DreamWorks Animation co-president Mireille Soria is stepping down to focus on producing, TheWrap has learned.
Bonnie Arnold will become the sole president of the studio. She and Soria were named co-presidents of feature animation last January, and were elevated to co-presidents of the entire studio when Ann Daly departed after Comcast’s NBCUniversal acquired DreamWorks for $3.8 billion in August.
Soria and Arnold were the lead producers behind the studio’s “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Madagascar” franchises. The three DreamWorks “Madagascar” films have each made more than $500 million worldwide, while the two “How to Train Your Dragon” movies have combined for a global box office haul of $1.1