Dreamworks in talks to have Disney as it's new distributor

[ZOOMBOOM0688]

I Actually like the Shrek movies but I never wanted to see Kung Fu Panda because I thought it would be stupid and annoying. Now that I hear so many good things about it I will DEFINITELY check it out...THANKS GUYS!

[NeoSuperBlissey]

So, basically DreamWorks will now just be a production company, and all their films will be released as Touchstone? I thought if the Touchstone name were involved with this deal it would that the Touchstone banner would be replaced by DreamWorks?

But what does this mean for DreamWorks titles on DVD/ Blu-ray, obviously the new titles will be, but will catalog titles be released through Disney? Could it include titles that are gonna be released between now and the 2010 date, like Transformers 2?

I don't know about Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. But, according to this article from Video Business magazine, catalog titles(read: all titles streeting [releasing] prior to 2010) will remain with Paramount, such as the expected May 12th release of a "Deluxe Edition" of Galaxy Quest.

[blackcauldron85]

Could Halo Be Disney/DreamWorks' First Big Deal...
http://blueskydisney.blogspot.com/2009/ ... first.html

It's just a rumor, but it's something post-worthy.

[The_Iceflash]

Could Halo Be Disney/DreamWorks' First Big Deal...
http://blueskydisney.blogspot.com/2009/ ... first.html

It's just a rumor, but it's something post-worthy.

Eww. Halo.

[ajmrowland]

Huh, haven't heard anything of that movie since forever. Is PJ still producing?

[blackcauldron85]

http://blueskydisney.blogspot.com/2009/ ... isney.html

According to a USAToday article, Steven Spielberg is developing a Pirate film based on perhaps the last novel Michael Crichton did before his death entitled, "Pirate Latitudes." David Koepp is writing the adaption and Spielberg is producing with the possibility of directing it. The plot essentially is a "men on a mission" story wrapped in a pirate narrative about a group that tries to get into Port Royal and steal a Spanish galleon's treasure.

[Poody]

Just to let everyone know, the deal they are working on ONLY includes Dreamworks and does not have anything to do with Dreamworks Animation Studios, so Shrek and the Madagascar characters would not be moving in to the Magic Kingdom.

Thank god. Thanks.

[blackcauldron85]

Tune Tuesday: Disney to celebrate the performing arts in 2010
http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/ ... -2010.aspx

And speaking of 2010 and beyond, DreamWorks Studios has finally begun firming the first few films that it will be releasing through that distribution deal that it signed with Disney back in February. And these movies include a new family-friendly canine comedy:

•DOGGIEDAYCAREMOVIE.COM
•DOGGIEDAYCARETHEMOVIE.COM

A remake of a horror comedy from the 1980s:

•FRIGHTNIGHTTHEMOVIE.COM
A new teen thriller:

•SOMEONEINTHEDARKMOVIE.COM
As well as a big screen bio of noted composer George Gershwin:

•GERSHWINMOVIE.COM
•GERSHWINTHEMOVIE.COM

[Luke]

I don't know how I feel about Disney releasing a family-friendly canine comedy. It seems really out of character!

[PatrickvD]

I hope the dogs are taken behind a shed at the end and.... well you know....

[disneyboy20022]

I don't know how I feel about Disney releasing a family-friendly canine comedy. It seems really out of character!

Why does Doggie Day Care sound familiar as a movie title...oh wait I know:


Daddy Day Care
http://www.amazon.com/Daddy-Care-Specia ... 937&sr=1-1


Daddy Day Camp

http://www.amazon.com/Daddy-Day-Camp-Cu ... 937&sr=1-3


I hope Doggie Day Care has nothing to do with those movie I just listed.....

[blackcauldron85]

First film from Disney/DreamWorks Partnership Announced
http://thedisneyblog.com/2009/12/10/fir ... announced/

It says that it'll be under both the Touchstone & DreamWorks labels? Sort of like how Who Framed Roger Rabbit was under both Touchstone & Amblin? Oh, and for Hugh Jackman (I haven't seen much with him in it, but he was great (and hot!) in Australia!).

[Heil Donald Duck]

How awesome would it be if all the american animated studios joined the Disney label just for the heck of it

I dont see anything great in that.

[ajmrowland]

People are confused enough when it comes to animation studios.

[blackcauldron85]

Showtime and Disney Enter Into Exclusive Output Agreement for DreamWorks Studios' Feature Films
http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID10037650.asp

[Duckburger]

I wonder if Disney doesn't mind to distribute horror films Dreamworks produces. Touchstone hasn't really had any horror movies, except Dark Water - which wasn't all too scary and horror-ish to begin with. Considering that The Ring 3 is already coming out in 2011. I guess since it's Touchstone it really doesn't matter much - though they might as well spread the Dreamworks movies over Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures.

[Sotiris]

Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks to Split From Disney, in Talks With Universal
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/s ... ney-819594

[2Disney4Ever]

Well that's a relief.

It would have been such a sick irony if Disney really did become the distributor for the very animation studio that turned them away from hand-drawn animation in the first place. DreamWorks should be considered their enemy for that, not their friend.

[Disney's Divinity]

^ That's a bit melodramatic.

On the one hand, I guess it's good that Disney doesn't own everything--yet. On the other, maybe it would be better for those movies (as far as re-releases go) to be owned by Disney in the long run since Dreamworks might not be around 10-15 years from now?

[2Disney4Ever]

^ That's a bit melodramatic.

On the one hand, I guess it's good that Disney doesn't own everything--yet. On the other, maybe it would be better for those movies (as far as re-releases go) to be owned by Disney in the long run since Dreamworks might not be around 10-15 years from now?

Okay, well I suppose the "enemy/friend" part kind of was.

But seriously, I can't see Disney owning a franchise like Shrek when all it ever did was spoof them constantly.