KATZENBERG: A FRONT-ROW SEAT AT THE MOVIES
Few people know Hollywood better than Jeffrey Katzenberg, the onetime wunderkind who by the time he was in his thirties had already been an executive at Paramount Pictures and was running the motion picture studio at Walt Disney. After a much publicized falling out with then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner and a subsequent court settlement that made him a very wealthy man, Katzenberg started DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen... Read Full Story
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. on Tuesday reported second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street forecasts and said cheaper advertising and its bigger film lineup will mean cost savings ahead. The animated movie house has committed to producing five movies every two years, up from four previously, and has said all of them will be produced in 3-D. Its first 3-D movie, "Monsters vs. Aliens," has grossed $377 million worldwide since its March release, around half of which came from theaters... Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc will release five feature films every two years, adding an additional film every other year to its existing two picture-a-year release schedule going forward, Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg told investors on Thursday. The company's slate through 2012 now includes eight feature films, including five original films and three sequels based on its " Shrek ", " Madagascar " and " Kung Fu Panda " franchises. All DreamWorks Animation films... Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc will release five feature films every two years, adding an additional film every other year to its existing two picture-a-year release schedule going forward, Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg told investors on Thursday. The company's slate through 2012 now includes eight feature films, including five original films and three sequels based on its "Shrek", "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda" franchises. All DreamWorks Animation films are... Read Full Story
Dreamworks and the celebrity cast celebrated the drop of Kung Fu Panda ( the #1 animated movie of the year globally) at Grauman's Chinese Theater along with the debut of Po's new adventure story, Secrets of the Furious Five which caused a Panda-monium Double Pack on Sunday, Nov. 9.
Attending this event were Angelina Jolie (Tigress) (seen below with Po)
Jack Black (Po), Dustin Hoffman (Shifu) and Jeffrey Katzenberg along with Kung Fu Panda's John Stevenson (Director) and Melissa Cobb... Read Full Story
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc will release five feature films every two years, adding an additional film every other year to its existing two picture-a-year release schedule going forward, Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg told investors on Thursday. The company's slate through 2012 now includes eight feature films, including five original films and three sequels based on its "Shrek", "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda" franchises. All DreamWorks Animation films are available in 3D. Katzenberg... Read Full Story
Are you willing to put on 3D glasses in the theater again — especially if today’s glasses are way cooler than those red-and-blue tinted ones, and the animation comes from the maker of Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda?
Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG, unveiled the new glasses and scenes from the studio’s 3D movie, “Monsters vs. Aliens,” at AMC River East 21 Theaters on Monday. The movie will be the first computer-generated animation story with a female lead, and... Read Full Story
Few people know Hollywood better than Jeffrey Katzenberg, the onetime wunderkind who by the time he was in his thirties had already been an executive at Paramount Pictures and was running the motion picture studio at Walt Disney. After a much publicized falling out with then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner and a subsequent court settlement that made him a very wealthy man, Katzenberg started DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. DreamWorks Animation was spun off from its parent... Read Full Story
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is about Jeffrey Katzenberg. Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article... Read Full Story
You would think Jeffrey Katzenberg had to be one of those kids with movie posters plastering his bedroom walls - images of “Pinocchio,” “Peter Pan,” “Dumbo,” all of his favourite animated fantasies.
How could the studio executive who oversaw the resurrection of one animated kingdom at Disney and created another at DreamWorks be anything but a cartoon geek from childhood?
Jeffrey Katzenberg says he is running his own dream factory .
(Canadian Press... Read Full Story
