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Engadget HD (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Filed under: Industry , Blu-ray And to think, most of you probably had no idea that these two were even having issues. After Paramount 's parent company, Viacom Inc., acquired DreamWorks in 2006 for $1.6 billion, things were never exactly pleasant. Now, the two have finally hammered out a deal that will enable them to part ways and retain "joint custody," if you will, of around 40 movie projects....
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Though no declarations have been made, an inside source at DreamWorks tells FBLA that the company is likely to stay put with Universal for its distribution deal . "We're actually on the Universal lot in the old Amblin studio space," the source said. "It's just easier to maintain with Universal. Paramount will still have its cut on a number of DreamWorks projects, but though nothing is set in stone,...
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DealBook (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
The team behind the new DreamWorks film studio is putting plans to pitch Wall Street a loan package on ice for about a month, in order to give the markets a little more time to stabilize, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Earlier this week, movie executives Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Stacey Snider announced that [...]
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dignmore.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Representatives of the new DreamWorks film studio will delay pitching Wall Street on a bank loan pa 2 Vote(s)
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
DreamWorks will downsize its 150-person staff by about 15% as the company gets going with its Indian cash, says Deadline Hollywood Daily . The Reliance deal will inject some $500 million into DreamWorks coffers with an additional half bil being raised on Wall Street, though that may not be so definite these days with the current state of the economy. As noted last week on FBLA, President of Production...
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Deadline Hollywood Daily (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
DreamWorks has started making its post-Paamount moves regarding executives, staff and producers. Here's what I can tell you so far: Adam Goodman will be staying at Paramount as president of production (but not to replace Brad Weston , as I've already reported), with one or two executives following him. Holly Bario and Mark Sourian will end up [...]
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Film News: Peter Jackson's 'Lovely Bones' changes hands -- "Up in the Air" is one of the lucky ones. Nurtured and greenlit by DreamWorks, it will now get made and released as a bonafide Paramount picture. Countless others involved with some 200 projects developed by DreamWorks are sitting on tenterhooks as they await news.
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High-Def Digest: Blu-ray Disc News (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
DreamWorks has some big Blu-ray news for you - Ben Stiller's hit comedy 'Tropic Thunder' is rolling into stores this November in a never-before-seen unrated director's cut version. Co-starring Jack Black,...
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Defamer (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Today in Foregone Conclusions: "Sources" are telling Sharon Waxman that DreamWorks has "all-but-officially closed" a distribution deal with Universal; an announcement could be forthcoming in days,...
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Julia Boorstin submits: Spielberg and his DreamWorks (DWA) SKG chief Stacey Snider finalized their split from Paramount Pictures, Viacom's (VIA) movie studio, on Sunday, figuring out how to handle the dozens of projects the two companies have under development. Spielberg and Snider are expected to take most of their current 140 DreamWorks employees with them to their new venture financed with $1.3...
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dignmore.com (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
The decision makers behind DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures sealed their parting of ways on Sunday 2 Vote(s)
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Los Angeles - Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks Studio announced the details of its split from Paramount Pictures Monday, an amicable divorce that allows the most successful US director to start a new studio with 1.5 billion dollars in funding from India...
