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GLENDALE, Calif., Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) today announced that the Company's third quarter results will be released on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, after the market close. DreamWorks Animation will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, at 4:30 p.m. (ET). Investors can access the call by dialing (800) 230-1059 in the U.S. and (612) 234-9960 internationally and identifying "DreamWorks...

GLENDALE, Calif., Sept. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New distributor Twentieth Century Fox today unveiled DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: DWA) feature film release slate for 2013 to 2016, which includes twelve CG animated films in four years - a major industry first. The following DreamWorks Animation films will be distributed by Fox: The Croods for March 22, 2013, Turbo for July 19, 2013 and Mr. Peabody & Sherman for November 1, 2013; Me and My Shadow for March 14, 2014,...

GLENDALE, Calif., Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) today announced that the Company has entered into a new five-year distribution agreement with Twentieth Century Fox. Under the terms of the agreement, Fox will assume certain marketing and distribution responsibilities in both domestic and international markets for all animated feature films produced by DreamWorks Animation for release in 2013 through 2017. "Fox has long been an...

SHANGHAI, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Oriental DreamWorks, one of the largest international investment projects in China, today officially announced the establishment of its headquarters in Shanghai Xuhui. At 9:00 a.m. at the Shanghai Xuhui Riverside Planning Exhibition Hall, a signing ceremony and press conference was jointly held by Xuhui District Committee of CPC, the People's Government of Xuhui District, Shanghai Municipality, China Media Capital and DreamWorks Animation SKG,...

LOS ANGELES, July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Inner-City Arts, an arts education provider based in downtown Los Angeles, today announced The DreamWorks Animation Charitable Foundation, Inc. has donated a grant in the amount of $250,000 over five years in continued support of the DreamWorks Animation Academy at Inner-City Arts, which provides instruction in digital media, film-making and graphic design to Los Angeles area students. Non-profit Inner-City Arts, now in its twenty-third...

GLENDALE, Calif., July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Classic Media, owner of one of the most extensive portfolios featuring many of the best-known and most-enduring franchises in all of family entertainment, for $155 million in cash from Boomerang Media Holdings I LLC, a portfolio company of Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR. Classic...

GLENDALE, Calif., July 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: DWA) Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - the 3D third installment in the blockbuster hit franchise about the Central Park Zoosters and their worldwide adventures - has now become the highest-grossing animated film in Russia's box office history and the third highest-grossing film of all time in Russia. It is the #1 film of the year at the Russian box office and continues to play in theaters...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Triple Five® and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) today announced plans to model a unique indoor theme park at American Dream(TM) at Meadowlands around the beloved characters found in DreamWorks Animation films. American Dream at Meadowlands, a unique retail and entertainment destination, will house the first North American theme park to exclusively feature DreamWorks Animation characters, including favorites from...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Now, millions of Internet users around the world will be able to check in on the famous U.S. born Tai Shan panda bear. Explore.org has set up live HD web cams so the world will be able to get their panda fill by looking into what Tai Shan is up to. Tai Shan became the first Giant Panda born in captivity at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. seven years ago. Millions of onlookers tuned in to a live online stream of the panda...

IRVINE, Calif., June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bring your family to Kung Fu Panda 2, the Academy Award Nominee for Best Animated Feature Film, this Saturday, June 30 at sunset when the Great Park presents this season's final Movie on the Lawn. Kung Fu Panda Po Ping is living his dream as he protects the Valley of Peace together with his friends and kung fu masters. Po must unlock secrets buried in his past to defeat Lord Shen, a villain who plans to use a powerful, secret weapon to...