Disney hooks up with Dreamworks

Moonliner · 02-09-2009, 02:59 PM

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The Walt Disney Co.'s motion picture arm said Monday it has agreed to a long-term exclusive distribution deal with Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks SKG movie studio after a similar agreement between DreamWorks and Universal Pictures fell apart last week.

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Ghoulish Delight · 02-09-2009, 03:00 PM

Whoa. So now they are Pixar AND Dreamworks? Good for Disney. I suppose it remains to be seen if it's good/bad/neutral for animation.

Alex · 02-09-2009, 03:15 PM

No, Dreamworks Animation is a separate spun off company from Dreamworks SKG. Animation is still under contract with Paramount.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-09-2009, 03:16 PM

Ah, okay, that makes more sense.

Alex · 02-09-2009, 03:16 PM

What's interesting to me is that Disney apparently will distribute under the mostly dead Touchstone label. I was expecting them to keep it all under the Dreamworks name (so they could make the money off of R movies withouth putting a Disney-familiar name on them.

Disneyphile · 02-09-2009, 06:01 PM

Wow. Katzenberg has now come full circle!

Alex · 02-09-2009, 07:10 PM

Katzenberg is with Dreamworks Animation not SKG so he hasn't quite yet made the circle.

RStar · 02-10-2009, 10:16 AM

DisPixWorks?

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	No, Dreamworks Animation is a separate spun off company from Dreamworks SKG. Animation is still under contract with Paramount.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Ah, okay, that makes more sense. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	What's interesting to me is that Disney apparently will distribute under the mostly dead Touchstone label. I was expecting them to keep it all under the Dreamworks name (so they could make the money off of R movies withouth putting a Disney-familiar name on them.
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Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Wow. Katzenberg has now come full circle!
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Katzenberg is with Dreamworks Animation not SKG so he hasn't quite yet made the circle.
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