DreamWorks Pictures
DreamWorks Pictures, officially called DW II Distribution Co., LLC,[1] also known as DreamWorks, LLC, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks Studios or DW Studios, LLC, is an American movie studio. It has made or sold more than ten movies which made more than $100 million each at the box-office.
History
changeDreamWorks began in 1994. It was founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen (making the SKG at the bottom of the DreamWorks logo). They own 72% of the company. In December 2005, the founders agreed to sell the studio to Viacom. The sale was done in February 2006. In 2008, DreamWorks announced that it would split from Paramount. It signed a $1.5 billion deal to make movies with India's Reliance ADA Group.[2] Reliance gave $325M to help recreate DreamWorks studio as its own company. Clark Hallren led the Reliance team in making plans for the company.[3][4] The movie studio is 50% owned by Reliance. Reliance is led by Anil Ambani.[5]
The part of DreamWorks which makes animations was made into DreamWorks Animation SKG in 2004.
References
change- ↑ "DreamWorksStudios.com Terms of Use". Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ AFP: DreamWorks, India's Reliance Sign Major Deal Archived 2013-05-28 at the Wayback Machine, AFP, September 21, 2008
- ↑ Morgan, Richard (October 16, 2009). "Hollywood's enablers". The Deal Magazine. Archived from the original on December 13, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
- ↑ McClintock, Pamela (August 17, 2009). "Reliance, DreamWorks close deal". Daily Variety. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
- ↑ "Indian Tiger Eyes Wounded MGM Lion". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2012-08-10.