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Trolls (franchise)
''Trolls'' is an American animated media franchise created by DreamWorks Animation, inspired by the successful line of Troll doll toys created by Thomas Dam. It follows the adventures of a pair of trolls named Poppy and Branch (voiced respectively by Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake) as they live among their village of pop-singing trolls. The franchise consists of three feature films, ''Trolls (film), Trolls'', released in 2016, ''Trolls World Tour'', released in 2020, and ''Trolls Band Together'', released in 2023. The franchise has been supplemented by two holiday television specials titled ''Trolls Holiday'' and ''Trolls: Holiday in Harmony'', and two animated series: ''Trolls: The Beat Goes On!'' on Netflix, and ''Trolls: TrollsTopia'' on Hulu and Peacock (streaming service), Peacock. The ''Trolls'' franchise made $5 billion in retail sales by 2005. Films ''Trolls'' (2016) ''Trolls'' is a 2016 American animated Musical film, musical comedy film based on the Troll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA, also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios or simply DreamWorks) is an American animation studio, owned by Comcast's NBCUniversal as part of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios, Inc, Universal Studios. The studio has produced List of DreamWorks Animation productions#Feature films, 51 feature films. Its first film, ''Antz'', was released on October 2, 1998, and its latest film, How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film), the live-action remake of ''How to Train Your Dragon'', was released on June 13, 2025. Their upcoming slate of films includes ''The Bad Guys 2'' on August 1, 2025, ''Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie'' on September 26, 2025, ''Forgotten Island'' on September 25, 2026, ''Shrek 5'' on December 23, 2026, the How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film)#Sequel, live-action remake of ''How to Train Your Dragon 2'' on June 11, 2027, ''Cocomelon: The Movie'' in 2027, and an untitled film on September 22, 2028. Formed as a division of DreamWor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and dancer. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Prince of Pop", ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' honored him as the best performing male solo act on Pop Airplay and one of the Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century, Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century. Timberlake remains among the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling recording artists of all time, with sales of over 117 million records worldwide. His List of awards and nominations received by Justin Timberlake, awards include ten Grammy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, three Brit Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, ''Billboard'' Music Awards, the Songwriters Hall of Fame#Contemporary Icon Award, Contemporary Icon Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and MTV's Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Timberlake appeared on musical televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Christopher Charles Mintz-Plasse (; born June 20, 1989) is an American actor primarily known for his debut role as Fogell/McLovin in '' Superbad'' (2007) and Chris D'Amico/Red Mist in the ''Kick-Ass'' franchise. Early life Christopher Mintz-Plasse was born in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, where he attended El Camino Real High School, performing on its improv comedy team. He is the son of Ellen Mintz, a school counselor, and Ray Plasse, a postal worker. He is Jewish on his mother's side, whereas his father is from a Catholic family. His father was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and raised in Webster, Massachusetts, making Mintz-Plasse a life-long Boston sports fan. Career When auditioning for the part of Fogell in his film debut '' Superbad'', he had no professional head shots and instead took one with his camera phone. Because he was 17 at the time and still a minor, his mother was required by law to be on set while he filmed his sex scene in the movie. Upon release, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it is derived from classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were slapstick comedies, which often relied on visual depictions, such as sight gags and pratfalls, so they could be enjoyed without requiring sound. To provide drama and excitement to silent movies, live music was played in sync with the action on the screen, on pianos, organs, and other instruments. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1920s, comedy films grew in popularity, as laughter could result from both burlesque situations but also from humorous dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, places more focus on individual star actors, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate "production numbers". The musical film was a natural development of the musical theater, stage musical after the emergence of sound film technology. Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage musicals is the use of lavish background scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theater. Musical films characteristically contain elements reminiscent of theater; performers often treat their song and dance numbers as if a live audience were watching. In a sense, the viewer becomes the diegesis, diegetic audience, as the performer looks directly into the camera and performs to it. With the Sound film, advent of sound in the late 1920s, musicals gained popularity with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace Wolodarsky
Wallace Wolodarsky, also billed as Wally Wolodarsky, is an American screenwriter, television producer, film director, and actor known for being one of the writers for ''The Simpsons'' during the first four seasons with his writing partner Jay Kogen. He is also known for his work on films like '' Monsters vs. Aliens'', '' Infinitely Polar Bear'', '' A Dog’s Purpose'', and '' Trolls World Tour'' alongside his wife Maya Forbes. Career Wolodarsky has starred in and directed several films. He has acted in multiple Wes Anderson films ('' Rushmore'', '' The Darjeeling Limited'', '' Fantastic Mr. Fox'', '' The Grand Budapest Hotel'' and '' The French Dispatch'') as well as several other films (''A Dog's Purpose'', '' Seeing Other People'' and '' The Polka King''.) Personal life Wolodarsky has two children. His wife, Maya Forbes, is the sister of singer China Forbes. Wolodarsky is Jewish Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Forbes
Maya Forbes (born July 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter and television producer. She made her debut as a film director with ''Infinitely Polar Bear'' (2014). Her other writing credits include the screenplay of ''The Rocker (film), The Rocker'' (2008) and many episodes of ''The Larry Sanders Show''. She was a co-executive producer of ''The Larry Sanders Show'' in its later seasons and executive producer of the sitcom ''The Naked Truth (TV series), The Naked Truth''. Forbes received Emmy and WGA Award nominations for her work on ''The Larry Sanders Show''. Life and career Forbes was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Peggy (née Woodford) and Donald Cameron Forbes (1939–1998). Her father was of France, French/Scotland, Scottish descent, and her mother is African American. Forbes is married to Wallace Wolodarsky, Wally Wolodarsky, who was co-screenwriter of ''The Rocker'' and a producer of ''Infinitely Polar Bear''. China Forbes (lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina Shay
Gina Shay is an American producer at DreamWorks Animation specializing in animated feature films. She was nominated for the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature award due to her contributions for the 2010 film ''Shrek Forever After''. Most recently through Gina Shay's work as producer of DreamWorks' 2016 animated film ''Trolls'', she has expressed owning a position that advocates for generating content that effects positive body images in youth. Gina Shay verbalized this notion at the DreamWorks Animation presentation in Hall H of the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con stating: Shay is divorced from Ralph Bakshi's son, Preston. She started her career as a production assistant on Bakshi's 1992 film ''Cool World''. Her son, Miles Bakshi, provided the voice for Tim Templeton in the DreamWorks Animation's film, ''The Boss Baby ''The Boss Baby'' is a 2017 American animated spy comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Aibel And Glenn Berger
Jonathan Robert Aibel (born August 6, 1969 in Demarest, New Jersey) and Glenn Todd Berger (born August 26, 1969 in Smithtown, New York) are American screenwriters and producers, who are best known for writing the ''Kung Fu Panda'' movies, '' The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'', ''Trolls A troll is a being in Nordic folklore, including Norse mythology. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated areas of rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human be ...'', and its sequel '' Trolls World Tour''. Filmography Television Film Other credits References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aibel, Jonathan and Berger, Glenn 1969 births Living people 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American screenwriters American male screenwriters American male television writers American television writers Anni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Dohrn
Walter Dohrn (born December 5, 1970) is an American writer, director, animator, musician, and actor. He performed the voice of Rumpelstiltskin in ''Shrek Forever After'' (2010), as well as various characters in ''Shrek the Third'' (2007). He co-directed the film ''Trolls'' (2016) and directed its sequels, and voiced various characters in the franchise. With Conrad Vernon, he is co-directing '' Shrek 5'', set for release in 2026. Dohrn has worked as writer, director, and storyboard director in Season 2 of ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', and he also worked on 2 episodes from Season 3. In 2020, Dohrn signed a deal with DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA, also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios or simply DreamWorks) is an American animation studio, owned by Comcast's NBCUniversal as part of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios, Inc, Universal Stud .... Filmography Film Television Video games References External links * Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Mitchell (director)
Mike Mitchell is an American film director, writer, producer, actor and animator. He is known for directing ''Sky High (2005 film), Sky High'' (2005), ''Shrek Forever After'' (2010), ''Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked'' (2011), ''Trolls (film), Trolls'' (2016), ''The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part'' (2019), and ''Kung Fu Panda 4'' (2024). Early life and education Mike Mitchell was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He graduated from Putnam City North High School, then subsequently moved to Los Angeles to attend the California Institute of the Arts. Career He started his career as director for Matthew O'Callaghan, Matt O'Callaghan's ''The Itsy Bitsy Spider''. He first gained critical attention when he co-wrote, produced and directed the short film ''Herd'', which won several film festival awards, including the Spirit of Slamdance Award at the 1999 Slamdance Festival. The same year, he made his feature film directorial debut with the comedy ''Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo'', star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DIC Entertainment
DIC Entertainment Corporation (; also known as DIC Audiovisuel, DIC Enterprises, DIC Animation City, DIC Entertainment, L.P., and DIC Productions, sometimes stylized as DİC) was a French American film and television production company that was mostly associated as an animation studio. As a former division of The Walt Disney Company, DIC produced live-action feature films and licensed numerous anime series. In 2008, DIC was acquired by Cookie Jar Group in June and was later folded into Cookie Jar in December. As of 2023, most of the DIC library is currently owned by WildBrain (formerly DHX Media) after the company acquired Cookie Jar in October 2012. History 1971–1982: DIC Audiovisuel Diffusion, Information Communications (DIC) was founded in France in 1971 by Jean Chalopin as part of the Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (now RTL Group), a well-established media company. DIC primarily focused on producing television content. In 1981, DIC formed a partnership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
