DreamWorks Animation's 2013 film The Croods won't receive a sequel anytime soon, as The Croods 2 has been removed from the studio's production schedule.

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According to Variety , Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley traveled to DreamWorks' headquarters in Glendale yesterday to break the news, telling the studio to immediately cease production on The Croods 2.As such, approximately 30 people who were working on the sequel are now out of a job; though, DreamWorks is reportedly trying to find a way to keep them employed at the studio. A source at Universal who wished to remain anonymous told Variety that some of the team may be moved to other projects, with others plugged into "artistic development" programs or training.Before Universal was put in charge of the animation studio earlier this year, DreamWorks was reportedly already unsure as to whether or not it wanted to move forward in producing a sequel to The Croods. The film was originally slated to release in 2017 , but was pushed to 2018, raising early concern about the future of the project.That said, it looks like a followup could still one day happen, with the anonymous source at Universal emphasizing that the prehistoric property "is still very much in the DreamWorks catalog" and could very well be revisited sometime down the line.

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