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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 | '''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'', ''Madagascar'', ''Kung Fu Panda'', ''How to Train Your Dragon'', ''Puss in Boots'', ''The Croods'', ''Trolls'', and ''The Boss Baby'', among others. It was formed by the merger of the feature animation division of [[DreamWorks Pictures|'''DreamWorks''' Pictures]] and [[Pacific Data Images]] (PDI). Originally 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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'''Notes:''' | '''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 general theme used for the logo is a variation of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEtYTEUOPWI Fairytale], from ''Shrek''. | ||
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