Jenny Marchick Named Head of Feature Film Development at DreamWorks Animation
Former Sony Pictures Animation SVP will head up project and talent development, working with known books and IP as well as original ideas.
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‘Sing 2’ and ‘The Croods 2’ Release Dates Shifted
Universal Pictures has pushed the scheduled openings of two major animated sequels coming in 2020 and 2021.
DreamWorks Animation Scuttles Tim Minchin’s Musical ‘Larrikins’ Feature
Composer and lyricist behind Broadway hit ‘Matilda the Musical’ no longer directing Australian-themed animated feature set for release in 2018.
Universal Delays DreamWorks Animation’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon 3,’ Sets ‘Everest’ Feature
‘How To Train Your Dragon 3’ delayed to March 1, 2019; Oriental DreamWorks feature ‘Everest’ set for September 27, 2019.
DreamWorks Animation Faces 170 Additional Layoffs
Cuts come as DWA continues to be integrated into NBCUniversal following its acquisition by Comcast, and just two months after the studio eliminated 200 positions at its Glendale campus and in its distribution and consumer products operations.
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Universal, DreamWorks Animation Halt ‘Croods 2’
Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley halts the sequel to the 2013 hit CG-animated feature directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco.
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NBCU Eliminating 200 Jobs at DreamWorks Animation
Employees in marketing, distribution, consumer products and finance at DWA’s Glendale Campus to start receiving termination notices as early as this week.
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DreamWorks Animation Shuttering PDI
Approximately half of PDI’s 450 workers will lose their jobs; the others will be offered positions at the DWA campus in Glendale.
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DreamWorks Announces New Feature Strategy, Plans to Cut 500 Jobs
Studio moving feature production from three films per year down to two; reduction in output will result in a loss of approximately 500 jobs across divisions and locations.
DreamWorks Animation Shifts Sequel Release Dates
DWA sequels ‘The Croods 2’ and ‘Puss in Boots 2: Nine Lives & 40 Thieves,’ set for early November in 2017 and 2018, respectively, will now be released the weekend before Christmas.
