Crood Awakening

Crood Awakening is an upcoming animated film being produced by DreamWorks Animation. The original script was co-written by John Cleese and Kirk DeMicco, and the project began as a coproduction with Aardman Animations. On October 3, 2006 (a month before the release of Flushed Away), it was reported that DreamWorks and Aardman would not be continuing their production and distribution deal due to "creative differences." Aardman later announced that ... more

Crood Awakening is an upcoming animated film being produced by DreamWorks Animation. The original script was co-written by John Cleese and Kirk DeMicco, and the project began as a coproduction with Aardman Animations. On October 3, 2006 (a month before the release of Flushed Away), it was reported that DreamWorks and Aardman would not be continuing their production and distribution deal due to "creative differences." Aardman later announced that they would no longer have any involvement with the production of Crood Awakening following the split. In March 2007, DreamWorks announced that the film will be directed by Chris Sanders, who will likely be doing a significant rewrite of the script. In September 2008, a blog run by a DreamWorks animator reported that Chris Sanders was no longer attached to the project and was now the director of the film How to Train Your Dragon. The post was deleted on a later date and replaced with a post saying Sanders would be directing both movies. The... less