Jeff Koons Loves “Croods”
Disney's "Frozen" has gained momentum in the last two months as the lead cotender for the best animated feature Oscar, picking up nearly every possible recognition and endorsement, but DreamWorks'...
View Article“Movies Are Not A Growth Business,” Admits Movie Studio Owner Jeffrey Katzenberg
In 2011, Jeffrey Katzenberg proclaimed that moviegoing audiences would embrace 3-D and would continue to attend theaters despite higher ticket prices. Three years later, it's obvious that his...
View ArticleThis Four-Feet-Tall, Seventy-Pound Toothless Sculpture is Actually a Cake
To toast the release of "How to Train Your Dragon 2" at a private studio party, DreamWorks commissioned boutique cake maker Fernanda Abarca, who is also an artist at the company, to create this...
View ArticleDisney and DreamWorks May Have Been Part of Illegal Pixar/Lucasfilm...
Tech site Pando Daily has been providing amazing coverage of the Department of Justice antitrust invesigation and subsequent class action lawsuits over wage-fixing amongst Silicon Valley tech companies...
View ArticleJeffrey Katzenberg Will Receive National Medal of Arts
President Obama will honor DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg with the 2013 National Medal of Arts.
View ArticleBarack Obama Finally Honors America’s Greatest Animation Artist
On Monday, Jeffrey Katzenberg became just the second animation figure to receive the National Medal of Arts.
View Article‘Mouse in Transition’: Cauldron of Confusion (Chapter 10)
Steve Hulett recounts his role in the the confusing and chaotic production of Disney's most un-Disney-like feature, "The Black Cauldron."
View ArticleJapanese Company SoftBank In Talks To Buy DreamWorks Animation: Explained
Everything you need to know about the possible sale of DreamWorks to Japanese company SoftBank.
View ArticleDreamWorks Animation and Hasbro Merger Talks End Abruptly
The Hasbro giveth, and the Hasbro taketh away.
View ArticleDisney Helped Derail DreamWorks-Hasbro Merger Talks
Troubling new details about the abruptly-halted merger talks between DreamWorks Animation and Hasbro have been revealed.
View Article‘Mouse in Transition’: Disney Dead-Ends and Lucrative Mexican Caterpillars...
Steve Hulett on everything from "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore" to "Katy Caterpillar."
View ArticleNew Evidence Emerges of Wage-Fixing by DreamWorks, Pixar and Blue Sky
The wage-theft scheme operated by major American animation studios continues to grow with no end in sight.
View Article‘Mouse in Transition’: The Arrival of Jeffrey Katzenberg (Chapter 15)
Michael Eisner lounged his six-foot-four frame in a conference room chair. He was wearing jeans and sweatshirt, but why not? It was a Saturday morning.
View ArticleDreamWorks Animation Plans Major Layoffs
Major layoffs are coming up at DreamWorks Animation; hundreds of people could potentially be let go.
View ArticleDreamWorks Will Outsource ‘Captain Underpants’…But Not Where You Think
DreamWorks is outsourcing the production of "Captain Underpants," but where will they make it?
View Article‘Mouse in Transition’: A Gong Show with Eisner and Katzenberg (Chapter 16)
Steve Hulett remembers the time when Disney artists were told they were being moved to a warehouse off the lot, and the animation division's first "gong show" pitch session.
View ArticleDreamWorks Loses $263 Million in Fourth Quarter and Will Sell Glendale Campus
DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg says that it has been "the hardest, most difficult, most painful eight weeks in our 20-year history."
View Article‘Mouse in Transition’: The Trials of ‘Oliver & Company’ (Chapter 17)
Steve Hulett recounts his experiences working on "Oliver & Company" and the unexpected tragedy that happened during its production.
View Article‘Mouse in Transition’: Goodbye Disney (Chapter 18)
The first sign that you might get laid off at Disney: the bosses won't give you a new computer.
View Article‘Mouse in Transition’: Basil or Mouse Detective? (Chapter 19)
Long before "Tangled" and "Frozen," Disney artists complained about the silly title of another Disney film—"The Great Mouse Detective."
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