After co-directing 2007’s Bee Movie alongside Steve Hickner, Simon Smith is now riding solo on another DreamWorks Animation feature. Smith has been tapped to direct the studio’s Madagascar spin-off movie centering on the franchise’s ever-popular penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Private, and …

It’s not enough that DreamWorks Animation has to franchise their properties to death with sequels.  They also need spin-offs.  The Shrek franchise isn’t really over because we’re getting Puss in Boots at the end of the year, and while Madagascar …