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January 23, 2015, 5:18 am
Predictions for the announced round of lay offs at DreamWorks Animation fell short, with the studio announcing Thursday that it will be slashing 500 jobs and taking a $290 million pre-tax charge as part of its feature film business restructure. MarketWatch reports the company’s shares made a 5.5% gain to $22.50 in after-hours trades following the announcement.
January 23, 2015, 5:18 am
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January 23, 2015, 5:18 am
DreamWorks Animation has produced some popular movies, but the company itself has been facing some struggles for a while, and now it seems it has a plan in place to address that. Unfortunately, according to a recent announcement by the company, that plan involves a restructuring that will require 500 jobs to be cut. When precisely those jobs will be nixed hasn't been detailed, though it seems it will be taking place in the relatively near future. In addition, the company will be shifting its creative focus, and that'll mean fewer movies.
January 23, 2015, 5:18 am
Technicolor-PostWorks New York , part of the Technicolor group that provides post-production services for film and television, announced the acquisition of The Room. The studio specializes in finishing was hosted within the premises of Technicolo PostWorks for three years. The agreement involves the integration of the team, equipment and The Room 4K workflow in Technicolor-PostWorks. Ben Murray, founder of The Room, takes the role of Vice President of Creative Services Technicolor-PostWorks. The Room has already worked on projects such as Her, The Giver, Marco Polo.
January 23, 2015, 5:17 am
DreamWorks Animation has some pretty huge issues to deal with, as the studio has been hemorrhaging money over the last few years thanks to numerous notable flops. These problems have led the company to announce a huge reconstruction of their feature film productions, which includes reducing their output from three films a year to just two.
January 23, 2015, 5:17 am
TOKYO — Nippon Animation, one of the oldest animation studios in Japan, is partnering with Shirogumi, the effects house responsible for last year’s animated smash “Stand By Me Doraemon,” to make “Sinbad: The Sky Flying Princess and the Secret Island” (“Sinbad: Sora o Tobu Hime to Himitsu no Shima”), a feature based on the classic tales from the “Arabian Nights.”
January 23, 2015, 5:17 am
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January 23, 2015, 5:17 am
News broke late today that DreamWorks Animation will formally close the doors of Pacific Data Images (PDI) after thirty years of producing such animated hits as Shrek 1-3, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, and providing visual effects for films like Minority Report, AI Artificial Intelligence, and Mission Impossible II. PDI will bear the brunt of the layoffs of more than 500 employees, with some DreamWorks Animation workers also getting their pink slips. The move will be effective immediately.
January 23, 2015, 5:16 am
RE:Vision Effects has released DE:Noise 3, the latest version of its noise-removal tool for editing and compositing software, adding a new noise-reducing filter and GPU support.
January 22, 2015, 5:23 pm
DreamWorks Animation’s goals may have been a little too lofty when it announced plans to start releasing three films a year, admits company chief Jeffrey Katzenberg.
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