‘The Croods’ Back for a Sequel

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If you didn’t get enough preshistoric, caveman family antics with DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods last month, then here’s some good news. The studio is moving forward with a sequel to the film which featured the voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Clark Duke, Catherine Keener and Cloris Leachman, and they’re already in negotiations to bring them back. The studio also announced Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders (the team behind How to Train Your Dragon) are returning as writers and directors. It’s good news for the studio after layoffs followed the box office failure of Rise of the Guardians.

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Dreamworks Acquires YouTube Network

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One of the most successful channels to come out of YouTube’s content experiment – AwesomenessTV – just became the first to be acquired by big media.

Dreamworks Animation SKG announced today it is purchasing AwesomnessTV for $33 million in cash and up to $117 million in other consideration if the deal turns out to be a success.

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