“DreamWorks Animation’s Line-Up Through 2012 Announced”
FirstShowing.net covers DreamWorks animation slate through 2012:
How to Train Your Dragon — March 26th, 2010
Shrek Forever After — May 21st, 2010
Oobermind — November 5th, 2010
Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom — June 3rd, 2011
The Guardians — November 4th, 2011
Puss in Boots — March 30th, 2012
Madagascar 3 — May 27th, 2012
We had a discussion here about the importance of release dates. And you can see that DreamWorks has the most confidence in three sequels — Shrek, Panda, Madagascar — by the primo dates they’ve been given (early summer), while Guardians and Oobermind have secondary slots (November), and Dragon and Puss have been given third tier dates (March).
Three other movies in development, one of which will get the November, 2012 slot:
The Croods — Directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco. Previously an Aardman Animations collaboration known as Crood Awakening. A comedy set in the Stone Age about a caveman named Crood whose status in the village is threatened by the arrival of a prehistoric genius who comes up with revolutionary new inventions.
Truckers — Derived from the first book in Terry Pratchett’s The Bromeliad Trilogy. Slumdog Millionaire screenwriter Simon Beaufoy is adapting. A story about the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now struggle to survive hidden amongst humans in a department store.
Super Secret Ghost Project — Not much known about this project, except that it will “ask what ghosts think about humans.” Sounds a bit like Monsters Inc. maybe?
This slate represents an expansion of DreamWorks animation releases and underscores how animated movies have evolved into four-quadrant films.
Truckers looks especially interesting to me, matching up author Terry Pratchett with screenwriter Simon Beaufoy.