We’ve seen both Salma Hayek and Antonio Banderas share the big screen for decades and take it over internationally through a vast array of movies. Now the two of them have reunited once more, but this time with their voices as they lend them to two cute little cats in DreamWorks Animation’s “Puss in Boots.” Go ahead and read on as the two talk about their experience working with Chris Miller, the director of the adorable “Shrek” movie spinoff, and how popular the orange feline has become in recent years. The story takes place before Puss met Shrek and Donkey, when he was a swashbuckling hero who protected the innocent….

Everybody knows the story about Humpty Dumpty, but who knew he’d be a clever and devious little egg in the new DreamWorks Animation film “Puss in Boots.” Zach Galifianakis (“The Hangover,” “Bored to Death”) voices the cunning little egg in the spin-off origin story of sorts on the popular and furry “Shrek” character. Read on to see what Galifianakis says about his animated character and injecting a bit of personality into the yolk-filled character. The story takes place before Puss met Shrek and Donkey, when he was a swashbuckling hero who protected the innocent. A bunch of old pub thugs tell him that two murderous outlaws called Jack and Jill…

I remember when “Captain Underpants” first came out: I was in elementary school, and I assumed they were for boys only. Soon, there will be an animated feature based on the series of books by Dav Pilkey by Dreamworks Animation, so eventually, we’ll see if they think the books are for boys only, too. Deadline is reporting that Dreamworks Animation has won the auction for the feature film rights to the eight-volume book series. The books are about George Beard and Harold Hutchins, two fourth grade boys who want to stick it to their terrible principal, Mr. Benny Krupp. The two hypnotize their principal and make him into superhero Captain…

DreamWorks Animation is expanding its distribution to Chinese online video site Youku.com. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the two companies released information Monday that they have reached what is being labeled as a “first-of-its-kind” online distribution agreement for the rights to the “Kung Fu Panda” films in China. This will be the first time that DreamWorks Animation titles will be available through an online site inChina. Both “Kung Fu Panda” films are currently available on-demand on Youku Premium; the two companies stated the films will later show on Youku’s Hollywood Movie Channel after the paid viewing window closes. “As technology matures and Chinese Internet useres increasingly turn to the web…

Welcome back to the Movie News Cheat Sheet, Shockya.com readers! We’ve got a nice assortment of stories this time around, ranging from box office success stories to casting news and trailers. The casts of both The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D and G.I. Joe 2 grew by one while the bank accounts of both Bridesmaids and Transformers: Dark of the Moon grew by, well, millions. There’s also some talk about bringing the popular arcade game Space Invaders to the big screen and bringing the Korean film Oldboy back for more. While this Cheat Sheet is packed with some rousing updates, the pinnacle is the start of Shockya.com’s San Diego Comic Con…

(Los Angeles, CA and Milford, CT; August 9, 2010) — Bob Dowling, President of The Bob Dowling Group, and Unicomm, LLC, a leading event management company, announced today that Writer-Director M. Night Shyamalan (The Last Airbender; Sixth Sense) and Chris Cookson, President of Sony Pictures Technologies, will be joining Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG, as Keynote Speakers at the 3rd annual 3D Entertainment Summit presented in association with Variety. The two-day conference is scheduled for September 15-16, 2010 at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City, CA. “Using new creative techniques to tell stories with fierce and brilliant intelligence has been the hallmark of M. Night Shyamalan’s remarkable career,” said…

Can DreamWorks Animation keep up its stellar performance? Probably not. Reviews for Shrek Forever After are mediocre, which is particularly lame when it comes to a beloved franchise, especially a beloved franchise that had a major misstep round three. But come November 5th, blue will be the new green because that’s when the studio will introduce us to its latest creation, Megamind. Megamind (Will Ferrell) is a super villain who runs into an unlikely problem. When he finally defeats his archenemy, Metro Man (Brad Pitt), he loses his purpose in life. In an effort to relive his glory days, he creates a new foe to battle, Titan (Jonah Hill), but…

DreamWorks Animation recently released the latest movie trailer from the upcoming animated film “How to Train Your Dragon” by directors Dean DeBlois (Lilo & Stitch) and Chris Sanders (The Croods) and starring Jay Baruchel (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian), Gerard Butler (Gamer, The Bounty Hunter), America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), Craig Ferguson (American Dad!), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Role Models, Year One) and Jonah Hill (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Superbad). Synopsis: A comedy adventure set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and trailer from “How to Train Your Dragon” and DreamWorks Animation.

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. has announced that Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to make his animated feature film debut in “The Guardians” as Jack Frost. Peter Ramsey is directing the film, which is being produced by Christina Steinberg and Nancy Bernstein. From Dreamworks; “When an evil spirit called Pitch becomes bent upon taking over the world by inspiring fear in the hearts of kids everywhere, a group of our greatest heroes — Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and Jack Frost — band together for the first time, determined to stand in Pitch’s way. More than a collection of storybook subjects, “The Guardians” are also a band of…

DreamWorks Animation has announced that Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill have joined “Oobermind”, which will be hitting theaters November 5th, 2010. Ferrell is replacing Robert Downey Jr. in the title role of Oobermind, a supervillain who managed to finally defeat his arch-rival Metro Man (voiced by Pitt). However, he soon finds life to be too boring and creates the superhero Titan (voiced by Hill), who unfortunately doesn’t want to be a good guy, but instead evil, foring Oobermind to get on the other side. The three actors are joining Tina Fey who is already attached to the project and playing the news reporter tasked with keeping track of…