DreamWorks prepares its third animated movie of the year, as the latest trailer for Megamind hits…
It's been something of a vintage year for DreamWorks Animation. Firstly, How To Train Your Dragon has given the firm its biggest critical hit in some time, which was followed up with strong box office numbers, and a long life in cinemas. A sequel is, inevitably, on the way.
Shrek Forever After, meanwhile, excited few, and had originally been regarded as something of a commercial disappointment by the standards of the franchise. Yet, it's since been revealed that, outside of the US, it's been the best performing Shrek movie of the lot of them. Blimey.
Now, the firm is releasing its third animated movie of the year, Megamind. We've quite liked the look of this one for some time now, although it's hard not to think it also looks quite derivative in places. Is this DreamWorks tackling The Incredibles territory? Quite possibly, and if that's the case, it's setting itself a high benchmark.
We're still quite keen to see this. We've got until November 5th to wait for the US release of the film, with the UK roll-out from 3rd December. Here's the trailer...