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| 6 | [[caption-width-right:350:Bringing a whole new meaning to "man in the moon."]] |
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| 8 | ->''There was this wonderful great mission statement that Creator/WaltDisney had: 'I make movies for children, and the child that exists in all of us'. And 14 years later at [=DreamWorks=] I can say 'We make movies for adults, and the adult that exists in every child'. And that literally has been our approach.'' |
| 9 | -->-- '''Jeffrey Katzenberg''', in a 2007 interview promoting ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'' |
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| 11 | The studio that managed to finally destroy the long-held perception that [[AllAnimationIsDisney all feature film animation is Disney]]. |
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| 13 | [[https://www.dreamworks.com [=DreamWorks=] Animation]] is an animation studio located in Glendale, California, and a subsidiary of Creator/NBCUniversal since 2016. Their story begins with Jeffrey Katzenberg -- one of the architects of the [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation Disney Renaissance]] -- resigning from Creator/{{Disney}},[[note]]As to exactly ''why'' he resigned, there were two factors. First, Katzenberg's reckless actions in promoting ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' permanently strained Disney's relationship with Creator/RobinWilliams, and although Williams would return to work with Disney a few more times in the last years of his life following Katzenberg's resignation, the fiasco resulted in serious repercussions for decades to come. Second, Katzenberg's involvement in the Black Friday cut of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' was exactly what he wished for (Katzenberg's and Michael Eisner's visions demanded a cynical outlook, which was depicted with the toys meaner than in the final draft, Woody in particular deliberately throwing Buzz out the window rather than getting jealous, but only accidentally knocking him out of it in the final version) and almost destroyed the film.[[/note]] and co-founding Creator/{{DreamWorks|SKG}} with Creator/StevenSpielberg and David Geffen. Katzenberg used his portion of the studio to create a new animation subsidiary and later merging with animation studio and partner Pacific Data Images (PDI), which DW had a majority interest in the company at that time.[[note]]Also known as [=PDI/DreamWorks=], this was a company that got their start doing AdBumpers for networks like [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]], Creator/{{CBS}}, {{Creator/HBO}}, Creator/{{NBC}} and others, before branching out into visual effects during TheNineties, in addition to a sequence for a 1995 [[WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror Halloween episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' where Homer hides behind a bookcase that takes him into a computer-generated 3D world.[[/note]] After Spielberg's Creator/{{Amblimation}} shut down, most of its animators moved to [=DreamWorks=]. |
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| 15 | ---- |
| 16 | !!History: |
| 17 | [[folder:1994-2004: Katzenberg's dream and humble beginnings]] |
| 18 | Katzenberg's ultimate goal was to compete directly with his old bosses on their home turf: feature animation. To that end, [=DreamWorks=] came roaring out of the gate in 1998 with ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', an animated epic telling the story of Moses and the Exodus -- similar to but distinct from Creator/CecilBDeMille's ''{{Film/The Ten Commandments|1956}}''. A fine article about the environment in which ''Prince'' was made can be read [[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,290103,00.html here.]] ''Prince'' performed extremely well at the box office, though still below Disney's films from that decade. The same year, DW released the AllCGICartoon ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'', a blatant FollowTheLeader of Creator/{{Pixar}}'s ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' – although ''Antz'' actually premiered first. More on that film and its repercussions further down this page.\ |
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| 20 | In addition to its in-house films, DW also benefited from a partnership with Creator/AardmanAnimations, with Creator/NickPark creating well-received stop-motion films like ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit''.\ |
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| 22 | Although ''Prince of Egypt'' had been a success, DW's follow-up traditionally-animated films met with diminishing returns. ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'' failed to turn a profit, as did ''WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas'' which turned out to be the final nail in the coffin for 2D film animation at [=DreamWorks=].[[note]]Incidentally, ''Sinbad'' isn't completely to blame here. 2D animation in general was going the way of the dodo at this point. Disney themselves had had a string of mediocre to bad 2D films and -- combined with America's increasing acceptance of and preference for CGI due to Pixar's efforts -- shuttered their 2D feature animation operations less than a year after DW did (Disney would restart traditional animation in 2009). [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios Fox]] -- which also tried to compete with Disney in the 90's, took a financial bath with Creator/DonBluth's ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'' in 2000 and shut down their animation studio as a result. Creator/WarnerBros, meanwhile, faced TroubledProduction after TroubledProduction and flop after flop; they stopped their forays into feature animation at the same time DWA and Disney went all-CGI and would not make another animated film until ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' in 2014.[[/note]]\ |
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| 24 | Computer animation was another story entirely. ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' proved a surprisingly big hit with comparable critical acclaim to Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', and it eventually showed DWA the path they would take to success. The premiere of ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' in 2001 changed the animation game completely. Using Katzenberg's penchant for [[StuntCasting rampant celebrity casting]] and modelling the characters from their movies [[InkSuitActor after the actors voicing them]] to the max, this film finally put DWA on the map as a legitimate competitor in the feature film market, permanently opening the door Creator/{{Disney}} largely held shut for decades. It's a fact made undeniable with this film winning the first MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedFeature. The studio's success in animation led to Katzenberg leaving the [=DreamWorks=] venture entirely in 2004, taking the animation division with him, and DWA became its own, publicly-traded studio and remained so for over a decade. The live-action [=DreamWorks=] studio continued to release DWA's films up until [=DreamWorks=] was acquired by [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]], the film unit of [[Creator/ParamountGlobal Viacom]], in 2006. As a result, DWA struck a separate distribution deal with Paramount thereafter, freeing them of any obligations with their former parent company. |
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| 26 | |
| 27 | [[folder:2004-2012: Brief creative slump, then rebound]] |
| 28 | Post-''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek 2}}'', however, DWA hit something of an AudienceAlienatingEra -- an impressive feat for a studio less than a decade old. In addition to the increasingly blatant StuntCasting, their films became notorious for being simply conduits for pop-culture references and toilet humor (and predictable plots). With the notable exception of 2006's ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'', nearly every film DWA put out in the middle of the 2000's was savaged by critics -- though they still performed well at the box office (usually beating contemporary Disney CGI films). ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' holds the distinction of being the worst-reviewed [=DreamWorks=] animated film. ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar1'' generally got mediocre reviews and, though it made a healthy enough profit to spawn two sequels, did not have as much financial success as the first two ''Shrek'' films. The studio arguably hit its [[DarkestHour nadir]] in 2007 with ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'' and ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'' disappointing at least critically, and [[Creator/AardmanAnimations Aardman]] breaking away from [=DreamWorks=] after the release of ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway''.\ |
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| 30 | Beginning in 2008 however, the studio [[GrowingTheBeard grew its beard]] with a new crop of films arising with a greater focus on story, characters, and quality. So far, this new direction has been paying off handsomely in the box office worldwide. For instance, not only was the classic ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' released, but ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa'' marked the transition as that franchise moved from a hastily pre-emptive strike against Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''WesternAnimation/TheWild'' to become a gradually improving series with its own voice.\ |
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| 32 | Originally arch-rivals with [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney]] in [[TheNineties the 1990s]], they became arch-rivals with Creator/{{Pixar}} in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]], before becoming kind-of/sort-of arch-rivals with both studios in [[TheNewTens the 2010s]]. Disney alum Jeffrey Katzenberg produced more animated feature films through his studio alone than Creator/WaltDisney did when he was alive! While the quality of the films had been more inconsistent than Disney, the best of the bunch managed to reach for Disney and Pixar quality (with ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'' sharing a director team with ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch''). In fact, in 2011, DWA ''exceeded'' them in critical reception with ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' ([[Website/RottenTomatoes RT]] 81%) and ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots'' (RT 84%) considered far and away superior films to Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' (RT 39%) and both were nominated for the Best Animated Feature Oscar while the Pixar film was shut out. Furthermore, ''KFP 2'' out-grossed ''Cars 2'' in the box office worldwide. In short, Katzenberg's dream had come true. |
| 33 | [[/folder]] |
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| 35 | [[folder:2012-2015: Expansion to television, emerging into the Chinese market, from Paramount to Fox]] |
| 36 | [=DreamWorks=] teamed up with China Media Capital (CMC), Shanghai Media Group and Shanghai Alliance to launch Oriental [=DreamWorks=] in 2012, which would develop and produce original Chinese live-action and animated content for distribution in China and internationally. ODW later acquired animation studio 37 Entertainment.\ |
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| 38 | To bolster the company's revenues with meat and potatoes stuff, DWA acquired Classic Media later that same year, whose library contains rights to many classic cartoons, including most of the Creator/{{Filmation}} library (e.g. ''WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids'' and (''[[WesternAnimation/{{HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983}} He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]''), Big Idea (''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales''), the Gold Key properties that aren't owned by Random House, most of the old Creator/FamousStudios/Paramount characters, including the properties acquired by Creator/HarveyComics like ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'' with their original ones like ''ComicBook/RichieRich'' (excluding most of the Harvey superheroes, which are in the hands of their creators or their estates), the Entertainment Rights catalog including the intellectual property of Woodland Animations (''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat'' and ''WesternAnimation/CharlieChalk'') and other British studios, the Creator/RankinBass Christmas specials and most of their pre-1974 material (all the post-1974 R-B content, like ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'', is held by Creator/WarnerBros, as they acquired R-B alongside Lorimar-Telepictures in 1989), and the distribution and marketing rights to Creator/JayWard[='=]s library, including ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'', among many others.\ |
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| 40 | On the business side, the company's distribution contract with Paramount was not renewed at the end of that same year as that company began getting back into feature animation production themselves after the success of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}''. DWA went to [[Creator/{{TwentiethCenturyStudios}} Twentieth Century Fox]] as its distributor from 2013 to 2017 (except Korea and China), which resulted in a balancing act with animated films from Fox subsidiary and rival Creator/BlueSkyStudios. Considering that DWA planned 12 films in four years, that had been quite a scheduling challenge. However, in that year they suffered their first serious box office sting in nearly a decade when ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'', their last film under the Paramount deal, underperformed financially despite warm critical reception, which caused the studio to lay off 25% of their worldwide staff at the end of the year.\ |
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| 42 | In 2013, the studios' next film and their first at Fox, ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'', proved a big sustained worldwide hit (with some decent critical reception), and the studio scored a great exclusive big time content deal with Creator/{{Netflix}} to help earn a steadier income so they didn't have primarily risk their solvency on feature films, though at the expense of their previous deal with Creator/{{HBO}}. Unfortunately, their next two films, ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'', were box office disappointments despite having good critical reception (and both movies generating streaming-exclusive animated series).\ |
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| 44 | In 2014, DWA acquired the distribution rights to all of its pre-2013 theatrical films from Paramount. The rights were consequently licensed to Fox in conjunction with their distribution deal. Paramount retained the theatrical rights to the Famous Studios cartoons that had been under DWA ownership since 2012, a stipulation of the original sale of the cartoons to Creator/HarveyComics in 1958 and with it continued ownership of the original negatives (which Harvey and its successor companies had access to if they wanted to update the prints of these cartoons).\ |
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| 46 | The studio's sole success in 2014 was the highly promising ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'', which surpassed the total grosses of their four previous films (as well as its predecessor). Their follow-up ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'' once again underperformed (although it grossed more than ''Turbo'' and ''Mr. Peabody & Sherman''); these combined disappointments led [=DreamWorks=] [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-dreamworks-layoffs-20150122-story.html to announce in early 2015]] that they would be laying off 500 employees and reevaluating their core animation business - this included a smaller film schedule as well as the shuttering of Pacific Data Images. Around this time, Katzenberg sought to find a better partner for the studio, having tried to negotiate with two companies in 2014 for a sale. The Japanese corporation [=SoftBank=] and later the toy company Creator/{{Hasbro}} were interested in taking control of the studio, but both companies pulled out of negotiations after Katzenberg demanded a higher-than-average asking price from both companies ([=SoftBank=] invested in Creator/LegendaryPictures instead, and Hasbro pulled out due to their successes in the entertainment industry, they later bought [[Creator/EntertainmentOne eOne]], which they sold to Creator/{{Lionsgate}} in 2023).\ |
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| 48 | Meanwhile, [=DreamWorks=] continued to search for new ways to expand its entertainment offerings. In September 2013, DWA acquired the archives of British animation studio Chapman Entertainment, giving it the rights to shows such as ''WesternAnimation/FifiAndTheFlowertots'' and ''WesternAnimation/RoaryTheRacingCar''. In June 2014, it acquired all of the trademarks, associated copyrights, and programming content of the WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat character from Felix the Cat Productions, run by the Oriolo family. These acquisitions, while profitable, failed to change the direction of the studio considerably.\ |
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| 50 | Their sole release for 2015, ''WesternAnimation/{{Home|2015}}'', resulted a moderate success at the box office (it made back its budget domestically, which the studio's previous flops failed to do) and was fairly well-received by the public but received the lowest critical score for a DWA film since 2007. By this point, the studio entered a second AudienceAlienatingEra, ironically characterized by having good critical and audience reception (although not on the same level as their 2008-2011 output) but below-average box office grosses, the complete opposite of their 2004-2007 output.\ |
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| 52 | In August 2015, DWA [[http://variety.com/2015/tv/asia/dreamworks-animation-launches-tv-channel-in-thailand-1201551924/ launched]] a WesternAnimation network in Asia - The [=DreamWorks=] Channel, in partnership with CTH Thailand and [[Creator/{{HBO}} HBO Asia]]. The channel broadcasts in HD and airs mostly content from their [=DreamWorks=] Classics library, along with several series that had not yet been licensed out to other networks in the region (i.e. ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPussInBoots'', which is a Creator/{{Netflix}}-original and thus not available in the region outside of Japan otherwise), and they soon liberated the airing rights to ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' from the latter in the region so that they could have it on their own network, though they expressed no interest in liberating ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' from {{Creator/Nickelodeon}}.[[note]]An understandable move. While ''Madagascar'' was a CashCowFranchise for the company, and the ''Penguins'' SpinOff initially was, the spinoff's movie ''tanked hard'', plus Nick also has a share in the creative rights of the ''Penguins'' TV show.[[/note]] Initially only available in Thailand, the channel was made available to and was quickly picked up by other Pay TV providers in South-East Asia in September 2015 and later to other countries in Europe and Latin America after NBCU purchased DWA.\ |
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| 54 | Incidentally, their decision to launch a western animation channel in Asia comes a year after Creator/NBCUniversal [[ScrewedByTheNetwork pulled out of the Joint Venture]] that is [=KidsCo=] in Asia. NBCU claimed it was due to "growing challenges in the international children's television industry", but most pin the blame on the company purchasing the US-based preschool network Creator/{{Sprout}} from Creator/{{PBS}} (and later renaming it Creator/UniversalKids), and wanting to shift their focus onto said network instead. |
| 55 | [[/folder]] |
| 56 | |
| 57 | [[folder:2015-present: Katzenberg's last stand, [=NBCUniversal=] takes over, beginning of new era]] |
| 58 | Unwilling to give up on his studio, Katzenberg appointed Bonnie Arnold, the producer of the ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'' series, and Mireille Soria, producer of the ''Madagascar'' series, as co-presidents of the studio's feature animation division. Hoping to get the studio out of its ongoing slump, the studio green-lit ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'', which was released in January 2016 and was the first film produced by their Chinese studio, Oriental [=DreamWorks=]. Despite being well-received and being a box office success, its financial impact was soon overshadowed by Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' two months later; it would prove to be the last effort by Katzenberg to keep the studio independent.\ |
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| 60 | In April 2016, [=DreamWorks=] Animation [[https://variety.com/2016/biz/news/dreamworks-animation-3-8-billion-nbcuniversal-comcast-1201762634/ finally succeeded]] in reaching an acquisition deal, this time with Comcast, the parent company of media conglomerate [=NBCUniversal=].[[note]]In a case of HilariousInHindsight, NBC Universal was a candidate to acquire the live-action [=DreamWorks=] studio when it was put up for sale in 2005, but was outbid by Paramount/Viacom.[[/note]] Under Comcast's acquisition plan that is worth '''$3.8 billion''',[[note]]A scale not previously seen in the mass media since Disney's purchase of Creator/MarvelComics and Creator/{{Lucasfilm}}, which were both bought for $4 billion[[/note]] Katzenberg retired as CEO of DWA and became chairman of the new DWA division [=DreamWorks=] New Media, who oversees the studio's controlling interests in [=AwesomenessTV=] (until 2018, when it was sold to Viacom) and the NOVA joint venture. The deal was finalized a few months later. Katzenberg's successor as CEO, former Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation president Christopher [=DeFaria=], was appointed to the board five months after the completion. Almost two years later, [=DeFaria=] left, leaving television head Margie Cohn (best known for her tenure at Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}) to oversee all studio operations.\ |
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| 62 | The acquisition also meant that Universal Pictures would have two animation studios under their belt, already owning Creator/IlluminationEntertainment, the in-house feature animation wing of Universal headed by Chris Meledandri, who also happens to be a Disney veteran from the early '90s. This put them in a similar footing with Disney, which owns [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon its in-house animation studio]] as well as Pixar since 2006. Creator/UniversalAnimationStudios, Universal's 2D animation arm that primarily operated during the 1990s (bringing us cult classics like ''WesternAnimation/{{Exosquad}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim''), and still occasionally churns out a DTV sequel to ''[[WesternAnimation/{{CuriousGeorge2006}} Curious George]]'' (since the franchise is popular internationally), also operates independently (though as a husk of its former self). On February 1, 2018, CMC acquired the remaining shares of ODW and renamed it to Pearl Studio while Universal officially took over distribution a day later, beginning with reissuing the studio's libraries on DVD and Blu-ray.\ |
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| 64 | As chance would have it, just a few months after [=DreamWorks=] finalized the process of leaving Fox, Fox was ''itself'' in the process of being acquired by none other than Disney (who proceeded to dissolve Blue Sky). Having narrowly avoided the fate of being acquired by its longtime rival, [=DreamWorks=] now had to settle into an odd position of second fiddle in Universal's heirarchy, as Illumination's ''Franchise/DespicableMe'' franchise had risen to box office heights that filled the gap left by the dormant ''Shrek'' series. Universal wouldn't release a new [=DreamWorks=] title for over a year after the acquisition was finalized, and while ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' was a success, its follow-up ''WesternAnimation/{{Abominable}}'' was less so. [=DreamWorks=] seemed to become more and more of an afterthought as Universal sought to find a way to revive some of its old franchises.\ |
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| 66 | The UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic in 2020 dealt a major blow to the global film industry, and [=DreamWorks=] found itself a guinea pig as Hollywood experimented with how to respond to the shutdown of theaters. ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'' was among the first films to be released on premium video on demand (in several regions, including the US), bypassing theaters and allowing people to rent it at home for full theatrical price. This model would be adopted by many studios in the proceeding years. [=DreamWorks=] properties also became a core part of Universal's new streaming service Creator/{{Peacock}}. However, DW would not abandon theaters completely; ''WesternAnimation/TheCroodsANewAge'' would become one of the first films to have a successful turn at the box office in late 2020. In 2022, DW films like ''WesternAnimation/{{The Bad Guys|2022}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' began to experiment with a stylized 2D/3D blended art style (thanks to in the style of rival Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse''. While this has not become the studio's "house style", it has contributed to distinguishing DW from Illumination while also reaping in a positive response from critics and audiences. However, in 2023, with NBCU facing cost-cutting measures amid a massive dual Hollywood strike and many other factors, the studio announced that by 2025, [[https://www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/dreamworks-shifting-away-from-in-house-production-in-los-angeles-sony-imageworks-is-new-production-partner-233466.html they would shift to a mixed-production model and would move feature animation production to outside studios]] (such as Creator/SonyPicturesImageworks, which would handle animation services for an unannounced film that year). It is unknown if their Glendale campus would be shuttered or have its space leased as part of this move. By 2024, the move was imminent, and [[https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/dreamworks-animation-to-significantly-cut-staff-in-coming-months-exclusive-239058.html the studio was hit with downsizing as well as having its staff cut]] sometime after the release of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda4'' and prior to the release of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Wild Robot|2024}}''.\ |
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| 68 | See also Creator/DreamWorksSKG, who despite having the same name and being founded by the same group of people, has been a separate entity since 2004. With the buyout of the animation company, both sides of [=DreamWorks=] have once again been united under one roof, since the live-action [=DreamWorks=] is now part of the Amblin Partners group, which is in a deal with Comcast [=NBCUniversal=] (which later became a minority shareholder) that started after the release of Disney/Amblin's ''Film/TheBFG''. It should be noted that, since they disassociated from each other in 2004, [=DreamWorks=] Animation holds the trademark to the name and logos, with the live-action studio borrowing the right to call itself as such, not the other way around. |
| 69 | [[/folder]] |
| 70 | ---- |
| 71 | !!List of subsidiaries and acquired franchises owned by [=DreamWorks=] Animation: |
| 72 | * [=DreamWorks=] Classics |
| 73 | ** Chapman Entertainment |
| 74 | ** Felix The Cat |
| 75 | * The [=DreamWorks=] Channel (owned by NBCU International Networks) |
| 76 | * Portley Ltd |
| 77 | * ''Franchise/TrollDolls'' (except in Scandinavia) |
| 78 | ---- |
| 79 | !!List of works by [=DreamWorks=] Animation: |
| 80 | [[folder:Major franchises]] |
| 81 | [[index]] |
| 82 | * ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' (2001-present) |
| 83 | * ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' (2005-present) |
| 84 | * ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' (2008-present) |
| 85 | * ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'' (2010-present) |
| 86 | * ''Franchise/{{Trolls}}'' (2016-present) |
| 87 | * ''The Boss Baby'' (2017-present) |
| 88 | [[/folder]] |
| 89 | |
| 90 | [[folder:Filmography]] |
| 91 | [[AC:Distributed by the original [=DreamWorks=] banner]] |
| 92 | |
| 93 | [[AC:As [=DreamWorks=] Pictures]] |
| 94 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' (with Pacific Data Images; 1998) |
| 95 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' (1998) |
| 96 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'' (2000) |
| 97 | * ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' (with Creator/AardmanAnimations and Pathé; 2000) |
| 98 | * ''WesternAnimation/JosephKingOfDreams'' (2000) |
| 99 | * ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' (with Pacific Data Images; 2001) |
| 100 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron'' (2002) |
| 101 | * ''WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas'' (2003) |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[AC:As [=DreamWorks=] Animation]] |
| 104 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek 2}}'' (with Pacific Data Images; 2004) |
| 105 | * ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' (2004) |
| 106 | * ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar1'' (with Pacific Data Images; 2005) |
| 107 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'' (with Aardman Animations; 2005) |
| 108 | |
| 109 | [[AC: Distributed by Paramount]] |
| 110 | * ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'' (2006) |
| 111 | * ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' (with Aardman Animations; 2006) |
| 112 | * ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'' (with Pacific Data Images; 2007) |
| 113 | * ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'' (2007) |
| 114 | * ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' (2008) |
| 115 | * ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa'' (with Pacific Data Images; 2008) |
| 116 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' (2009) |
| 117 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'' (2010) |
| 118 | * ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'' (2010) |
| 119 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' (with Pacific Data Images; 2010) |
| 120 | * ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' (2011) |
| 121 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Puss In Boots|2011}}'' (2011) |
| 122 | * ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted'' (with Pacific Data Images; 2012) |
| 123 | * ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'' (2012) |
| 124 | |
| 125 | [[AC:Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox[[note]]now known as 20th Century Studios[[/note]]]] |
| 126 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'' (2013) |
| 127 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}}'' (2013) |
| 128 | * ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'' (with Bullwinkle Studios and Pacific Data Images; 2014) |
| 129 | * ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' (2014) |
| 130 | * ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'' (with Pacific Data Images; 2014) |
| 131 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Home|2015}}'' (2015) |
| 132 | * ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'' (with Oriental [=DreamWorks=]; 2016) |
| 133 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'' (2016) |
| 134 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' (2017) |
| 135 | * ''WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie'' (with animation outsourced to Mikros Image; 2017) |
| 136 | |
| 137 | [[AC:Distributed by Universal]] |
| 138 | * ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' (2019) |
| 139 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Abominable}}'' (with Pearl Studio; 2019) |
| 140 | * ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'' (2020) |
| 141 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheCroodsANewAge'' (2020) |
| 142 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpiritUntamed'' (with animations outsourced to Jellyfish Pictures; 2021) |
| 143 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBabyFamilyBusiness'' (also released through Creator/{{Peacock}}; 2021) |
| 144 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Bad Guys|2022}}'' (2022) |
| 145 | * ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' (2022) |
| 146 | * ''WesternAnimation/RubyGillmanTeenageKraken'' (2023) |
| 147 | * ''WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'' (2023) |
| 148 | * ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda4'' (2024) |
| 149 | [[AC:Distributed by Netflix]] |
| 150 | * ''WesternAnimation/TrollhuntersRiseOfTheTitans'' (2021, produced by [=DreamWorks=] Animation Television) |
| 151 | * ''WesternAnimation/OrionAndTheDark'' (with animation outsourced to Mikros Image; 2024) |
| 152 | [[AC:Distributed by Peacock]] |
| 153 | * ''WesternAnimation/MegamindVsTheDoomSyndicate'' (2024, produced by [=DreamWorks=] Animation Television) |
| 154 | [[/index]] |
| 155 | [[/folder]] |
| 156 | [[folder:Films awaiting release or in development]] |
| 157 | [[index]] |
| 158 | * Unknown number of upcoming ''Trolls'' films (TBA)[[note]]''Trolls'' voice actor Justin Timberlake claimed that he would like for 5 more movies to be produced.[[/note]] |
| 159 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Wild Robot|2024}}'' (based on [[Literature/TheWildRobot the book]] by Peter Brown, 2024) |
| 160 | * ''Dog Man'' (based on the [[ComicBook/DogManDavPilkey book series]] by Creator/DavPilkey, 2025) |
| 161 | * ''The Bad Guys 2'' (2025) |
| 162 | * ''Madagascar 4'' (TBA) |
| 163 | * ''The Boss Baby 3'' (TBA) |
| 164 | * ''Shrek 5''/''Shrek'' reboot (TBA) |
| 165 | * ''Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth'' (adapted from a children' s book, TBA) |
| 166 | * ''The Wizards of Once'' (based on a book from ''How to Train Your Dragon'''s author Cressida Cowell, TBA) |
| 167 | * ''Mice and Mystics'' (based on [[TabletopGame/MiceAndMystics a board game]], TBA) |
| 168 | * Untitled [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action]] ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' film (TBA) |
| 169 | * ''Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles'' (adapted from the book of the same name, TBA) |
| 170 | [[/index]] |
| 171 | [[/folder]] |
| 172 | [[folder:Short films and television specials]] |
| 173 | [[index]] |
| 174 | * ''WesternAnimation/ShrekFourD'' (2003; with Pacific Data Images) |
| 175 | * ''Far Far Away Idol'' (2004; with Pacific Data Images) |
| 176 | * ''Club Oscar'' (2005) |
| 177 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMadagascarPenguinsInAChristmasCaper'' (2005; with Pacific Data Images) |
| 178 | * ''First Flight'' (2006; first short released under Paramount) |
| 179 | * ''Over the Hedge: Hammy's Boomerang Adventure'' (direct-to-video; 2006) |
| 180 | * ''Shrek the Halls'' (2007; with Pacific Data Images) |
| 181 | * ''Secrets of the Furious Five'' (direct-to-video; 2008) |
| 182 | * ''B.O.B.'s Big Break'' (direct-to-video; 2009) |
| 183 | * ''Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space'' (2009) |
| 184 | * ''Merry Madagascar'' (2009; with Pacific Data Images) |
| 185 | * ''Scared Shrekless'' (2010; with Pacific Data Images) |
| 186 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheBoneknapperDragon'' (2010) |
| 187 | * ''Kung Fu Panda Holiday'' (2010) |
| 188 | * ''Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular'' (2010) |
| 189 | * ''Megamind: The Button of Doom'' (2011) |
| 190 | * ''WesternAnimation/GiftOfTheNightFury'' (2011) |
| 191 | * ''Book of Dragons'' (2011) |
| 192 | * ''Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters'' (direct-to-video; 2011) |
| 193 | * ''Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos'' (direct-to-video; 2012) |
| 194 | * ''Madly Madagascar'' (direct to video; 2013; with Pacific Data Images) |
| 195 | * ''Team Turbo: Tricked Out'' (direct-to-video; 2013) |
| 196 | ** ''Champion's Corner'' (direct-to-video; 2013) |
| 197 | * ''Almost Home'' (2014; in front of ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'' and [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios Fox]]/{{Creator/Blue Sky|Studios}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio 2}}'' (outside of China and Korea)) |
| 198 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle2014 Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' (direct-to-video; with Pacific Data Images; 2014) |
| 199 | ** ''A Tour of the W.A.B.A.C. Machine'' (direct-to-video; 2014) |
| 200 | * ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheDragonRacers'' (direct-to-video; 2014) |
| 201 | * ''Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll'' (2015) |
| 202 | * ''The Boss Baby and Tim's Treasure Hunt Through Time'' (direct-to-video; 2017) |
| 203 | * ''WesternAnimation/TrollsHoliday'' (2017) |
| 204 | * ''Bird Karma'' (2018)[[note]][[https://www.indiewire.com/2018/07/dreamworks-animation-shorts-program-bird-karma-bilby-1201981594/ The first in a series of short films as part of the]] ''[=DreamWorks=] Animation Shorts Program'', (which is similar to that of Creator/{{Pixar}}'s), and DWA's first traditionally animated project since ''WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas'' in 2003. It was [[ShortRunInPeru initially]] shown in front of Japanese screenings of ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' in 2018, and was included (along with ''Bilby'') on home media copies of ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' the next year.[[/note]] |
| 205 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Bilby}}'' (2018)[[note]]The second of [=DreamWorks=]' short films, this one having been based on the cancelled film ''Larrikins''.[[/note]] |
| 206 | * ''Ride/KungFuPandaAdventure'' (2018) |
| 207 | ** ''[=DreamWorks=] Theatre'' (2018) |
| 208 | * ''Marooned'' (2019)[[note]]The third of [=DreamWorks=]'s short films, this one premiering in the [=DreamWorks=] Animation Week - a special event where the studio's best-known films were screened for a week, one film per day between August 23-29, 2019 - before the screening of all the movies[[/note]] |
| 209 | * ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonHomecoming'' (2019) |
| 210 | * ''Tiny Diamond Goes Back To School'' (2020) |
| 211 | * ''To: Gerard'' (2020) |
| 212 | * ''Family Movie Night: Little Red Bronana Bread'' (2021) |
| 213 | * ''Dear Diary: World's First Pranks'' (2021) |
| 214 | * ''Precious Templeton: A Pony Tale'' (2021) |
| 215 | * ''WesternAnimation/TrollsHolidayInHarmony'' (2021) |
| 216 | * ''The Bad Guys in Maraschino Ruby'' (2022) |
| 217 | * ''The Trident'' (2023) |
| 218 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuysAVeryBadHoliday'' (2023, produced by [=DreamWorks=] Animation Television) |
| 219 | * ''It Takes Three'' (2023) |
| 220 | * ''Dueling Dumplings'' (2024) |
| 221 | [[/folder]] |
| 222 | [[folder:Television work]] |
| 223 | * Bumper work for [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]], {{Creator/CBS}}, {{Creator/Cinemax}}, {{Creator/HBO}}, {{Creator/NBC}}, [[Creator/{{TVGlobo}} Rede Globo]], {{Creator/VH1}} and others (1983-early 90s, PDI)[[note]]All instances made before the partnership with [=DreamWorks=][[/note]] |
| 224 | * ''VideoGame/{{Joust}}'' (1983; PDI, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB_KV52Sgao animated commercial]] with Colossal Pictures) |
| 225 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E6TreehouseOfHorrorVI Treehouse of Horror VI]]" segment "Homer[--[[superscript:3]]--]" (1995; PDI, with Creator/RoughDraftStudios)[[index]] |
| 226 | * ''WesternAnimation/CartoonSushi'' (PDI; One segment: Gabola the Great) |
| 227 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Toonsylvania}}'' (1998-1999) |
| 228 | * ''WesternAnimation/InvasionAmerica'' (1998; with Creator/{{AKOM}}) |
| 229 | * ''Advertising/ItsThinking'' (1999; PDI, advertising campaign for the Platform/SegaDreamcast) |
| 230 | * ''WesternAnimation/AlienatorsEvolutionContinues'' (2001-2002; with Creator/DICEntertainment, The Montecito Picture Company and [[Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision Columbia TriStar Television]]) |
| 231 | * ''WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride'' (2004-2005) |
| 232 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' (2008-2015; with [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} Nickelodeon Animation Studio]]) |
| 233 | * ''WesternAnimation/NeighborsFromHell'' (2010; with Wounded Poodle, Bento Box Entertainment and [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios Twentieth Century Fox Television]])[[note]]credited as [=MoonBoy=] Animation[[/note]] |
| 234 | * ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'' (2011-2016; with Nickelodeon Animation Studio) |
| 235 | * ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' (a.k.a. ''[[NewSeasonNewName Dragons: Defenders of Berk]]'' [[NewSeasonNewName for Season 2, and]] ''[[NewSeasonNewName Dragons: Race to the Edge]]'' [[NewSeasonNewName for Seasons 3 to 8]]; 2012-2018)[[note]]The first two seasons were originally aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork, and later the series [[UnCancelled was brought back]] for six more seasons, this time [[ChannelHop Channel Hopping]] to Creator/{{Netflix}}[[/note]] |
| 236 | ** ''WesternAnimation/DragonsTheNineRealms'' (2021-) |
| 237 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens2013 Monsters vs. Aliens]]'' (2013-2014; with Nickelodeon Animation Studio) |
| 238 | * ''WesternAnimation/TurboFAST'' (2013-2016; with Creator/{{Titmouse}}) |
| 239 | * ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien'' (2014-2017) |
| 240 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPussInBoots'' (2015-2018) |
| 241 | * ''WesternAnimation/DinoTrux'' (2015-2018) |
| 242 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMrPeabodyAndShermanShow'' (2015-2017; with [[Creator/JayWard Jay Ward Productions]]) |
| 243 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'' (2018-2019; with Jay Ward Productions) |
| 244 | * ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheCroods'' (2015-2017) |
| 245 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy, Toyland Detective]]'' (2016-2020; with Gaumont Animation) |
| 246 | * ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' (2016-2018) |
| 247 | * ''WesternAnimation/HomeAdventuresWithTipAndOh'' (2016-2018; with Titmouse) |
| 248 | * ''Franchise/TalesOfArcadia'' (with [[Creator/GuillermoDelToro Double Dare You Productions]]) |
| 249 | ** ''{{WesternAnimation/Trollhunters}}'' (2016-2018) |
| 250 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'' (2018-2019) |
| 251 | ** ''[[WesternAnimation/Wizards2020 Wizards]]'' (2020) |
| 252 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiritRidingFree Spirit: Riding Free]]'' (2017-2020) |
| 253 | * ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn'' (2018-2019) |
| 254 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBabyBackInBusiness'' (2018-2020) |
| 255 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBabyBackInTheCrib'' (2022-2023) |
| 256 | * ''WesternAnimation/HarveyStreetKids'' (a.k.a. ''[[NewSeasonNewName Harvey Girls Forever!]]''; 2018-2020) |
| 257 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheEpicTalesOfCaptainUnderpants'' (2018-2020; with Titmouse) |
| 258 | * ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' (2018-2020) |
| 259 | * ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaThePawsOfDestiny'' (2018-2019) |
| 260 | * ''WesternAnimation/WheresWaldo2019'' (2019-present) |
| 261 | * ''WesternAnimation/ArchibaldsNextBigThing'' (2019-2022; with Titmouse) |
| 262 | * ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRescueRiders'' (2019-2022) |
| 263 | * ''WesternAnimation/CleopatraInSpace'' (2019-2021) |
| 264 | * ''WesternAnimation/FastAndFuriousSpyRacers'' (2019-2021) |
| 265 | * ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'' (2020) |
| 266 | * ''Rhyme Time Town'' (2020-2021) |
| 267 | * ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' (2020-2022; with Universal and Creator/AmblinTelevision) |
| 268 | ** ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldChaosTheory'' (2024; with Universal and Amblin Television) |
| 269 | * ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarALittleWild'' (2020-2022; with Creator/MainframeStudios) |
| 270 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyOnes'' (2020-2022) |
| 271 | * ''WesternAnimation/DougUnplugs'' (2020-2022) |
| 272 | * ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTrollstopia'' (2020-2022; with Creator/AtomicCartoons) |
| 273 | * ''WesternAnimation/GabbysDollhouse'' (2021-present) |
| 274 | * ''WesternAnimation/GoDogGo'' (2021-present) |
| 275 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheCroodsFamilyTree'' (2021-present) |
| 276 | * ''WesternAnimation/DragonsTheNineRealms'' (2021-present) |
| 277 | * ''WesternAnimation/PineconeAndPony'' (2022-present) |
| 278 | * ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaTheDragonKnight'' (2022-2023) |
| 279 | * ''WesternAnimation/AbominableAndTheInvisibleCity'' (2022-present) |
| 280 | * ''Not Quite Narwhal'' (2023-present) |
| 281 | * ''WesternAnimation/FrightKrewe'' (2023-present) |
| 282 | * ''Curses'' (2023-present) |
| 283 | * ''WesternAnimation/MegamindRules'' (2024) |
| 284 | * ''Bearbrick'' (TBA) |
| 285 | %%* ''The Bad Guys Breaking In'' (TBA) |
| 286 | [[/index]] |
| 287 | [[/folder]] |
| 288 | [[folder:Live-Action work (Through PDI; either prior or after the merger)]] |
| 289 | [[index]] |
| 290 | * ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' |
| 291 | * ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'' |
| 292 | * ''Film/TheArrival'' |
| 293 | * ''Film/BatmanReturns'' |
| 294 | * ''Film/BatmanForever'' |
| 295 | * ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' |
| 296 | * ''[[Film/BrokenArrow1996 Broken Arrow]]'' |
| 297 | * ''Film/{{Bushwhacked}}'' (uncredited) |
| 298 | * ''Film/CarlitosWay'' |
| 299 | * ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' |
| 300 | * ''Film/CoolWorld'' (uncredited) |
| 301 | * ''Film/DennisTheMenace'' |
| 302 | * ''Film/DoubleDragon1994'' |
| 303 | * ''Film/{{Eraser}}'' |
| 304 | * ''Film/{{Evolution|2001}}'' |
| 305 | * ''Film/ExecutiveDecision'' |
| 306 | * ''Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare'' (Dream Demon Animation) |
| 307 | * ''Film/{{Ghost|1990}}'' (uncredited) |
| 308 | * ''Film/HeartAndSouls'' |
| 309 | * ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'' |
| 310 | ** ''Ride/MuppetVision3D'' |
| 311 | * ''Film/TheLastBoyScout'' (uncredited) |
| 312 | * ''Film/TheMexican''[[/index]] |
| 313 | * The videos for Music/MichaelJackson's ''Black or White'', ''Remember the Time'' & ''Ghosts''[[index]] |
| 314 | * ''Film/MinorityReport'' |
| 315 | * ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' |
| 316 | * ''Film/NaturalBornKillers'' |
| 317 | * ''Film/ThePeacemaker'' |
| 318 | * ''Film/TheRiverWild'' |
| 319 | * ''Film/RoboCop3'' |
| 320 | * ''Film/RookieOfTheYear'' |
| 321 | * ''Film/{{Scrooged}}'' (IBC network graphics) |
| 322 | * ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' |
| 323 | * ''Film/SupermanIII'' (indirectly- PDI founder Carl Rosendahl helped out Creator/{{Atari}} with the video game sequence) |
| 324 | * ''Film/{{Supernova}}'' |
| 325 | * ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' |
| 326 | * ''Film/TrueLies'' |
| 327 | * ''Film/{{Toys}}'' |
| 328 | * Various commercials for companies like Budweiser, Coca Cola and Exxon. |
| 329 | [[/index]] |
| 330 | [[/folder]] |
| 331 | [[folder:[=DreamWorks=] Classics properties]] |
| 332 | [[index]] |
| 333 | * ''WesternAnimation/BudgieTheLittleHelicopter'' |
| 334 | * Creator/{{Filmation}} properties: |
| 335 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bravestarr}}'' |
| 336 | ** ''WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids'' (under license from Creator/BillCosby) |
| 337 | ** ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters''[[index]] |
| 338 | ** ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' (under license from Creator/{{Mattel}}) |
| 339 | ** ''Series/TheSecretsOfIsis'' |
| 340 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'' (under license from Creator/{{Mattel}}) |
| 341 | * ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'' |
| 342 | ** ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatOttoMessmer'' |
| 343 | ** ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatJoeOriolo'' |
| 344 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat'' (with Creator/FilmRoman) |
| 345 | ** ''Anime/BabyFelixAndFriends'' |
| 346 | * ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle2007'' |
| 347 | * ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' (select films are under license from Creator/{{Toho}} through UPA)[[index]] |
| 348 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour'' (license acquired from Toho after Creator/HannaBarbera's rights expired in 2003) |
| 349 | * The [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 2002]] ''He-Man'' series (under license from Mattel) |
| 350 | * ''Series/LambChopsPlayAlong'' |
| 351 | * ''Franchise/{{Lassie}}'' |
| 352 | * ''Franchise/TheLoneRanger''[[note]][[Film/TheLoneRanger2013 You read that right: Disney had to pay their rival a licensing fee here. The film was so long in development that the first payment happened before DWA purchased Classic Media;]] [[EnemyMine Any ideas of Disney and DWA needing to negotiate further development and licensing deals with each other regarding that series]] vanished when ''The Lone Ranger'' wound up becoming the biggest BoxOfficeBomb of 2013, which did producer Jerry Bruckheimer, [[CreatorKiller director Gore Verbinski,]] and [[StarDerailingRole stars Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer no favors.]][[/note]][[index]] |
| 353 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeMe'' |
| 354 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]]''[[/index]] |
| 355 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Olivia}}''[[index]] |
| 356 | * ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat'' [[/index]] |
| 357 | ** ''WesternAnimation/GuessWithJess'' (with Creator/{{Nelvana}}) |
| 358 | * ''WesternAnimation/RogerRamjet'' |
| 359 | * ''[[ComicStrip/RupertBear Rupert Bear, Follow The Magic...]]'' |
| 360 | * ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' (TV distribution (non-US), under license from Creator/{{Hasbro}}) |
| 361 | * ''Literature/WheresWally'' (a.k.a. ''Where's Waldo?'' in the U.S.) |
| 362 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}''[[index]] |
| 363 | * Chapman Entertainment properties: |
| 364 | ** ''WesternAnimation/FifiAndTheFlowerTots'' |
| 365 | ** ''WesternAnimation/RoaryTheRacingCar'' (with Creator/HITEntertainment) |
| 366 | ** ''Little Charley Bear'' (with Annix Studios) |
| 367 | ** ''Raa Raa The Noisy Lion'' (with Mackinnon & Saunders) |
| 368 | * Creator/HarveyComics properties: |
| 369 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BabyHuey'' |
| 370 | ** ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost''[[index]] |
| 371 | *** ''WesternAnimation/CaspersScareSchool''[[/index]] |
| 372 | ** ''WesternAnimation/LittleAudrey'' |
| 373 | ** ''ComicBook/RichieRich'' |
| 374 | ** At least 223 ''WesternAnimation/{{Noveltoons}}'' shorts produced by Creator/{{Paramount}}'s Creator/FamousStudios from 1950 to 1962 (all other ''Noveltoons'' remain with Paramount, though [=DreamWorks=] retains all of the character rights and elements) |
| 375 | * Creator/GoldKeyComics[=/=]Creator/DellComics properties (merchandising and media assets only; publishing assets owned by Random House): |
| 376 | ** ''ComicBook/DoctorSolar'' |
| 377 | ** ''ComicStrip/LittleLulu'' (only Gold Key property owned by DWC outright) |
| 378 | ** ''ComicBook/MagnusRobotFighter'' |
| 379 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Turok}}'' |
| 380 | * United Productions of America (UPA) properties (excluding the UPA shorts produced for Screen Gems[=/=]Creator/ColumbiaPictures, which are owned by Creator/SonyPictures): |
| 381 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MrMagoo'' |
| 382 | ** ''WesternAnimation/GeraldMcBoingBoing''[[/index]] |
| 383 | * Big Idea properties:[[index]] |
| 384 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'' |
| 385 | ** ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' |
| 386 | * Pre-1974 Creator/RankinBassProductions properties (the post-1974 library is owned by Creator/WarnerBros): |
| 387 | ** ''The Daydreamer'' (copyright only; currently licensed by [=StudioCanal=]) |
| 388 | ** ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''[[note]]Merchandising rights to Frosty are co-owned by DWC and Creator/WarnerBros.[[/note]] |
| 389 | ** ''WesternAnimation/HereComesPeterCottontail'' |
| 390 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheJackson5ive'' (with Creator/{{Motown}}) |
| 391 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy'' |
| 392 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MadMonsterParty'' (copyright only; currently licensed by [=StudioCanal=]) |
| 393 | ** ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' (program rights only)[[note]]Merchandising rights to Rudolph are owned by The Rudolph Company.[[/note]] |
| 394 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'' |
| 395 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TalesOfTheWizardOfOz'' |
| 396 | [[/index]] |
| 397 | [[/folder]] |
| 398 | ---- |
| 399 | !!Tropes commonly used by [=DreamWorks=] Animation include: |
| 400 | * TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: |
| 401 | ** PDI contributed to one of the very earliest instances with the animated commercial for ''VideoGame/{{Joust}}'', providing the CGI platforms based on the ones seen in the game itself. |
| 402 | ** All of [=DreamWorks=]'s 2D efforts contain CGI in them to varying degrees of prominency. |
| 403 | * AdvertisingByAssociation: Their movies are often advertised this way, referencing previous [=DreamWorks=] {{All CGI Cartoon}}s, ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' being usually one of them. |
| 404 | * AmplifiedAnimalAptitude |
| 405 | * [[ArchEnemy Arch-Competitor]]: |
| 406 | ** [=DreamWorks=] was created to be this to Disney, but in the 2000s it became much more famous for its rivalry with Creator/{{Pixar}}. |
| 407 | ** In the first half of the 2010s, they were briefly this to Creator/IlluminationEntertainment, who shares very similar tropes to [=DreamWorks=]. When Universal snapped up [=DreamWorks=], they became corporate siblings rather than rivals (''à la'' Disney/Pixar). |
| 408 | * ArtisticLicenseSpace: The 2010-2017 logo features the full moon waning into a crescent revealing the boy. In order to maintain the original "D" shape of the moon, this happens the opposite of how it would in real life; the moon always waxes and wanes from the right, not the left. |
| 409 | * {{Balloonacy}}: How that kid in the logo gets to the moon in the 2004-2010 logo. |
| 410 | * BeYourself: Often very important in pushing the main characters before the climax. |
| 411 | * CashCowFranchise: Up until its acquisition by Comcast/[=NBCUniversal=], [=DreamWorks=] had to develop every successful property into one of these since it was an independent company specializing in high-budget animated films and hounded by unsatisfied stockholders. For instance the ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' series has made over $2 billion from the four movies alone (and that's not counting merchandising), while ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'', ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'', and ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'' are becoming the company's new bedrock ones. When an animated film under-performs then it's cause for major concern and it makes front page headlines, whereas if the same thing happens to [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney Animation]], Creator/{{Pixar}}, or [[Creator/BlueSkyStudios Blue Sky]] (who are all owned by larger companies... [[Creator/{{Disney}} the exact same one, in fact]]) then it's not treated as nearly that big of a deal (justified, given Disney makes much more revenue and income than [=DreamWorks=]). Since said acquisition, ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' have become incredibly successful for them. |
| 412 | * CelebrityVoiceActor: |
| 413 | ** One of the most notorious perpetrators of this trope. Every last one of their movies has an AllStarCast (save for ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'', and even ''that'' had Creator/GerardButler and Creator/CraigFerguson, who might not be all that famous, but are well-known in most circles). |
| 414 | ** The Korean dub of the first ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar1'' movie got local celebrity Creator/SongKangHo to voice Alex. However, Jeffrey Katzenberg admitted that he had never seen Song's movies but approved the casting when he got sent a voice reel of the actor's previous work. |
| 415 | * CerebusSyndrome: Any of [=DreamWorks=]' major franchises will fall subject to either one or both of these tropes at one point: |
| 416 | ** While it has its hilarious moments, ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' is the film that started the more serious and emotional line of films that [=DreamWorks=] would go on to produce in the future, being an action comedy with some pretty serious drama going on, as well as the comedy being a bit darker and dropping the pop-culture jokes that [=DreamWorks=] is known for using. ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' is significantly darker than the first film. Multiple characters are KilledOffForReal onscreen (though we don't get to see most of their bodies), and the NeverSayDie rule from the first movie is broken a LOT, to the point where it seems like "death", "dead", and "kill" are used every other sentence. The BigBad wants to take over all of China with giant cannons that are seemingly unstoppable and really are used to kill. And then there's the repressed memories of Po's traumatizing childhood, which involved the attempted genocide of his entire species. |
| 417 | ** ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' got this with the release of ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'', in which the titular protagonist ends up trapped in a alternate world tyranically ruled by the movie's BigBad, which he has to escape from. The spin-off ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots'' is mostly a straightforward Franchise/{{Zorro}}-esque action film with little parodic elements of the original series. Its sequel, ''[[WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish The Last Wish]]'', ups the cerebus factor even more since its plot revolves around Puss being faced with impending death, and has [[spoiler:TheGrimReaper]] as an antagonist. |
| 418 | ** As the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' movies went on (up until ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'', which somewhat returned the original nature of the first movie), comedy was touched upon less frequently, being slowly replaced by a large number of dramatic and emotional scenes. |
| 419 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'', being released shortly after ''Kung Fu Panda'', wasn't ''that'' dark or edgy, but it was still more serious compared to most of [=DreamWorks=]' other films. [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2 The sequel]], on the other hand, takes it further. Here, the BigBad wants to enslave all dragons, there is a battle with a gigantic ice dragon and [[spoiler: Stoick dies. To make matters worse, it was the titular dragon, who was BrainwashedAndCrazy, that killed him]]. [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld The third film]] is no better (in fact it's '''''much''''' darker than the previous films), with the BigBad, Grimmel the Grisly, being an AxCrazy BloodKnight and a [[HunterOfMonsters dragon hunter]] who's fixated in carrying out [[FinalSolution a mass genocide on all dragons]] (as well as the implications that he's the GreaterScopeVillain of the previous films) and will stop at nothing to carry out his incredibly heinous and horrific atrocities. Not only that, but there are much more serious themes that are presented in the film, and [[spoiler: most importantly, there's a BittersweetEnding that's a massive TearJerker]]. |
| 420 | ** ''Franchise/{{Trolls}}'' has to hit this yet, but it seems that it's already on the way with the overall context and depths that ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'' had established. It gets even further in ''WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'' [[spoiler:with the events of Trollstice still haunting some Pop Trolls, TheReveal that not all the Pop Trolls escaped Bergen Town, said Pop Trolls being violent towards Bridget and Gristle, even trying to kill them and Branch and his brothers only having a small amount of time to save Floyd before he's completely drained of his talent.]] |
| 421 | * ChannelHop: As explained above, after splitting with Creator/DreamWorksSKG, DWA's films were still distributed by their former parent, until 2006, when Viacom bought [=DreamWorks=] and Creator/{{Paramount}} took over distribution until the end of 2012. After that, DWA moved to [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios Twentieth Century Fox]], who has distributed all films released from 2013 to 2017, as well as gaining the rights to the library beforehand when DWA bought out those rights from Paramount. After ''WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie'' (in the US and select regions) was released, [=DreamWorks=] Animation's future releases (as well as their back catalog) were exclusively distributed by new parent Creator/{{Universal}} from ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' onward, with the company having officially taken over distribution of their back catalog in February 2018. |
| 422 | * CreatorsApathy: |
| 423 | ** CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg had been trying to sell the studio off since ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'' failed to turn a profit for the studio and ended its nearly decade-long financial winning streak. Around that time, Katzenberg sought to expand the studio's success by making risky acquisitions, most notably the purchase of Classic Media, the ''Trolls'' toys and the Website/YouTube service [=AwesomenessTV=]. Meanwhile, their next films, such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}}'', ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'' and ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'' ended up being financial failures despite recouping their budgets, leading to major write-downs. Coupled with failed takeover attempts by Creator/{{Hasbro}} and Japanese conglomerate [=SoftBank=], a massive reorganization at [=DreamWorks=] saw the closure of Pacific Data Images (which made up ''half'' the studio) and 500 jobs lost, ensuring that its glory days of being head-on competitors to Creator/{{Disney}} and Creator/{{Pixar}} had long passed. Nevertheless, Katzenberg continued his ventures in an attempt to have the company stay in the black, to mixed results, and oversaw two more films, ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'' and ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'', that somehow ''did'' turn a profit yet not enough to please shareholders. At that point he was about to say "screw it" and take the company private with the help of Chinese investment firm PAG Asia Capital, then Comcast's Creator/NBCUniversal unit came knocking on their door with $3.8 billion in their hands. Given the timing of the acquisition talks (a deal was reached after just ''thirteen days'' of negotiations), one has to wonder whether or not Katzenberg simply wanted to run the studio to the ground just so he could sell it to someone and silence the shareholders. |
| 424 | ** If analysts of the sale are to be believed, it seemed NBCU's parent Comcast wasn't even interested at all in [=DreamWorks=]' film library. The main motive for buying the studio? To gain access to [=DreamWorks=]' intellectual property to add to NBCU's content portfolio, meaning that all Comcast cared about was [[FranchiseZombie to milk their property]] [[MoneyDearBoy in order to expand their revenue]]. In a way the priorities behind the deal are reminiscent of Comcast's failed $54 billion bid for Disney in 2004; after the buyout was rejected it was revealed that Comcast wasn't interested in Disney for its studio or theme parks or even its intellectual property - rather Comcast was only interested in Disney for Creator/{{ESPN}}, the company's biggest cash cow at the time. |
| 425 | * DancePartyEnding: Popularized it in animated films. They ended up bringing it up to eleven with ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}''. |
| 426 | * DenserAndWackier: [=DreamWorks=] began as Jeffery Katzenberg's serious attempt to compete with Disney, putting out some very edgy films like ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', ''{{WesternAnimation/Antz}}'' and, in collaboration with Aardman, ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. As soon as the self-referential, potty-mouthed and pop-culture heavy ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' became a mega SleeperHit, [=DreamWorks=] completely did away with the heavy stuff (as well as their traditional animation unit) and spent the better part of the TurnOfTheMillennium making the same movie over and over. After the ''Shrek'' saga declined, the studio attempted to remedy this with more sophisticated films like ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'' (2013's ''{{WesternAnimation/Turbo}}'' being the only holdout). However, for well-reviewed these efforts were, audiences found many of these as too sentimental, heavily affecting its finances. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools The studio put humor at the front once again]] [[DownplayedTrope (although far less gag-based)]] with ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'', ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}''. |
| 427 | * {{Disneyesque}}: All of their hand-drawn animated films. |
| 428 | * DreamWorksFace: TropeNamer and [[TropeCodifier Codifier]]. |
| 429 | * DuelingMovies: A lot of their movies during the 2000s shared superficial similarities with [=Disney/Pixar=] movies that happened to be released roughly within a year of each other. (''Antz'' to ''A Bug's Life,'' ''Finding Nemo'' to ''Shark Tale,'' etc.) |
| 430 | * DVDCommentary: |
| 431 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'': With directors Tim Johnson and Eric Darnell |
| 432 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'': With directors Brenda Chapman, Simon Wells and Steve Hickner |
| 433 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'': With directors Bibo Bergeron and Don Paul |
| 434 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'': With directors Nick Park and Peter Lord |
| 435 | ** ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'': With directors Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson and producer Aron Warner |
| 436 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron'': With directors Lorna Cook and Kelly Asbury and producer Mireille Soria |
| 437 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas'': With directors Tim Johnson and Patrick Gilmore, producer Mireille Soria, production designer Raymond Zibach, head of story Jennifer Yuh Nelson, animation supervisor Kristof Serrand and layout supervisor Damon O'Bierne |
| 438 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek 2}}'': |
| 439 | *** First commentary with directors Kelly Asbruy and Conrand Vernon |
| 440 | *** Second commentary with producer Aron Warner and editor Mark Andrews |
| 441 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'': With directors Bilbo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson and Rob Letterman |
| 442 | ** ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar1'': With directors/co-writers Eric Darnell and Tom [=McGrath=] |
| 443 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'': With directors/co-writers Nick Park and Steve Box |
| 444 | ** ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'': With directors Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick and producer Bonnie Arnold |
| 445 | ** ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'': With directors Dave Bowers and Sam Fell |
| 446 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'': With producer/voice of Barry Jerry Seinfeld, directors Simon Smith and Steven Hickner, co-writer Barry Marder, co-producer Christina Steinberg and editor Nick Fletcher |
| 447 | ** ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'': With directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne |
| 448 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa'': With directors Eric Darnell and Tom [=McGrath=] and producers Mireille Soria and Mark Swift |
| 449 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'': With directors Rob Letterman and Conrad Vernon and producer Lisa Stewart |
| 450 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'': With co-writers and directors Chris Sanders and Dean [=DeBlois=] and producer Bonnie Arnold |
| 451 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'': With director Mike Mitchell, head of story Walt Dorhn and producers Gina Shay and Teresa Chang |
| 452 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': With director Tom [=McGrath=], producers Lara Breay and Denise Nolan Cascino and writers Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons |
| 453 | ** ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'': With director Jennifer Yuh Nelson, producer Melissa Cobb, production designer Raymond Zibach, and supervising animator and Kung Fu choreographer and story artist Rodolphe Guenoden |
| 454 | ** ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted'': With directors directors Eric Darnell, Tom [=McGrath=] and Conrad Vernon |
| 455 | ** ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'': With director Peter Ramsey and Producers Christina Steinberg and Nancy Bernstein |
| 456 | ** ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'': With writer/director Dean [=DeBlois=], head of character animation Simon Otto, producer Bonnie Arnold and production designer Pierre-Olivier Vincent |
| 457 | ** ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'': With writer/director Dean [=DeBlois=], producer Brad Lewis and head of animation Simon Otto |
| 458 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Abominable}}'': With writer/director Jill Culton, co-director Todd Wilderman, producer Suzanne Buirgy, producer/chief creative officer Peilin Chou, head of character animation John Hill, production designer Max Boas and visual effects supervisor Mark Edwards |
| 459 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'': With director Walt Dohrn, co-director David Smith and producer Gina Shay |
| 460 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheCroodsANewAge'': With director Joel Crawford, producer Mark Swift, head of story Januel Mercado and editor James Ryan |
| 461 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SpiritUntamed'': With director Elaine Bogan, co-director Ennio Torresan and producer Karen Foster |
| 462 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBabyFamilyBusiness'': With director Tom [=McGrath=], producer Jeff Hermann and Production Designer Raymond Zibach |
| 463 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Bad Guys|2022}}'': With director Pierre Perifel, Producer Damon Ross, Head of Story Nelson Yokota, Head of Character Animation JP Sans and Production Designer Luc Desmarchelier |
| 464 | ** ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': With director Joel Crawford, co-director Januel Mercado, producer Mark Swift, head of story Heidi Jo Gilbert and editor James Ryan |
| 465 | ** ''WesternAnimation/RubyGillmanTeenageKraken'': With director Kirk [=DeMicco=], co-director Faryn Pearl, producer Kelly Cooney Cilella, head of character animation Carlos Fernandez Puertolas and head of layout cinematography Jon Gutman |
| 466 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'': With producer Gina Shay, co-director Tim Heitz, head of story Colin Jack, production designer Ruben Perez Reynoso and visual effects supervisor Marc J. Scott |
| 467 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''The Prince of Egypt'', ''The Road to El Dorado'', or ''Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'' -- if nothing else, for using 2D animation instead of the 3D renders that they'd become more commonly known for from ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' onward. Both ''Egypt'' and ''Spirit'' also had a more personal involvement from Katzenberg himself (he wrote the story for ''Spirit''), but after the latter's fall at the box office and him creating the infamous ''WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride'' (which was disowned by the end of the 2000's), he backed out of taking direct credits. |
| 468 | * FascinatingEyebrow: One paired with a smirk is common in their promotional art, to the point where the combination is commonly dubbed "the DreamWorksFace" online. |
| 469 | * FollowTheLeader: |
| 470 | ** Earlier on in their history, before they decided to go in a "light fantasy" direction to counter Pixar's more "epic" films, they were notorious for copying the template of whatever Pixar film was being developed at the same time. |
| 471 | ** While [=DreamWorks=] were copying Pixar, everyone else was copying [=DreamWorks=] (Disney even joined the fray for a few movies). ''Shrek'' in 2001 was followed by numerous imitators, and its template pretty much defined what "animated fairy tale" meant for the rest of [[TurnOfTheMillennium the decade]]. And that's not to mention the number of copycat studios that were created after [=DreamWorks=] proved that non-Disney feature animation could be profitable, a few of which are still around today. |
| 472 | * LogoJoke: Has [[LogoJoke/DreamWorksAnimation its own page featuring customized logos for some of their properties]]. |
| 473 | * TheManInTheMoon: In the logo animation used from 2010 to 2017, that kid in the logo is part of the moon. |
| 474 | %% * Production Posse: Worked with Aardman [[WesternAnimation/ChickenRun for]] [[WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit three]] [[WesternAnimation/FlushedAway movies]], [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar produced]] [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness three]] [[WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens2013 shows]] for Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, and its deal with Creator/{{Netflix}} has been intact since 2013. |
| 475 | * NoExportForYou: During the mid-to-late-2010s, many of DWA's television productions were unavailable on Netflix in parts of Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, the CIS, Asia and Oceania. This was due to existing TV agreements made that Netflix only got exclusive rights in the US, Canada, LATAM countries, the UK, Ireland, France, Nordic countries and the Benelux region. However, Netflix later added the shows after their broadcast exclusivity rights expired. |
| 476 | * NoRespectGuy: A common theme in [=DreamWorks=] movies are main characters who are treated as [[ButtMonkey Butt Monkeys]] for being different or for seeing things in an unorthodox way, despite being relatively pleasant or rational in comparison to the other characters. |
| 477 | * OffTheShelfFX: PDI was noted for being the very first computer graphics company to not go with the overly expensive supercomputers most CG studios were using at the time, instead opting to use regular computer systems and custom-made software to get comparable, if not slightly better, results. Even after getting acquired by [=DreamWorks=], the studio proudly boasted working with consumer-grade HP computer systems modded to fit their needs. |
| 478 | * OldShame: After ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' became a hit, [=DreamWorks=] more or less apologized for their 2D films and have buried them in their history, though they've garnered a cult following for non-Disney enthusiasts since then. As for their CGI projects, their short-lived prime-time sitcom ''WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride'' has basically vanished from the face of the earth. |
| 479 | * RecycledTheSeries: So, so many (just see the "Television Work" folder above), with a particularly strong expansion on the concept with the advent of streaming services. As of 2020, the ''Madagascar'', ''Kung Fu Panda'', ''How to Train Your Dragon'' and ''Trolls'' franchises have managed to achieve '''''multiple''''' series. Additionally, beginning in 2019, the studio's acquisition by Comcast saw them producing some of these for non-[=DreamWorks=] Creator/{{Universal}} properties as well, starting with ''WesternAnimation/FastAndFuriousSpyRacers''. |
| 480 | * ShiftedToCGI: The first several animated films were mainly traditionally animated {{Disneyesque}} works. Starting with ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'', the studio switched to exclusively making {{All CGI Cartoon}}s. They don't have an interest in going back to 2D films. [=DreamWorks=] is considered a (if not ''the'') major reason why traditionally animated theatrical films stopped being popular in the early-to-mid 2000s. Even though, many of their television series are still fully 2D-animated to this day. |
| 481 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: A lot of the films with romance as a main plot or a sub-plot will often have one or more of the female characters falling for a decent guy. |
| 482 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: All of the studios films learn more towards the idealistic end, even if they start off on the cynical side. |
| 483 | * SpamAttack: As early as 2004, [=DreamWorks=] had built a reputation for releasing animated movies quickly and frequently, with a release schedule of about two films a year. In 2009 they announced a plan to release three or four animated theatrical movies a year, twice as many per year as Disney and Pixar combined. In 2015 they abandoned this plan, only releasing one film in that year, and scheduling two movies per year for 2016 and beyond. |
| 484 | * StartMyOwn: Jeffrey Katzenberg started up the studio after Disney repeatedly rejected his push for more adult-friendly content, specifically the infamous "Black Friday" version of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''.[[note]]This version of the film, which was a bit DarkerAndEdgier in what some have said was an alleged attempt to spite Katzenberg, nearly [[BackstabBackfire derailed the project]] [[CreatorKiller as a whole]].[[/note]] Katzenberg had attempted to get ''The Prince of Egypt'' going at Disney, but for obvious reasons (his falling out with Eisner, Disney never really being good with content from the Bible), it didn't go anywhere until [=DreamWorks=] was founded. |
| 485 | * StrictlyFormula: They have been accused of enforcing this trope in most of their CGI-animated movies during the 2000s: in the beginning, the main character is a grumpy or antisocial outcast (or at the very least is "different"). Throughout the film he becomes a better person. In the end, he saves the day and everyone accepts him for who he is. Add bonus points for pop culture references, fart jokes, and the occasional DreamWorksFace, and you're good to go. |
| 486 | * TakeThat: There is quite a bit towards main competitor Creator/{{Disney}} across [=DreamWorks's=] filmography. ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' started out as a middle finger at the fairy tales Disney made a name off of, Franchise/WinnieThePooh gets shot with tranquilizers as a dark gag in ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'', and, according to the trailers, the BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/RubyGillmanTeenageKraken'' is a mermaid who strongly resembles [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]]. |
| 487 | * ThrowItIn: A few of the background jokes (like the "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot Utah Teapot]]") in "Homer[--[[superscript:3]]--]" were added in by the company[[note]]the left-handed "X, Y, Z" signpost actually corresponded with PDI's software at the time[[/note]]. |
| 488 | * ToiletHumour: [=DreamWorks=] has played with this trope very frequently, even dwarfing that of Pixar's use. They eventually started falling out of love with it by the late 2000s when audiences grew sick of it, though it still pops up occasionally, and even when it does it's often downplayed in some way. |
| 489 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/DreamWorksAnimation Has it's own page]]. |
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