DreamWorks, Paramount settle split
Paramount and DreamWorks have hammered out a joint arrangement for up to 40 development projects. As part of the separation agreement, DreamWorks will take the lead on 15-20 projects, with Paramount retaining an option to co-finance and co-distribute the films. Deal was worked on throughout the weekend by Viacom general counsel Michael Fricklas and
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Nikki: Paramount And Dreamworks Finalize Separation And Future Joint Projects; David Geffen Ends DW Relationship
I’m told the decision as to the new distributor for DreamWorks 2.0 will be made at the beginning of the week by Steven Spielberg. (Of course, odds are it’s going to be Universal.) Below is an advance look at the press release to be issued about the formal separation of Paramount and DreamWorks
Paramount issues statement on Iron Man Blu-ray BD-Live Problems
From Paramount: The Iron Man Blu-ray went on sale Tuesday and due to the overwhelming popularity of the release an unprecedented demand was placed on the BD-Live connection. The disc represents a truly state-of-the art Blu-ray presentation with a first of its kind BD-Live application. As such, the heavy
PARAMOUNT-MARVEL DEAL: Paramount To Distribute Next Five Marvel Films
2ND UPDATE: I’m told that Marvel received from Paramount a so-called volume discount with regard to distibution fees under this new deal. For Iron Man, Paramount was paid 10% distribution fees by Marvel. Now that figure goes to down to near the 8% Paramount is paid by DreamWorks Animation. EXCLUSIVE:
Paramount Steps Up to Contest for Oscars
Like its namesake character, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Hollywood’s take on a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, has been aging in reverse. Fitzgerald’s tale begins in 1860 and stretches through the First World War. The version set for release by Paramount Pictures on Christmas Day kicks
‘Eagle Eye’ flies high at box office
DreamWorks/Paramount’s thriller “Eagle Eye” thrilled with a debut of $29.2 million from 3,510 theaters, reviving the fall box office and scoring the best opening since the heat of summer and the fourth best bow ever for September. The casualty of the weekend was Spike Lee’s WWII film
Studios and theaters seen announcing digital deal soon
Walt Disney, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox and Universal are soon expected to announce a long-sought $1.1 billion digital cinema deal that Hollywood hopes will boost attendance, cut costs and enable more 3-D viewing, sources close to the deal said on Thursday. The studios declined to comment, but
DreamWorks toons stay put
While one DreamWorks departs Paramount, another is staying put, at last for a few more years. DreamWorks Studios may be re-launching with a new infusion of cash, but DreamWorks Animation remains in a distribution deal with Par that runs through 2012. Originally spun into a public company to help investor
‘Shakespeare’ heads to bigscreen
Paramount Pictures is reteaming with “Spiderwick Chronicles” producers Mark Canton and Ellen Goldsmith-Vein to bring young-adult novel “Spanking Shakespeare” to the bigscreen. Based on the debut novel by New York-based eighth-grade teacher Jake Wizner, story centers on Shakespeare
Paramount to produce mobile comics
Paramount is to produce a string of mobile comics based on its current crop of movie properties. The studio’s Paramount Digital Entertainment unit has pacted with Singapore-based toon house Omnitoons to deliver Manga-styled series based on Gurinder Chadha-helmed Brit hit “Angus, Thongs and