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Antz is a 1998 American animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Pacific Data Images, and distributed by the former via DreamWorks Distribution. It was directed by Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson from a screenplay written by Todd Alcott and the writing team of Chris and Paul Weitz .
As of 2025, DreamWorks Animation has released 49 feature films, with their first being Antz on October 2, 1998, and their latest being The Wild Robot on September 27, 2024. Their upcoming slate of films includes Dog Man on January 31, 2025, How to Train Your Dragon on June 13, 2025, The Bad Guys 2 on August 1, 2025, Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie ...
The film's VHS release was the best-selling VHS in the United Kingdom, with 1.76 million units sold by the end of the year. [41] On August 1, 2000, these editions were re-released on VHS and DVD under the Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection banner. [42] On May 27, 2003, a 2-disc Collector's Edition DVD was released.
PDI also did the opening sequence for the 1990s revival of the classic game show, Let's Make a Deal. Pacific Data Images broke into the feature film visual effects business with contributions to Terminator 2, Toys, Angels in the Outfield, Batman Forever and The Arrival. At the time, the strengths of PDI included character animation, lip synch ...
Antz: United States: Eric Darnell Tim Johnson: DreamWorks Pictures DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images: Computer: Theatrical: First film produced by DreamWorks Animation. October 2, 1998: 83 minutes Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero: United States: Boyd Kirkland: Warner Bros. Animation: Traditional: Direct-to-video: March 17, 1998: 70 minutes
Several VHS videos were released in the United States, in the United Kingdom and Australia. All of these videos are out of print, but are still available at some online sellers. The episodes in the VHS "volumes" were generally jumbled at random and are in no particular order with the series.
The three other "Special Edition" volumes were released on June 19, 1992. The shorts featured on volumes 1-5 were all new-to-VHS in the United States and Canada at the time, while shorts featured on all subsequent volumes are duplicated from the earlier "Cartoon Classics" wave and other early Disney VHS releases.
Bill Muller of The Arizona Republic wrote, "The Ant Bully, in trying to match Antz or A Bug's Life, just digs itself into a big hole." [13] Jack Mathews of the New York Daily News was positive about the film's lack of pop-culture references and thought that the film does not "talk down" to children.