Beveridge (Sun 01-25-2004)

...anime and DreamWorks followed up with this in 2003 by creating their GoFish imprint. GoFish, a cute play on the child in the DreamWorks logo trailer that fishes from the moon, looks set to try some unconventional pieces, much like DreamWorks was bille...

Disney's superheroes take a bite out of DreamWorks' shark
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 08-18-2003)

DreamWorks blinked.Even though the studio had publically announced plans to release its new CGI animated movie SHARKSLAYER on November 5, 2004, Walt Disney Pictures decided it wanted a showdown. After DreamWorks took out ads staking the 11/05/04 release d...

Dreamworks, Paramount Now HD-DVD Exclusive
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 08-20-2007)

...unt & Dreamworks will be dropping their support for Blu-Ray and signing an exclusive contract with HD-DVD. What sort of production companies does this type of contract expand towards? The exclusive contract will commit to all movies and entertain...

DreamWorks looking through FATAL FRAME
by Christopher Allan Smith (Fri 05-24-2002)

Continuing the recent spate of studios buying the rights to video games (despite years of a pallid game-to-movie track record) DreamWorks announced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo this week its intention of making a big screen version of FATAL FRAME....


DreamWorks Wants KUNG FU THEATER
by Frank Kurtz (Tue 08-07-2001)

DreamWorks is currently in talks to pick up the developing comedy KUNG FU THEATER from Mandalay Pictures. As it stands, the project has music vid helmer Nick Quested on board to direct from a script by Tom Jankiewicz with Paul Jay Shrater. The film will b...

DreamWorks Playing CRIMSON SKIES
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 07-18-2001)

DreamWorks Pictures has picked up the rights to Microsoft's PC game CRIMSON SKIES. The studio is looking to develop the property into a live-action feature film. Set in the 1930s, the game focuses on an air adventurer named Nathan Zacxhary who must save t...

DreamWorks Buying TIME
by Frank Kurtz (Tue 10-09-2001)

DreamWorks has made a bid on buying a supernatural thiller spec script called SELLING TIME. Written by D'Works Television prez Dan McDermott, the eventual film will tell the story of a man who has what he considers the aboslute worst day of his life. But ...

DreamWorks hires a MOTOCADE
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 11-01-2004)

DreamWorks Pictures has bought the movie pitch MOTORCADE from writers Hans Bauer and Craig Mitchell. Variety describes the action/thriller as IN THE LINE OF FIRE meets BLACK HAWK DOWN: during the President's visit to Los Angeles, his motorcade is attacked...


DreamWorks New Title Solicitation (Mon 10-18-2004)

Squeezing one more title in just before the end of the year, DreamWorks has announced a new title today:Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - N/A minutes - $29.99 - 12/28/2004And no, you\'re not mistaken, there is no English dub on there, which is consistent ...

RUINS found at DreamWorks
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 05-11-2004)

Even though Scott Smith's next book isn't scheduled to be published until late in 2005, DreamWorks has picked up the film rights to THE RUINS. The studio bought the rights for Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld's production company, Red Hour Films, to develo...

DEAD AIR From DreamWorks
by Frank Kurtz (Fri 11-09-2001)

DreamWorks is developing a horror movie project called DEAD AIR.According to E! Online columnist Anderson Jones, the film's concept is inspired by the MTV reality show FEAR, which sends a group of kids into a haunted location to accomplish a series o...

DreamWorks & Nick Get "Creepy"
by News Editor (Fri 11-17-2006)

DreamWorks and Nick Movies are in final ndiscussions to pick up the rights to "Camp Creepy Time," a children's book by actress Gina Gershon and her brother Dann Gershon. Screenwriter Richard LaGravenese is in talks to adapt. He might also d...


DreamWorks makes plans for MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN
by Karl Schneider (Fri 09-15-2006)

According to the Hollywood Reporter, DreamWorks Animation will bring the time-traveling cartoon adventures of MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN to the big screen.The animated TV series centers on the genius dog Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman.Rob Minkoff has signed o...

It's VALENTINE'S DAY at DreamWorks
by Karl Schneider (Mon 06-19-2006)

Dreamworks has bought the rights to an odd romantic comedy titled VALENTINE'S DAY. The film, from filmmaker Don Handfield, follows a troubled couple forced to relive Valentine's Day over and over again until they get it right.The premise sounds eerily si...

DreamWorks Has Time for 2:22
by News Editor (Tue 05-24-2005)

Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will produce 2:22 for DreamWorks. The script was written by Todd Stein.The story centers on a tortured artist to whom strange things start occurring at the same place and time every day.Kurtzman stated, "We love the idea of ...

DreamWorks Looks to Mitchell for SHREK 4
by News Editor (Mon 05-07-2007)

DreamWorks Animation is in talks with Mike Mitchell to direct SHREK 4.  Mitchell directed SKY HIGH and DEUCE BIGALOW: MALE GIGOLO. The film, written by Tim Sullivan with a rewrite by Josh Klausner, will chronicle the continuing adventures of Shrek a...


DreamWorks Chasing New Spy Thriller
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 04-10-2008)

DreamWorks Pictures is set to acquire an untitled spy thriller from Andrea Berloff (World Trade Center), says the Hollywood Reporter. Kevin Misher will produce while Christy Fletcher executive produces. Plot Concept: The story is based on the true story o...

DreamWorks to Distribute Ghost in the Shell: Innocence (Sat 02-28-2004)

I\'ve lost track whether this was actually reported before, particularly with the number of hands that have been indicated to be involved with this particular pie before, but Animaxis is reporting that DreamWorks has been selected to distribute the film G...

DreamWorks Will Travel to Gaiman's INTERWORLD
by News Editor (Mon 06-18-2007)

Neil Gaiman announced on his website this past weekend that DreamWorks Animation has picked up the rights to INTERWORLD, which he wrote with Michael Reaves. Gaiman notes it was an idea they started to developing together back in 1996.  The stor...

DreamWorks Planning Pirate Film on BLACKBEARD
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 05-19-2008)

It seems we may be getting a new pirate film in the near future, this time from DreamWorks. The trade reports that it will be based on the legendary pirate Blackbeard. Unlike Disney's fantasy themed Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, this one will be mor...


DreamWorks Adapting ATLANTIS
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 04-16-2008)

DreamWorks has optioned the rights to Platinum Studios' comic book Atlantis Rising for a live-action feature adaptation to be produced by studio-based Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, says The Hollywood Reporter. Platinum chairman and CEO Scott Mitchell Ro...

Box Office: DreamWorks Using KUNG FU on Competition
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 06-08-2008)

DreamWorks Animation and Paramount joined together to bring a smash hit Shrek the Third to theaters last summer, being one of the top 10 films of 2008 at the box office. It looks like they’re looking to repeat the feat this summer with their latest ...

Dreamworks Goes Fishing (Tue 08-12-2003)

According to this article, Dreamworks SKG has created a new distribution arm for themselves called Go Fish which will be responsible for handling indie and foreign films, with the two mentioned being the September theatrical release of Millenium Actress a...

Imagi Takes on DreamWorks' TUSKER
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 08-11-2008)

...helves at DreamWorks for six years called Tusker. The film will be will be produced by Brooke Breton (Avatar) from a screenplay by Ted Tally (Silence of the Lambs). The company says that it will announce a director and other talent roles in the coming ...


DreamWorks Thrills for HEREAFTER
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 03-28-2008)

DreamWorks Pictures has acquired Hereafter, a spec thriller by Frost/Nixon and The Queen screenwriter Peter Morgan, reports Variety. Kathleen Kennedy will produce through Kennedy/Marshall. Morgan's recent scripts also include The Last King of Scotland an...

DreamWorks Takes on Action Spec C.O.D
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 03-24-2008)

DreamWorks has preemptively purchased Lars Jacobson's C.O.D, says The Hollywood Reporter. The new action-thriller spec was set up by Barry Josephson of Josephson Entertainment and Neal Flaherty of Royal Prospect. Josephson produced Enchanted and is curren...

DreamWorks acquires "Master Mind"
by Karl Schneider (Tue 04-03-2007)

According to the Hollywood Reporter, DreamWorks Animation has acquired the superhero spec from Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons, Master Mind.The film, which will be produced through Ben Stiller's production banner, is a satirical take on the superhero ge...

DreamWorks is all 3D starting with "Monsters vs. Aliens"
by Karl Schneider (Wed 03-14-2007)

According to Variety, DreamWorks Animation will make all it's films in 3-D starting in 2009.The first all 3-D film produced will be the 2009 release of Monsters vs. Aliens, which starts production this spring.Monsters vs. Aliens follows an alien invasion ...


DreamWorks Goes PUNK
by News Editor (Thu 04-06-2006)

DreamWorks Animation has picked up the rights to Jarrett J. Krosoczka's PUNK FARM.The children's book is about a group of farm animals -- a sheep, chicken, pig, goat and cow -- who form an underground rock band. Kevin Messick will produce the animated fea...

Dreamworks is DAMNED
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 07-26-2007)

Dreamworks has purchased the film rights to different respective comic series this morning. According to Variety, they now have the rights to the comics, THE DAMNED & COURTNEY CRUMRIN. Both adaptations will be produced by Walter Parkes ...

Dreamworks Acquires Ghostly ACTIVITY
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 01-31-2008)

In the latest genre-related purchase from the Sundance Festival, Dreamworks has acquired the domestic and remake rights for Oren Peli's PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, a "haunted house" flick he shot over a one week time period with his high-def camera and...

A TALE OF TWO SISTERS hits DreamWorks
by Karl Schneider (Fri 06-09-2006)

Tom and Charlie Guard are in discussion to direct the horror thriller A TALE OF TWO SISTERS for DreamWorks. The film would be the directorial debut for the brothers.A TALE OF TWO SISTERS will follow modern teenage sisters Anna and Alex Rydell who return ...


DreamWorks Acquires Casshern (Wed 11-10-2004)

Delving into the live action world for a moment, DreamWorks via their Go Fish label, has once again snagged a film I imported already for US release. The press release talks about the acquisition and US plans briefly of this old anime series that got a 90...

DreamWorks Buying FIRE
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 10-01-2001)

DreamWorks has acquired the film rights to two articles from the book FIRE, the most recent work of THE PERFECT STORM author Sebastin Junger.The overall theme of the book's collection of articles is about individuals who are working or fighting in an atmo...

DreamWorks Acquires Casshern (Wed 11-10-2004)

DreamWorks has landed the domestic distribution rights to the Japanese science fiction action hit "Casshern," which it will release under the banner of its specialty film division, Go Fish Pictures. "Casshern" marked the feature film directorial debut of...

DreamWorks sets release for SHREK 2, SHARKSLAYER
by Christopher Allan Smith (Thu 06-27-2002)

DreamWorks as announced the release dates for two of its biggest animated films, and it looks like they're taking the animated film fight to Disney again. The studio announced SHARKSLAYER, a CGI underwater tale of mafia-like fish will be released in the N...


DreamWorks looking for THE UNPROFESSIONALS
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 02-04-2004)

Screenwriter John Ridley (THREE KINGS, UNDERCOVER BROTHER) is getting a million dollar check to write a new animated movie for DreamWorks. Called THE UNPROFESSIONALS, the new movie is about three monkeys that are called upon to undertake a great quest tha...

DreamWorks Sets PANDA for '08
by News Editor (Wed 09-21-2005)

DreamWorks Animation has announced a full development slate for their two-picture-per-year release schedule through at least 2009. They have set KUNG FU PANDA, which Jack Black providing the voice of the panda, for a 2008 release. The movie, which is heav...

SKELETONS unearthed at DreamWorks
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 04-13-2004)

DreamWorks is moving quickly on bringing one of their adventure projects into active production. SKELETONS OF THE SAHARA is based on the Dean H. King non-fiction book of nearly the same title (which is SKELETONS OF THE ZAHARA: A TRUE STORY OF SURVIVAL, pu...

Dreamworks' Go Fish Pix and Anime Network Begin VOD Ad Pact (-)

Network's Linear Channel and VOD Service Deliver Marketers' Target Demos HOUSTON, TX - August 30, 2004 - Go Fish Pictures, a subsidiary of DreamWorks Pictures, has selected Anime Network as the platform for its fall television advertising campaign for t...


DreamWorks Splitting From Paramount?
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 06-18-2008)

After months of speculation, it looks like Spielberg's brainchild DreamWorks is near splitting off from Viacom's Paramount Pictures. In a report from the Wall Street Journal, the latest news indicates that Steven and company may be close to a deal with Re...

Murphy finds love at DreamWorks
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 06-10-2004)

DreamWorks has struck a deal with Eddie Murphy and it doesn't involve him making an ass of himself.SHREK jokes aside, the new vehicle at DreamWorks is a spin on Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET tragic romance except this time done from the perspective of th...

REAL STEEL a done deal at DreamWorks
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 04-08-2003)

DreamWorks has bought a new sci-fi script by Dan Gilroy (FREEJACK) called REAL STEEL. The project is now set up at Robert Zemeckis' production company, ImageMovers, and is about a future where 2,000-pound human-looking robots fight each other in boxing r...

True crime tale at DreamWorks
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 06-15-2004)

Variety announced a new drama in development at DreamWorks today called SALVATI, based on the real-life story of Joseph Salvati. Convicted of a murder that happened in 1965, the innocent Salvati was sentenced to life in prison. Over the course of the next...


DreamWorks Looks to Open CELL
by News Editor (Sat 08-13-2005)

DreamWorks is finalizing a deal to acquire the film rights to Ubi Soft's videogame SPLINTER CELL, created by Tom Clancy. Screenwriter Daniel Pyne would write the script.The studio is looking to take the project over from Paramount. Peter Berg had been att...

DreamWorks Remaking Japanese YOMIGAERI
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 05-21-2008)

A new remake of a Japanese smash hit is in development over at DreamWorks and it's not a horror film. Variety is reporting that Yomigaeri, a fantasy based on Shinji Kajio's novel has had its rights acquired from Tokyo Broadcasting System by the house that...

Mohaghan Has EAGLE EYES for Dreamworks
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 08-09-2007)

Another casting addition for the thriller, EAGLE EYE, for Dreamworks and director DJ Caruso. Two days after Rosario Dawson signs on to appear in the film, actress Michelle Monaghan (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Mission Impossible III) has been selected to st...

DreamWorks making "The Adventures of Tintin"
by Karl Schneider (Fri 03-09-2007)

According to Herge Studios, DreamWorks will exercise their option to produce a series of feature films based on the Belgian cartoon, The Adventures of Tintin. If the first film is successful, DreamWorks plans to make a franchise out of the cartoon. ...


Fanning preparing to fall through DreamWorks' looking glass
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 08-26-2004)

Young actress Dakota Fanning is set to play Lewis Carroll's Alice in a potential film franchise at DreamWorks. The blonde-haired little miss is closing a deal to star in a new ALICE IN WONDERLAND movie which, if it's a hit, could be followed by a sequel t...

DreamWorks on the LOOKOUT for David
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 08-11-2003)

DreamWorks is hoping that it can whet the interest of director David Fincher for his next movie project. The studio has a Scott Frank script titled THE LOOKOUT that it wants the helmer of FIGHT CLUB to tackle for them. Frank's story is about a young man w...

DreamWorks' GOTHIC
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 07-30-2003)

Movie studio DreamWorks has bought the movie rights to AMERICAN GOTHIC, a novel by historian Gene Smith about Edwin, Junius and John Wilkes Booth. The latter of the three Booth brothers would go on to a place in American infamy as the man who murdered Pre...

Genre writers now married to DreamWorks
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 08-11-2004)

...opment at DreamWorks that they'll write together. The story idea is about a marriage counselor who's in a bit of a dilemma: the man she's about to marry believes that he's a superhero.Morgan won an Emmy for his writing on the third season episode "Clyd...


DreamWorks goes on a POWER TRIP
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 09-21-2004)

DreamWorks has purchased the spec comedy script POWER TRIP from writer Adam Sztykiel, about a business man that gets struck on an extended trip with a boss from hell. Sztykiel has a few projects in development throughout tinseltown including MAID OF HONOR...

DreamWorks Grabs Jackson's BONES
by News Editor (Sat 05-05-2007)

As reported earlier director Peter Jackson was shopping around the script for THE LOVELY BONES this week. DreamWorks has officially beat out Warner Bros., Sony and Universal for the project.  DreamWorks is teaming up with FilmFour to do the film. Ba...

Del Toro, Morrisson get DreamWorks to have SLEEPLESS KNIGHTS
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 06-05-2002)

Guillermo del Toro and Grant Morrison have convinced DreamWorks to let them develop a new film that stems from their love of comic books. Del Toro, the director of BLADE 2, and Morrisson, writer of BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM and a current scribe on X-MEN, have...

DreamWorks loses IQ points, gains director
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 06-27-2003)

David Frankel has been tapped by DreamWorks Pictures to polish the script and direct IQ 83, a sci-fi thriller in development at the House of Speilberg, Katzenberg and Geffen. The screenplay is based on a novel by Arthur Herzog.I've heard some good stuff a...


DreamWorks Grabs Rights for SHELL Manga
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 04-15-2008)

DreamWorks Pictures has acquired rights to the Japanese manga Ghost in the Shell with plans to adapt the futuristic police thriller as a 3-D live-action feature. Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul of Seaside Entertainment are attached to produce and brou...

Dreamworks Wishes For Genie's LAMP
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 06-22-2007)

Earlier tonight, Dreamworks acquired the movie rights to the fantasy book series, Children of the Lamp. They've already set up Nina Jacobson to produce and scribe Lee Hall to help pen the script adaptation of it. Producer Nina Jacobson is certainly...

DreamWorks Answers on the Third RING
by News Editor (Fri 05-27-2005)

DreamWorks has announced they will make THE RING 3. No screenwriter is attached yet, but the company is already developing the new film, which they say will be on a smaller scale than the first two. There are currently no plans for Naomi Watts to star in ...

DreamWorks Planning KUNG FU PANDA 2
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 06-26-2008)

It seems that DreamWorks Animation is planning a sequel to their latest smash hit Kung Fu Panda. A new post on over at the Animation Guild blog has suggested of teams already prepping possible storyline ideas for a sequel to the film which opened up on Ju...


DreamWorks Takes HAMMER OF GOD
by Frank Kurtz (Tue 07-24-2001)

Director Stephen Norrington successfully pitched DreamWorks Pictures on doing an epic martial arts action film, HAMMER OF GOD. Set in the 1580s, and it will tell the story of a Jesuit priest traveling to China with the Portuguese armada only to be caught ...

DreamWorks nabs SIMPSONS writer for THE SHADOW PROJECT
by Christopher Allan Smith (Thu 05-23-2002)

DreamWorks is pushing ahead with its serious attack on Disney in the field of animation. The studio Spielberg built has hired SIMPSONS writer Brent Forrester to write THE SHADOW PROJECT, about a war between humans and shadows. The movie is reportedly a bl...

TNT, DreamWorks and Steven Spielberg to make "The Talisman"
by Karl Schneider (Wed 12-06-2006)

TNT, Dreamworks Television and Steven Spielberg will team to make a six-hour miniseries based on the Stephen King supernatural thriller The Talisman. The series will tell the story of Jack Sawyer, a boy who goes on a quest through this world and throug...

DreamWorks talks Actress (Fri 08-15-2003)

There\'s a few press release informational bits out regarding Millennium Actress, but here\'s the primary one regarding the films theatrical release.


Dreamworks\' Go Fish Pix and Anime Network Begin VOD Ad Pact (Tue 08-31-2004)

The two companies detail the plans in this press release.

Year In Review: DreamWorks (Sun 01-25-2004)

Getting another of the smaller studios out of the way, we\'ve added some thoughts on DreamWorks in 2003.

DreamWorks Acquires IMAGINARY FRIENDS
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 03-26-2008)

And we'll have to use our imagination on what exactly this fantasy is about. That's the only thing the trade has revealed other than the distributor and screenwriters. It's a fantasy spec by Cornelius Uliano and Bryan Schulz. Variety says the studio was ...

DreamWorks Sews on BUTTON
by News Editor (Fri 01-13-2006)

Josh Braun and Roger Kass have set up BUTTON MAN: THE KILLING GAME at DreamWorks.The graphic novel by John Wagner and Arthur Ranson centers on group of jaded millionaires who pit their own personal assassins against each other in a clandestine, deadly gam...


Shark Tale
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Tue 10-12-2004)

Genre:Animated/Family.Studio:DreamWorks Pictures.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Released.Type of Animation:Computer Generated Imagery.Whose Voices Are In It:Will Smith (Oscar); Angelina Jolie (Lola); Robert De Niro (Don Lino); Renee Zellwegger (...

Shrek 2
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Tue 06-08-2004)

Genre:Fantasy/Animated/Sequel.Studio:DreamWorks SKG.Production Company:DreamWorks SKG.Project Phase:In the Can.Type of Animation:Computer Generated Imagery.Whose Voices Are In It:Mike Myers (Shrek); Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona); Eddie Murphy (Donkey); Jo...

Ross BUTTONs up for DreamWorks
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 06-03-2003)

Director Gary Ross, whose horse racing picture SEABISCUIT leaps from the starting gate into theaters this summer, is in talks to helm THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It's about a 50-year-old man who beg...

Soothing The Savage Were-Rabbits
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 10-20-2005)

...s for it (Dreamworks Producer Jeffrey Katzenberg had insisted on using the Media Ventures team he'd been working with before, thus Hans Zimmer protégé's John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams wrote that score), his music was such an integral part of th...


MTV Movie Awards Nominees Announced
by News Editor (Thu 05-05-2005)

... Shrek 2 (DreamWorks SKG)Dustin Hoffman - Meet the Fockers (Universal Pictures)Will Ferrell - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (DreamWorks SKG)Ben Stiller - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (20th Century Fox)Will Smith - Hitch (Sony Pictures)BREAK...

Fatal Frame
by Coming Attractions (Wed 10-01-2003)

Genre:Horror/Video Game Adaptation.Studio:DreamWorks SKG.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Pre-script stage.Who's In It:Unknown.Who's Making It:John Rogerss (Screenwriter); based on the video game Fatal Frame by Tecmo.Premise:Unknown.Release Date:U...

Shrek 3
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 05-02-2005)

Genre:Family/Fantasy//Animated/Sequel.Studio:DreamWorks.Production Company:PDI/DreamWorks.Project Phase:Pre-script stage.Who's In It:SHREK stars Mike Myers (Shrek), Cameron Diaz (Fiona), Donkey (Eddie Murphy), Antonio Banderas (Puss'n'Boots) and Justin T...

SITH Leads Nomination List for 32nd Annual Saturn Awards
by News Editor (Wed 02-15-2006)

...e Island (DreamWorks SKG) The Jacket (Warner Independent) Serenity (Universal) Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (20th Century Fox/Lucasfilm) War of the Worlds (Paramount) BEST FANTASY FILM Batman Begins (Warner Bros.) Charlie & the Choco...


EXCLUSIVE: G.I. JOE about to go to new home?
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 04-24-2003)

...ther than DreamWorks Pictures for a JOE movie.In recent years the G.I. JOE franchise has seen a resurgence in pop culture. A new line of toys and a hit comic book series have returned JOE back to older fans and created a new wave of popularity with yo...

THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE
by Steve Fritz (Thu 12-14-2000)

...g to form DreamWorks. Earlier this year, DreamWorks released their third animated feature film, Road To El Dorado, which was set primarily in a South American empire shortly after Columbus crossed the Atlantic. If that wasn`t enough, both films were ba...

Soundtrax '99, Part One
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 01-05-2000)

...OF EGYPT (Dreamworks DRMD 50041) was suitably exotic and inspirational for Dreamworks’ lavish rendition of the story of Moses and the Exodus; with songs supplied by Stephen Schwartz, much of the film’s eloquent story was told through the music. Despit...

G.I. Joe
by Coming Attractions (Thu 01-29-2004)

...ther than DreamWorks Pictures for a JOE movie. In recent years the G.I. JOE franchise has seen a resurgence in pop culture. A new line of toys and a hit comic book series have returned JOE back to older fans and created a new wave of popularity with y...


Drawing a Crowd: The Summer's Animated Blockbusters
by Mike Lyons (Thu 06-08-2000)

...ibuted by DreamWorks, the film is actually an artistic leap in just how `low-tech` it is. As each new film that`s released finds some new way to incorporate digital effects, CHICKEN RUN may prove to be a refreshing, hand-crafted change-of-pace. Then...

Ghost in the Shell Goes Live (Wed 04-16-2008)

Bound to produce endless amounts of fandom wankery, Variety is reporting that with the help of Steven Spielberg, Dreamworks has nabbed the live action adaptation rights for Ghost in the Shell according to ICv2. Spielberg told Variety, "Ghost in the Shell ...

Depp and Burton board SWEENEY TODD
by Karl Schneider (Thu 08-17-2006)

DreamWorks Studios announced today that Johnny Depp has been set to star and Tim Burton to direct Sweeney Todd, the award-winning Stephen Sondheim musical thriller.The co-production with Warner Bros. will star Johnny Depp as the titular Demon Barber of Fl...

More than meets the eye?
by BRIAN THOMAS (Sat 07-23-2005)

...til 2007, DreamWorks is already promoting it, complete with a regularly updated website and major boothage at this summer's top comics conventions. Which brings us to the Mystery of the Optimus Prime License Plate. Seems that last weekend a major attra...


Third SHREK to summer 2007
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 12-09-2004)

Just a day after Disney announced its intention to push back the release of the next Pixar movie, CARS, from November 2005 to June 2006, DreamWorks has done the same for SHREK 3. The animation division of the movie studio has announced that it will shuffl...

The Expansive Game Music of Kevin Manthei
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-30-2004)

...to do the Dreamworks game franchise, I had been working on PITFALL THE LOST EXPEDITION for Activision," Manthei said. "The same executive producer on Pitfall was also working on SHREK 2. He mentioned it to me and asked if I was interested in taking it ...

SHREK 3 & 4 a go
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 05-25-2004)

After the amazing performance of SHREK 2 at the box office this past weekend, to no one's suprise DreamWorks director of animation has confirmed that the studio wants to make SHREK 3 and SHREK 4 happen. "It wasn't really advisable to start working on thre...

Oscar Noms Announced
by News Editor (Tue 01-31-2006)

...-Rabbit" (DreamWorks Animation SKG) Nick Park and Steve Box   Achievement in art direction   "Good Night, and Good Luck." (Warner Independent Pictures) Art Direction: Jim Bissell Set Decoration: Jan Pascale   "Harry Potter and the Goblet...


Pop starlet really in MORT THE DEAD TEENAGER?
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 09-04-2003)

... owned by DreamWorks. A quick check of the directory listings confirms DreamWorks indeeds holds ownership of that URL. The property had originally sold to DreamWorks and then went to Artisan Entertainment as part of a larger property deal for a number ...

WHAT LIES BENEATH: Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey
by Matthew F. Saunders (Thu 07-27-2000)

... have it, DreamWorks was sitting on just such a script, waiting for the right time to develop it. When the group mentioned the idea to the studio, an early version of screenwriter Clark Gregg’s Beneath script was pulled off the shelf for them to review...

Transformers
by Karl Schneider (Tue 08-15-2006)

Last Updated: September 9, 2006Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-FiProduction Company: DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Angry Films, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Habro Inc, Platinum Dunes, Kurtzman/OrciDistributors: Paramount (Worldwide), DreamWorks SKG (...

A Disturbed B.O Report
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 04-15-2007)

...Paramount/Dreamworks distributed Disturbia thrilled audiences grabbing 23 mil in its debut weekend and this time, the number one film worked well off the timing of the release date, Friday the 13th. It has a running time of 1 hour and 44 minutes so ...


Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 01-14-2005)

... reasons, DreamWorks did not dub this movie so the only language available is the Japanese one and it\'s provided in both a stereo and a 5.1 mix. A commentary track by the director is also provided in a stereo format. In listening to the 5.1 mix, it\'s...

And the 2008 MTV Movie Award Nominations are...
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 05-06-2008)

...sformers (DreamWorks SKG/Paramount Pictures) -- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Walt Disney Pictures) -- I Am Legend (Warner Bros. Pictures) -- Superbad (Sony Pictures) -- National Treasure: Book of Secrets (Walt Disney Pictures) BEST MALE P...

House of the Dead, The
by Coming Attractions (Thu 07-31-2003)

...ing up at DreamWorks? Mid-six figures, reportedly, and once the film is made, it goes to seven. This is after Dylan reportedly got the film rights first out of his own wallet. It's expected he will either work on this film or Neverwhere, whichever proj...

CORE scribe snaps to FATAL FRAME
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 10-01-2003)

At the 2003 Tokyo Game Show, video game distributor Tecmo announced that DreamWorks is fast-tracking the movie adaptation of its popular horror video game FATAL FRAME. Screenwriter John Rogers (THE CORE, CATWOMAN) is writing the movie script for FRAME. On...


Genre Films 2000: A Preview of Things To Come
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 01-27-2000)

...L DORADO (DreamWorks): Bolstered by the success of PRINCE OF EGYPT, Jeffrey Katzenberg launches another salvo against the Mouse House (where he used to work). Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh lend their voices to the animated characters, and the music a...

Wells Enough to Travel
by ARNOLD T. BLUMBERG (Fri 03-08-2002)

No, it wasn't a studio hype job, at least according to the man himself. Simon Wells, great-grandson of H.G. himself and director of the new Dreamworks adaptation of THE TIME MACHINE, campaigned for the project."I pursued it," says Wells. "I read about it ...

MONSTERS VS. ALIENS Invades Early
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 09-20-2007)

Dreamworks Animation's first film utilizing stereoscopic 3-D technology, MONSTERS VS. ALIENS, has been pushed ahead from May 15, 2009 to March 27, 2009. Conrad Vernon (Shrek 2) and Rob Letterman (Shark Tale) are directing this 3-D look at the 50's era of ...

A.I. DVD Details
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 12-13-2001)

DreamWorks Home Video has announced the release of the A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 2-disc DVD set on MARCH 5, 2002.The discs will be packed with extras never seen before including a documentary about the film's long history that takes from Brian Aldiss'...


Columbia Grabs HIGHBINDERS
by Frank Kurtz (Tue 12-04-2001)

...UXEDO for DreamWorks), is expected to wrap production early next year. In the picture, Chan plays a Chinese immigration officer investigating an international slave ring. Previous reports have suggested that the film might also have supernatural elemen...

Alexander the Great
by Coming Attractions (Mon 05-26-2003)

Genre: Historical/Drama.Studio: Universal Pictures/DreamWorks.Production Company: Bazmark Films/Dino De Laurentiis Productions/DreamWorks/Universal.Project Phase: In Development.Who's In It: Leonardo DiCaprio (Alexander the Great).Who's Making It: Baz Lur...

BLACK HAWK Rising Part Two
by MICHAEL TUNISON (Sun 01-27-2002)

...y; 2000 - Dreamworks LLC & Universal Pictures One of the major storytelling challenges for Scott lie in the film's basic structure, which sets up characters such as a Ranger squad leader (Josh Hartnett) and the U.S. mission's chief, Gen. William Garri...

Warners Gets T3
by Frank Kurtz (Tue 12-11-2001)

Though Paramount, DreamWorks and Disney's Dimension were all strongly going for TERMINATOR 3: THE RISE OF THE MACHINES, a last minute contender, Warner Bros., swooped in and got the deal.All four studios were willing and able to put up the $50M against 50...


Katzenberg on SHREK 2
by Christopher Allan Smith, reporting by Eric Moro (Fri 03-29-2002)

While discussing Dreamworks’ summer offerings, the studio’s animation head-honcho Jeffrey Katzenberg let us in on the status of the eagerly awaited SHREK 2. When asked how the project was coming along, Katzenberg said, “Good. We’re storyboarding it and we...

E.T. disappoints Universal
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 04-08-2002)

...cutive at DreamWorks to the WSJ, "Maybe kids today are more in tune with pure razzle-dazzle. Maybe bicycles flying through the air are not as novel anymore."If that's true, heaven help us all.

RING Casting
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 11-26-2001)

Quite a number of actors have jumped on board DreamWorks' remake of the Japanese horror film RINGU (THE RING).Martin Henderson (WINDTALKERS) is the latest major addition to the film's cast. Henderson will take on the role of the ex-husband of a journalist...

Spirits Among Us
by SCOTT COLLURA (Thu 04-04-2002)

The recent Jeffrey Katzenberg © DreamWorks success of computer generated animation has led to huge box office for films like ICE AGE, SHREK and MONSTERS, INC., and while many pundits have begun to sound the death bell for the classic, cel ani...


Preliminary Weekend Box Office (Mar 8-10)
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Mon 03-11-2002)

Reaching across space and time, the DreamWorks and Warner Bros. time-travel adventure, THE TIME MACHINE, earned the top spot at the box office this weekend, raking in over $22.5 million during its first weekend. Last week's number one, WE WERE SOLDIERS, f...

Luketic signs for new HELM film
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 01-29-2002)

DreamWorks has decided to bring the massive novel franchise, the MATT HELM spy novels, back to the big screen for the first time since the 1960s.THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER story reveals Robert Luketic (LEGALLY BLOND) has been hired to direct the first movie, ...

DVD News and Release Info for August 21
by John Thonen (Tue 08-21-2001)

VIDEO NEWS·         SHREK has already claimed this year's top box office title. It's November 2nd DVD release may claim other records as well as DreamWorks launches the title, at sell-through prices, with their bigg...

SHREK Video Release Packed Big
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 08-09-2001)

DreamWorks is looking to make the upcoming video release of SHREK a stand-out product.Word has it that the studio is planning on including an incredible 11 hours of extra material on the film's double-disc DVD release. The discs will include 15 minutes of...


Activision secures rights to MINORITY REPORT
by James Stevenson (Wed 08-01-2001)

...tive, and DreamWorks Pictures on what is expected to be one of the most anticipated films of 2002." MINORITY REPORT will hit theaters in summer of 2002, no release date was announced for the games.

Wells Turns Back Time
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 07-25-2001)

... halls of Dreamworks?"It's possible," says Wells. "The ending of our movie doesn't entirely preclude it. There aren't any set plans, but it's something that has been sort of talked about." And would Wells return to the past (or future, it's so hard to ...

Finally, Chan and Li Set To Team On Film
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 07-19-2001)

...uding the DreamWorks action-comedy THE TUXEDO, the supernatural action film HIGHBINDERS and the SHANGHAI NOON sequel, SHANGHAI KNIGHTS. Meanwhile, Li is currently at work on HERO, a Chinese language epic period piece with his untitled "Monk in New York...

Argonauts
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Fri 11-05-2004)

Genre:Fantasy/Action.Studio:DreamWorks Pictures/Universal Pictures.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Development Hell.Who's In It:Unknown.Who's Making It:Michael Cooney (Screenwriter); Stephen Sommers, Bob Ducsay, John Baldecchi, Jason Hoffs (Produ...


FORBIDDEN PLANET Again
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 09-05-2001)

The long in the works remake of the classic 1956 science fiction film FORBIDDEN PLANET is moving forward once again, thanks to DreamWorks' Michael de Luca.The project had previously been in development at New Line Cinema, where it had been in development ...

Watts Puts On RING
by Frank Kurtz (Fri 11-09-2001)

Naomi Watts (MULHOLLAND DRIVE) has signed on board to star in DreamWorks remake of the 1998 Japanese horror film, THE RING (RINGU).Gore Verbinski will helm the production which tells the story of a cursed video tape. The urban legend of the vid tells that...

DVD This Week: October 23rd
by John Thonen (Tue 10-23-2001)

...rgo. Both Dreamworks and MGM have made official announcements that no such changes are being planned for either film. We applaud this decision and urge other studios to not take what seems to be the politically correct way out. America is proud of thos...

New SHREK 2 Scribes
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 10-17-2001)

Despite previous word that SHREK scribes Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio were set to write the film's sequel, DreamWorks has announced the hiring of writers David Stem and David Weiss to handle the second film's script.While talking to Variety, Weiss gave hi...


Wong & Morgan's WILLARD Remake
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 09-05-2001)

A remake of the 1971 horror film WILLARD is being pushed around Hollywood these days. The project, which is being pushed by writer Glen Morgan and writer-director James Wong, has been making the pitch rounds at Revolution Studios, DreamWorks, Universal, P...

Watts Explains THE RING
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 11-21-2001)

Naomi Watts recently signed on board DreamWorks prepping remake of the Japanese horror film, THE RING (RINGU). Now, she's been talking about the film to come.While talking to Empire Online, the MULHOLLAND DRIVE actress spoke of the film, saying, "It's hor...

CRUISE-ing into the MINORITY REPORT - Part One
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Fri 06-21-2002)

...ation and DreamWorks LLC "Man, everyone wants to work with Steven," says Cruise. "We came close on RAIN MAN, but he owed a picture and the strike was coming up and he had to get the picture done prior to that - I think that it was a RAIDERS picture - a...

Oscar Nominees Announced
by Mike Whybark (Tue 02-11-2003)

...ERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox)John C. Reilly in CHICAGO (Miramax)Christopher Walken in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks)Performance by an actress in a leading role: Salma Hayek in FRIDA (Miramax)Nicole Kidman in THE HOURS (Paramount and Mir...


Daredevil Versus Dr. Phibes
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-27-2003)

... to score Dreamworks' big animated summer movie, SINBAD: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS, directed by Tim Johnson and featuring the voices of Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michelle Pfeiffer.Intrada has announced that the ninth release in their limited e...

BIKER BOYZ
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 01-31-2003)

...opy; 2003 DreamWorks Pictures cannot be faulted for following a sports movie formula that has been around forever clearly, the premise seems solid to more people than just screenwriters Craig Fernandez and Bythewood but for a lot of viewers, it's har...

Spielberg lands TINTIN
by Mike Whybark (Mon 12-16-2002)

...uce it at DreamWorks with Universal as my partner."Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at feedback@cinescape.com.

Wayans Bros. go genre
by Mike Whybark (Tue 11-19-2002)

VARIETY reports that the Wayans Bros. have picked their next target, and it will be the eminently silly cinematic fields we all know and love. According to the report, DreamWorks, Fox, Revolution, and Universal were all jockeying for the chance to fund th...


More passengers to board Spielberg's TERMINAL
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 04-11-2003)

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Bernie Mac are the top contenders to co-star in Steven Spielberg's TERMINAL. The DreamWorks picture already has Tom Hanks slotted to play a Balkan national who, while in an American airport waiting for a connecting flight, sudden...

LIONBOY strikes big deal at the 'Works
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 04-16-2003)

...e deal at DreamWorks is only icing on the cake. Not bad work for creating what was originally a bedtime story and that was only typed down by the Mom after her daughter insisted they share their story with others. LIONBOY is set for publication short...

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: The musical?
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 06-09-2003)

Playbill magazine reports that the creators of the Tony-award winning musical HAIRSPRAY are joining forces with CATCH ME IF YOU CAN director Steven Spielberg to make a new musical based on Spielberg's 2002 DreamWorks picture. Details are just starting to ...

Cruise might be Mann's COLLATERAL
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 06-03-2003)

Director Michael Mann (ALI, THE INSIDER) has chosen the DreamWorks thriller COLLATERAL as his next project. Written by Stuart Beattie with a rewrite by Frank Darabont, COLLATERAL has been in development for about four years at DW. Mann's involvement isn...


Goyer gets behind the camera for BLADE III
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 06-02-2003)

...movie for DreamWorks and one for Miramax.It also appears that Goyer's initial concept for Blade's third cinematic adventure hasn't changed. Goyer envisioned an OMEGA MAN-like apocalypse that thrust the vamps into the top spot on the food chain, leavin...

CATCH this DVD if you can
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 05-06-2003)

... release, DreamWorks Home Entertainment has put together a 2-disc set that offers more information about Abagnale, his life on the run from the law and how Spielberg put together his film.Disc one contains the film, and is standard on a Spielberg flick...

Celebrities Ring in THE RING
by Sue Schneider (Thu 10-31-2002)

Dreamworks held an alternative premiere for THE RING recently in Westwood at the Mann Bruin. Seen walking the "black" carpet were stars David Dorfman, Daveigh Chase, Naomi Watts, Amber Tamblyn, Pauley Perrette, Rachel Bella, Sara Rue, Martin Henderson, al...

GANGS OF NEW YORK release date changed
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Fri 10-11-2002)

...stein and DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg. The two movie houses appear to be working together to ensure there is minimal competition at the box office, as both companies have movies that star Leonardo DiCaprio. DreamWorks's DiCaprio film, CATC...


Toys Gone Wild
by Andrew Kardon (Thu 06-20-2002)

...ying into DreamWorks' summer 2003 feature film SINBAD: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS, Hasbro will be offering a line of 12-inch figures featuring the swashbuckling hero and the zany monsters he'll no doubt be facing. Not only will the mythological-themed fi...

FINAL FANTASY's Road Less Traveled
by Eric Moro (Wed 07-11-2001)

... a Disney/DreamWorks story to be honest with you. I think what you're seeing here, though, is the expansion of the kind of animation that can be done successfully for [an adult] audience. In other words, we tend to think of animation as being comedy, e...

June 17 June 23: A New Season Approaches
by Sonia Mansfield (Mon 06-17-2002)

...opy; 2000 Dreamworks LLC & Universal Pictures Clark is stripped of his superpower in this rerun of SMALLVILLE (WB, 9 p.m.). Sorry, but it's only his superpowers, not his clothes. Jackie Chan kicks some ass in RUMBLE IN THE BRONX on TBS at 7:30 p.m. Mic...

SAMURAI JACK gets new writer
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 06-10-2002)

Brett Ratner's live action version of Grenndy Tartakovsky's great cartoon adventure SAMURAI JACK is charging ahead. The latest eveidence: Todd Alcott has been hired by producing studio New Line Cinema to script the story of a ancient samurai who is transp...


HOLLYWOOD ENDING
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 05-03-2002)

...opy; 2002 DreamWorks Pictures with a one-liner is resilient there's a scene of studio folks reading preview screening cards that may cause hiccupping-hard laughter but it's sometimes hard to figure out what he's going for in his Hollywood satire. Oft...

CAT IN THE HAT has Myers, Breslin in the cast
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 07-09-2002)

Universal Studios and Dreamworks have nailed down the casting for the big screen, live action version of Dr. Seuss' THE CAT IN THE HAT. Mike Myers, in a Jim Carrey move, has been cast as the impish feline, while Spencer Breslin (DISNEY'S THE KID) has been...

July 15 July 21: Emmy Prognosticating
by Sonia Mansfield (Mon 07-15-2002)

...opy; 2001 DreamWorks SKG Sara probe the strange death of a woman who was reduced to ashes while sitting in her house in this rerun of CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (CBS, 9 p.m.). What's to investigate? It's yet another side effect of watching BIG BROT...

THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN begins shooting
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Mon 10-07-2002)

DreamWorks perennial director Gore Verbinski (THE RING, MOUSE HUNT) is moving over to the "Mouse House" to direct Disney's THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN. During an interview to promote THE RING, Verbinski revealed shooting has already begun on the project ...


Zombies & Werewolves on CD
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 09-04-2002)

...oduced by Dreamworks and directed by W&G creator, Nick Park.Film Music on DVDForthcoming DVD releases to feature isolated scores include: BLADE II (Marco Beltrami), E.T. (John Williams), and the British (Region 2) release of PAPILLON (Jerry Goldsmi...

More on Goyer's DESCENT
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 07-23-2002)

...is now at DreamWorks, where Goyer will direct DESCENT. Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at feedback@cinescape.com.

Another motorcycle film chases FURIOUS money
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 07-16-2002)

At the same time the developing motorcycle street-racing film TORQUE is gearing up to become THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS on two wheels, DreamWorks is gearing up for BIKER BOYZ, another motorcycle action thriller. What's more, it's snagged Laurence Fishburne,...

HAWAII FIVE-O heading to big screen?
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 04-24-2002)

Dreamworks has just snagged the rights to bring the once-cool cop/thriller show HAWAII FIVE-O to the big screen, and it looks like they're eager to get it going. The studio got the rights after a bidding war Sunday night in a deal that got them producer G...


JUDAS KISS, THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE, CRUEL INTENTIONS,
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 12-02-2000)

...issued on DreamWorks Records, currently available only through amazon.com. Giacchino’s first MEDAL OR HONOR gamescore was also released on DreamWorks. *Richard Gibbs is scheduled to score the movie adaptation of Ann Rice’s QUEEN OF THE DAMNED (a sequ...

Advance Review: Millennium Actress (Wed 10-22-2003)

Due out from the Go Fish label of Dreamworks SKG on 10/28/2003 is Millennium Actress, one of the best films of this year.

Millennium Actress Contest Closes (Fri 11-14-2003)

The contest closed this morning and we\'ve pulled out our list of winners. Congratulations to Katey Carney, Jeffrey Phung,Theodore Casser, Jen Connolly and Matt Mazzeo. Also a round of thanks to the good folks at DreamWorks for supplying copies to give a...

More theatrical anime (Mon 04-01-2002)

According to Satoshi Kon\'s Japanese website (as reported to us by Natsume Maya), his most recent film, Millenium Actress, has had its contract finally inked and it will be released in the US by a major studio. Which one? Apparently Dreamworks/SKG has sna...


Box Office: HELLBOY Edges Past Hancock
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 07-13-2008)

...mount and DreamWorks hit the $200 mil domestic mark this weekend with their action animation Kung Fu Panda grossing another $4.3 mil. The film has been doing very well since opening and in six weeks of distribution, it has grossed $356.1 mil worldwide ...

Box Office: HANCOCK Flies into July 4th Victory
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 07-06-2008)

...mount and DreamWorks kicked their way into 5th place with their latest animation adventure Kung Fu Panda totaling another $7.5 mil at the box office over the holiday weekend. This one is clearly yet another success for Paramount (behind Indy and Iron M...

DVD Review: Ghost in the Shell - Innocence (Fri 01-14-2005)

Finally having the right time and mood to settle into a theatrical anime movie, we\'ve checked out and written up some thoughts on the 12/28/2004 release of Ghost in the Shell: Innocence from DreamWorks today.

Tekken
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 01-26-1999)

...nalogy of DreamWorks instead. The only big downside to this disc is the English subtitles aren\'t really subtitles, but dubtitles instead. This may float okay with Tekken being their first disc, and not likely to be a huge gem in their library. The lac...


Editorial: A Year In Review
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 10-31-1998)

...mount and DreamWorks finally signed onboard, and with the exception of Fox, they're showing some serious commitment to the format. In the anime arena, we've seen a serious commitment by Central Park Media that still impresses me. Pioneer has indicated...

Millennium Actress
by Dani Moure (Mon 11-07-2005)

...the US by Dreamworks subtitled only, it’s taken a bit longer for this film to be picked up here, but Manga stepped up to the job and provided an original dub to boot, the first of its kind in a very long time. The film itself is quite simply out...

Ghost in the Shell: Innocence Music Anthology Special Edition
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 07-11-2005)

What They SayFrom DreamWorks’ Pictures “Ghost in the Shell2: Innocence” comes the stunningly gorgeous collection of animated music videos from Production I.G. (Kill Bill) presented in anamorphic widescreen and multi-channel surround soun...

Millennium Actress Collectors Box
by Chris Beveridge (Sun 03-23-2003)

...elease by Dreamworks, I did not want to hesitate upon its Japanese release for a few reasons. One being that it will be some time later this year before we get it on home video, if not until 2004. The other being that if an anime is released with subti...


First Full Trailer for EAGLE EYE
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 06-25-2008)

...nplay for DreamWorks and Paramount.Plot Summary: In the fast-paced race-against-time-thriller "Eagle Eye" Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan are two strangers who become the pawns of a mysterious woman they have never met, but who seems to kn...

Mazeau Penning GyllenHaal's Action MOON Invasion
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 06-09-2008)

DreamWorks Pictures has signed newcomer Dan Mazeau to redraft a script for an Untitled Action Film about lunar colonization. The film, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, will be directed by Doug Liman (Jumper, The Bourne Identity) who originally penned the first s...

New Trailer for KUNG FU PANDA
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 02-13-2008)

Dreamworks Animation has unveiled their first full length trailer for Kung Fu Panda courtesy of Aol. The upcoming animation stars Jack Black as voice acting the title role and has Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan and Ian McShane ...

Disney Announces 2008 Blu-Ray Titles
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 01-06-2008)

A day ago, WB put the death nail into the high definition war when they announced their allegiance to Blu-Ray. Shortly there after, New Line did the same, leaving only Paramount/Dreamworks and Universal out of the loop. So, what does Disney do on their Su...


Bay Promises More Robots in TRANSFORMERS 2
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 01-03-2008)

Director Michael Bay has posted a short "Happy New Year" message over at his official website, the message pertaining to his acknowledgement of fan feedback in regards to Transformers 2. Paramount and Dreamworks still plan to have the sequel in ...

I.Q. 83
by Coming Attractions (Fri 06-27-2003)

Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller.Studio: Dreamworks SKG.Production Company: Unknown.Project Phase: Development Hell.Who's In It: No one confirmed as yet.Who's Making It: David Frankel (Director, Screenwriter); based on the novel I.Q. 83 by Arthur Herzog.Pr...

STAR TREK Pushed to May 2009
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 02-13-2008)

...ineup for Dreamworks and other studios.

Toshiba Officially Drops HD DVD Format
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 02-19-2008)

...ures, and DreamWorks Animation and major Japanese and European content providers on the entertainment side, as well as leaders in the IT industry, including Microsoft, Intel, and HP. Toshiba will study possible collaboration with these companies for fu...


KUNG FU Panda in Action Clip
by Jarrod (Wed 05-21-2008)

A new action sequence featuring the martial arts skills of Kung Fu Panda (voiced by Jack Black) has popped up online courtesy of DreamWorks Animation & Yahoo Movies. The clip shows that one really must learn martial arts if they would like to eat a du...

Mania Exclusive Interview: Martial Arts Legend Jackie Chan
by Rob Vaux (Fri 04-18-2008)

...isney and Dreamworks to make movies about Chinese culture: Mulan, Forbidden Kingdom, Kung Fu Panda. Everybody knows Western mythic figures. When Superman, Spider-Man, or King Arthur come to Asia, everybody knows them. But when we try to tell a Chinese ...

Paramount Unveils First EYE Pic
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 04-10-2008)

Paramount Pictures/DreamWorks and director D.J Caruso have released to media the first movie photo for their upcoming thriller Eagle Eye. The film will be the second project in consecutive years between the director and leading star Shia LaBeouf (Disturbi...

ALVIN Slices Sweeney in DVD Race.
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 04-10-2008)

...reet from DreamWorks/Paramount. The animated comedy also managed to best "Sweeney" in rentals, topping Home Media Magazine's rental chart for the week ending April 6 with estimated revenue of $8.7 million to $8.1 million for the Johnny Depp ...


Blu-Ray & HD-DVD: Choices Ahead
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 01-12-2005)

...d thereby DreamWorks as well) and made promises of both standalone players and computer drives to be available in the 4th quarter of 2005. With the large amount of market share owned by Warner Bros. and its other properties as well as the sizeable cata...

Manga Releases Three Long-Awaited Popular Anime Series For the First Time on DVD (Fri 10-17-2003)

... October, DreamWorks releases Millennium Actress on DVD, hot off the success of PERFECT BLUE - Satoshi Kon's directorial debut anime. Perfect Blue follows pop vocalist-turned-actress Mima, as her reality and illusions become harder to discern from one ...

Box Office Finals: Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Dominate the Market
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 07-25-2000)

...lion. The DreamWorks stop-motion film ran down $4.60-million, raising its total to $85.99-million. The only other genre film to pull in over $1-million during the weekend was the perennial Mission Impossible II, which added $1.27-million to its cumulat...

28th Annie Awards Presented This November
by Steve Fritz (Mon 10-16-2000)

... DORADO - Dreamworks SKGCHICKEN RUN - Pathe, Aardman & Dreamworks SKGTITAN A.E.