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Office Christmas Party Looks Set For Modest Income At Box Office Opening Weekend


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'Office Christmas Party', starring Jason Bateman and Jennifer Anniston, has made a modest $950,000 in its preview showings on Thursday night at 2429 North American locations. Jennifer Aniston at the Office Christmas Premiere in California

Jennifer Aniston at the Office Christmas Party premiere in California

The Josh Gordon-directed film is expected to make between $13 and $15 million across 3210 sites for 'Paramount'. The 15 rated comedy could potentially challenge the Dwayne Johnson-starring 'Moana', as the Disney film looks to top the box office charts for the third week in succession. 

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Has 'Home's' $54 Million Debut Given DreamWorks The Box Office Boost It Needed?


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Dreamworks' newest animated feature Home has topped the box office this weekend, taking an estimated $54 million. The film's opening weekend success means it is already a hit for studio DreamWorks, which has had a difficult time as of late, with recent releases under performing at the box office.

HomeHome has topped the US box office.

The film tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a young girl named Tip and Oh, an outcast alien from outer space. Pop star Rihanna provides the voice of Tip, while ‘Big Bang Theory’ star Jim Parsons is her unlikely accomplice.

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Scarlett Johansson Gets $10 Million For 'Ghost In The Shell'


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Dreamworks executives will be high-fiving for the rest of the week after landing Scarlett Johansson for their forthcoming anime adaptation Ghost in the Shell. It was a huge year for Johansson with Lucy and Captain America: The Winter Soldier doing massive business and she's about to star in Age of Ultron and Civil War.

Scarlett JohanssonScarlett Johansson is returning to Asia for 'Ghost in the Shell'

However, perhaps her most interesting project to date is Ghost - based on the Japanese anime created by Masamune Shirow and serialized in 1989. It tells the story of Motoko Kusanagi, a member of the covert counter cyber-terrorist organisation which specializes in fighting technological crime in the 21st century in Japan. It's basically awesome. The series was previously adapted into a movie in 1995, which spawned a sequel in 2004. 

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Is DreamWorks Animation About To Be Bought By A Japanese Company For $3.4 Billion?


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DreamWorks Animation could be on the verge of being bought by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, for the hefty price of $3.4 billion, it has been reported. 

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The Hollywood Reporter writes that “a source with knowledge of the situation”, has said that the company is in talks to acquire the studio, in a deal that would see the company valued at $3.4 billion.

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Penguins Of Madagascar Trailer Sees Cumberbatch As "Super-Duper-Smooth" Agent [Trailer + Pictures]


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Having stolen nearly every scene in Madagascar – so much so they got their own TV spin-off - Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private  star in their own spy action thriller Penguins of Madagascar, set to his cinemas on November 26. And we’ve got a brand new trailer.

Penguins of MadagascarThe guys are back

Barring the scientific inaccuracies that see the titular Penguins survive in any given climate, PoM looks like the kind of raucous fun you’d expect from Dreamworks Animation who will hoping to prolong the success of the Madagascar franchise with yet another box office hit; the last film in the trilogy - Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted -grossed $746 million worldwide.

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What Is It About Animated Sequels?


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In a Hollywood atmosphere that currently seems obsessed with stretching even the most moderate of box-office successes into a full blown franchise, sequels and prequels are a ubiquitous presence in cinema multiplexes. But in the world of animated cinema, where the construction of a film requires infinitely more hard work and dedication than a live action picture, sequels tend to emerge that better the original- a much rarer occurrence amongst many Hollywood pictures.

How To Train Your Dragon 2Gerard Butler stars in How To Train Your Dragon 2 which has won copious plaudits.

That’s not to say there aren’t a few howlers either, animated studios such as Pixar and Disney are just as susceptible as the rest of the film world in dispensing some truly woeful and misguided follow ups. The likes of Cars 2 and Rio 2 left no-one with the life affirming sense of warmth that truly brilliant animated films of this type should provide. As is universally recognised, a mark of greatness from an animated film is its ability to simultaneously appeal to children and the adults who accompany them to the big screen. The likes of Shrek 1 & 2 and the Toy Story trilogy are prime examples of catering for both age groups through crafty pop culture references and subtle entendre.

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Rihanna Working On A Concept Album For Dreamworks Animated Feature


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Rihanna is reportedly following up her 2012 album Unapologetic with a concept album for an animated film, Home. This is according to Dreamworks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, who revealed the news in a conference call announcing the studio’s fourth-quarter and 2013 year-end results, Variety report.

RihannaRihanna will be starring and providing the musical backdrop for Dreamworks' 'Home'

“In addition to her starring role, Rihanna will record the score for the movie and release an original concept album with songs from the film,” Katzenberg said. Rihanna will voice the main protagonist, Gratuity ‘Tip’ Tucci, in the film, and will likely perform some of the songs on the album within the movie itself. Big Bang Theory actor Jim Parsons, Jennifer Lopez and Steve Martin also star.

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DreamWorks Buy YouTube Channel AwesomenessTV


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AwesomenessTV, a YouTube channel for teenagers, has been snapped up by Dreamworks for the grand sum of $33m as the studio attempts to delve into the world of online content.

"AwesomenessTV is one of the fastest growing content channels on the internet today and our acquisition of this groundbreaking venture will bring incredible momentum to our digital strategy," DreamWorks Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg said. Hollywood veteran Brian Robbins - the founder and chief executive officer of AwesomenessTV – is to remain in his position as he is, "cultivating the brand's distinctive content," DreamWorks said. In addition, Mr. Robbins "will assume an executive role at the studio to develop a DreamWorks Animation branded digital family channel." Katzenberg added: "We want to let Brian do what Brian's been doing. We also have talked about what we think are going to be some additional great collaborations with Brian on YouTube and ways in which the DreamWorks brand can serve as a valuable, defining brand for him."

With 57,000 YouTube channels and 14.4 million subscribers, AwesomenessTV’s 1 million videos on the network have been seen 809 million times. It has programs like IMO (In My Opinion), a teen girl talk show, as well as comedies, dramas, music, and stand-alone videos like ‘How to Be the Perfect Babysitter.’ Rachel Egan, a spokeswoman for ad-buying network TubeMogul, said the purchase "seems like a broad recognition by DreamWorks that their younger audience — like the rest of us — are increasingly streaming content online, on mobile devices and in social media."

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Video - A Viking And Dragon Promote 'How To Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular'


A man dressed as a Viking and a person dressed in a large baby dragon suit are out on the streets of Toronto promoting 'How To Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular' based on the Academy Award nominated film produced by Dreamworks Animation.

'Live Spectacular' is an arena show the debuted earlier this year in Australia featuring acrobatic performances and animatronic dragons. An ice skating version called 'How To Train Your Dragon On Ice' is currently being shown on cruise ship Allure of the Seas from the Royal Caribbean fleet

Emily Browning To Star In 'Alice In Wonderland With Guns'


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Australian actress Emily Browning is set to take the lead role in SUCKER PUNCH, it has been revealed.

The part was set to be filled by MAMMA MIA! star Amanda Seyfried, but it seems she has now dropped out of the role.

Sucker Punch, which is helmed by WATCHMEN director Zack Synder, is described as "Alice in Wonderland with machine guns".

Zack also co-wrote the script with Steve Shibuya and work on the production is set to start in September of this year.

Emily, who was last seen in horror film The Uninvited, first hit the big screen with a leading part in LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Meanwhile, Watchmen has been replaced by the new Dreamworks animation MONSTERS VS ALIENS as the film with the highest grossing weekend in the US this year.

The superhero flick clocked up $55.2 million (£39 million), compared to the $58.2 million made by the Kiefer Sutherland voiced hit.

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Michelle Levinson and Dreamworks - Michelle Levinson, Lilah Levinson and Barry Levinson New York City, USA - New York premiere of the Dreamworks animation 'Bee Movie' at Lincoln Square 13 Thursday 25th October 2007

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