Shrek might find a home in the swamps of northern New Jersey.
The Hollywood studio that created the green ogre and the wisecracking zoo animals of "Madagascar" announced Wednesday it had agreed to license its characters, storytelling and technology for a theme park at a long-stalled and vacant megamall in the Meadowlands.
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, in a joint statement with the mall developer, said the indoor theme park 10 miles west of New York City would create "a unique and innovative family entertainment experience."
The company says at this time its only involvement will be licensing the rights to its characters and storytelling. The American Dream mall in East Rutherford would be the first wholly themed DreamWorks park. Dreamworld, a theme park in Australia, features some DreamWorks characters but not exclusively.
The studio was looking for a U.S. presence and thought the mall site near New York would be a good fit,...
The Hollywood studio that created the green ogre and the wisecracking zoo animals of "Madagascar" announced Wednesday it had agreed to license its characters, storytelling and technology for a theme park at a long-stalled and vacant megamall in the Meadowlands.
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, in a joint statement with the mall developer, said the indoor theme park 10 miles west of New York City would create "a unique and innovative family entertainment experience."
The company says at this time its only involvement will be licensing the rights to its characters and storytelling. The American Dream mall in East Rutherford would be the first wholly themed DreamWorks park. Dreamworld, a theme park in Australia, features some DreamWorks characters but not exclusively.
The studio was looking for a U.S. presence and thought the mall site near New York would be a good fit,...
- 7/11/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Ghanaian-born Brit, John Akomfrah has more than 20 films on his resume, including his seminal work, Handsworth (1986) – a film about racial and civil strife in 1980s Britain (a theme that pervades his oeuvre).
Other titles include Seven Songs for Malcolm X (1993), Martin Luther King: Days of Hope (1997) and The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1999).
In 1982, he co-founded the Black Audio Film Collective, whose objective was to address issues of Black British identity.
In the below 64-minute video, Akomfrah speaks with Alan Marcus for the University of Aberdeen’s Director’s Cut series, about his works, and his use of cinema to explore issues of racial strife and otherness.
Click to play:
(h/t Bombastic Element)...
Other titles include Seven Songs for Malcolm X (1993), Martin Luther King: Days of Hope (1997) and The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1999).
In 1982, he co-founded the Black Audio Film Collective, whose objective was to address issues of Black British identity.
In the below 64-minute video, Akomfrah speaks with Alan Marcus for the University of Aberdeen’s Director’s Cut series, about his works, and his use of cinema to explore issues of racial strife and otherness.
Click to play:
(h/t Bombastic Element)...
- 3/14/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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