DreamWorks Articles

Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders' How to Train Your Dragon A commenter took me to task for stating in a post written last night that the "marriage" between the International Animated Film Association and DreamWorks had become "unofficially official" this year with How to Train Your Dragon's ten Annie Award wins, including Best Animated Feature. (Pixar's Toy Story 3, up for three Annies, and Disney's [...]

DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon — instead of Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 3 (above) — topped the International Animated Film Society's 2011 Annie Award nominations. [Full list of Annie Awards 2011 nominees.] Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, How to Train Your Dragon received a total of 15 nods, including Best Animated Feature. In that category, it'll be competing against Toy Story 3 [...]

Shrek Forever After will underperform at the box office, according to analysts — from Wall Street — as reported by Daniel Frankel in TheWrap. DreamWorks Animation stock went down on Tuesday as a result of that announcement, even though Shrek Forever After, directed by Mike Mitchell, is still going to do excellent business at the global box office when compared to other movies. Providing the [...]

Zac Efron's latest teen comedy, 17 Again, beat the competition at the North American box office this weekend with $24 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Directed by Burr Steers, the film follows a 37-year-old man who despises his existence and gets to relive his past as a 17-year-old. Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon and Michelle Trachtenberg co-star. Debuting in second place with [...]