During the 13 years since Pixar unveiled its computer-animated “Toy Story,” CG filmmakers have tackled one major stylistic hurdle after another, perfecting photorealistic fur, skin and water, complex ...

Dreamworks closes PDI studio. How could this have happened? The Studio PDI/Dreamworks with hits like “Shrek” and “Madagascar,” the successful animation studio PDI/Dreamworks will be closing. It should ...

DreamWorks Animation’s goals may have been a little too lofty when it announced plans to start releasing three films a year, admits company chief Jeffrey Katzenberg. “Making three films a year was too ...

The PDI/DreamWorks headquarters is easy to miss in this remote Redwood City office complex, wedged anonymously between two high-tech companies, with a sign smaller than your average dentist's office.

Still reeling from the phenomenal success of Shrek (the 15th highest grossing film of all time), DreamWorks is moving ahead with another PDI animated project, Madagascar.

In the lobby of a modest office building on Park Boulevard in Palo Alto, a small awards case sits with a noticeable gap on the top shelf. It's flanked by two Emmys and two buglike statuettes. Workers ...