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DreamWorks Drops First ‘Forgotten Island’ Trailer About Friendship and Philippine Mythology

March 25th, 2026

The trailer dropped today for DreamWorks Animation’s Forgotten Island (Universal, September 25), the studio’s first embrace of Filipino culture about friendship and memory. The comedy-adventure follows two lifelong friends who grow up together in the ’90s in the Philippines — Jo (singer H.E.R./Gabriella Wilson) and Raissa (Liza Soberano) — and the stakes of potentially growing […]

INTERVIEW: “Madagascar” Back In Theaters For 20th Anniversary

Jackson Murphy|

January 10th, 2026

Directors Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell reflect on making the star-studded comedy classic, which spawned two sequels, a Penguins spinoff film, TV shows and holiday specials. And is a new installment is on the way?

INTERVIEW: A Devotion To “Wednesdays With Gramps”

Jackson Murphy|

November 26th, 2025

A new DreamWorks Animation short focuses on a teen who visits his grandpa and discovers a passion that will strengthen their relationship. It is Oscar qualified and vying for Best Animated Short Film consideration. Co-Director Chris Copeland and producer Shabrayia Cleaver share what makes them so proud about Wednesdays with Gramps. (This Animation Scoop Q&A was […]

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DreamWorks Animation To Give VFX Insights at VIEW Conference 2022

VIEW Conference has announced the participation of the visual effects supervisors responsible for the some of the wizardry behind two of DreamWorks Animation’s latest animated features, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and The Bad Guys. In DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming contemporary fairy tale sequel “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” Antonio Banderas returns as the […]

Jerry Beck|September 15, 2022

DreamWorks Animation Announces Plans to Release MoonRay as Open Source Software

DreamWorks Animation announced their intent to release their proprietary production renderer, MoonRay, as open source software later this year. MoonRay is DreamWorks’ state-of-the-art MCRT renderer, which has been used on feature films such as How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Croods: A New Age, The Bad Guys, and the upcoming Puss In Boots: […]

Jerry Beck|August 5, 2022

INTERVIEW With The Masters Of “Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight”

Po the Panda is back! And so is Jack Black. He reprises the role of the beloved DreamWorks character in new animated series Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, premiering this Thursday July 14th on Netflix. I spoke with executive producers Peter Hastings and Shaunt Nigoghossian about the next chapter in the action and comedy […]

Jackson Murphy|July 11, 2022

TRAILER: Dreamworks/Netflix “Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight”

Jack Black returns to Kung Fu Panda in the new series Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight. When a mysterious pair of weasels set their sights on a collection of four powerful weapons, Po must leave his home to embark on a globe-trotting quest for redemption and justice that finds him partnered up with a […]

Jerry Beck|June 16, 2022

TRAILER: “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”

This fall, everyone’s favorite leche-loving, swashbuckling, fear-defying feline returns. For the first time in more than a decade, DreamWorks Animation presents a new adventure in the Shrek universe as daring outlaw Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for peril and disregard for safety have taken their toll. Puss has burned through eight of his […]

Jerry Beck|June 15, 2022

INTERVIEW: Brandon Sawyer Puts The Boss Baby “Back In The Crib”

Four years ago I interviewed Brandon Sawyer, who was executive producing the first Boss Baby spinoff series Back in Business. Now he returns as EP of the new, follow-up series The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib, debuting this Thursday May 19th on Netflix. Sawyer shares what drew him BACK to the iconic DreamWorks character […]

Jackson Murphy|May 17, 2022

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