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: […]
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DreamWorks Animation Announces Plans to Release MoonRay as Open Source Software
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INTERVIEW: Brandon Sawyer Puts The Boss Baby “Back In The Crib”
May 17th, 2022 Jackson Murphy 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 […]
REVIEW: Dreamworks “The Bad Guys”
May 13th, 2022 Martin Goodman While DreamWorks may not be able to summon the financial and technical resources that you-know-who possesses, that does not mean that they cannot produce a good film, and with their latest effort, The Bad Guys, they mostly succeed. Though the world-building is weird, and some character reversals are rather facile, this is one entertaining flick […]
INTERVIEW: A Good Time With “The Bad Guys” Team
April 18th, 2022 Jackson Murphy New DreamWorks Animation feature The Bad Guys opens in theaters this Friday April 22nd. It’s based on a graphic novel series from Aaron Blabey about talking animal criminals in a complicated human world who are out to (possibly) change their image. Director Pierre Perifel and producers Rebecca Huntley and Damon Ross discuss casting, color choices […]
TRAILER: Dreamworks “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
March 15th, 2022 Jerry Beck 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 nine lives, though he lost count along the way. […]
INTERVIEW: “Team Zenko Go” EP On A Mission To Do Good
March 9th, 2022 Jackson Murphy I interviewed the talented Jack Thomas in 2019 for Dragons: Rescue Riders. Now he’s back as executive producer and showrunner of another fun DreamWorks series for families. Team Zenko Go, about a group of kids doing good deeds for others, premieres this Tuesday March 15th on Netflix. Jackson Murphy: How did the core theme speak […]
REVIEW: “DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms” – More Questions Than Answers. So Far
December 22nd, 2021 W.R. Miller When it comes to dragons, there’s no stopping DreamWorks Animation. Based on the best-selling How to Train Your Dragon novels by Cressida Cowell, the franchise has so far spawned three feature films with a combined box-office take of $1.6 billion worldwide, five short films, a “Snoggletog Log” video and a 118-episode TV series collectively titled […]
INTERVIEW: Open Your Eyes And Heart To “Dragons: The Nine Realms”
December 20th, 2021 Jackson Murphy Dragons: The Nine Realms is a new DreamWorks series premiering this Thursday Dec. 23 on Hulu and Peacock. Showrunner and executive producer John Tellegen gives me the 411 on this contemporary entry in the beloved franchise. Jackson Murphy: I have wonderful memories of seeing the first How to Train Your Dragon movie when it came […]
INTERVIEW: “Trolls Holiday In Harmony” Directors On New TV Special
November 23rd, 2021 Jackson Murphy DreamWorks Animation just announced a third Trolls feature film that will open in theaters in November 2023. For now, the studio is giving us a new half-hour treat. Trolls Holiday in Harmony premieres this Friday Nov. 26 at 9pm on NBC. The special (featuring the voices of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake and Kenan Thompson) is […]
Bill Ballew Named Chief Technical Officer of Dreamworks Animation
July 15th, 2021 Jerry Beck DreamWorks Animation has named Bill Ballew Chief Technical Officer. The appointment, effective immediately, was announced by Randy Lake, Chief Operating Officer for DreamWorks. Ballew assumes the role previously held by Jeff Wike who is retiring. In this role, Ballew will be responsible for the strategic vision, creation, operations and maintenance of the studio’s 3D computer-generated […]
Season Three Full Trailer: “Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous”
April 22nd, 2021 Jerry Beck DreamWorks Animation is very excited to debut the full trailer for the highly-anticipated third season of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, premiering globally on Netflix May 21st, 2021. The trailer provides a peek into the campers uncovering more details of Dr. Wu’s secret research, and realizing that they must take fate into their own hands with […]
INTERVIEW: Inside Dreamworks New Netflix Series “Gabby’s Dollhouse”
December 30th, 2020 Jackson Murphy Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey are the creators of the new DreamWorks Animation series Gabby’s Dollhouse. It debuts this Tuesday January 5th on Netflix. Johnson and Twomey (of Blue’s Clues fame) usher in 2021 with a fun, positive show about learning, adventure and… cats. What’s not to love? (This interview was conducted as an […]
INTERVIEW: Director Joel Crawford on “The Croods: A New Age”
November 19th, 2020 Jackson Murphy It’s been more than seven and a half years since DreamWorks Animation released The Croods, the caveman family adventure comedy that earned nearly $600 million worldwide and an Oscar nomination. A sequel has been in development, on and off, ever since. Now, finally, The Croods: A New Age is here and will be opening in […]
UPDATED WITH TRAILER: Universal “The Croods: A New Age”
September 17th, 2020 Jerry Beck Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age will move up from December 23th, 2020, to Wednesday, November 25, 2020 in a wide release. Will it play theaters – or go to streaming? No one can say – but the studio is determined to go head to head with Pixar’s Soul and become […]
Executive Producers Chad Quandt and Aaron Waltke Discuss “Wizards”
August 6th, 2020 Jackson Murphy The Tales of Arcadia saga comes to an end this Friday on Netflix with the debut of the 10-episode limited series Wizards. Like Trollhunters and 3Below, this third installment in the series once again comes from Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro. Emmy-winning executive producers and story editors Chad Quandt and Aaron Waltke discuss their time […]
