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Former Dreamworks Animation Co-President Mireille Soria To Head Paramount Animation

A seasoned Dreamworks exec will attempt to give Paramount Animation a fresh start.

“Captain Underpants” marks a couple of historic firsts for Dreamworks Animation, and for L.A. feature artists, they could be worrisome firsts.

“The animation market is exploding worldwide,” says Nigeria’s culture minister, and he wants the country to be a part of it.

Facebook’s two-year-old vr content production arm is no longer.

Production I.G recently made a couple of major announcements.

Losses on the film could climb in excess of $100 million.

Eyeing big profits, another live-action production company joins the animation fray.

Comcast NBCUniversal is looking to get rid of its ownership stake in Oriental Dreamworks.

There’s more than a few ways to fund an animated feature nowadays, but the surest one of all is to simply be the child of a billionaire.

“It’s not going to look like a Pixar movie, where you see money on the screen,” says “Ernest & Celestine” director Benjamin Renner.

“Sausage Party” and “Trollhunters” maker Nitrogen has been acquired by Cinesite.

Minchin expresses “impotent fury and sadness” at Dreamworks’ cancellation of the project that he had worked on for four years.

Two powerhouse animation studios are launching a new studio in Ireland.

Jeffery Katzenberg is switching from Hollywood tycoon to Silicon Valley tycoon.

Pixar’s “Cars” franchise has a big impact on toy sales for Disney, but does it also influence the sales of real cars?

The founder of Dreamworks Animation could run one of Hollywood’s Big Six entertainment conglomerates.

Why is a guy who made his reputation in vfx taking over a character animation studio? We’ve got some theories.

Chris deFaria, the voice of Peppermint Patty in 1970s Peanuts specials, is now top dog at Dreamworks Animation.

Paramount is very confident that you won’t see “Monster Trucks.”

Coming soon to a screen near you: animation from Ghana.