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Revision as of 21:37, 23 April 2009
| DreamWorks SKG logo | |
| Industry | Motion pictures |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Founder | Jeffrey Katzenberg Steven Spielberg David Geffen |
| Headquarters | Universal City, California, United States |
| Products | motion pictures, television programs |
| Revenue |  $4.5 billion USD (2008) |
| Owner | Reliance ADA Group |
Number of employees | 120 (2008) |
| Website | dreamworksstudios.com |
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]
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 The Walt Disney Company starting in 2010, after breaking off negotiations with Universal Pictures just days earlier.[3] Paramount will continue to distribute the animated films to avoid a conflict of interest, as Disney is itself a major player in animation. Ironically, DreamWorks had been founded after Katzenberg had a falling out with Disney.
History
The company was founded following Katzenberg's resignation 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 full-length 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 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]
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 joint effort with Paramount which was the first to reap the profits [clarification needed].
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]
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 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]
Trivia
 | This article contains a list of miscellaneous information. (June 2008) |
- Currently, United International Pictures, a joint venture of Paramount and Universal, has the rights to release 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]
Filmography
Live action films
| Title | Release Date | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amistad | December 10 | 1997 | |
| Mousehunt | December 19 | 1997 | |
| The Peacemaker | September 26 | 1997 | |
| Deep Impact | May 8 | 1998 | (co-production with Paramount Pictures) |
| Paulie | April 17 | 1998 | |
| Saving Private Ryan | July 24 | 1998 | (with Paramount Pictures) |
| Small Soldiers | July 10 | 1998 | (with Universal Pictures) |
| American Beauty | October 1 | 1999 | |
| Forces of Nature | March 19 | 1999 | |
| Galaxy Quest | December 25 | 1999 | |
| The Professor | 1999 | ||
| The Haunting | July 23 | 1999 | |
| In Dreams | January 15 | 1999 | |
| The Love Letter | May 21 | 1999 | |
| Almost Famous | September 13 | 2000 | (co-production with Columbia Pictures) |
| Cast Away | December 7 | 2000 | (co-production with 20th Century Fox) |
| The Contender | October 13 | 2000 | (co-production with Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG) |
| An Everlasting Piece | December 25 | 2000 | (co-production with Columbia Pictures) |
| Gladiator | May 4 | 2000 | (co-production with Universal Pictures) |
| The Legend of Bagger Vance | November 3 | 2000 | (co-production with 20th Century Fox and Allied Filmmakers) |
| Meet the Parents | October 6 | 2000 | (co-production with Universal Pictures) |
| Road Trip | May 11 | 2000 | |
| Small Time Crooks | May 19 | 2000 | |
| Walk the Talk | March 15 | 2000 | (Direct to Video) |
| What Lies Beneath | July 21 | 2000 | (co-production with 20th Century Fox) |
| The Last Castle | October 19 | 2001 | |
| A.I.: Artificial Intelligence | June 26 | 2001 | (co-production with Warner Bros.) |
| A Beautiful Mind | December 21 | 2001 | (co-production with Universal Pictures) |
| The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | August 24 | 2001 | (in association with VCL Communications GmbH) |
| Evolution | June 8 | 2001 | (co-production with Columbia Pictures) |
| The Mexican | March 2 | 2001 | (co-production with Newmarket Films) |
| Catch Me If You Can | December 25 | 2002 | |
| Hollywood Ending | May 3 | 2002 | |
| Minority Report | June 21 | 2002 | (co-production with 20th Century Fox) |
| The Ring | October 18 | 2002 | |
| Road to Perdition | April 30 | 2002 | (with 20th Century Fox) |
| The Time Machine | March 8 | 2002 | (with Warner Bros.) |
| The Tuxedo | September 27 | 2002 | |
| Anything Else | August 27 | 2003 | |
| Biker Boyz | January 31 | 2003 | |
| The Cat in the Hat | November 21 | 2003 | (co-production with Universal Studios) |
| Head of State | March 28 | 2003 | |
| House of Sand and Fog | December 26 | 2003 | |
| Millennium Actress | July 21 | 2003 | (Go Fish Pictures division) |
| Old School | February 21 | 2003 | |
| Paycheck | January 16 | 2003 | (co-production with Paramount Pictures) |
| Seabiscuit | July 25 | 2003 | (co-production with Universal Studios and Spyglass Entertainment) |
| Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | July 9 | 2004 | |
| Collateral | August 6 | 2004 | (with Paramount Pictures) |
| Envy | April 30 | 2004 | (with Columbia Pictures and Castle Rock Entertainment) |
| Eurotrip | February 20 | 2004 | |
| Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | December 17 | 2004 | (co-production with Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies) |
| Meet the Fockers | December 22 | 2004 | (co-production with Universal Studios) |
| The Stepford Wives | June 11 | 2004 | (remake of 1975 film) (co-production with Paramount Pictures) |
| Surviving Christmas | October 22 | 2004 | |
| The Terminal | Jun 18 | 2004 | |
| Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! | January 23 | 2004 | |
| The Ring Two | March 18 | 2005 | |
| War of the Worlds | June 29 | 2005 | (co-production with Paramount Pictures and Amblin Entertainment) |
| The Island | July 22 | 2005 | (with Warner Bros.) |
| Red Eye | August 19 | 2005 | |
| The Chumscrubber | August 26 | 2005 | (distribution by Go Fish Pictures division) |
| Just like Heaven | September 16 | 2005 | |
| The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | September 28 | 2005 | (co-production with Revolution Studios) |
| Dreamer | October 7 | 2005 | |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | December 9 | 2005 | (co-production with Columbia Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment) |
| Munich | December 23 | 2005 | (co-production with Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment and Alliance Atlantis) |
| Match Point | December 28 | 2005 | (co-production with BBC Films) |
| She's the Man | March 17 | 2006 | (with Lakeshore Entertainment) |
| The Last Kiss | September 15 | 2006 | (distribution only) (with Lakeshore Entertainment) |
| Flags of Our Fathers | October 20 | 2006 | (with Warner Bros.) |
| Dreamgirls | December 15 | 2006 | (with Paramount Pictures) |
| Letters from Iwo Jima | December 20 | 2006 | (with Warner Bros.) |
| Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | September 14 | 2006 | (distribution only, produced by Constantin Film) |
| Norbit | February 8 | 2007 | |
| Blades of Glory | March 30 | 2007 | (with MTV Films) |
| Disturbia | April 13 | 2007 | |
| Transformers | July 2 | 2007 | (with Paramount Pictures) |
| The Heartbreak Kid | October 5 | 2007 | |
| Things We Lost in the Fire | October 19 | 2007 | |
| The Kite Runner | December 14 | 2007 | (with Paramount Vantage) |
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | December 21 | 2007 | (with Warner Bros.) |
| The Ruins | April 4 | 2008 | (co-produced with Spyglass Entertainment and Red Hour Films) |
| Tropic Thunder | August 8 | 2008 | (co-produced with Red Hour films) |
| Ghost Town | September 19 | 2008 | (co-produced with Spyglass Entertainment) |
| Eagle Eye | September 26 | 2008 | |
| Revolutionary Road | December 26 | 2008 | (co-produced with Paramount Vantage and BBC Films) |
| Hotel for Dogs | January 16 | 2009 | (with Nickelodeon Movies) |
| The Uninvited | January 30 | 2009 | |
| I Love You, Man | March 20 | 2009 | |
| The Soloist | April 24 | 2009 | (co-produced with Working Title Films, Universal Pictures and Participant Productions) |
| She's Out of My League | 2009 | Spring 2009 | |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | June 24 | 2009 | (co-production with Paramount Pictures) |
| A Thousand Words | 2009 | Late 2009 | |
| The Lovely Bones | December 11 | 2009 | (distributed by Paramount Pictures, co-production with FilmFour) |
| The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn | 2011 | (co-production with Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures and Amblin Entertainment) |
TBA
- 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 (with Paramount Pictures and Hasbro)
- 21 Jump Street (with Stephen J. Cannell)
- Fairies Note: A horror film since Child's Play.
- Witch Cowgirl (with CMT Films)
- Popcorn (with Nickelodeon Movies)
Animated Films
| Title | Release Date | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antz | October 2 | 1998 | |
| The Prince of Egypt | December 18 | 1998 | |
| Chicken Run | June 21 | 2000 | (co-production with Aardman Animations and Pathé) |
| Joseph: King of Dreams | October 27 | 2000 | (direct to video) |
| The Road to El Dorado | March 31 | 2000 | |
| Shrek | April 22 | 2001 | |
| Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | May 24 | 2002 | |
| Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | July 2 | 2003 | |
| Shark Tale | October 1 | 2004 | (distribution only) |
| Shrek 2 | May 19 | 2004 | (distribution only) |
| Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | March 6 | 2004 | (distribution by Go Fish Pictures division) |
| Madagascar | May 27 | 2005 | (distribution only) |
| Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | October 7 | 2005 | (co-production with Aardman Animations) |
| Over the Hedge | May 19 | 2006 | (distribution only through Paramount Pictures) |
| Flushed Away | November 3 | 2006 | (co-production with Aardman Animations) (distribution only through Paramount Pictures) |
| Shrek the Third | May 18 | 2007 | (distribution only through Paramount Pictures) |
| Bee Movie | November 2 | 2007 | (distribution only through Paramount Pictures) |
| Kung Fu Panda | June 6 | 2008 | (distribution only through Paramount Pictures) |
| Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | November 7 | 2008 | (distribution only through Paramount Pictures) |
| Monsters vs. Aliens | March 27 | 2009 | |
| How to Train Your Dragon | March 26 | 2010 | |
| Shrek Goes Fourth | May 21 | 2010 | |
| Master Mind | November 5 | 2010 | |
| Crood Awakening | November 25 | 2011 | |
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | 2011 | ||
| Puss in Boots: The Story of an Ogre Killer | 2011 | ||
| Madagascar 3 | June 29 | 2012 | |
| Shrek 5 | July 19 | 2013 |
TBA
- Count Duckula (with Aardman and Cosgrove Hall Films)
Animated Shorts
| Title | Year Released |
|---|---|
| Far Far Away Idol | 2004 |
| The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper | 2005 |
| Hammy's Boomerang Adventure | 2006 |
| First Flight | 2006 |
| Secrets of the Furious Five | 2008 |
TV series and specials
Musical artists
Computer/Video games
Animations
References
- ^ DreamWorks SKG All Time Box Office Results
- ^ AFP: DreamWorks, India's Reliance Sign Major Deal, AFP, September 21, 2008
- ^ Disney and DreamWorks Set Long-Term Distribution Deal, Yahoo!, February 9, 2009
- ^ Stark, Phyllis, "Toby Keith topped country charts, shook up Music Row," Billboard magazine, December 24, 2005, p. YE-18.
- ^ Paramount, DreamWorks agree to deal - Dec. 12, 2005
- ^ DreamWorks considers indie future
- ^ DreamWorks, Reliance close deal
- ^ Viacom to Sell Paramount Pictures' DreamWorks Film Library For $900 Million
- ^ [1]
- ^ Annie Awards: Legacy – 35th Annual Annie Awards
- ^ DreamWorks to make 'Ghost' in 3-D – Variety
External links
- DreamWorks Company Profile and Contacts
- Official site
- dreamworks-skg.com
- DreamWorks Animated Productions at The Big Cartoon DataBase
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- DreamWorks fan site
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