China's market to more American blockbusters. Dreamworks Animation found success in China last year with "Kung Fu Panda 2," which became the highest-grossing animated movie in China with ticket sales of about $100 million. The Chinese companies will...

Apple agreed in 2009 to pay Chinese computer-display maker Proview about $55,000 for the iPad trademark in a number of countries, documents show, but Proview insists China wasn't included. DreamWorks struck a deal to set up a production studio in...

Staff are already working on over a half-dozen projects and they anticipate producing one animated feature film a year, with its first release set for 2016. "This is going to actually create greater employment at DreamWorks here, more opportunities. I...

All three firms have a history with Dreamworks. Legal counsel for China Media Capital and Shanghai Media Group were not immediatly available. A public relations representative for China Media Capital did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

He saw us fall on our face a few times and continued to support us.” Miller says Katzenberg even contributed some of the best jokes, citing the scene where Puss recounts his childhood story to Kitty Softpaws (voiced by Salma Hayek), and it puts her to...

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Feb. 18, 2012 at 2:41 PM GLENDALE, Calif. , Feb. 18 (UPI) -- DreamWorks Animation said it plans to build a studio in Shanghai to tap what they expect will be "the No. 1 media market in the world." The California-based company reached the agreement...

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Friday, Dreamworks Animation SKG Inc. (NASDAQ:DWA) announced plans to expand into an untapped market: China. In a joint venture with Chinese media companies, the company will build a production studio in Shanghai and expand the brand in a very...

Plenty of obstacles remain, however, before Chinese animators are ready to take on the world. For one, they haven't produced a blockbuster. The 3-D feature "Legend of a Rabbit" cost $12 million to make but grossed only $2.4 million in a limited release...

Dreamworks Animation SKG Inc, the California based animation studio behind Shrek, plans to build a production studio in Shanghai with some of China's biggest media companies, a landmark deal that gives the company a foothold in one of the largest...

China Media Capital, Shanghai Media Group and Shanghai Alliance Investment. The deal was announced on Friday while Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping was visiting Los Angeles at the end of a United States (US) tour. The family entertainment company...

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Oriental DreamWorks, Shanghai Media Group, China Media Capital and Shanghai Alliance Investment Ltd. plan to produce original films and TV programs for the Chinese market. The deal also may involve other projects, including live entertainment, theme...

Panda” films, formed a venture with Chinese state-owned companies to develop entertainment projects there. The agreement with China Media Capital and two other groups will create Oriental DreamWorks. DreamWorks Animation will own about 45 percent of the...

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DreamWorks said. The company also will pursue live entertainment, theme parks, mobile, online, interactive games and consumer products, a model similar to media giant Walt Disney’s. “Our goal is, for five or 10 years from now, to have the leading...