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DreamWorks hit by SEC probe Movie studio forecasts a loss for the 2Q on lower-than-expected DVD sales; stock tumbles. July 11, 2005: 3:19 PM EDT By Krysten Crawford, CNN/Money staff writer NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - For at least two months now DreamWorks Animation chief executive Jeffrey Katzenberg has been scratching his head over a new and worrisome question: Why isn't the most popular animation film ever released in theaters, "Shrek 2," flying off video store shelves? According to Katzenberg, teams from DreamWorks and its distribution partner, Universal Studios Home Video, have been working hard to find the answer ever since...

Uh-oh! The othwer jolly green giant could be in trouble. 'Shrek 2' is the latest animated film title to be outed by Christian fundamentialsts in the United States.On its website, the Traditional Values Coalition is warning parents about cross dressing and transgendered themes contained in the DreamWorks feature, now out on DVD.'Shrek 2 is billed as harmless entertainment, but contains subtle sexual messages,' says the coalition which describes itself as a grassroots inter-denominational lobby with more than 43,000 member churches.'Parents who are letting their children see this film may wish to consider the following,' the article then goes on to...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19 - Are movies growing bigger as theater audiences are becoming smaller? That's one conclusion to draw from the box-office results of 2004, as Hollywood pursued its penchant for big-budget event films - from Warner Brothers' "Troy" to 20th Century Fox's "I, Robot," to Sony Pictures' "Spider-Man 2" - but the number of moviegoers in the United States dropped for the second year in a row. With nearly two weeks to go before the end of 2004, domestic box-office receipts appeared likely to top last year's total of $9.27 billion, nearing $9.4 billion, according to Exhibitor Relations,...

All Freepers, Freep this poll, Michael Moore is trying to win an award for F 9/11, I voted for Shrek II, click the link in the text or cut & Paste: December 8, 2004 Dear Friends, May I take a break from our post-election despair to share with you a little piece of happy/silly/cool news? "Fahrenheit 9/11" has been nominated by the People's Choice Awards as the American public's "Favorite Film of the Year." The five nominees were chosen from a poll of thousands of Americans in mid-to-late November. The other nominees for best film are "Spiderman 2," "The Incredibles,"...

How should a joking reference to castration be translated into Hebrew? For the translators of the newly-released Shrek 2, making a reference to high-pitched singer David Da'or got the point across a little too sharply, for Da'or's taste. The Tel Aviv District Court on Monday ruled to remove the box-office hit from screens across the country, due to an insulting reference to Da'or, Israel's representative in the last Eurovision song contest. The movie was returned to screens later in the day, after the offending remark was removed from Hebrew-dubbed versions. The original English version of Shrek 2 contains a scene...

Summary: The DreamWorks' animated film, "Shrek 2," is billed as harmless entertainment but contains subtle sexual messages. Parents who are thinking about taking their children to see "Shrek 2", may wish to consider the following: The movie features a male-to-female transgender (in transition) as an evil bartender. The character has a five o'clock shadow, wears a dress and has female breasts. It is clear that he is a she-male. His voice is that of talk show host Larry King. During a dance scene at the end of the movie, this transgendered man expresses sexual desire for Prince Charming, jumps on...

TVC Weekly News: Parents Beware: 'Shrek 2' Features Transgenderism And Crossdressing Themes Summary: The DreamWorks' animated film, "Shrek 2," is billed as harmless entertainment but contains subtle sexual messages. Parents who are thinking about taking their children to see "Shrek 2," may wish to consider the following: The movie features a male-to-female transgender (in transition) as an evil bartender. The character has five o'clock shadow, wears a dress and has female breasts. It is clear that he is a she-male. His voice is that of talk show host Larry King. During a dance scene at the end of the movie,...

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Well, it picks up right where the last one left off, both in terms of the thoroughly modern Marty courtship between the titular swamp ogre and Princess Fiona, and in terms of Dreamworks' attempt to turn random, satire-devoid pop cultural references into the new language of fairy tales. (The opening montage "zings" Lord of the Rings and Spider-Man; the main story line is mostly Meet the Parents.) Unfortunately for the studio, its new creation is at least six months behind the curve: The de rigueur digs at Disney come well after Pixar's emancipation, while the jabs at metrosexuality are too...

Let's take nothing away from the original Shrek, a brazen, howlingly funny romp through fairy-tale history, with the occasional pause to mercilessly skewer the sanctimony of the Walt Disney Co. But Shrek 2 is an entirely different beast, a movie with a heart so big that no movie screen could possibly contain it. This is a sequel every bit as funny and imaginative as the original -- and twice as tender and wise. It's bottled joy, an unadulterated bliss-out and certainly one of the very best movies you'll see all year. If Shrek was about fighting for the most beautiful...