![]() ![]() Nicole Kidman To Star, Justin Kurzel To Direct 'Mice' Aussie Package Produced By Blossom, Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories & Thirdbornĭespite its early hurdles, Pacific Standard has made its mark. A studio development deal isn’t in the cards yet, Papandrea said, because “I’m an independent producer at heart,” explaining that each project has unique characteristics that appeal to different studios. ![]() 1 on the New York Times bestseller list that grabbed studios’ attention. Papandrea revealed that when they sent Gone Girl to the studios “no one read it.” It was when the novel hit No. However, even with Witherspoon’s name attached, the duo hasn’t always had it so easy getting the studios on board. After a “dating period” as Witherspoon describes it, the duo were able to hone in on their goal of producing “interesting roles for women.” After acquiring the manuscript to Wild, her agent put her in contact with Padandreas and Witherspoon sent her Wild and Gone Girl. Witherspoon’s decision to start her own production came three years ago when her husband suggested that she option some books and turn them into movies. Witherspoon attributes their successful partnership to the fact that they share the goal of “creating movies with the woman at the center.” So it’s probably not a good idea to send them material where the female lead is just a wife or a girlfriend. She continues, “Women make up 50% of our population, they should make up 50% of the movies that we see,” which the audience greeted with thunderous applause.ĭuring the discussion moderated by producer Will Packer, Witherspoon and Papandrea made it very clear that they’re in the business of making films with strong female leads. This logo does not appear on Shrek Forever After or Puss in Boots, as they were not produced at PDI, but rather at the main DreamWorks studio in Glendale.One thing was made clear today at the Produced by Conference held at the Paramount lot – don’t ask Pacific Standard founders Reese Witherspoon ( Hot Pursuit, Wild) and Bruna Papandrea ( Warm Bodies, All Good Things) to define what a film for women is unless you are “trying to kick the hornets nest.” As Witherspoon explains, “the films we make aren’t just for women.” It’s about an accurate portrayal of the society. This variant also appeared on the short films Megamind: The Button of Doom and Rocky and Bullwinke as well as the television special Shrek the Halls. The later version is seen on the later films from the studio, starting with Shrek the Third and ending with their final film, Penguins of Madagascar. Later Variant: Starting with Shrek the Third, only the PDI text is used, and the logo is now centered and larger.Īudio: None or the closing theme of the movie.Īvailability: The original version appears at the end of Shrek (the logo's debut), Shrek 2 and Madagascar as well as the short film The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper. The words are separated by DW's "Moon Boy" symbol, which is rotated to the right in this logo. The words " PDI" and " DREAM WORKS" appear next to each other in the DreamWorks font. The studio's biggest hit was the 2004 film Shrek 2. On January 22, 2015, PDI/DreamWorks closed its doors as part of a restructuring of DreamWorks Animation due to the box office flop of Penguins of Madagascar. The studio was purchased by DreamWorks in 2000 and was renamed PDI/DreamWorks, in which the two companies worked within a single entity, comprised of the original PDI studio in Redwood City and the DreamWorks campus in Glendale, which became DreamWorks Animation. In 1998, PDI collaborated with the feature animation division of DreamWorks SKG to produce the feature film Antz. Some of its early projects included the TV special The Last Halloween with Hanna-Barbera, the 1989 PBS logo with John LePrevost, the NBC "Let's All Be There" ID promotional film with Harry Marks, and the "Homer³" segment from The Simpsons S7 episode "Treehouse of Horror VI" with Gracie Films and Film Roman. Pacific Data Images was founded in 1980 by Carl Rosendahl in Sunnyvale, California (a suburb of Silicon Valley and San Francisco) his partners Richard Chuang and Glenn Entis wrote the company's computer software one year later on a DEC PDP-11/44, which transitioned into a DEC VAX-11/780, which was to be a part of the studio's goal to incorporate computer graphics into the entertainment field. ![]()
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