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{{Infobox company | {{Infobox company | ||
|image=[[File:DreamWorks Animation 2016 Print.svg|200px]] | |image=[[File:DreamWorks Animation 2016 Print.svg|200px]] | ||
|founded=October 12, 1994 ({{age|1994|10|12}} years ago) | |founded=October 12, 1994 ({{age|1994|10|12}} years ago) <small>(overall)</small><br/>October 27, 2004 ({{age|2004|10|27}} years ago) <small>(animation studio)</small> | ||
|formerly=DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.<br>(2004-2016) | |formerly=DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.<br>(2004-2016) | ||
|founder={{unbulleted list | |founder={{unbulleted list | ||
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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''DreamWorks Animation''' is an American animation studio, considered by many as a successor to [[Amblin Entertainment]]'s feature animation division, [[Amblimation]]. DreamWorks Animation has produced a series of computer-animated films, including ''Shrek'', ''Shark Tale'', ''Madagascar'', ''Over the Hedge'', ''Bee Movie'', ''Kung Fu Panda'', ''Monsters vs. Aliens'', ''How to Train Your Dragon'', and ''Megamind'', among others. It was formed by the merger of the feature animation division of [[DreamWorks Pictures|'''DreamWorks''' Pictures]] and [[Pacific Data Images]] (PDI). Originally formed under the banner of DreamWorks Pictures, it was spun-off into a separate public company | '''DreamWorks Animation''' is an American animation studio, considered by many as a successor to [[Amblin Entertainment]]'s feature animation division, [[Amblimation]]. DreamWorks Animation has produced a series of computer-animated films, including ''Shrek'', ''Shark Tale'', ''Madagascar'', ''Over the Hedge'', ''Bee Movie'', ''Kung Fu Panda'', ''Monsters vs. Aliens'', ''How to Train Your Dragon'', and ''Megamind'', among others. It was formed by the merger of the feature animation division of [[DreamWorks Pictures|'''DreamWorks''' Pictures]] and [[Pacific Data Images]] (PDI). Originally formed under the banner of DreamWorks Pictures, it was spun-off into a separate public company on October 27, 2004. Starting with ''Over the Hedge'', their movies were distributed through [[Paramount Pictures]], who acquired the rest of DreamWorks SKG in February 2006. | ||
In August 2012, DreamWorks Animation signed a five-year distribution deal with [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] (now 20th Century Studios, currently owned by The Walt Disney Company), then a subsidiary of News Corporation (later 21st Century Fox), which began after the release of ''Rise of the Guardians''; and whilst in China, the company formed [[Pearl Studio|Oriental DreamWorks]] (renamed [[Pearl Studio]] in 2018) and in Korea, the company kept its distribution agreement with [[CJ Entertainment]]. | In August 2012, DreamWorks Animation signed a five-year distribution deal with [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] (now 20th Century Studios, currently owned by The Walt Disney Company), then a subsidiary of News Corporation (later 21st Century Fox), which began after the release of ''Rise of the Guardians''; and whilst in China, the company formed [[Pearl Studio|Oriental DreamWorks]] (renamed [[Pearl Studio]] in 2018) and in Korea, the company kept its distribution agreement with [[CJ Entertainment]]. | ||
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On April 28, 2016, Comcast officially announced that it was intended on acquiring DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion, valuing the company at $41 per share. The acquisition was completed on August 22 of that year, and became a unit of NBCUniversal. [[Universal Pictures]] took over distribution rights of DreamWorks Animation's films shortly after the 20th Century Fox deal ended; and they would release their first theatrical DWA film, ''How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World'', on February 22, 2019. As of today however, [[Paramount Global]] still retains the TV (and select streaming) rights to most of the Paramount-distributed DreamWorks Animation films under license from Universal Pictures via Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution, which are also licensed by [[Trifecta Entertainment & Media]] for syndication. In Japan, DreamWorks titles are currently distributed by [[GAGA Corporation|GAGA]] in partnership with Universal's Japanese distributor, Toho-Towa. | On April 28, 2016, Comcast officially announced that it was intended on acquiring DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion, valuing the company at $41 per share. The acquisition was completed on August 22 of that year, and became a unit of NBCUniversal. [[Universal Pictures]] took over distribution rights of DreamWorks Animation's films shortly after the 20th Century Fox deal ended; and they would release their first theatrical DWA film, ''How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World'', on February 22, 2019. As of today however, [[Paramount Global]] still retains the TV (and select streaming) rights to most of the Paramount-distributed DreamWorks Animation films under license from Universal Pictures via Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution, which are also licensed by [[Trifecta Entertainment & Media]] for syndication. In Japan, DreamWorks titles are currently distributed by [[GAGA Corporation|GAGA]] in partnership with Universal's Japanese distributor, Toho-Towa. | ||
''' | '''Notes:''' | ||
*Before 2004, films released by the company had the [[DreamWorks Pictures]] logo. | *Before 2004, films released by the company had the [[DreamWorks Pictures]] logo. | ||
*The general theme used for the logo is a variation of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEtYTEUOPWI Fairytale], from the first Shrek film. | *The general theme used for the logo is a variation of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEtYTEUOPWI Fairytale], from the first Shrek film. | ||
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'''Trivia:''' | '''Trivia:''' | ||
*The boy on the moon was redubbed as the Moon Child to relate to anyone.<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/dreamworks-animation-moon-child-curtain-raiser-1235269225/</ref> | *The boy on the moon was redubbed as the Moon Child to relate to anyone.<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/dreamworks-animation-moon-child-curtain-raiser-1235269225/</ref> As a result, the child's silhouette is now gender-neutral to appeal to more viewers. | ||
*The child's crescent was a moon before, but now the logo is inside a full moon, rather than a crescent. | *The child's crescent was a moon before, but now the logo is inside a full moon, rather than a crescent. | ||
* The sequence lasts 32 seconds and took eight months to create. | * The sequence lasts 32 seconds and took eight months to create. | ||