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 NY Technology experts said 3-D can add as much as 10–15 percent to the cost of making a film, and DreamWorks chief executive Jeffrey Katzenberg has said the additional cost for making one of his big-budget flicks is $15 million. ...

 United States It is a four-day convention for those who like to talk, swap and play with Transformers, the Hasbro-made toys that have been commanding unusual attention since “Transformers,” a very loud movie from Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks, became a smash hit ...

“There was a studio split between Paramount and DreamWorks… [but] I think Paramount in particular had expressed interest in maybe trying to find a way back to the franchise.” So perhaps there's hope yet for Lemony Snicket's future in Hollywood. ...

 New Zealand Meanwhile, Kiwi film-maker Andrew Adamson will be executive producer of a new Shrek movie and a spinoff, studio DreamWorks has announced. Adamson, who co-directed Shrek and Shrek 2, will serve as executive producer on Shrek Forever After, ...

 CA Glendale, which boasts DreamWorks Animation SKG and an ever-expanding Walt Disney Creative Campus and Imagineering Library, and Burbank, home to Disney, Warner Bros. and NBC, are in a prime position to build on their successes, said Judee Kendall, ...

Apparently DreamWorks Animation SKG didn't get the memo. The Glendale-based company said Thursday that it planned to make an additional film every other year, boosting its biennial output to five from four. DreamWorks cited improved production ...

 Malaysia The Contender Asia is produced by Imagine OmniMedia in partnership with Mark Burnett Productions and DreamWorks SKG, the brainchild of media moguls Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. “Of course, all these end up being commercial ...

In the face of tough economic times, most Hollywood studios are paring back the number of movies they make each year, but apparently DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. didn't get the memo. The Glendale-based animation studio announced this morning that it ...

 CA By PETER DEBRUGE "Kung Fu Panda" sequels and "Shrek" spinoffs will be joined by original pics on DreamWorks Animation's sked as the toon studio ups its output to five features every two years. CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, whose contract was recently ...

HitFix DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg will announce the studio's slate through 2012 today, says Variety. The line-up will include five original movies along with sequels in the blockbuster Shrek, Madagascar, and Kung Fu Panda series. ...

 CA By HitFix Staff Tina Fey and Robert Downey Jr are teaming up in a new DreamWorks Animated film. It's been a slow year, relatively, for publicly traded DreamWorks Animation with only "Monsters vs. Aliens" hitting theaters, but Variety reports the ...

 CA Set your phasers to fun with the new Galaxy Quest DVD By Kurt Anthony Krug May 27, 2009 Mania reviews the ten year anniversary DVD edition of DreamWorks' GALAXY QUEST(1999). By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, Paramount was smart to release a ...

 CA of Jim Carrey's wildest roles, but I also remember it not being that good. In fact, I think it's one of Carrey's most forgettable roles. Whatever the case, we'll let you know what happens and if DreamWorks or Paramount do decide to still make a sequel.

Bernice King and Martin Luther King III said in a statement Thursday that they weren't included in negotiations to give Spielberg's DreamWorks SKG rights to their father's story. "We remain committed to pursuing a film chronicling Martin Luther King's ...

 UK It's from Fox TV Animation, DreamWorks Animation SKG and Jeffrey Katzenberg (Shrek). Pam Brady (South Park, The Loop) is writing the scripts, and sharing exec production duties with Katzenberg and Mireille Sora (The Madagascar Penguins in: A Christmas ...

 UK It's from Fox TV Animation, DreamWorks Animation SKG and Jeffrey Katzenberg (Shrek) and will debut on TBS in 2010. Another new project unveiled by TBS in New York is Wee Hours, from Second City TV and executive producer Lowell Mate. ...

 CA Next year, TBS plans to serve up an animated comedy from DreamWorks Animation SKG, Fox Animation and Jeffrey Katzenberg. The half-hour series, "Neighbors from Hell," revolves around a suburban family of Munster-like characters, the Hellmans, ... Television Week - Variety

Daemon's TV  CA Also announced: TNT will air an animated series called "Neighbors from Hell" from Fox TV animation and Jeffrey Katzenberg and DreamWorks Animation. The network, known for its tagline of "Very Funny," is also developing a sitcom titled "The Game of ...

Oldboy (review here) is being developed at DreamWorks as a potential pairing of director Steven Spielberg and Will Smith; Vertigo's Roy Lee and Doug Davison will be producers. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is being developed by Charlize Theron as a ...

Starting this May 12th, now available on DVD from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Studios Home Entertainment comes a great space age spoof about the power of our dreams and the strength of our teamwork. Galaxy Quest – Deluxe Edition is ready to come ...

According to the company, these products celebrate the June 24, 2009 release of 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro. The limited-edition product will be available from May ...

David Geffen, co-founder of DreamWorks SKG and one time suitor for the Los Angeles Times, has turned his attention to New York Times Co (NYT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and recently made an offer for the 20 percent stake owned by Harbinger Capital ...

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The shares rose 33 cents to $6.81 today in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. Geffen co-founded DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg in 1994. He started Asylum Records and Geffen Records earlier in his career. ...

BBC News The debut 3D animated feature from DreamWorks, Monsters Vs Aliens, has been one of this year's box-office hits in the US. The studio boss Jeffrey Katzenberg is the most high-profile champion of the “stereoscopic” format, for both animation and live ...

 NY Michael Bay returns to helm the sequel to the highly successful big-screen adaptation of the Transformers toy line for DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. Much of the original cast returns for the second installment, including Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, ...

 Malaysia I went in to meet (DreamWorks Animation's chief executive officer) Jeffrey Katzenberg, just as a general idea, once I started seeing the DreamWorks animated movies over and over again with my children. We had a meeting and he walked me through the ...

 - Dave Mock A Halloween TV special is also in the works, to air on General Electric's (NYSE: GE) NBC this fall, and CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg noted that the company has even more exciting things coming. To see what the very best CAPS analysts are saying now about ...

 United States DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg will be honored at the 35th annual Saturn Awards, presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, which will present him with its first-ever Visionary Award for his efforts on behalf of ...

 United States By Georg Szalai Shares of DreamWorks Animation soared more than 25% in Wednesday trading, following a better-than-expected first-quarter earnings report after the market close Tuesday and a contract extension for CEO Jeff Katzenberg. ...

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., the maker of ‘Shrek' movies said first-quarter profit more than doubled on theatrical and home-video sales from “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.” The better-than-expected earnings spurred gains in stock markets, ...

DreamWorks Animation Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Katzenberg banked his company’s fortune on the success of 3-D by preparing all of DreamWorks’ future animated movies to be shown in 3-D. “My hope is that within the next 18 months in North America ...

 CO DreamWorks Animation, on the other hand, has had only three movies that I've ever enjoyed - Shrek, Shrek 2, and Kung Fu Panda. They've consistently released what I consider to be completely dull, mindless, and un-entertaining animated crap, ...

DreamWorks Animation) - If “Monsters Vs. Aliens” in 3-D is the filmgoing experience of the future, as DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg likes to pronounce, this exhilarating, lofty motion picture takes you there in a furious, ...

 MA Paramount Home Entertainment and DreamWorks are set to release Things We Lost in the FIre on Blu-ray for the first time. Things We Lost in the Fire is a drama starring Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro. The film tells the story of Berry’s character, ...

DreamWorks Animation Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg made a mea culpa on Wednesday, saying that the Motion Picture & Television Fund had done a poor job of communicating the reasons for its decision to close the hospital and nursing home. ...

 United States - Aliens,” from DreamWorks Animation. (A 3-D commercial for the film, to be placed by DreamWorks Animation and the Paramount Pictures division of Viacom, ...

By STV That's the general flavor of Anne Thompson's survey, which points to credit shortfalls, equity holdups and steep bills coming due for Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider as they finish the last of their packing at Paramount en route to Universal. If Universal will even open its gate, that...

By Alex Billington Last week I attended a few presentations at the 3D Entertainment Summit, mainly in search of Avatar footage and a chance to chat with James Cameron. While I didn't catch every discussion, Variety did, and they bring some very alarming news from a keynote chat with DreamWorks Animation's J...

By STV In describing Mr. Geffen’s role at DreamWorks, Mr. Spielberg likened it to a family relationship. “Jeffrey and I were like the kids,” he said, while Mr. Geffen built the house and saw that the bills were paid. [...] David Geffen Makes a Sudden Exit [NYT]

By STV Months of speculation over whom DreamWorks might be courting to help underwrite its ugly exit from Viacom ended late Tuesday when The Wall Street Journal reported that Reliance ADA Group, a massive Indian conglomerate, is close to sinking $500 million to $600 million into Steven Spiel...

By STV Cons: After the dysfunction of Paramount, would DreamWorks want to be anywhere near the tightly controlled GE corporate culture that drove away Snider in the first place? GE remains the antithesis of DreamWorks' bureaucracy-free model.

By Nick Universal and Sony were also chasing “Ghost in the Shell,” but Steven Spielberg took personal interest in the property and made it happen at DreamWorks. ” ‘Ghost in the Shell’ is one of my favorite stories,” Spielberg said. “It’s a genre that has arrived, and we enthusiastically welcome it...

European Television Worries Over U.S. TV Shortfall European television executives are fretting about the slim season in store for them from the U.S. in 2008 due to the writers strike, Daily Variety reports. U.S. dramas are big business for European channels, and a limited season has execs look...

By Mark Above, we've spotlighted the entry for underappreciated Imagine superproducer Brian Grazer, who relentlessly publicizes the fact the he's a knowledge-vampire consumed by a smartlust so crippling that it can only be sated by luring unsuspecting geniuses to his office, where he quic...

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By Christopher Campbell Filed under: Paramount, Paramount Classics, Tech Stuff, Dreamworks, Steven Spielberg, Home Entertainment, Paramount VantageParamount Pictures shocked Hollywood this week by announcing it would no longer distribute its movies in the Blu-Ray format. Instead, Variety reports the...

By Mark Geffen himself, calling from his yacht, insisted Friday that "Steven and I are very happy with the performance of Paramount's marketing and distribution teams in handling our films." He cited Rob Moore and Jim Tharp, among others, as contributing to the success of such DreamWorks-Para...

By Mark Many thanks for the amazing leadership shown by David Geffen, Stacey Snider and Adam Goodman at DreamWorks, as well as Rob Moore, Brad Weston, Gerry Rich, Jim Tharp and Andrew Cripps at Paramount. Enjoy this moment in Paramount and DreamWorks' history.

By Mark As expected, Paramount has sold the DreamWorks film library to a group headed by billionaire George Soros for $900 million, thus greatly defraying the cost of Paramount emperor Brad Grey's early Christmas gift to himself. We can't be bothered to read the press release announcing the bor...

By Mark Steven got his gal, Brad's keeping his, and, best of all, there seems to be no reason to lay anyone off. Everybody's happy at the New New Paramount! Spielberg's Siren Call Lures Snider to DreamWorks [LAT]Snider hits the switch [Variety]