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In what could be a blueprint for a much rumored U.S. network, DreamWorks Animation today announced a new TV channel to broadcast to 19 Asian countries. "Audiences in the region have always embraced our content and now they can engage with their favorite DreamWorks characters — as well as new ones — where and when they…

The streaming service already has booked original spinoff series from DreamWorks Animation’s Turbo, Madagascar and Puss In Boots, and now it’s bringing the Viking gang in on the action. Netflix said today that it will air new seasons of DreamWorks Dragons, the series spawned by the 2010 hit How To Train Your Dragon…

Fox announced today it will air the animated DreamWorks Dragons: Gift Of The Night Fury on December 17 at 8 PM. The half-hour special is based on DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon pic, which is spawning a pair of sequels after the first film grossed $500 million worldwide. Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera…

UPDATE, 2:25 PM: DreamWorks Animation shares jumped all over the place in after-hours trading when the company reported its earnings — but settled at -2% as CEO Jeff Katzenberg discussed his expectations and plans. He talked up Puss In Boots, predicting that it will set a record this weekend by generating more than…

Analyst Richard Greenfield of Wall Street’s BTIG has long been skeptical of claims by Jeffrey Katzenberg and James Cameron that 3D would do wonders for the movie business. But now Greenfield says that 3D is actually hurting the industry: “U.S. consumers are increasingly rejecting 3D movies,” he said in a report today…

At its upfront presentation in New York today, Cartoon Network announced the 2012 launch of DC Nation, an on-air and online programming block of DC animation properties “populated with event programming, interstitials, exclusive behind-the-scenes of theatrical production and an insider look into the world of all…

The controversial 38th International Animated Film Society's Annie Awards announced their awards for Best Animated Feature tonight (see below): but remember that the official press release doesn't mention that Disney/Pixar boycotted the awards and refused to participate due to complaints they have about the voting…

Los Angeles, February 1, 2011 – The Visual Effects Society announced the winners of the 9th Annual VES Awards tonight at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The annual event recognizes outstanding visual effects in more than twenty categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video…

83RD AWARDS Feature Films With 2 Or More Nominations (No Short Films or Documentary Short Subjects.) The King’s Speech – The Weinstein Company 12 True Grit – Paramount 10 Inception – Warner Bros 8 The Social Network – Sony Pictures Releasing 8 The Fighter – Paramount 7 127 Hours – Fox Searchlight 6 Black Swan – Fox…

Ever since the first Best Animated Feature category was included in the Oscars, and Dreamworks' irreverent Shrek snagged the very first award in 2001, the annual race for top toon has been fiercely competitive. Of course animators were pleased by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' long overdue special…

The controversial 38th International Animated Film Society's Annie Awards announced their nominees for Best Animated Feature today:  Universal/Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me, DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon, Sony Pictures Classics’ The Illusionist, and Disney’s Tangled and Toy Story 3. What…

A Best Song nod could be Tangled's best shot at Oscar recognition this year after today's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science confirmation that just 15 movies have qualified for Best Animated Feature. That's one short of the 16 needed to trigger five nominations instead of three. With Toy Story 3 and How To Tra…