‘The Croods 2’ Cancelled at DreamWorks Animation

thank fuck

>>87637509
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>>87637509
fpbp

>>87637501
Good, they all looked like retarded cavemen anyways. Fuck this shit and actually make something of quality for once.

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>>87637501
>they actually considered making a Croods 2

When will DreamWorks make good movies again?

>>87637600
When Shrek 5 comes out

>>87637501
>Universal Pictures Chairman Donna Langley met with workers at DreamWorks Animation’s Glendale headquarters Thursday to confirm that production of “The Croods 2” was being stopped immediately.

>Some 30 employees who have been working on the film, launched 3 1/2 years ago, will be looking for new jobs. The workers were told DreamWorks Animation hopes to keep them at the company. Some could be shifted to other film projects, while others might be put into training or “artistic development” programs, according to an individual at Universal, who asked not to be named.


>Trouble was already evident in August, when the companies announced that an expected 2017 release would be pushed back into 2018.

Original sauce: http://variety.com/2016/film/news/dreamworks-animation-universal-kill-croods-2-sequel-1201916453/

>>87637600
when they make kung fu panda 4

>>87637501
>no new sexy Eep
NO but probably for the best.

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>tfw working on a project for 3.5 years and it gets cannned

>>87639045
>3.5 years
Has it really been that long?

>How to Train Your Dragon 3 in 2018.

Its really going to take that fucking long? What the fuck.

Oh good, I hope this frees up their budget for far more deserving sequels such as Trolls 2, Home 2, Turbo 2, and maybe another Madagascar because why the fuck not.

>>87637530
>looked like retarded cavemen
I MEAN

>>87638970
>3 1/2 years ago

What the raw blue fuck?

>>87639069
Just a year and a half anon.

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>>87637501
I was really looking forward to this..
I adored the first movie and the Netflix show was great...
What do I have to look forward to now?

>>87637501
aaww, that sucks I really digged all the different colorful backgrounds from the first one

whatever happened with the movie about a guy interacting with his shadow, did they cancel that one completely too?

>>87639069
Fuck it feels so far away

>>87639672

Wreck It Ralph 2
Frozen 2
Zootopia 2

We're living in golden age of Disney animation! Dreamworks always sucked.

>>87637501
Are we living in the best possible timeline?

>>87639036
...New sexy Eep? W-what do you mean?

>>87640122
Eep, one of the main characters of the movie, is a muscular yet feminine qt ginger monkey girl who leaps around in a form-fitting backless minidress. Having hardly any social skills, she doesn't attempt at all to hide her lust for the relatable main human character. Presumably a sequel would have more of that, but better. More leaping. More skin. More poorly handled arousal.

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>>87640187
If they hadn't fucked up the character designs and gone with Chris Sander's originals, this movie would be considered one of the /co/ classic all time greats.

>>87640028
Disney shills need to be beheaded.

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>>87637509
>>87637522
>>87637530
>not enjoying the surprisingly good film that is The Croods

>>87640400
I honestly don't care if it was good for what it was

I don't want ugly cavemen

>all this hate for the Croods
Man, I want in ready to hate the movie, but it really won me over. It wasn't at the same level of Shrek, Kung-fu Panda or HTTYD, but I'd say it's a high-tier Dreamworks. It was really enjoyable and the father's emotional bits were done pretty well.

That being said I'm not mourning the loss of a sequel. I liked the first one, but for a movie like the Croods, I wouldn't put much confidence into their ability to make a good sequel. I'm shocked HTTYD2 and Kung-fu Panda sequels turned out as good as they did.

>>87640462
Same. I'd put right above Shrek and below the Dragon and Panda movies, but I had no faith in their ability to make a good Croods sequel.

Shame, the Croods were surprisingly good.

>>87640376

You jelly pop culture references are not as profitable as before? Get on with times!

>>87639310
Actually wouldn't mind another Madagascar, those are usually pretty funny, especially the penguins.

>>87639045
Ha. Merry Christmas

Did that "Minions" abortion kill any hope for a "Despicable Me 3"?

>>87640930
It will be released in June 2017.

>>87637501
Nothing of value was lost. It was very mediocre. Nicholas Cage was surprisingly good though.

>>87640400
That's the thing; it doesn't need a sequel. The Croods' ending was nice enough, we don't need some asshat fucking up something nice.

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>>87637501

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>>87637501
The animation industry seems to be in a really bad funk lately. Nothing seems to be getting off the ground. Even Pixar, Disney, and CN are giving up on shit. Why is this?

movie wuld have been 100000x better if they got rid of that fucking squeeling sloth character that only made modern LOLSORANDUMB reference and his owner the male character was pretty shit too with his "OH i inventd this thing that people watching take for granted but its brand NEW to us cavemen hahaha am I cool yet?"

>>87639045
It's just oart of the business. Some guy spent five years on an animated adaptation of Cats before Spielberg cancelled it.

He got paid, so

The film was enjoyable but, by lord, the character designs are UGLY. Poor Sanders. His art style was adapted so poorly here. Disney did it fine so why can't Dreamworks?

>>87642134
Over saturated market. Demographic that busied themselves watching movies after movies with little else to keep them occupied. The bait is getting stale but we keep eating it anyway.

>>87642202
Movie execs get rock fucking hard over comic relief characters. I'm not really sure why, children didn't go to the croods so they can see some shitty sloth doing funny animal things and I'm pretty sure no child will ever walk out of the movie saying "golly gee, sloth was sure my favourite character!" (I know I sure as fuck didn't give a shit about any of the comic relief characters when I was a kid), but the execs will continue pushing for a character like that to be in every fucking animated movie because, who the fuck knows.

>>87642484
Dude, are you kidding? Why do you think Minions became so huge?
I was babysitting my neighbors kids once and watched Croods with them on dvd, they loved the DUN DUN DUNNNNN bit and kept repeating it and laughing their asses off.

>>87639672
Original IPs ?

>>87640276
So basically she went from a Chris Sanders-style hottie into that?
While the guy wasn't also made ugly?
Goddammit.

>>87642484

You really don't know the reason why?

Do you know what merchandising is? That's why. Something bright, colorful, and "cute". It fucking prints money.

>>87640417
Everything beautiful always forever. Perfect world.

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It sucks that every time Chris Sanders does designs for a movie, its always deemed "too sexy" and they try to ugly everything up.

I think Lilo and Stitch is the only movie hes ever done where they stuck to his original designs.

>>87643780
That particular guy is supposed to be homo sapiens or cro-magnon or something, he's supposed to be a step above the others in any case. All the men in Eep's family are also ugly.

>>87637600
To be fair, at the time, it was the first movie to make a lot of money for them in a while, you can't blame them for jumping on the chance to make more money off of that.

I was thinking in getting "The Art of The Croods" book. It is good?

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One can assume that means the cartoon wasn't pulling any ratings.

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>>87643976
So many sexy bellies

>>87641588

Agreed. Croods doesn't need a sequel. It didn't even need the last 10 minutes of its ending.

I love this movie so much. It tells a great story about humanity, nature (even with the fantasy elements of the animals and environment), progress, family, and the father character is a great example of portraying a man getting over his own pride while still having the best intentions throughout.

IMO the story maybe should have ended with the death of the father, but the way it actually ended was nice too. I feel like a sequel featuring them just hanging out with animal buddies or something would be pretty weak, but Dreamworks has surprised me before.

Not surprising, it was bland as fuck.

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>>87647078
When people say this, have they actually watch the movie?
It uses colors in a Kung Fu Panda-esque way; the blandness represents their secluded and withdrawn way of life and is that way so it can be contrasted by the vibrancy of the world around them representing Guy's way of life.

Good.

Please tell me Trolls flopped.

>>87647447
I think they are counting on it more to sell a lot of toys than to do well by itself

>>87647506

Yeah, sounds like Dreamworks.

>>87647608
Ever since How To Train Your Dragons sold a surprisingl amount of toys, leading to strong economic stability in an otherwise rough time for Dreamworks, they've been really enthusiastic about chasing that toy high again.

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>no new Croods
>no plans for a Mega Mind sequel
>Monsters vs Aliens got fucked over big time
>Kung Fu Panda 3 wasn't as good as 2
>they're bringing Shrek back
>Boss Baby
I'd say Dreamworks short lived days of making actually decent movies is coming to an end, but I heard Trolls was at the very least entertaining, and HTTYD is still riding strong so who knows?

>>87647678

They've always been like that. Dreamworks has never cared about artistic integrity or whatever. They make movies solely to be franchises. Uh oh, it didn't make million in both domestic AND foreign box office? DEAD! Toys didn't sell? DEAD!

>>87637600
Croods is good, mate
fuck you

>>87648031
Now pretend the cavegirl jailbait wasn't in it.

Still good?

>>87640276
I don't remember this movie looking like a 2004 ps2 FMV

>>87646960
I dunno, I kinda like that bit where he's fretting about what to do.
>What would Guy do, what would GUY do...
>...What would *I* do?

It felt a bit like that dawning consciousness, where he stopped being a caveman and transitioned to modern man. A deeper understanding.

Imagine if you spent 3.5 years of your life on a project only to be told it was being thrown in the trash.

I know work isn't always fun or rewarding but that'd be enough to break any artist's psyche.

>>87648045
Why wouldn't she? She's the main character and important part of the conflict, since she trust the sapiens guy while her dad is jelly.
I don't even feel attracted to her, she's ugly as fuck. The movie was good.

>>87648098
They get paid, you know. It's a job.

If it were a passion project that you poured your heart and soul into, yeah, but if Katzenberg came in and said they were canning the movie about farting dogs you were working on, I don't think there's any love lost.

>>87648125

>movie about farting dogs

Considering Secret Life of Pets was a hit, I wouldn't be surprised if Dreamworks is actually doing that now.

>>87648125

I think the artists at Dreamworks are at least a bit passionate about their work. You're telling me you'd help create the best CGI animation in the world and not feel at least a little proud of it?

Plus, you spend that long on a project this involved, you're gonna feel invested no matter what. All the effort you went through to organize things, the coordinated efforts of your team wasted.

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>>87648045
Yes.

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>>87647678
>leading to strong economic stability in an otherwise rough time for Dreamworks
Didn't exactly help them much though: https://variety.com/2016/biz/news/dreamworks-animation-3-8-billion-nbcuniversal-comcast-1201762634/

>>87648251
They bought them because Comcast wants to increase their stuff they own outside the cable industry. It doesn't mean they are doing poorly.

Pixar is going to get undercut on their Incredibles rehash by Dreamworks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Stuff_the_Little_Devil#Film

By April 2014, DreamWorks Animation was developing a live-action/CGI film based on the character with Lizzie and Wendy Molyneux set to write it. It will be the first DreamWorks Animation film to use live-action and computer-animation.[2] It will be the second DreamWorks animated film to feature characters from the Classic Media library; the first being Mr. Peabody & Sherman.

>>87648312
If I'm not mistaken, Dreamworks has been doing surprisingly poorly until the buyout
http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/commercial/la-fi-dreamworks-office-sale-20150723-story.html
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/breaking-dreamworks-animation-will-shut-down-pdidreamworks-studio-over-500-jobs-will-be-eliminated-108161.html

>>87648345

Oh for fuck's sake. No one knows who that is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreamWorks_Animation#Upcoming_feature_films

Title Release date
The Boss Baby March 31, 2017
Captain Underpants June 2, 2017
Larrikins February 16, 2018
How to Train Your Dragon 3 May 18, 2018
Shadows 2019
Shrek 5 2019/2020

Feature films in development
Title Ref(s)
B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations
Mumbai Musical
Puss in Boots 2: Nine Lives & 40 Thieves
Madagascar 4
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
Everest
Alma
Lidsville
Flawed Dogs
Rumblewick
The Grimm Legacy
Untitled blue-footed booby film
Hot Stuff


>>87648373
It's the character the Incredibles copied for Jack Jack.

>>87648420

>Flawed Dogs

Wait, they really ARE making a Secret Life of Pets clone?

>>87648121
>he thinks Eep was the main character

I want Sanders to get back to Kiskaloo. I needs me some more Ogo and Mr. Stuffings

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>>87640417
>i don't want ugly cavemen
>implying Eep isn't a sexy little Herculoid qt and she isn't waifu material
>implying Eep's mom isn't a prehistoric milf

fuck your stupid bullshit, that movie was great

>>87647284
this

>>87648012
>Monsters vs Aliens got fucked over big time
Elaborate please.

>>87649365
Maybe they weren't fond of the TV show.

>>87648420
>Mumbai Musical
Shit I almost forgot about that. When the fuck is that finally coming out, it's been in development for ages.

>>87637501
Is anyone actually sad by this news? I felt the Croods was mediocre at its very best, perhaps while watching drunk.

>>87649456
There was a TV show?
huh never heard about it before.

>>87640276
>Eep will never manhandle you

>>87638970
>>87639045
Mam, I kinda feel bad for the employees that spent that much time on making that movie.

>>87643976
It's more like Sanders decided emphasizing strength and athleticism was more important than making Eep and Ugga his usual cheesecake girls.

>>87649465
That was cancelled as was B.O.O.
The sad thing about the latter was that the film was almost done and was cancelled less than a year it was suppose to come out.
A lot of the movies DWA announce never really get made. Unless a release date is announced, don't put too much faith in it getting made.

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I think I figured out why they killed it.

You see, Croods started development back when Aardman was still at Dreamworks. But when they broke up, Dreamworks took the concept with them and kept poking around at it until we got the Sanders movie.

But now, Aardman's making another caveman movie. Between that and their ever shifting priorities, a Croods sequel probably looked expendable as far as projects to give the ax in favor of the big "Reboot Shrek" plans.

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>>87649680
Yeah, Dreamworks got a deal with Netflix to create 12 exclusive shows for them, so they've been using it as a playground to test out some of their franchises and even start a few new ones.

>>87650714
I hope they extend the deal. The shows have been amazingly on-point and I wanna see a Megamind show.

I guess art mimics reality

This is a movie about diversity about how homo sapien males impressed neanderthal sluts with their wits and fucked them.

>>87649601
Not really. You're right nobody gave a shit about the Croods like every non-Shrek DW IPs

>>87648345
>>87648373
Casper and Wendy's friend, the son of Satan

Pretty ballsy for a 50s comic in Murrica

>>87638970
Professional animators have a real disregard for their own happiness huh

>>87650100
I love stop-motion and claymation but Jesus Christ how horrifying, that's just two pigmen.

>>87640276
What did the originals look like?

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>>87651230
Like what you'd expect from Chris Sanders.

>>87651308
Man, that looks better.

>>87650714
>Spirit

Wait, didn't that movie come out like 15 years ago? Who's the target audience, children don't care about some old, unremarkable, 69% on RT shit they've never even heard of.

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>>87637834
It's too late. The age of Shrek memes has already passed. They should have struck the iron when it was still hot. Now they have nothing.

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>>87651378
People who buy toys.