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Two janitors working for the world's biggest evil scientist corporation land their own feature film

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:00:00 PST

Two unlucky janitors, working for the world's most diabolical evil scientist corporation are getting their own feature film! The Oni Press comic book Maintenance will be adapted by DreamWorks. So fingers crossed for an adorable toxic spill monster! [THR] More »

Megamind answers the question, "What if Lex Luthor won?"

Cyriaque Lamar — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:45:27 PDT

DreamWorks latest animated outing Megamind infuses the rote battles of serial film superheroes with a heaping of existential malaise. In this fun, fart-joke-free kids' flick, a supercriminal vanquishes his foe...and loses his reason to wake up in the morning. More »

DreamWorks wants to make the Halo movie, but will Microsoft take the risk?

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:00:00 PDT

The success of the latest Halo game has sparked DreamWorks' interest in making a Halo movie. Which on one hand, means Steven Spielberg's potential involvement. But if the movie's garbage, would it set back Halo's very lucrative video-game franchise? [Vulture] More »

Guillermo del Toro will be improving all your Dreamworks animated features from here on out

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:00:00 PDT

Thanks to the popular How To Train Your Dragon, genre legend Guillermo del Toro has signed a deal with Dreamworks as an executive producer hired to help improve all of their animated features. His first project: Trollhunters! [THR] More »

Dreamworks to turn those nightmare troll dolls into a movie

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:00:00 PDT

Remember those awful toys your obnoxious coworkers would litter all over their desks? Dreamworks is keen on turning the hideous troll doll toy line into an animated feature, with a complex mythos. Sounds timely. [THR] More »

Will Ferrell Reveals His Bulbous Blue-Headed Supervillain, Megamind

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:38:59 PDT

The first teaser trailer for Dreamworks' Megamind is out, and it perfectly encapsulates the hilarious insanity that we saw in the preview footage. But wait until you hear supervillain Will Ferrell spar with damsel in distress Tina Fey. More »

First Look At Dreamworks' Supervillain Epic, Megamind

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:33:21 PST

We got an early look at footage of Dreamworks' supervillain epic Megamind. With Will Ferrell as the lead, and Tina Fey as the scrappy reporter, we had high expectations. So was it funny, or a flop? Spoilers ahead... More »

Robots Are Getting Their Own World War Z

Lauren Davis — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:01:23 PST

With zombies, vampires, and ecological disasters destroying the world, it's time robots got another shot at the apocalypse. And soon a book and movie from the writer of How to Survive a Robot Uprising could put humanity under robot rule. More »

Monsters Versus Aliens Dies, See Their Final Halloween Clip

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:52:32 PDT

Monsters Versus Aliens will not become the next CG franchise - sorry, Insectosaurus, you'll have to be put down. Take a look at their last gathering in this Halloween special clip. More »

Star Trek Writers Tackle Xombie's Undead Superhero

Lauren Davis — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:00:00 PDT

In web cartoon turned comic book Xombie, a sentient zombie protects a lone human girl from the mindless undead. Now DreamWorks is in talks to bring Xombie to the big screen, along with Star Trek's Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. More »

Four Gets Smallvilled For Michael Bay's Pleasure

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:00:48 PDT

Despite the massive success of Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen this summer, it's looking more likely that Michael Bay is about to follow through on his robot vacation threat; he's hired writers to script a new movie, and it's bot-free. More »

Bay Swaps Robots For Angst-Ridden Aliens In Number Four

Graeme McMillan — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:00:21 PDT

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With Transformers fast on its way to becoming almost as big as The Dark Knight, Michael Bay and Dreamworks have already announced their next project together... and it doesn't involve robots, in disguise or otherwise. More »

Nothing Can Stop The Ultimate Victory Of Oobermind (Except Oobermind Himself)

Alasdair Wilkins — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:00:00 PDT

Dreamworks recently released their slate of upcoming animated films, and the poster for their 2010 supervillain comedy Oobermind caught our eye. The film features the voices of Robert Downey Jr. and Tina Fey, but what is Oobermind actually about? More »

Meet Rainn Wilson's Army, From Monsters Vs. Aliens Superbowl Trailer

Charlie Jane Anders — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:31:59 PST

Strap on your 3-D glasses and prepare to meet the alien army of Gallaxhar (Rainn Wilson), from the Monsters Versus Aliens teaser that just aired. Looks like Ginormica gets the drop on the would-be overlord. More »

Monsters Versus Aliens Versus Stephen Colbert

Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:00:00 PST

Monsters Versus Aliens isn't just the most important movie of our time — it's also the future of movie-making. Dreamworks' Jeffrey Katzenberg showed us about 20 minutes of MVA, and talked 3-D breakthroughs. Spoiler panic! More »

Dwight Schrute's Giant Robot Holds The World To Ransom

Charlie Jane Anders — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:17:07 PST

We knew Reese Witherspoon had a blast being massively blonde as Ginormica in Monsters Versus Aliens. But I hadn't realized how much fun Rainn Wilson was having as the film's alien villain, Gallaxhar, until I saw this new behind-the-scenes feature from Entertainment Tonight. More »

Dreamworks Makes Our SF Movie Dream A Priority

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:00:06 PST

Newly independent movie studio Dreamworks has put together a list of movies that they're considering "high priority" projects - and amongst them are two movies that you'll probably be seeing a lot more of on this site in the future. One of them, Cowboys & Aliens, we've told you about before, but the second - Well, it may just be our new favorite movie, even if it never gets made. More »

Are You Ready For War With High-Tech Undersea Aliens?

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:20:00 PDT

Writers Alan Kurtzman and Roberto Orci managed to transform the old Transformers franchise into a hit movie, and everyone's hoping they'll do the same for Star Trek. But will they be able to work similar magic with a graphic novel that almost nobody has read, that hasn't even finished publishing in comic-book form? They just signed on to adapt Atlantis Rising, a comic book about underwater aliens who want us to stop polluting the oceans. (But at least the aliens look like porn stars.) More »

Will Steven Spielberg Eviscerate "Ghost in the Shell"?

Annalee Newitz — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:00:00 PDT

Ghost in the Shell, a classic anime cyberpunk flick from the 1990s, has mesmerized fans for years with its brutal-but-philosophical story of what happens to a woman's identity when she merges with technology on physical and psychological levels. Set in 2029, the movie starts out as a pure actioner with our cybercop hero Motoko sleuthing to stop terrorists in New Port City. But as Motoko's fate becomes intertwined with an anomalous, self-defining A.I., the movie veers into 2001-ish surrealism. At last, this brainfarm flick is getting an English remake, but unfortunately it's care of Steven Spielberg. More »

What's Happening With Neil Gaiman's Interworld?

Kevin Kelly — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:20:07 PST

Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves' Interworld has been optioned by Dreamworks Animation a decade after they first pitched it to Hollywood. The story of a boy who can travel between alternate universes is now in the lovely world of development. Although whether that's development hell or development utopia remains to be seen. Click through for the tortured history of Interworld. More »