Yarrow Cheney in the News
Illuminating Dr. Seuss’s Mean One! The new CG-animated feature The Grinch digs deeper into the world of the favorite holiday curmudgeon.
Congratulations, Steve and Karen!
Pasek and Paul Writing Songs for Blue Sky’s First Animated Musical
Karen Disher (“Daria”) and Steve Martino (“The Peanuts Movie”) will co-direct the picture from a script by Tim Federle (“Ferdinand”) with Oscar winners Benji Pasek and Justin Paul set to write the songs for the upcoming Blue Sky Studios project. The family film has the working title “Foster” and will reunite the musical duo with their “La La Land” producer Marc Platt. It hits theaters on March 5, 2021.
Rodrigo Blaas in the News
Animation Magazine Interview: "Into the Deep End"
DreamWorks’ new Netflix series Trollhunters digs into a rich mythology mixed with scary moments, humor and character developed by creator and executive producer Guillermo del Toro. Del Toro conceived the project as an animated film he would direct and brought aboard collaborators such as Rodrigo Blaas, whose animated short Alma caught his eye; Christine Steinberg (Rise of the Guardians); Marc Guggenheim (Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, the Green Lantern movie); and Dan Hageman (The Lego Movie).
Chris Wedge in the News
CS Interview: Director Chris Wedge Talks "Monster Trucks"
This weekend, Paramount Pictures will release "Monster Trucks," the live-action debut of lauded animation director Chris Wedge (Ice Age, Epic), founder of Blue Sky Studios. "Monster Trucks" is a super fun kids movie in the spirit of ’80s Amblin films or Disney live-action movies of the ’60s and ’70s. Stars Lucas Till, Jane Levy and Thomas Lennon are all terrific, and the cute monster Creech is an adorable and inventive big screen creature.
Rodrigo Blaas in the News
Netflix's 'Trollhunters' Review: Guillermo del Toro Crafts an Animated Adventure Classic
If the rest of Netflix's new original content is half as good as 'Trollhunters' (which boasts former Pixar animator Rodrigo Blaas, who directed the short film 'Alma,' as a showrunner), then we're in for a immense treat. 'Trollhunters' manages to craft a joyful, yet high-stakes fictional world where a wonderful, dangerous magic is just out of sight, ready to take you if you let it.
Tim Johnson and ‘Everest’ peaking on September 27, 2019
‘How To Train Your Dragon 3’ Flies To 2019; Uni’s DWA To Scale ‘Everest’
Oriental DreamWorks’ Everest will hit theaters on Friday, September 27, 2019. The movie follows a group of misfits who encounter a young Yeti named Everest and they set off to reunite the magical creature with his family on the mountain of his namesake. Tim Johnson ('Home,' 'Over The Hedge') and Todd Wilderman ('Open Season 2') are directing from a script by William Davies ('How to Train Your Dragon,' 'Puss In Boots'). Suzanne Buirgy ('Home,' 'Kung Fu Panda 2') is producing.
Kudos to Yarrow Cheney -- Barking up the Right Trees
‘The Secret Life Of Pets’ Woofs It Past $500M At International Box Office
The total global gross on the Yarrow Cheney- and Chris Renaud-helmed movie is now $866.5M. Overseas, the movie opened No. 1 in 45 markets along the rollout which began in late June. The domestic cume is $366.3M. There, it had the best opening for an original film, animated or otherwise. In a big year for animation, Pets is the 6th highest-grossing film of 2016 at the worldwide box office.
Carlos Saldanha in the News
Fox Animation Picks Up ‘The Girl Who Drank The Moon’
Fox Animation has acquired the rights to Kelly Barnhill's widely acclaimed children’s fantasy novel 'The Girl Who Drank the Moon.' Carlos Saldanha, director of Fox/Blue Sky’s 'Rio,' will produce with Maresa Pullman through their company, BottleCap Productions.
Andrew Adamson in the News
Andrew Adamson Directing Haunting Love Story for Amazon
Amazon Studios is developing an untitled spec it has recently acquired with “Chronicles of Narnia” and “Shrek” helmer Andrew Adamson attached to direct. Sources describe the film as a haunting love story with elements of “Memento” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.”
Ramsey Naito in the News
DreamWorks Animation Unveils First Teaser for ‘Boss Baby’ Feature
Directed by Tom McGrath, produced by Ramsey Naito and Denise Cascino, written by Michael McCullers, and inspired by Marla Frazee’s award-winning picture book of the same name, 'The Boss Baby' is billed as “a hilariously universal story about how a new baby’s arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative seven-year-old named Tim.”