'Klaus' is Happening at Netflix

Good news everyone! It appears that Klaus, a hand-drawn project which we talked about two years ago will happen, thanks to Netflix. Cartoon Brew reports that the streaming service has acquired the rights to Klaus and will help produce it, aiming for a Christmas 2019 release date.

Matt Groening's New Animated Show Will Air on Netflix

Deadline reports that Matt Groening is expected to launch a new animated series on Netflix; after The Simpsons and Futurama, Groening came up with a fantasy setting. The show will be titled Disenchantment and will be set in the medieval kingdom of Dreamland. 

Watch: Three New TV Show Trailers

These three TV Shows recently got their first trailer. One of them is coming to Disney Channel next year - that's Tangled: Before Ever After; and the two other are premiering on Netflix soon - they are Trollhunters and Skylanders Academy. Watch the trailers and learn a bit more about these shows below.

Matt Groening is Working on a New Animated Series for Netflix

The Hollywood Reporter informs us that Matt Groening, the creator of the massively popular TV show The Simpsons and not-as-popular-but-still-beloved Futurama is working on a new animated series for Netflix.

This is pretty much everything we know so far, as Netflix declined to comment on the news/rumour. Still according to THR, it would appear the deal between Groening and the streaming service currently consists of two seasons (for a total of 20 episodes).

Obviously we can't wait to learn more about the project, because if this new show is half as good as the two previous Matt Groening series, we're in for a treat.

Watch: The First Trailer for 'Dawn of the Croods'

Dawn of the Croods, a TV series based on DreamWorks Animation's feature film The Croods (directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco in 2013) will premiere on the 24th December on Netflix. Get a first look look at the show below with the official trailer.

Dr Seuss' 'Green Eggs and Ham' Is Coming to Netflix

Dr Seuss' stories have already been adapted to animation twice, with Horton Hears a Who! (2008, by Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino at Blue Sky Studios) and The Lorax (2012, by Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda at Illumination Entertainment). It's no surprise that it happened, as Dr Seuss imaginative worlds are a perfect fit for animation. And it's about to happen again, since Netflix and Warner Bros. Animation are currently developing a show based on Green Eggs and Ham.

Watch: First Teaser for 'Dragons: Race to the Edge'

We updated you fairly recently on the Netflix original How to Train Your Dragon series, Dragons: Race to the Edge. Well here's more, as Netflix just revealed the show's first teaser on its YouTube channel. Watch it below.

WonderCon: DreamWorks Reveals its New Netflix Series

WonderCon 2015 is currently underway in Anaheim, California; and DreamWorks was at the event to show off two new original series that will air exclusively on Netflix. The two shows are Dinotrux, and Dragons: Race to the Edge.

Watch: 'Inspector Gadget' Reboot Trailer

Go-Go-Gadget Trailer! A reboot of the TV series Inspector Gadget is coming to Netflix very soon, and a trailer for it just dropped. Watch it below.

DreamWorks To Launch First Netflix-Original Kids' Series with Turbo: F.A.S.T

It's been a tough few months for DreamWorks: Rise of the Guardians underperformed, there's been release date chaos, films have been scrapped, people are being let go; but, they are still, for the most part, doing business as usual. Yesterday, news broke that DreamWorks were working with Netflix to produce the streaming service's first original children's series.

DreamWorks Sign With Fox

DreamWorks Animation's distribution deal with Paramount comes to a close at the end of the year - with Paramount looking to cut out the middle man and set up their own animation studio - which left DreamWorks looking for a new partner. Studios rumoured to be in consideration were Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Fox and Sony, and today, Deadline tells us that the house that brought us Shrek has now signed a five year distribution deal with Fox.

Per the deal, Fox will receive an 8% cut of box office and home video takings, and 6% of digital takings - meaning DreamWorks' lucrative deal with Netflix. DreamWorks CEO, Jeffrey Katzenberg, called the deal "an absolute win-win".

Of note also, is that Fox already has its own built-in animation division, Blue Sky Studios, which is pretty damn successful. Fox's Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman spoke about this in a DreamWorks conference call, saying:

“We are particularly excited to add DreamWorks Animation’s films to the strong and growing slate of movies from our outstanding Blue Sky Studios division, which is coming off another global blockbuster with Ice Age: Continental Drift, and has Epic and Rio 2 in advanced production. Together we will be a dominant force in animated entertainment for years to come.”

The first film released under this new deal will be Chris Sanders' The Croods, due on 22nd March, 2013.

DreamWorks Sign With Netflix

DreamWorks Animation, home of Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon and many more great and popular films, have just finalised a deal with the Internet movie-streaming giant, Netflix.

The deal replaces DreamWorks' current one with HBO, marking the first time that a major Hollywood studio has walked away from a paid TV deal (as DreamWorks had with HBO) in favour of a web-streaming deal. It's easy to see why DreamWorks have jumped on board the web streaming  bandwagon, as, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the deal is worth $30 million, per film, to DreamWorks - an already wealthy company.

The deal comes into effect in 2013 - one year early, with DreamWorks being let out of their HBO contract early by the network -, a year which will see DreamWorks release The Croods, Turbo and Peabody and Sherman, and the deal will include the streaming of films from DreamWorks' extensive canon of films: including Madagascar, Antz, Shark Tale and more.

The deal promises to be a particularly good one for both Netflix and DreamWorks!