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Sands licenses DreamWorks characters for Macau casino in sign of China market luring studios

The Canadian PressApril 30, 2013 06:17
MACAU, Macau - Kung Fu Panda, Shrek and other DreamWorks characters are coming to a new attraction at Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s Chinese casino resorts, the companies said Tuesday, in the latest sign of China's growing importance to Hollywood studios. Sands China Ltd. is licensing DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.'s stable of animated characters for use at the gambling company's resorts in the former Portuguese colony of Macau starting July 1.

Cave-dwelling "Croods" settle at top of U.S. movie box office

March 24, 2013 12:30
By Lisa Richwine and Andrea Burzynski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Animated prehistoric adventure "The Croods," about a family of cave dwellers fighting for survival, claimed the top spot on movie box office charts with $44.7 million (29.3 million pounds) from weekend ticket sales in the United States and Canada. The 3-D children's comedy from "Shrek" and "Madagascar" creator Dreamworks Animation added $63.3 million from international markets, the studio said on Sunday, for a global total of $108 million.

DreamWorks looks to Stone Age for new hit with "The Croods"

March 21, 2013 09:30
By Piya Sinha-Roy and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After mining the worlds of fairy tales, zoos, dragons and martial arts pandas, DreamWorks Animation is going back to the Stone Age with "The Croods," in the hope of finding a new box office hit. "The Croods," out in U.S. movie theatres on Friday, is being watched closely by analysts after the weak performance of "Rise of the Guardians" last year, which led DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc to write down about $87 million in costs.

How 'Life of Pi' makers brought audience into film

February 19, 2013 22:15
Director Ang Lee wanted to offer filmgoers an "immersive" experience with "Life of Pi," his Oscar-nominated 3D fable about an Indian boy trapped on a boat with a tiger. Claudio Miranda helped him do it. The Chilean-American cinematographer, a veteran of 3D film-making who himself is up for an Academy Award on Sunday, says bringing Yann Martel's philosophical novel to the silver screen was no easy task.

Cage channels caveman in animated film 'The Croods'

February 15, 2013 14:46
* Nicolas Cage voices main part in new 3D animation * DreamWorks' "The Croods" premieres in Berlin * First modern family faces danger, timeless challenges By Mike Collett-White BERLIN, Feb 15 (Reuters) - DreamWorks Animation's new 3D adventure "The Croods" brings the prehistoric age to the 21st century in the form of a dysfunctional family of cave dwellers forced to flee the comforts of home and search out a new life in the unknown.

Cage ready to make DreamWorks romp into franchise

February 15, 2013 12:30
The makers of the new DreamWorks 3-D animated movie "The Croods", including stars Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone, said Friday they're ready to turn it into the studio's next sequels juggernaut. Following monster-hit series like "Shrek", "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda", DreamWorks made "The Croods", a prehistoric romp directed by Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders that had its world premiere at the 63rd Berlinale.
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