Tag: Jeffrey Katzenberg
Katzenberg Says AI Will Reduce Animation Crews by 90%; ‘Shrek 5’ Release Year Leaked
Less than 24 hours after the social media wires were abuzz with the unofficial news that Shrek 5 is coming in 2025, and as...
Roku Ventures into Adult Toon Territory with ‘Doomlands’ This Friday
Roku, Inc. will premiere its first original adult animated series Doomlands on The Roku Channel this Friday, January 28. The irreverent end-times show started...
Co-Creator Drew Massey Reveals the Swords ‘n’ Sorcery Behind Nick’s ‘The Barbarian and the Troll’
Nickelodeon’s fantastic new series The Barbarian and the Troll has captured the hearts of fantasy lovers, puppet fanatics and connoisseurs of fine warrior princess...
DreamWorks 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...
Mobile-First Streamer Quibi Shutting Down, Leaving Toons in the Lurch
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman's $2 billion short-form mobile content streaming experiment Quibi will be closing out after running for a little over six...
Quibi Premieres ‘The Andy Cohen Diaries’, ‘Your Daily Horoscope’ in July
Jeffrey Katzenberg's short-form, mobile-first SVOD platform Quibi is welcoming the first of its original animated comedies to its roster of top creator-conceived series this...
Full Stream Ahead: The 2020 Animated Outlook from Top VOD Execs
***This article originally appeared in the March 2020 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 298)***
Big names, big budgets, big ideas: the last decade ushered in...
50 Cent Producing Black Superhero Toon for Lionsgate, Quibi
Rapper, actor and producer Curtis Jackson, a.k.a. 50 Cent, is venturing into TV animation with Trill League, a new animated series focused on Black...
Pre-Orders Open for ‘The Official DreamWorks Animation Opus’
DreamWorks Animation and Opus Publishing announce the completion of The Official DreamWorks Animation Opus -- a large-format, limited edition book that celebrates the globally...
Cannes Gets Animated
While the general public doesn’t think of the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25) as the prime spot for premiering animated projects, this auteur-driven event...
Breaking the Glass Frame Spotlights Women’s Achievements and Challenges
On the morning of Saturday, October 6, as Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was being confirmed after facing sexual assault allegations in hearings that...
Katzenberg’s NewTV Video Startup Raises $800 Million
Former DreamWorks Animation leader Jeffrey Katzenberg has secured about $800 million in financing for his video startup NewTV. Bloomberg reports that the company will...
Disney Director John Musker Retires After Four Decades
Writer and director John Musker, a Disney Animation icon whose neary 40-year career saw him at the helm for major titles from the 1980s...
Pixar Producer Darla K. Anderson to Receive AIS Harold Lloyd Award
Pixar producer Darla K. Anderson has been named the 2018 recipient of the Advanced Imaging Society’s Harold Lloyd Award for Filmmaking, to be presented...
Orlando Jones Serves Up HOT Chocolate with Animation & Tech Vets
Actor and comedian Orlando Jones -- who most recently appeared as the trickster Anansi in American Gods for Starz -- is pioneering a new...
Chris deFaria Named CEO of DreamWorks Animation
The post-acquisition restructuring of DreamWorks Animation continues, with the news breaking Tuesday via Deadline that Warner Bros. animation exec Chris deFaria is stepping in...
Open Play
Trolls jumps from a well-known but undefined toy store staple to the big screen with a big splash of color and music via DreamWorks...
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Video - Star Wars: Commander Introduces New Rogue One Content
The latest update to the mobile strategy game includes new characters and vehicles from the...
Jeffrey Katzenberg Net Worth Estimated at $880M
Following the official closure of Comcast's $3.8 billion purchase of DreamWorks Animation -- which puts the studio's film, television and digital operations under the...
NBCU Closes DWA Deal, Announces Leadership Changes
NBCUniversal's acquisition of DreamWorks Animation has been finalized, folding the studio into the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group -- joining Universal Pictures, Fandango and NBCU...
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