DreamWorks has closed an animation project featuring Hugh Jackman
DreamWorks Animation canceled production of the animated movie "Young Hooligans", the characters of which were supposed to be voiced by popular Hollywood actors Margot Robbie, Naomi Watts, Rose Byrne, Hugh Jackman, Ben Mendelssohn and others. This is reported by The Wrap with reference to the director of the cartoon Tim Minchin. "Recently I have been working on three continents without seeing my children, not getting enough sleep and not being able to practice playing the piano. And just a couple of days ago, an animated movie that I dedicated the last four years of my life was closed by the new management of the studio." , - said in the statement of the director. The reasons for this decision are not specified. After the cancellation of the production of "Young Hooligans", DreamWorks Animation has no releases left in 2018. In 2019, the schedule still includes How to Train Your Dragon 3, which is expected to be presented to viewers in March. As a reminder, DreamWorks Animation was acquired by NBCUniversal. Shortly thereafter, it announced the restructuring and layoff of 500 employees and a decrease in the number of animation projects produced by the studio. Some cartoons have lost their previously announced distribution schedules, such as Madagascar 4. The Topic of Article: DreamWorks has closed an animation project featuring Hugh Jackman. |
