The film was set to feature 72 Outback animal characters, all of them speaking in an Australian accent, and the project had attracted a stellar Australian cast, with Margot Robbie, Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts, Rose Byrne, Ben Mendelsohn, Jacki Weaver, Josh
The studio was looking for an Australian story - to do for Australia what Kung Fu Panda did for China, according to Cripps.
Zebras can't drive, only people and penguins.
The DreamWorks film opened at number one
The company's most technically advanced film to date was able to come alive with HP technology
Creating the magic beanstalk and clouds proved to be the biggest technical challenge
Marek Kochout moved from QLD to LA and has worked for DreamWorks Animation since 1998