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Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks Ready to Join Other Hollywood Players Outsourced to India

Months of speculation over whom DreamWorks might be courting to help underwrite its ugly exit from Viacom ended late Tuesday when The Wall Street Journal reported that Reliance ADA Group, a massive Indian conglomerate, is close to sinking $500 million to $600 million into Steven Spielberg's breathless bid for autonomy. As presumed, the deal would expedite David Geffen's eventual departure from the DreamWorks fold and allow Spielberg to keep the DreamWorks name, if not the projects currently in development with Paramount/Viacom — alas, Transformers 2 stays behind. CEO and Spielberg right hand Stacey Snider would follow as well.

The rest of the picture is still taking shape, but after the jump we have a few educated guesses as to where things might land — and it looks curiously like Bollywood.

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8:50 AM on Wed Jun 18 2008
By STV
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Latest by n/a: Let's try this again . . . Here is a sneak peak at the first film which will be released under the NEW Dreamworks/Reliance venture - + Watch video more »

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Play the 'DreamWorks Free to Good Home' Sweepstakes

They say nobody in Hollywood knows anything, which is true in just about every situation but the one facing DreamWorks and its partners at Paramount — a pair about as likely to split in acrimony within the year as Nikki Finke is to wheeze "TOLDJA!" when it happens. Patrick Goldstein today offers a rough primer for the 'Works/'Mount divorce, with enough oversights and elisions to make it dispensable (for starters, whither UA in the potential coupling of DreamWorks and MGM?) but thought-provoking enough to ask: Where will the 'Works wind up? More »

3:50 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By STV
871 views, 2 comments

Latest by n/a: I'm going to hate me for saying this but Dreamworks should call up Sergey Brin. Dreamworks gets backers with deep pockets and huge discounts on advertising. Google gets a revenue stream, the opportunity to build another digital distribution business, and more »

With all the attention being paid to the damage done to Steven Spielberg's ego when Viacom CEO Phillippe Dauman said those two terrible little words, Var's Anne Thompson reminds the Paramount powers-that-be that they'd better start kissing the DreamWorks tattoo on Stacey Snider's ass right quick if they want to save the relationship. [Variety]

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Shouty mogul Barry Diller gets defensive when interrogated about having once made former Universal head Stacey Snider cry. Accusations of manipulative drama queen antics follow! "Oh please! Stacey Snider cries for effect in whatever room she might be in. I mean, I didn't make Stacey Snider cry! Stacey Snider wanted to cry for her own demonstrative purposes. But, there's no question that our process, my process, is one in which I believe that in order to get to the truth of something, you have to argue it passionately. It's not a Socratic process by any stretch." [Portfoilio]

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but if any writers ask, tell them we've suffered record losses

Studios Already Shredding Hundred Dollar Bills For Use As "Summer Of Prosperity" Parade Confetti

We're nothing if not suckers for a nice feel-good story, especially when it's accompanied by a fun chart where Spider-Man scales a pillar representing the obscene amounts of money some of our favorite movie studios are making: With four different films crossing the $300 million mark, Hollywood is enjoying its Best Summer Ever, a period of prosperity that is erasing all memory of that nasty, alleged "Slump" of 2005, when executives were forced to answer all kinds of rude questions about why their shitty product wasn't selling. During this new Golden Age of Very Profitable Threequels, they instead get to crow about how smart they are in the pages of Variety:

"It's proved that when you offer people great stories that also deliver state-of-the-art effects and stunts, they want to go out and experience it together. It becomes an event," said DreamWorks CEO/co-chair Stacey Snider, whose studio and Paramount turned out "Transformers."
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9:36 AM on Thu Aug 16 2007
By Mark
2,093 views, 5 comments

Latest by nick_r: @Everybody Likes Pandas: The last thing any of the studios care about is whether or not you or I think it's art. And yes, that's kind of sad. more »

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Brad Grey Tries To Nail Shut Door on DreamWorks 'Trojan Horse' Before Invading Hordes Can Overthrow Him From Within

Today's LAT examines the tensions that have been festering between Paramount emperor Brad Grey and the invading "dream team" that came along inside the $1.6 billion DreamWorks "Trojan Horse" he bought a year ago, whose superior moviemaking experience might enable them to "eventually topple management and grab control." The Times relates Grey's recent upsetting of DreamWorks colleagues team by making unwanted speeches at Dreamgirls' bicoastal premieres, behind-the-scenes efforts made by David Geffen to inject miniaturized DW operative Jeffrey Katzenberg into corporate parent Viacom's executive bloodstream, and a snit that developed over the way the Paramount chief handled the reorganization of the studio after the firing of Gail Berman: More »

12:51 PM on Mon Jan 29 2007
By Mark
378 views, 1 comment

Latest by WaldoFeathers: Everyone's too frightened of the David Geffen death ray to even comment. In fact, more »

trade roundup

Trade Round-Up: A Bear-Hug For Berman

· Pity TV development executives, whose summer vacation plans are ruined by the current shift to year-round programming. [Variety]
· The festivities in honor of Paramount's We're Number Two! Week continue, as THR hoists once-embattled studio president Gail Berman on its shoulders and parades her around the Melrose lot to celebrate Nacho Libre's strong second-place opening. [THR]
· Today's opening of Click should serve as the John the Baptist for the twin blockbuster Christs that will deliver Hollywood unto summer box office salvation, Superman Returns and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. [Variety]
· THR's Up With Female Studio Execs Day also features a fine piece on how Stacey Snider is doing in her new gig at DreamWorks. [THR]
· New Line unambiguously declares its desire to be in the "rakish-but-charming bachelor finally opens up his heart and meets the woman of his dreams" business, signing up Matthew McConaughey's production company to a development deal and working to insert the actor into two of its pre-existing comedy vehicles. [Variety]

1:02 PM on Fri Jun 23 2006
By Mark
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Trade Round-Up: Stacey Snider Makes First Play For Brad Grey's Job

· Stacey Snider gets her feet wet at her new DreamWorks gig by acquiring the rights to the French comedy The Valet for the Farrelly Brothers to remake, an act of unoriginality clearly meant to upstage Paramount boss Brad Grey's own lack of vision. [Variety]
· At the National Association of Broadcasters' Digital Cinema Summit, director/evangelist James Cameron says digital 3D projection will save cinema, getting "people off their butts and away from their portable devices and...back in the theaters where they belong." Somehow we don't think the ability to see The Benchwarmers in three dimensions is going to solve Hollywood's problems. [THR]
· Forbes magazine's media executive salary survey reveals that Tom Freston, Les Moonves, Bob Iger, and Rupert Murdoch have way too much fucking money. [Variety]
· Wherever possible, the eco-friendly entertainment industry makes sure its garbage is dumped into theaters, not landfills. [THR]
· A strike by Commie-leaning French unions might disrupt the Hollywood-led capitalist orgy at the Cannes film festival, but in the end, things will probably work out, with the only rioting being conducted by Tom Hanks hair purists angry about the actor's ridiculous Da Vinci Code mullet. [Variety]

1:15 PM on Mon Apr 24 2006
By Mark
127 views, 2 comments

Latest by Fairytale of Los Angeles: People belong in movie theaters, all right-- and when movie theaters are full of actual reasonable people, instead of howling chumps with laser pointers, Mr. Cameron can expect me to come right back. Until then, I'll stick with my more »

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Sumner Redstone Gives Brad Grey A Vote of Confidence

Just as Paramount emperor Brad Grey has been forced to defend embattled lieutenant Gail Berman from rumors that her job was in jeopardy following the studio's acquisition of DreamWorks, skeletal Viacom executive presence Sumner Redstone risked shattering several metacarpals by publicly clapping Grey on the shoulder and offering a "That's my boy!" vote of confidence amidst widespread speculation that Grey may be replaced by new hire Stacey Snider should the studio chief be further ensnared in the Anthony Pellicano Wiretapping Trial of the Century. Redstone assures the LAT: More »

11:30 AM on Tue Apr 4 2006
By Mark
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SniderWatch II: Stacey Headed To DreamWorks And Beyond

Today's LAT reports that game of contractual chicken between jilted Universal, who still had another 10 months or so left on former studio head Stacey Snider's deal, and Paramount, who recently hired her away to run newly acquired DreamWorks, may be ending today: More »

10:04 AM on Thu Mar 30 2006
By Mark
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Breaking: It Takes Two Men To Do A Woman's Job At Universal

An operative on the Universal lot shot us this message a few moments ago:
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trade roundup

Trade Round-Up: Stacey Snider Might Get Seven-Figure Paid Vacation

Stacey Snider may have jilted Universal to go shack up with DreamWorks, but she's still got 10 months left on her contract. So either Paramount's lawyers find a way to spring her (read: $$$), or she suffers the horrible indignity of being paid ridiculous sums by Universal to vacation until her pact expires at the end of 2006. [Variety]
It's not exactly news that American Idol has staggering ratings, but holy shit: 33 million people tuned in to see the final half hour of last night's 90 minute show. [THR]
Not all pre-Oscar parties are pointless, celebrity-packed orgies of decadence; in fact, many soirees in the coming days are celebrity-packed orgies of decadence that benefit charities. [Variety]
· Rob Lowe and fellow West Wing alums Mary-Louise Parker, Gary Cole, Tim Matheson, Marlee Matlin, Anna Deavere Smith, Timonthy Busfield, and (deep breath, almost done) Annabeth Gish will stop by the Wing to say goodbye in its final run of episodes. [THR]
· Shortly after the announcement that CBS is suing Howard Stern, Big Les responds to a Stern attack in inimitable Moonvesian fashion: "The good news is that not as many people will hear him as would have a year ago." [Variety]

12:04 PM on Wed Mar 1 2006
By Mark
108 views, 1 comment

Latest by MonkeyinDiapers: Cute comeback Les Moonves- but apparently he forgot to tell the investors that Stern is still the #1 talk show (even from satellite). But then again- when Viacom has David Lee Roth floundering in northeast, and Jack FM losing markets - more »

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Brad Grey Will Probably Not Be Firing Your Department Today

Our operatives were apparently too busy to deliver Brad Grey's interoffice e-mail about the plucking of Stacey Snider from Universal's grasp to us in the wildly popular monkeygram format, but here it is in its original, plain-text, simian-free incarnation: More »

1:16 PM on Mon Feb 27 2006
By Mark
121 views, 1 comment

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Sniderwatch Ends As Stacey Chooses Steven and Brad Over Ron

Based on this morning's published reports about Stacey Snider's choice to leave Universal to become co-chair of DreamWorks, we think we have a pretty good idea of how Snider spent her agonizing weekend mulling the career decision demanded by Uni boss Ron Meyer before Monday. After a reflective, barefoot stroll on the beach in an oversized "Property of Universal Pictures" sweatshirt and much meaningful staring into the placid ocean, Snider returned home to sit in front of her vanity, alternating her gaze between the soft-focus picture of current beau Meyer tacked to her mirror and a gaudily framed photo of brawny Paramount emperor Brad Grey and DreamWorks hunk Steven Spielberg showing off their varsity football jackets, her wistful sighs occasionally drowning out the ticks of the noisy grandfather clock counting off the seconds until the arrival of her deadline. Then, of course, the cell phone rang and her lawyer let her know that Paramount played ball on her salary (apparently still a pay cut, but a reported $2.5-3 million base is nothing to sneeze at), and all barriers to leaping into Spielberg's big, strong arms were suddenly gone. Reports the LAT: More »

10:09 AM on Mon Feb 27 2006
By Mark
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trade roundup

Trade Round-Up: SniderWatch May Be Reaching Conclusion

SniderWatch Update: Will Stacey Snider stay at Universal or leave to head DreamWorks? Var says that the "situation is expected to be resolved soon, possibly before next week," which gives Brad Grey only about two days to draw up a list of people to lay off in celebration of Snider's arrival if she signs on. [Variety]
Chris Weitz will adapt Neil Strauss' book about pickup artists, The Game, for Columbia. If you don't know what "neg" or "FMAC" mean, you're just another AFC. OK, fine. We read the damn book and wound up getting drinks thrown in our face for using two-year-old techniques, and we're a little bitter. [THR]
WGA interim president David Young fires longtime spokeswoman Cheryl Rhoden, who then released the following statement (really): "I love writers. For going on 20 years, it has been my honor to work on their behalf. For myself, I'm going to take some time off to smell the horses." We fear that this some kind of secret code signalling other spokespeople to rise up and burn down the WGA headquarters in retaliation. All Guild employees should be on alert through the end of business today. [Variety]
· A judge delays a decision that would shut down BlackBerry service, putting off the armageddon that a sudden portable e-mail blackout would inflict on the entertainment industry. [THR]
VH-1 is forming a metal band with washed-up rockers like Ted Nugent and Sebastian Bach for SuperGroup, a show that sounds like such a trainwreck that it'll be in our TiVo wishlist before we finish typing this sentence. If they really want our undying love, they'll bring back Bands on the Run. [Variety]

11:46 AM on Fri Feb 24 2006
By Mark
96 views, 1 comment

Latest by Ernst Stavro Blofeld: Bands on the Run was one of the best shows ever. Those dudes from Flickerstick ruled. On national TV they pounded booze, cheated on girlfriends/fiancees, smashed guitars, did drugs (I'm pretty sure they did at least), and started more »

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Stacey Snider Begins Job Hunt On Paramount Lot

Today's LAT reports that Universal chair Stacey Snider, whose contract with the studio expires at the end of the year, has told boss Ron Meyer that she wants to play the field before possibly re-committing to him, and has given her lawyers the go-ahead to chat with Paramount about a new job. According to the Times, however, the job in question is not embattled, slow-starting president Gail Berman's (as pretty much everyone in the entertainment industry has been whispering for weeks now), but one to run DreamWorks. Paramount Emperor Brad Grey wouldn't discuss whether or not he's hot for Snider, but publicly defended Berman's job security: More »

9:52 AM on Fri Feb 17 2006
By Mark
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Munich Vs. Brokeback: Snider Might Love The Gay Cowboys Too Much


The Drudge Report, your always-on source for breaking news about the Oscar race, screams the above headline touting a supposed sibling psychodrama unfolding at Universal, where a source accuses studio head Stacey Snider of being way more into gay cowboys than Israeli hitmen: More »

2:41 PM on Wed Jan 18 2006
By Mark
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Inside The Budgets: Brokeback Vs. Kong

Universal chairperson Stacey Snider sat down with the THR to wash that DreamWorks nastiness right out of her hair, and in between raving about next year's Miami Vice ("It's got everything: Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, rap music, boats, trains, cars, babes.") and discussing the upcoming Munich, gives some insight into the budgeting decisions behind two movies that are dominating much of the industry's year-end discussion: More »

11:15 AM on Wed Dec 14 2005
By Mark
92 views, 2 comments