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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
.
DreamWorks 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.
- ↑
"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
.
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