getthebigpicture.net - 2/7/2009
—
Universal has walked away from negotiations to distribute six upcoming DreamWorks movies, because Spielberg wanted more money. Oh, and they were also negotiating with Disney behind Universal's back.
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 ...
Disney and DreamWorks Tie the Knot
getthebigpicture.net 2/9/2009 — Disney and DreamWorks have reached a deal on a "long-term distribution arrangement," according to Variety. Talks with Disney have been going on for a while, and apparently, that as much as anything led to the dissolution of the agreement DreamWorks was cooking up with Universal.
DreamWorks and Disney Hook Up —
Film Gecko
It’s official. Steven Spielberg and his partners at DreamWorks Studios have agreed to a distribution deal with Disney: Walt Disney Studios will market six DreamWorks live-action movies a year.
It makes you wonder what goes on behind the scenes, because DreamWorks has sort of been all over ...
DreamWorks Dumps Universal For Disney —
Screen Rant
It’s official: DreamWorks has entered into an exclusive distribution deal with Disney, while leaving its deal with Universal in the dust. All of this was tied to the $250 million DreamWorks needed to keep their deal with an Indian entertainment company alive .
Here’s a little ...
DreamWorks Signs DIsney Deal —
Thompson On Hollywood
So the DreamWorks distribution deal with Disney is done. (The full release is on the jump.) The outstanding questions to be resolved:
1. Why did Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider--and their reps, Alan Levine and Skip Brittenham-- secretly chase the Disney deal, risking the wrath of ...
Spielberg vs. Universal —
Thompson On Hollywood
As Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider prepare to take their DreamWorks deal to Disney --an announcement is expected today--Kim Masters lays out more details on just what happened . It does seem a blunder to me that secret negotiations with Disney should have blown up Spielberg's old ...
Dreamworks to Ditch Universal for Disney Distribution? —
The Movie Blog
Dreamworks is taking on the “Plenty of Fish in the Sea” approach to finding a mate to distribute their films. Originally ditching Paramount for Universal, now just months after its deal seemed done Dreamworks is rumoured to be negotiating with Disney instead!
Latino Review says:
...
DreamWorks Seeking New Distrib Deal —
Thompson On Hollywood
After Thursday night's pre-Oscar Frost/Nixon celebration at L.A.'s Nobu, several reporters at the party called Universal execs to inform them that they had heard that DreamWorks was negotiating a new distribution deal with Disney. This came as a shock to Universal, which had been trying to ...
DreamWorks to Marry Disney? Today in Film Bloggery 02/06/09 —
SpoutBlog
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 ...
Follow MovieBlips on Twitter
posted by bigpicture
vote down
flag
