DreamWorks exit could hurt Paramount. Well, duh.
Hollywood Newsroom is now Buzz Newsroom! Visit and bookmark our new site. Buzz is bigger and better, including sports, world news, gadgets and the entertainment news that you're used to. Same staff, just more stuff! Why Fark, Drudge and Huffington when you can Buzz!?Once considered a lock for $300 million-plus in domestic boxoffice, the latest installment in the Steven Spielberg franchise might have to claw its way to that benchmark. But with the first Indy sequel in 19 years now well into its global theatrical rollout and Spielberg and company now mulling their possible exit from Paramount, there’s this more important question: What will Par do for film production if DreamWorks brass bolt the studio?
DreamWorks-produced movies have helped fill distribution pipelines since Par acquired DW in December 2005. The loss of such content would put severe demands on remaining production execs.
- from THR