Filed under: MISC | Tags: Anil Ambani, Arts, DreamWorks, DreamWorks SKG, Minimal instruction set computer, MISC Steven Spielberg, Paramount Pictures, Viacom
Steven Spielberg‘s DreamWorks SKG is nearing an agreement for a $550 million investment from Indian billionaire Anil Ambani, allowing the film studio to split from Viacom’s Paramount. A deal may be reached as soon as next week; Spielberg may leave Viacom by November. (Iwantmedia 8/8, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aUAaysg2FT34 8/7)
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Filed under: MISC | Tags: Arts, Business, DreamWorks, Movies, Paramount Pictures, Philippe Dauman, Steven Spielberg, Viacom
Viacom‘s Paramount Pictures may benefit from a split with Steven Spielberg‘s DreamWorks film studio, says JPMorgan Chase. Paramount may improve profit by making lower-budget films under the Nickelodeon and MTV labels, the strategy of Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman. (Iwantmedia 6/23, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=agUyhWkMHbjo 6/20)
Filed under: MISC | Tags: Arts, Ben Stiller, DreamWorks, DreamWorks SKG, Eddie Murphy, Paramount Pictures, Steven Spielberg, Viacom
With a divorce looming between DreamWorks SKG and Viacom’s Paramount Pictures, one big issue is who will get “custody” of their movie projects, talent and producers. Untangling the rights to various assets and people, including Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy, could be tricky. (Iwantmedia 6/19, http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-dreamworks19-2008jun19,0,813105.story 6/19)
Filed under: MISC | Tags: Arts, DreamWorks, NBC Universal, New York University, Perez Hilton, Steven Spielberg, Tisch School of the Arts, Viacom
Steven Spielberg aims to raise more than $1 billion in third-party financing to reinvent DreamWorks as a separate company that once again owns the movies it makes. As for distribution, Spielberg wants to leave Viacom‘s Paramount for rival studio NBC Universal. (Iwantmedia 6/11, http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/finance/news/e3id8bab6c55c504103439b1c9fbeddb01a 6/10)
Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton is the subject of a new Off-Broadway production, “Perez Hilton Saves the Universe,” written by three 24-year-old graduates of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. The show will center around the blogger and poke fun at celebrities. (Iwantmedia 6/11, http://perezhilton.com/2008-06-10-the-most-amazing-thing-ever-4 6/10)
Filed under: MISC | Tags: Animation, DreamWorks, Ghost in the Shell, James Cameron, Mamoru Oshii, Matrix, Steven Spielberg, Wachowski Brothers
It’s nice to have Stephen Spielberg in your corner. DreamWorks won the battle for the rights to adapt the famed Japanese cyberpunk manga Ghost in the Shell into a 3-D live action thriller after Spielberg took a personal interest in the project, reports Variety. DreamWorks beat out Sony and Universal, who were also chasing the property. “Ghost” is best known to American audiences by the anime adaptations directed by Mamoru Oshii. It also inspired the Wachowski Brothers to create The Matrix trilogy. (Cynopsis 4/16)
I watched this movie over 8 years ago and it shook me to my core. . .unnerving and beautiful simultaneously. It will be interesting to see what they do with it but it’s definitely not an easy work to transition for American audiences.
Ghost in the Shell Movie Opening
Six Flags plans to become an entertainment company with its own characters to entice thrill-seekers to its theme parks much like Disney, says CEO Mark Shapiro, a former ESPN exec who took the helm of the company in 2005. (Iwantmedia 4/16, http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080415/six_flags.html 4/15)
