In theaters March 26, 2010
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DreamWorks Animation has announced that Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill will voice characters in the upcoming “Oobermind,” set for release in fall 2010.
Ferrell replaces Robert Downey Jr. in the title role of a supervillain who imagines all his dastardly dreams coming true after defeating good-guy rival Metro Man (Pitt), only to find life quite boring without an adversary. To fill the void, Oobermind creates a new superhero, Titan (Hill), who also wants to be bad, forcing Oobermind to switch sides. Also part of the cast is Tina Fey who plays a reporter keeping track of all the superhero drama.
Oobermind joins DreamWorks Animation’s other 3D animated films “Shrek Forever After” and “How to Train Your Dragon,” both of which will also be released in 2010.
AWN reports that DreamWorks Animation is undecided on whether or not to begin work on a Monsters vs. Aliens sequel. DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg commented that a sequel is questionable after an unimpressive (by DreamWorks Animation standards) international performance.
Monsters vs. Aliens grossed $377 million worldwide, with $198 million coming from the domestic market. According to Katzenberg, “Domestically it has performed at a level that would surely qualify it as a sequel, and internationally it did not. This is the first movie we’ve had that’s right on the bubble.” A decision will be made soon.
DreamWorks Animation’s “Monsters vs. Aliens” destroyed the competition this weekend with a $58.2 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. This makes it the biggest debut so far of 2009, taking out Watchmen’s $55.2 million debut earlier this month.
“Monsters vs. Aliens” was shown in 3D on 2,080 screens, while the rest of the 7,300 screens were traditional, non digital screens. DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming films, “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Shrek Goes Fourth,” will also be in 3D.
DreamWorks Animation announced recently that it will debut a 90-second 3D ad for their upcoming “Monsters vs. Aliens” film during Super Bowl XLIII.
The commercial will be broadcast at the end of the 2nd quarter on NBC on Sunday, February 1, 2009. Viewers will also be treated to a 3D episode of CHUCK on Monday, February 2 at 9 p.m.
Intel has produced more than 125 million pairs of 3D glasses available at 25,000 SoBe Lifewater retail displays in participating stores. If you can’t find a pair, call 1-800-646-2904 to order a pair.
Grammy-award winning will.i.am, frontman and producer of The Black Eyed Peas, is teaming with Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.
In addition to completing his first full-length motion picture soundtrack album collaboration, penning four brand new original songs (and the instrumental score), will.i.am will also be doing double-duty as the voice of a new character, Moto Moto.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, the album, is set for a November 4 release in the physical and digital marketplace on the will.i.am Music Group/Interscope label. The movie, a Paramount Pictures release, opens nationwide on Friday, November 7.
DreamWorks Animation today announced that the sequel to “Kung Fu Panda” is expected scheduled for theatrical release on June 3, 2011. DreamWorks Animation also hopes to release the movie in IMAX theaters worldwide.
The sequel will star Jack Black, Angelina Jolie and other original cast members. Running the show will be director ennifer Yuh Nelson, head of story “Kung Fu Panda.” Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, writers and co-producers of the original film, will also return.
DreamWorks Animation’s CEO, Jeffrey Katzenberg, said, “We are thrilled to reunite the creative team that made ‘Kung Fu Panda’ such a global success. Because of their imaginative work, Po’s path to heroism proved popular with moviegoers of all ages around the world.”
“Kung Fu Panda,” which has raked in over $625MM worldwide will be release on on two-disc DVD and Blu-ray on November 9, 2008 alongside a brand new companion story, “Secrets of the Furious Five.”
DreamWorks Animation has announced that the IMAX run of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa has been extended to include the Thanksgiving holiday, and will run into December. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa will be digitally re-mastered for IMAX and play for a full run in IMAX theatres, including select new IMAX Digital theatres.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africaa joins four other DreamWorks Animation movies previously announced and/or released on IMAX, including Kung Fu Panda, released on June 6, 2008, as well as DreamWorks Animation’s first three 3D titles, Monsters vs. Aliens (March 2009), How to Train Your Dragon (March 2010), and Shrek Goes Fourth (May 2010).
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa opens on November 7 in North America.
Via AWN
The Hollywood Reporter reports that DreamWorks Animation will likely produce MADAGASCAR 3 as well as KUNG FU PANDA 2. No susprises here. After all, DreamWorks Animation is the same company who has plans for FIVE Shrek movies… Looks like Jack Black and Ben Stiller are in for some huge paychecks.
The announcement was made by DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg at a preview Wednesday of the upcoming MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA, in theaters November 7.
DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda, starring Jack Black as Po the panda, has debuted as the number one movie, pulling in $60 million in ticket sales. This was more than enough to beat Adam Sandler’s You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, which pulled in a respectable $40 million in ticket sales.
The top 12 films took in $172.4 million, up 32 percent from the same weekend last year.
Via MyWay
DreamWorks has acquired rights to Ghost in the Shell with plans to adapt the manga as a 3-D live-action feature.
The story follows the a member of a covert ops unit of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission that specializes in fighting technology-related crime.
Ghost in the Shell was first published in 1989 and went on to generate two additional manga editions, three anime film adaptations, an anime TV series and three videogames.
Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul of Seaside Entertainment will produce and Jamie Moss will write the screenplay.
DreamWorks Animation has signed a multibillion-dollar deal with real estate company Tatweer to develop in Dubai a range of projects, including a 5 million-square-foot theme park that will see incorporate characters from DreamWorks titles such as the Madagascar, Shrek and the upcoming Kung Fu Panda.
This isn’t the only huge Dubai deal that has been inked recently. Tatweer also announced in May, 2007 a $2 billion deal with Universal Parks and Resorts to build Universal City Dubailand.
In April, Al Ahli announced a deal with Marvel Entertainment to bring Marvel’s full library of superheroes to Dubai for a $1 billion theme park to open in 2011. Al Ahli also announce another longterm partnership with Nickelodeon that will see such Nick properties as SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer join the Marvel characters in the park.
And in June, Paramount signed a $2.5 billion deal with Ruwaad Holdings to turn Paramount properties such as Mission: Impossible, Top Gun and The Godfather into a series of Dubai-based parks and rides.
Via Variety
IMAX and DreamWorks Animation announced a deal to release the studio’s first three 3-D motion pictures worldwide in IMAX 3-D. The IMAX 3-D releases will include Monsters vs. Aliens in March 2009, How to Train Your Dragon in November 2009 and Shrek Goes Fourth in May 2010. A fourth DreamWorks Animation title, Kung Fu Panda, will be released in IMAX’s 2-D format in June 2008.
The IMAX 3-D titles are expected to be among the first presented with IMAX’s digital 3-D projection system, which is scheduled to be launched beginning June 2008. This is IMAX’s first multiple 3-D picture deal with a Hollywood studio. The 3-D titles also will be simultaneously released to conventional digital 3-D theaters.
Via AWN
Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG have announced they will exclusively support the HD DVD format and drop support for Blu-ray.
This affects the upcoming releases of the blockbusters “Shrek the Third” and “Transformers,” along with movies distributed by Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Nickelodeon Movies and MTV Films.
Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, said consumers seeking to switch to high-definition DVDs will be enticed by the movies available for HD-DVD players. He added the lower price for the Toshiba devices will appeal to the family market.
“It’s a game-changer, what they’re doing, and it’s why we decided to throw in with them,” Katzenberg said.
Source: MyWay
DreamWorks has reportedly committed to making at least one film featuring Tintin, although it has not yet been decided which of the 24 comic books will be adapted for the project.
NICK RODWELL, head of Herge Studios, said “If movie number one works, we will continue.” Tintin first appeared in a Belgian children’s newspaper in 1929. It went on to become a comic book series and an animated TV show.
