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1.媒體來源:
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Toronto Sun

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DreamWorks Animation cutting 500 jobs; Dawn Taubin and Mark Zoradi Exiting

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LOS ANGELES - DreamWorks Animation is cutting approximately 500 jobs across
all locations and all divisions of the studio.

It's also cutting back its feature film output from three to two a year with
plans to release a sequel and an original title in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

DreamWorks Animation's marketing head Dawn Taubin and chief operating officer
Mark Zoradi are departing. And Vice Chairman Luke Coleman is retiring from
his post.

The job loss figure is significantly higher than the estimate of a workforce
reduction in the 150 to 400 range that emerged Monday. The layoffs began last
week.

The studio said Thursday it expects to incur a pre-tax charge against
earnings of approximately $290 million in connection with the restructuring
and related items.

DWA made the announcement after the stock market closed.

The company will focus on six specific movies for the next three years: "Kung
Fu Panda 3" (March 18, 2016), "Trolls" (Nov. 4, 2016), "Boss Baby" (Jan. 13,
2017), "The Croods 2" (Dec. 22, 2017), "Larrikins" (Feb. 16, 2018) and "How
to Train Your Dragon 3" (June 29, 2018).

It also said "Captain Underpants" will be produced outside of the studio's
pipeline "at a significantly lower cost" with a 2017 release. The company's
only 2015 release is "Home," which will open domestically on March 27.

"The number one priority for DreamWorks Animation's core film business is to
deliver consistent creative and financial success," said DreamWorks Animation
CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg. "I am confident that this strategic plan will deliver
great films, better box office results, and growing profitability across our
complementary businesses."

The layoffs at DreamWorks Animation are the first to take place under the new
leadership of Bonnie Arnold and Mireille Soria as co-presidents of the
studio's feature division. Bill Damaschke, DWA's chief creative officer, had
already stepped down.

Arnold and Soria were tapped co-presidents on Jan. 4. The two had been taking
a close look at the types of films with which the studio will move forward,
reducing production budgets and other overhead at the company.

DWA took an $87 million loss on "Rise of the Guardians," a $13.5 million hit
on "Turbo" and a $57 million writedown on "Mr. Peabody & Sherman."

"Three of our last four films have not delivered in terms of audience turnout
or financial performance," Katzenberg told analysts in April 2014, before
"The Penguins of Madagascar" also underperformed in the latter part of the
year, with nearly $271 million worldwide, $78 million coming from domestic
theaters.

Both "Kung Fu Panda 3" and "B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations" were
moved out of 2015, with the latter not yet landing on a new release date.

DWA employs around 2,200. The last major staff cut came in 2013, when DWA
pulled the plug on "Me and My Shadow" and shifted release dates for its
films, moving "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" to 2014, resulting in more than 350
pinkslips.

DWA enjoyed a now-brief morale boost when "How to Train Your Dragon 2" was
nominated for an Oscar in the best animation picture race, just after winning
the Golden Globe in the same category.

大略翻:
因為"捍衛聯盟" "渦輪方程式" "皮巴弟先生與薛曼的時光冒險" 票房有夠爛讓他們虧
一堆錢只好裁員

原本一年出三部片的計畫縮減為出一部新片和一部續集共兩片

一些比較沒啥名氣的片子會外包給"便宜很多"的代工廠來製作


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http://www.torontosun.com/2015/01/22/dreamworks-animation-cutting-500-jobs-
dawn-taubin-and-mark-zoradi-exiting
http://goo.gl/PmrcVe

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