DreamWorks, 'Gromit' Studio End Deal
Financial Losses Lead To Split
POSTED: Wednesday, January 31, 2007
  Photo: DreamWorks Aardman Animations stars Wallace & Gromit in "Curse of the Were-Rabbit" |
LOS ANGELES -- Wallace & Gromit are leaving Hollywood -- for now.DreamWorks Animation SKG said it has ended an exclusive production arrangement with the British maker of the award-winning claymation series "Wallace & Gromit," who won critical acclaim but struggled at the box office. The decision regarding Aardman Animations came after DreamWorks said last year it would take a writedown in the fourth quarter to account for losses from the latest Aardman film, the computer-animated "Flushed Away." DreamWorks has not revealed the size of the writedown, but analysts have suggested it could be more than $100 million.The film cost DreamWorks $142.9 million and took in about $50 million at the box office.Distributed by DreamWorks, Aardman's "Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit" won the Best Animated Feature Oscar last year. An Aardman spokesman, Arthur Sheriff, said that the split is amicable, and the company is continuing to develop both computer-animated and stop-action projects.He said that Aardman intends to announce new distribution plans soon.Prior to its partnership with DreamWorks, two of three "Wallace & Gromit" films won Best Animated Short Oscars.The company also produced the claymation feature hit "Chicken Run."
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