45th Daytime Emmy Award Nominees Announced
Nominations for the Television Academy’s 45th Daytime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday on CBS show The Talk. While ABC’s long-running soap opera titan General Hospital made the biggest splash with...
View ArticleUniversal Kids Sets Sights on New ‘Where’s Waldo?’ Toon from DreamWorks
NBCUniversal Cable’s Universal Kids network will dramatically expand it content slate over the next 18 months with an infusion of DreamWorks Animation Television titles — including an all-new series...
View ArticleDreamWorks Creates ‘Rocky & Bullwinkle,’ ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Toons for Amazon
DreamWorks Animation Television is bringing two original kids’ series starring beloved characters to Amazon Prime Video. First up, the studio is creating an all-new The Adventures of Rocky and...
View ArticleSkydance Makes Key Executive Appointments in Animation Division
Skydance Media has named Ian Sheppard as Senior Vice President Development for Animation and Lawrence Jonas as Executive in Charge of Animated Television, effective immediately. In the newly created...
View ArticleMargie Cohn of DreamWorks to Keynote MIPJunior 2018
MIPJunior has announced that Margie Cohn, President of DreamWorks Animation Television, will keynote this year’s edition of the world-leading kids’ entertainment industry event. The confab is taking...
View ArticleBardel Crafts Animated Magic for Netflix Original ‘Dragon Prince’
Bardel Entertainment Inc. of Canada, one of the world’s top animation companies, has partnered with Wonderstorm to produce the new Netflix Original Series The Dragon Prince, from the head writer and...
View ArticleTrailer: ‘Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny’ Brings the Fight to Amazon
DreamWorks Animation Television’s new CG-animated streaming series Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny is ready to unleash some serious martial arts moves on the small screen when it arrives on Amazon...
View Article‘Shrek’ &‘Puss in Boots’ Rebooting at Universal with Chris Meledandri
DreamWorks Animation’s global smash-hit franchise Shrek and its spin-off Puss in Boots will return to the big screen, now that the studio is nested under the Universal Filmed Entertainment umbrella....
View ArticleUniversal Names Margie Cohn President of DreamWorks Animation
Universal Filmed Entertainment Group announced that Margie Cohn has been named President, DreamWorks Animation, effective immediately. Cohn, who previously served as President of DreamWorks Animation...
View ArticleMovie News: Bob Persichetti Directing ‘Puss in Boots 2’, ‘Hotel Transylvania...
DreamWorks Animation’s next Shrek franchise installment, Puss in Boots 2, will be placed in the capable hands of newly crowned Oscar winner Bob Persichetti (co-director, Spider-Man: Into the...
View ArticleDreamWorks, Netflix Hatch Cast for Tony Hale’s ‘Archibald’s Next Big Thing’
DreamWorks Animation has announced the cast of its Netflix original series Archibald’s Next Big Thing from the creative mind of Emmy Award-winner Tony Hale, slated to debut this year on Netflix....
View ArticleDisney Junior Orders ‘Muppet Babies’ S3 Ahead of S2 Premiere
No. 1 preschool TV network Disney Junior has ordered a third season of the hit Emmy Award-nominated Muppet Babies, ahead of its season two premiere. A sneak peek of the new season will be available in...
View Article‘Fast & Furious Spy Racers’ Revs Up with First Look, Cast Reveal
Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation have released first look images and announced the cast of the Netflix original series Fast & Furious: Spy Racers, based on Universal’s multi-billion...
View ArticleTrailer: ‘Fast & Furious: Spy Racers’ Kicks into Gear
Universal and DreamWorks Animation unveiled the official trailer for the highly-anticipated Netflix original series, Fast & Furious: Spy Racers. Inspired by Universal’s multi-billion dollar Fast...
View ArticleSkeeter & Scooter Make Playroom Debut in ‘Muppet Babies’ May 22
Fan-favorite Muppet twins Skeeter and Scooter will visit Miss Nanny’s playroom in a special episode of Disney Junior’s hit Emmy-nominated CG series, Muppet Babies. Premiering Friday, May 22 at 8:30...
View ArticleClip: ‘Cleopatra in Space’ Blasts Off on Peacock July 15
A space-faring heroine out of history is ready to make an animated impact on NBC’s new streaming service Peacock when it launches this Wednesday, July 15. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, Cleopatra in...
View ArticleClip: DreamWorks Charges Up ‘Doug Unplugs’ on Apple TV+ Friday
A new high-tech and high-fun preschool series from DreamWorks Animation is ready to blast off on Apple TV+ this week, when Doug Unplugs debuts with the first seven episodes available globally on...
View ArticleSneak Peek: ‘Cleopatra in Space’ S3 Makes Peacock Premiere Jan. 14
In the new season of DreamWorks’ animated Peacock Original Cleopatra in Space blasting off next week, Cleo’s life is turned upside down when the entire school finds out she’s the savior, and things get...
View ArticleDreamWorks Classic ‘Shrek’ Returns for 20th Anniversary Screenings, 4K Release
Everyone’s favorite ogre is turning 20! Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation and Fathom Events have partnered to bring Shrek, the hilarious and irreverent Academy Award-winning animated classic,...
View ArticleHansel and Gretel’s Wild Ride: ‘A Tale Dark & Grimm’ Brings Unpredictable...
***This article originally appeared in the November ’21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 314)*** Fans of hilarious takes on twisted European fairy tales will be able to enjoy the new animated series A...
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