MUMBAI: 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation films (DWA) have expressed ambitious intentions to release three movies a year over the next four years so that 12 movies would have released by June 2016.
The 12 DWA films include The Croods (22 March, 2013), Turbo (19 July 2013), Mr. Peabody & Sherman (1 November 2013), Me and My Shadow (14 March, 2014), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (20 June, 2014), Happy Smekday! (26 November 2014), The Penguins of Madagascar (27 March 2015), Trolls (working title, 5 June 2015), B.O.O: Bureau of Otherwordly Operations (6 November 2015), How to Train Your Dragon 3 (18 June, 2016), Mumbai Musical (working title, 19 December 2015) and Kung Fu Panda 3 (18 March, 2016).
DWA chief creative officer Bill Damaschke was quoted by the Hollywood Reporter, "This is the moment when we can declare that we will have three films a year going forward on a continuing basis."
"Everyone of the movies in our lineup - whether it is an original film or a sequel to one of our beloved franchises - comes from the unique and special vision of our filmmakers, and we look forward to joining together with Fox to make them available to family audiences starting next year," Damaschke added.
Fox‘s upcoming in-house animation slate includes Epic (24 May 2013) and Rio 2 (14 April 2014).