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Sony partners with U.K. toon team.
Just two months after ending its deal with DreamWorks Animation, Aardman Features, the British toon studio behind "Wallace & Gromit" and "Chicken Run," has signed a three-year first-look deal with Sony Pictures.
DreamWorks pulled out of its five-picture deal with Aardman in January following a hugely disappointing performance for last fall's "Flushed Away," a CG toon the two co-produced. Jeffrey Katzenbergled studio had to take a writedown on the pic, which cost more than $130 million and grossed only $179 million worldwide.
DreamWorks also took a writedown on 2005's "Wallace & Gromit: Curse of Were-Rabbit" after grossing just $56 million in the U.S., ...
- Fowl play; Chicken Run was backed by Dreamworks; Brian Sibley wrote a book...
- Magazine article from: Design Week May 19, 2000 700+ words
...The $30m (ukp20m) budget on Chicken Run - it cost ukp1.3m to make A Close...of marketing and promotion, puts Aardman in a different league. The filmmakers...turned down Disney's offer to back Chicken Run). It's a classic tale of small...
- As Chicken Run Fever Hits the Big Screen, Angry Kid Completes Aardman's Double...
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 6, 2000 700+ words
...July 6, 2000 As Chicken Run's animated stars open...across the UK and US, Aardman celebrated a massive...atomfilms.com. About Aardman Aardman is currently recognized...first feature film, `Chicken Run' in the US on June...
- The California Poultry Federation Lays Some Kudo-Filled Eggs on DreamWorks and...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 23, 2000 700+ words
...DreamWorks Pictures and Aardman Studios' upcoming animated release "Chicken Run." That same honor has...The theme park's "Chicken Run Maze" takes guests behind...audiences that although "Chicken Run" tells the story of a...
- Author claims 'Chicken Run' was based on his book.(author Alan Davidson files a...
- Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books June 27, 2003 700+ words
...studio over the animated film 'Chicken Run'. Davidson claims that his book...five years before the release of 'Chicken Run', was "bodily appropriated...the Daily Telegraph. UK-based Aardman Animations is also named in the...
- Aardman Contracts With Data Return-U.K. for Managed Hosting Services.
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 19, 2001 700+ words
...showing on BBC 2), Chicken Run and Angry Kid, as well as Aardman's extranet and...David Sproxton. Aardman Features is a separate...producing feature films. Chicken Run, the first film...200m worldwide. For Aardman enquiries please...
- Aardman deal flushed.(Aardman Animations)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Fritz, Ben January 31, 2007 700+ words
...DreamWorks Animation, Aardman is back on its own...characters and 2000 hit "Chicken Run;" officially terminated...claymation pic made by Aardman and distribbed by DWA...picking up the next Aardman project, even though...and industryites. "Chicken Run" grossed a solid...
- Wallace & Gromit and friends find a new home on the web; World leading model...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire November 19, 2001 700+ words
...showing on BBC 2), Chicken Run and Angry Kid, as well as Aardman's extranet and...David Sproxton. Aardman Features is a separate...producing feature films. Chicken Run, the first film...200m worldwide. For Aardman enquiries please...
- Oscar(R)-Winning Aardman Animations Signs Exclusive Multi-Picture Deal With...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 27, 1999 700+ words
...Summer 2000 release "Chicken Run," the multiple...animation house Aardman Animations and DreamWorks...first began with "Chicken Run," and brings the...which DreamWorks and Aardman will be working...long been a fan of Aardman's extraordinary...Working with them on ...
