On a newsworthy day for DreamWorks Animation, the company has inked a strategic content pact with DHX Media, a key international player in family-oriented content. As part of the five year agreement, DWA and DHX will co-produce 130 episodes of original animated children's content at DHX Studios. Content will air on…

The third of four posts today in Deadline's Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament. The subsequent rounds will play out next week. Other Matchups: #1 'Iron Man 3′ Vs. #16 'The Conjuring' #2 'Frozen' Vs. #15 'The Great Gatsby' #4 'Hobbit: Desolation Of Smaug' Vs. #13 'Oz The Great And Powerful' #5 'The Hunger Games: Catch…

What is it going to take for an animated pic to shatter the Best Picture live action ceiling? When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences created an animated feature category back in 2001, it was an official nod to the fact that the genre has evolved into a true art form. Before the category's existence, it…

Made In Hollywood? When it comes to Oscar nominees don’t count on it. The third annual “Made-In-Hollywood” awards were presented today at 1600 Vine, former site of the famous Brown Derby restaurant, to the producers of Her, The Croods and Frozen, pretty much the only higher profile Oscar nominees that qualified even…

Disney's Frozen was on fire tonight at the 41st Annie Awards and now is generating real heat for the upcoming Academy Awards. Having made $864.4M worldwide at the box office since its late-November release, the 3D fantasy musical snagged 5 Annies tonight. Frozen won Best Animated Feature, Best Directing for Chris Buck…

Thomas J. McLean is an AwardsLine contributor. Caveman movies are favorites for Chris Sanders, co-writer and co-director of DreamWorks Animation's The Croods. But even his familiarity with the genre didn't prepare him for just how deep the movie about a caveman family tempted away from the absolute safety of their…

Dominic Patten interviews directors Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders and Sound Designer Randy Thom on the character voice work, sound mixing and music integration on Dreamworks Animation‘s hit ‘toon The Croods as part of Deadline’s sold out THE CONTENDERS event last Saturday in Beverly Hills in front of 500 Academy and…

Deadline’s sold-out award season kick-off The Contenders unspooled Saturday at the Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. Take a look at our special guest panelists from this year’s crop of Oscar hopefuls from The Weinstein Company, Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate, Focus, CBS Films…

Shares are up about 4.7% in post market trading after DreamWorks Animation released its Q2 report. It shows net income of $22.2M, +74.2% vs the period last year, on revenues of $213.4M, +31.1%. Revenues were well ahead of the $189.7M that analysts expected. And earnings of 26 cents a share topped forecasts for 20…

DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg was in Chengdu, China this week for the Fortune Global Forum talking about how much Chinese audiences love animation. The Croods‘ box office is now the country’s top “animated movie of all time as an original film,” as Katzenberg <a…

Shares are up 4.3% in post-market trading after the studio reported that The Croods and library titles helped it to generate Q1 numbers far ahead of Wall Street’s expectations. DreamWorks Animation had net income of $6.1M, -32.6% vs the period last year, on revenues of $134.6M, +1.1%. Revenues were well ahead of the…

EXCLUSIVE: The studio is expected to announce its animated caveman sequel at CinemaCon. The Croods was a big score for DreamWorks Animation in the wake of its Rise Of The Guardians flop. The studio’s latest pic is approaching $400M at the worldwide box office since its March debut. It was the first film in DWA’s new…