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DREAMWORKS TO OFFER MADAGASCAR SEQUEL, SHREK STAGE SHOW Thursday, September 15 2005 
DreamWorks
Animation
chief
Jeffrey
Katzenberg
confirmed
Wednesday
that
his
company
plans
to
produce
a
sequel
to
its
summer
hit
Madagascar
--
he
expects
it
to
premiere
in
2008
--
and
to
mount
a
Broadway
musical
production
of
Shrek.
British
publications
have
reported
that
DreamWorks
will
be
partnering
in
the
stage
production
with
London-based
Neal
Street
Productions,
headed
by
Sam
Mendes,
who
manages
to
direct
hit
movies
and
stage
productions
with
equal
accomplishment.
(Mendes,
who
won
(more)WHEN A LOSS IS AS GOOD AS A WIN Friday, August 12 2005 
Ordinarily
it's
not
considered
good
news
when
a
company
reports
a
$3.7-million
loss
in
a
quarter
after
posting
a
profit
of
$146.1
million
during
the
same
quarter
a
year
ago.
However,
DreamWorks
Animation
had
expected
--
and
forecast
--
a
far
more
sizable
loss,
and
its
stock
jumped
3
percent
in
after-hours
trading
following
release
of
the
company's
quarterly
financial
statement.
The
company
credited
sales
of
tie-in
products
to
the
movie
Madagascar
for
helping
to
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DreamWorks Animation, whose stock has taken a beating in recent months after a series of bad-news, unveiled its development slate through 2009 Tuesday in an apparent effort to spark investor excitement in the company's potential. The company's two-pictures-per-year agenda includes the 2008 release of Kung Fu Panda, in which Jack Black will provide the voice for the title character. The year will also see the release of a sequel to the company's recent hit Madagascar. The company also indicated that it will choose two films from among four currently being considered for release in 2009. High on the list is It Came from Earth, told from the point of view of Martians who are surprised by the landing of astronauts from Earth.
