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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia DreamWorks DreamWorks DreamWorks SKG DreamWorks, LLC DreamWorks’ animation arm was spun-off in 2004 into DreamWorks Animation SKG. Its films were distributed worldwide by Paramount, but the animation studio remained independent of Paramount/Viacom. On February 9, 2009, DreamWorks entered a 6-year, 30-picture distribution deal with Paramount Pictures and The Walt Disney Company starting in 2010, after breaking off negotiations with Universal Pictures just days earlier.[3] Type Founded Founder(s) Unknown 1994 Jeffrey Katzenberg Steven Spielberg David Geffen Universal City, California, United States Motion pictures motion pictures, television programs ▲$4.5 billion USD (2008) 120 (2008) dreamworksstudios.com History Headquarters Industry Products Revenue Employees Website The DreamWorks Pictures logo The company was founded following Katzenberg being fired from The Walt Disney Company in 1994. At the suggestion of Spielberg’s friend, the two made an agreement with long-time Katzenberg collaborator Geffen to start their own studio. The studio was officially founded on October 12, 1994 with financial backing of $33 million from each of the three main partners and $500 million from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. DreamWorks Interactive is a computer and video game developer founded in 1995, as a subsidiary of DreamWorks SKG. In 1998, DreamWorks released their first fulllength animated feature, Antz. In 1999, 2000 and 2001, DreamWorks won three consecutive Academy Awards for Best Picture for American Beauty, Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind (the latter two with Universal). On February 24, 2000, Electronic Arts announced the acquisition of DreamWorks Interactive from DreamWorks and merged it DreamWorks, LLC, also known as DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks SKG or DreamWorks Studios, is a major American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games, and television programming. It has produced or distributed more than ten films with box-office grosses totalling more than $100 million each. Its most successful title to date is Shrek 2.[1] DreamWorks began in 1994 as an ambitious attempt by media moguls Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen (forming the SKG present on the bottom of the DreamWorks logo) to create a new Hollywood studio. In December 2005, the founders agreed to sell the studio to Viacom. The sale was completed in February 2006. In 2008, Dreamworks announced its intention to end its partnership with Paramount and signed a US$1.5 billion deal to produce films with India’s Reliance ADA Group.[2] 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia with EA Pacific and Westwood Studios. DreamWorks Interactive became EA Los Angeles (EALA). DreamWorks Records, the company’s record label (the first project of which was George Michael’s Older), never lived up to expectations, and was sold in October 2003 to Universal Music Group, which operated the label as DreamWorks Nashville. That label was shut down in 2005 when its flagship artist, Toby Keith, departed to form his own label.[4] DreamWorks joint effort with Paramount which was the first to reap the profits. In December 2005, Viacom’s Paramount Pictures agreed to purchase the live-action studio. The deal was valued at approximately $1.6 billion, an amount that included about $400 million in debt assumptions. The company completed its acquisition on February 1, 2006.[5] On March 17, 2006, Paramount agreed to sell the DreamWorks live-action library to a group led by George Soros for $900 million. Paramount retained the worldwide distribution rights to these films, as well as various ancillary rights, including music publishing, sequels, and merchandising -- this includes films that had been made by Paramount and DreamWorks. The sale was completed on May 8, 2006. In June 2008, Variety reported that DreamWorks was looking for financing that would allow it to continue operations as an independent production company once its deal with Paramount ended later in the year.[6] Most of the money to do the new studio would come from an Indian investment firm called Reliance ADA Group. The DreamWorks trademarks are owned by DreamWorks Animation, and the new company would need their approval to use the trademarks. In September 2008, it was reported by Variety that Dreamworks closed a deal with Reliance to create a stand-alone production company and end its ties to Paramount.[7]. As of 2009, DreamWorks Animation is planning on releasing all their films in 3-D starting with films such as Shrek Goes Fourth.[8] The DreamWorks Animation logo The studio has had its greatest financial success with movies, specifically animated movies. DreamWorks Animation teamed up with Pacific Data Images (now known as PDI/ DreamWorks) in 1996 to create some of the highest grossing animated hits of all time, such as Antz (1998), The Prince of Egypt (1998), Shrek (2001), its sequels Shrek 2 (2004) and Shrek the Third (2007); Shark Tale (2004), Madagascar (2005), Over the Hedge (2006), Flushed Away (2006), Bee Movie, and Kung Fu Panda (2008) Based on their success, DreamWorks Animation has spun off as its own publicly traded company. In fact, PDI/DreamWorks has emerged as the main competitor to Pixar in the age of computer-generated animation, and is based in Redwood City, California. In recent years, DreamWorks has scaled back. It stopped plans to build a high-tech studio, sold its music division, and has only produced a few television series, Las Vegas, Carpoolers, and On the Lot, for example. Recently, David Geffen admitted that DreamWorks had come close to bankruptcy twice. Under Katzenberg’s watch, the studio suffered a $125 million loss on Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, and also overestimated the DVD demand for Shrek 2. In 2005, out of their two large budget pictures, The Island bombed at the domestic box office, while War of the Worlds was produced as a Logo The Dreamworks logo features a young boy sitting on a crescent moon while fishing. The general idea for the logo was from company’s co-founder Steven Spielberg. Spielberg originally wanted a computer generated image, whereas Visual Effects Supervisor Dennis Muren, of Industrial Light and Magic suggested a hand-painted one. Muren contacted friend and artist Robert Hunt to paint it. Hunt worked both versions featuring his son William as a model for the boy, and Spielberg liked the CGI one better. The music accompanying the logo as a movie starts was composed by John Williams.The main logo shows 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia the scene at night, while the Dreamworks Animation logo shows it during the day. The logo that you see in the movies was made at ILM based on paintings by Hunt, in collaboration with Kaleidoscope Films, Dave Carson, and Clint Goldman.[9] DreamWorks Computer/Video games Animations References [1] DreamWorks SKG All Time Box Office Results [2] AFP: DreamWorks, India’s Reliance Sign Major Deal, AFP, September 21, 2008 [3] Disney and DreamWorks Set Long-Term Distribution Deal, Yahoo!, February 9, 2009 [4] Stark, Phyllis, "Toby Keith topped country charts, shook up Music Row," Billboard magazine, December 24, 2005, p. YE-18. [5] Paramount, DreamWorks agree to deal Dec. 12, 2005 [6] DreamWorks considers indie future [7] DreamWorks, Reliance close deal [8] Viacom to Sell Paramount Pictures’ DreamWorks Film Library For $900 Million [9] [1] [10] Annie Awards: Legacy – 35th Annual Annie Awards [11] DreamWorks to make ’Ghost’ in 3-D – Variety Trivia • Currently, United International Pictures, a joint venture of Paramount and Universal, has the rights to relea DreamWorks’ films internationally, and will also handle releases from the new DreamWorks. • The broadcast rights to many DreamWorks films are owned by ABC. Ironically, ABC (along with Pixar) is owned by Disney, with which Katzenberg had a falling out. • Edwin R. Leonard, CTO of Dreamworks Animation, won a special achievement award at the 2008 Annies for driving their innovative work with Open Source Software and Linux.[10] • DreamWorks nearly went bankrupt twice as David Geffen admitted. Filmography Live action films TBA • • • • • She’s Out of My League Lincoln (with Amblin Entertainment) Ghost in the Shell[11] Fatal Frame (based on the video game) When Worlds Collide (co-production with Paramount Pictures) • Master of Space and Time • Transformers 3 (co-production with Paramount Pictures and Hasbro) External links • DreamWorks Company Profile and Contacts • Official site • dreamworks-skg.com • DreamWorks Animated Productions at the Big Cartoon DataBase • DreamWorks SKG at the Internet Movie Database • DreamWorks fan site Coordinates: 34°09′26″N 118°17′06″W / 34.157326°N 118.285096°W / 34.157326; -118.285096 Animated Films TBA • Count Duckula (with Aardman and Cosgrove Hall Films) Animated Shorts TV series and specials Musical artists 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Title The Peacemaker Amistad Mousehunt Paulie Deep Impact Small Soldiers Saving Private Ryan In Dreams Forces of Nature The Love Letter The Haunting American Beauty Galaxy Quest Walk the Talk Gladiator Road Trip Small Time Crooks What Lies Beneath Almost Famous Meet the Parents The Contender The Legend of Bagger Vance Cast Away An Everlasting Piece The Mexican Evolution A.I. Artificial Intelligence The Curse of the Jade Scorpion The Last Castle A Beautiful Mind Release Date Year Notes DreamWorks September 1997 26 December 1997 (co-production with HBO Films) 10 December 1997 19 April 17 May 8 July 10 July 24 March 19 May 21 July 23 1998 1998 (co-production with Paramount Pictures) 1998 (with Universal Pictures) 1998 (with Paramount Pictures) 1999 1999 1999 January 15 1999 October 1 1999 December 1999 25 March 15 May 4 May 11 May 19 July 21 2000 (Direct to Video) 2000 (co-production with Universal Pictures) 2000 2000 2000 (co-production with 20th Century Fox) September 2000 (co-production with Columbia Pictures) 13 October 6 2000 (co-production with Universal Pictures) October 13 2000 (co-production with Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG) November 2000 (co-production with 20th Century Fox and Al3 lied Filmmakers) December 2000 (co-production with 20th Century Fox) 7 December 2000 (co-production with Columbia Pictures) 25 March 2 June 8 June 26 2001 (co-production with Newmarket Films) 2001 (co-production with Columbia Pictures) 2001 (co-production with Warner Bros.) August 24 2001 (in association with VCL Communications GmbH) October 19 2001 December 2001 (co-production with Universal Pictures) 21 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Time Machine Road to Perdition Hollywood Ending Minority Report The Tuxedo The Ring Catch Me If You Can Paycheck Biker Boyz Old School Head of State Millennium Actress Anything Else The Cat in the Hat House of Sand and Fog Seabiscuit Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! Eurotrip Envy The Stepford Wives The Terminal March 8 April 30 May 3 June 21 DreamWorks 2002 (remake of 1960 film) (with Warner Bros.) 2002 (with 20th Century Fox) 2002 2002 (co-production with 20th Century Fox) September 2002 27 October 18 2002 December 2002 25 January 16 2003 (co-production with Paramount Pictures) January 31 2003 February 21 March 28 July 21 2003 2003 2003 (Go Fish Pictures division) August 27 2003 November 2003 (co-production with Universal Studios) 21 December 2003 26 July 25 2003 (co-production with Universal Studios and Spyglass Entertainment) January 23 2004 February 20 April 30 June 11 June 18 2004 2004 (with Columbia Pictures and Castle Rock Entertainment) 2004 (remake of 1975 film) (co-production with Paramount Pictures) 2004 2004 2004 (with Paramount Pictures) 2004 Anchorman: The Legend of July 9 Ron Burgundy Collateral Surviving Christmas August 6 October 22 Lemony Snicket’s A Series December 2004 (co-production with Paramount Pictures and of Unfortunate Events 17 Nickelodeon Movies) Meet the Fockers The Ring Two War of the Worlds The Island December 2004 (co-production with Universal Studios) 22 March 18 June 29 July 22 2005 2005 (co-production with Paramount Pictures and Amblin Entertainment) 2005 (with Warner Bros.) 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Red Eye The Chumscrubber Just like Heaven The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Dreamer Memoirs of a Geisha Munich Match Point She’s the Man The Last Kiss Flags of Our Fathers Dreamgirls Letters from Iwo Jima Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Norbit Blades of Glory Disturbia Transformers The Heartbreak Kid August 19 2005 DreamWorks August 26 2005 (distribution by Go Fish Pictures division) September 2005 16 September 2005 (co-production with Revolution Studios) 28 October 7 2005 December 2005 (co-production with Columbia Pictures and Spy9 glass Entertainment) December 2005 (co-production with Universal Pictures, Amblin 23 Entertainment and Alliance Atlantis) December 2005 (co-production with BBC Films) 28 March 17 2006 (with Lakeshore Entertainment) September 2006 (distribution only) (with Lakeshore 15 Entertainment) October 20 2006 (with Warner Bros.) December 2006 (with Paramount Pictures) 15 December 2006 (with Warner Bros.) 20 December 2006 (distribution only, produced by Constantin 27 Film) February 8 March 30 April 13 July 2 2007 2007 (with MTV Films) 2007 2007 (with Paramount Pictures) 2007 October 5 2007 Things We Lost in the Fire October 19 The Kite Runner December 2007 (with Paramount Vantage) 14 Sweeney Todd: The DeDecember 2007 (with Warner Bros.) mon Barber of Fleet Street 21 The Ruins Tropic Thunder Ghost Town Eagle Eye Revolutionary Road April 4 August 8 2008 (co-produced with Spyglass Entertainment and Red Hour Films) 2008 (co-produced with Red Hour films) September 2008 (co-produced with Spyglass Entertainment) 19 September 2008 26 December 2008 (co-produced with Paramount Vantage and BBC 26 Films) 6 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hotel for Dogs The Uninvited I Love You, Man The Soloist Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen A Thousand Words The Lovely Bones The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn January 16 2009 (with Nickelodeon Movies) January 30 2009 March 20 April 24 June 24 2009 DreamWorks 2009 (co-produced with Working Title Films, Universal Pictures and Participant Productions) 2009 (co-production with Paramount Pictures) 2009 Late 2009 December 2009 (distributed by Paramount Pictures, co-produc11 tion with FilmFour) 2011 (co-production with Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures and Amblin Entertainment) 7 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Title Antz The Prince of Egypt Chicken Run Joseph: King of Dreams The Road to El Dorado Shrek Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Shark Tale Shrek 2 Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Madagascar Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Over the Hedge Flushed Away Shrek the Third Bee Movie Kung Fu Panda Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Monsters vs. Aliens Shrek Goes Fourth Master Mind Crood Awakening Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots: The Story of an Ogre Killer Madagascar 3 Shark Tale 2 Shrek 5 Release Date Year Notes DreamWorks October 2 1998 December 1998 18 June 21 October 27 April 22 May 24 July 2 2000 (co-production with Aardman Animations and Pathé) 2000 (direct to video) March 31 2000 2001 2002 2003 October 1 2004 (distribution only) May 19 March 6 May 27 2004 (distribution only) 2004 (distribution by Go Fish Pictures division) 2005 (distribution only) October 7 2005 (co-production with Aardman Animations) May 19 2006 (distribution only through Paramount Pictures) November 2006 (co-production with Aardman Animations) (dis3 tribution only through Paramount Pictures) May 18 2007 (distribution only through Paramount Pictures) November 2007 (distribution only through Paramount Pictures) 2 June 6 2008 (distribution only through Paramount Pictures) November 2008 (distribution only through Paramount Pictures) 7 March 27 2009 May 21 2010 How to Train Your Dragon March 26 2010 November 2010 5 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2013 8 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Title Far Far Away Idol The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper Hammy’s Boomerang Adventure First Flight Secrets of the Furious Five DreamWorks Year Released 2004 2005 2006 2006 2008 Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreamWorks" Categories: Companies established in 1994, DreamWorks, Film production companies of the United States, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, Former Viacom subsidiaries This page was last modified on 19 May 2009, at 02:54 (UTC). 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