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Pearl Studio is a private company that produces Chinese-themed animated and live-action films and their derivatives. It was founded in 2012 as a joint venture between DreamWorks Animation and Chinese investment companies, and changed its name in 2018 after CMC Capital Partners acquired NBCUniversal's stake.
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Pearl Studio is a Chinese/American film production company, founded in 2012 by DreamWorks Animation and Chinese investment companies as Oriental DreamWorks (Traditional Chinese: 東方夢工廠, Simplified Chinese: 东方梦工厂). The company will mainly produce Chinese-themed animated and live action films and their derivatives for distribution within China and wor...
On February 17, 2012, DreamWorks Animation announced a joint venture with China Media Capital, Shanghai Media Group and Shanghai Alliance Investment to build a Shanghai based family entertainment company named Shanghai Oriental DreamWorks Film & Television Co., Ltd. or Oriental DreamWorks for short. The new venture is expected to develop and produce original Chinese animated and live action content for distribution within China and worldwide. The company will also produce live entertainment content, theme parks, games and consumer products. Oriental DreamWorks, owned 45% by DWA and 55% by the Chinese partners, launched on August 6, 2012, with the cash and intellectual capital worth $350 million. To produce animated films, 37 Entertainment, a Chinese animation studio with 175 employees, which had already worked on some of DWA's television productions, has been acquired.
Besides producing its own content, Oriental DreamWorks also acts as a distributor for DWA's productions. Releasing The Croods in 2013, ODW became the first company in 20-30 years that got a license to import Western films.
The studio's first animated film, Kung Fu Panda 3, is scheduled to be released in 2016, and will be made in co-production with DWA, with 1/3 of the film being produced in China.
On February 1, 2018, CMC Capital Partners announced that they have taken the full ownership of Oriental DreamWorks and renamed it as "Pearl Studio", with Frank Zhu appointed as CEO. DreamWorks continues to work with Pearl with Abominable.
Feature Films•Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) (co-production with DreamWorks Animation)
•Abominable (2019) (co-production with DreamWorks Animation)
•Over the Moon (2020) (co-animation and production with Netflix)
•The Monkey King (2023) (co-animation and production with Netflix)
Part of the deal with the Chinese partners is also an entertainment and culture complex called Dream Center. Built in Shanghai with an investment exceeding $2.7 billion, it will feature series of theaters, cinemas, shopping areas, galleries, hotels, restaurants and the world's largest IMAX screen, and is expected to open in 2016.
1.China's CMC Takes Full Ownership of NBCUniversal's Oriental DreamWorks
Pearl Studio is a Chinese/American film production company that produces Chinese-themed animated and live action films. It was founded in 2012 as Oriental DreamWorks by DreamWorks Animation and Chinese partners, and renamed in 2018.
Pearl Studio announces three new animated features in development and the “Dream Frame” Program - Pearl Studio’s Animated Feature Talent Accelerator.
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Dec 2, 2021 · Pearl Studio, a CMC Inc. company and animation film studio, announces upcoming plans and strategies, including three new animated features in development and the “Dream Frame” Program ...
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