variety.com - 2/7/2009
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Spielberg's company to leave Universal DreamWorks is scrambling to find another distribution partner to replace Universal Pictures, which abruptly severed its ties with DreamWorks just four months after hammering out a much-ballyhooed distribution deal with the company. The studio had been ...
deadlinehollywooddaily.com - 2/6/2009
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2ND UPDATE WRITETHRU (refresh for new info throughout):
I can report exclusively that financially desperate DreamWorks needed
$250 million -- $100M immediately and $150M later in the second tranche -- to save its foundering Bollywood partnership. So ...
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SHOWBIZ SHOCKER! EXCLUSIVE DETAILS! DreamWorks ...
artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com - 2/6/2009
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DreamWorks SKG is in advanced talks on a
deal to distribute its movies through Disney, replacing one
that Steven Spielberg arranged with Universal Pictures after an acrimonious divorce from Paramount Pictures.
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DreamWorks in Talks to Move to Disney
variety.com - 2/9/2009
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variety.com —
Company will handle distribution for six films Disney
has officially added DreamWorks to its Magic Kingdom. The
Mouse House inked an exclusive long-term distribution pact with DreamWorks over the weekend. Accord will add six more pics to Disney's ...
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Disney signs deal with DreamWorks - Entertainment News, ...
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DreamWorks Seeking New Distrib Deal
Thompson On Hollywood —
... talks with Disney, which had been interested in the deal. (Spielberg had preferred to stay in his comfort zone with Ron Meyer and Universal.) It's easier for Disney, which releases fewer pictures a year, to deliver DreamWorks their Starz Pay-TV slots. And a DreamWorks announcement could boost Disney's stock price. (Nothing that Universal does has much impact on parent General Electric.) When Universal called DreamWorks and got confirmation of the Disney talks on Friday,the studio instantly severed the deal. ...
Spielberg and Disney make an odd couple.
FilmChat —
The big news story today is that DreamWorks -- the studio co-founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen back in 1994 -- will probably finalize a distribution deal with Disney in the next few days, rather than with Universal, as everyone had expected. This is a startling turn of events for several reasons. For one thing, Universal had seemed like a natural "fit" for Spielberg, because he got his start there back in the '60s and because his personal production company, Amblin ...
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DreamWorks in Talks to Move to Disney
carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com 2/6/2009 — LOS ANGELES – Steven Spielberg may be moving to the Walt Disney Company.
DreamWorks SKG, Mr. Spielberg's boutique production company, is in advanced talks on a deal to distribute its movies through Disney, according to four people with knowledge of ...
DreamWorks/Disney
hollywood-elsewhere.com 2/6/2009 — N.Y. Times reporters Brooks Barnes and Michael Cieply reported a few minutes ago that Universal Pictures "has issued a statement acknowledging that DreamWorks [is] shopping elsewhere" for a distribution deal. That means Disney. "Universal Pictures has ...
Universal Walks Away From DreamWorks Distribution Deal
filmofilia.com 2/7/2009 —
Looks like Dreamworks is no longer interested in Universal ’s Annual Pass offer and decides it would rather spend time in the Magic Kingdom.
Instead, DreamWorks heads Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider are in advanced talks with the Walt Disney Co . about a distribution deal. While ...
DreamWorks to Marry Disney? Today in Film Bloggery 02/06/09 —
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As of this morning, DreamWorks and Universal’s engagement is off, and it’s being reported that the former may enter a relationship with Disney instead. How ironic will it be if DreamWorks’ distribution deal indeed ends up at Disney? And how pissed off will Jeff Katzenberg be? ...
Universal Walks Away From DreamWorks Distribution Deal —
/Film
The big Industry news today (read: I’m not sure how interesting this is to people not in the industry) is that Universal Pictures has issued a statement saying that they have “ended discussions with DreamWorks for a distribution agreement.” The official statement ...
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