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DreamWorks Announces Manila Venture

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. will design an education entertainment attraction for a resort complex to open this year in Manila, the company announced Thursday. The Glendale animation studio will create “DreamPlay by DreamWorks” at City of Dreams Manila. It will be an interactive attraction featuring characters from its films, including “Kung Fu Panda,” “How to Train Your Dragon,” and “Madagascar.” The developer of City of Dreams is Melco Crown (Philippines) Resorts Corp., a subsidiary of Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd., in Macau, a developer, owner and operator of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities in Asia. “Harnessing leading digital technologies, this attraction is going to be unlike anything that currently exists and will undoubtedly become a new type of destination for families, both in the Philippines and across the rapidly growing leisure-destination markets of Asia,” said Paul Kurzawa, head of global retail development and entertainment at DreamWorks, in a prepared statement. DreamWorks is making a larger push into Asia with the opening of a waterfront entertainment district in Shanghai called the Dream Center with a Chinese partner. Shares closed up 34 cents, or 1.3 percent, to $26.91 on Nasdaq.

Mark Madler
Mark Madler
Mark R. Madler covers aviation & aerospace, manufacturing, technology, automotive & transportation, media & entertainment and the Antelope Valley. He joined the company in February 2006. Madler previously worked as a reporter for the Burbank Leader. Before that, he was a reporter for the City News Bureau of Chicago and several daily newspapers in the suburban Chicago area. He has a bachelor’s of science degree in journalism from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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