Coming Soon:

After recently signing an overall deal with Fox Searchlight Pictures to create, produce, and direct live-action feature film projects, Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth, Crimson Peak) has now also signed a multi-year exclusive deal with DreamWorks Animation to write, produce and direct animated family films.

The announcement was made by DreamWorks Animation (DWA) President Chris deFaria, who indicated the deal could extend beyond movies and television, including working with DWA’s artists and technologists on some of their pilot programs that are developing groundbreaking techniques for advancing storytelling on various content platforms.

As part of the deal, Del Toro is taking offices at the DreamWorks campus in Glendale, California. The Oscar-winning director says that animation “is an art form that has influenced my work greatly since childhood. To me, it’s the perfect medium to bring to life any and all ideas, no matter how outlandish or wild. I am eager to work with Chris and the talented artists at DreamWorks — some of the most talented people in the business — to make these images a reality. I have worked with DreamWorks for about a decade and the horizon just keeps getting wider.

Always game for more unique creations from this wonderful mind.