The famed fictional sailor has gone through a lot of re-tellings throughout the years; from his original Arabian Night tales he has since had a TV series made, gave his name to a questionably funny comedian and even let Brad Pitt be his voice in a Dreamworks animated movie. This year the sailor will once again be in animated form, but this time he will be getting the anime makeover. Nippon Animati...
Turbo Studio: Dreamworks Publisher: 20th Century Fox Format: Blu-ray (reviewed), Blu-ray 3D, DVD Release Date: 12/03/2014 Price: $43.95 (AU) – Available Here Overview Turbo is one of the latest 3D animated films from Dreamworks Animation and tells the story of a day dreaming snail with a huge passion for racing who finds himself with the power to travel faster than an F1 car. From the makers...
Need for Speed Studio: DreamWorks Pictures Publisher: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Format: Cinema 2D (Reviewed), Cinema 3D Release Date: March 13, 2014 Overview Car-culture has enjoyed a resurgence in the film industry thanks solely to the Fast & The Furious franchise. However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for another racer. Enter Need for Speed, based on the best-sell...
Dreamworks is putting the pedal to the metal in promoting the Need for Speed movie, aiming to get your heart racing with the Super Bowl spot “Pulse”. You can view the 30-second, adrenaline-fueled trailer embedded at the bottom of this article. Its story may be derivative and uninspired – the source material isn’t exactly Shakespearean – but clearly the production is f...
National Rugby League legend Scott Prince has launched National Dads & Daughters Day to celebrate the release of DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods on DVD and Blu-ray on December 4. To launch the day, Prince hosted a fun picnic in Sydney’s Entertainment Quarter, which was attended by many, including some of Scott’s NRL friends, one of which being Matt Cooper (pictured above). Also a child...
This holiday season, Namco Bandai are releasing two brand new combo packs for Nintendo consoles based on famous Dreamworks movies. The DS and 3DS pack features two games based around some of Dreamworks’ latest animated films, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted and The Croods: Prehistoric Party. The latter is also included in a combo pack for the Wii along with Rise of the Guardians: The Vide...
As the title would suggest, Dreamworks studio have secured the rights to produce a movie adaptation of the popular EA franchise Need For Speed. It was announced during a joint press conference between the CEO of Dreamworks Stacey Snider and EA President of Studios Frank Gibeau. George and John Gatins have developed the original screenplay for the movie with it said to be based around the series as...
Paramount Pictures have just released the full official Australian trailer for Madagascar 3 – Europe’s Most Wanted. That’s right folks, there’s a third outing on the way for Dreamworks’ bizarre quartet. Still trying to make their way back to New York, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe are as usual accompanied by the thunder steal...
Cowboys & Aliens Studios: Fairview Entertainment, K/O Paper Products, Platinum Studios, Imagine Entertainment Distributors: Universal Pictures (US)/ Dreamworks (Int.) Starring: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde Director: Jon Favreau Release: Out Now Overview Now, when you hear a movie entitled “Cowboys & Aliens,” you may hear alarm bells ringing in your head. How can a movie featur...
Kung Fu Panda 2 Published by: THQ Developed by: Griptonite Games Platforms: Xbox 360- Kinect Required (reviewed), PlayStation 3, Wii, DS Release Date: May 24, 2011 Price: $49.99 Overview: Who hasn’t left the movie theater after seeing a kung-fu movie and thought to themselves ‘I could totally do all of those moves in the movie now.’ We all have, mostly while we were younger and thought we could do...
Kung Fu Panda 2 is coming on the 24th of May, 2011. The game is likely to launch in Australia around June to coincide with the launch of the film locally. The game takes place immediately after the events of the first movie; with Po battling Master Shen. Players are tasked with saving Gongman City from the various sinister groups plaguing the area, as well as saving Kung Fu. Players must defeat gr...