Quibi Almost Had An Even Worse Name Than "Quibi"
Jeffrey Katzenberg wanted to name Quibi something else in the early days of the company, but he was overruled. Get a load of this Quibi alternate name.
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Quibi Executives Will Take A 10% Pay Cut After The Streaming Platform's Less-Than-Stellar Launch
Is Quibi in trouble? Seems that way in the wake of the streaming platform's less-than-stellar launch. Now its executives will take a significant pay cut.
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Rejoice, The Steven Spielberg Vs. Netflix War Is Over!
We can relax, because the Steven Spielberg vs. Netflix feud is over, because it appears Spielberg's plan to challenge Netflix was never true to begin with.
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Jason Blum, Antoine Fuqua, Guillermo Del Toro & More Developing Shows For New Streaming Service 'Quibi'
A new streaming service called Quibi (short for "quick bites") will feature short-form content from directors like Guillermo del Toro, Antoine Fuqua & more.
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NewTV: Jeffrey Katzenberg Launching Streaming Service With 10-Minute Episodes, Featuring Sam Raimi
Jeffrey Katzenberg's short-form streaming service NewTV hires Sam Raimi to develop 50 States of Fear.
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A Whole Bunch Of Big Names Just Raised $1 Billion To Change Mobile Viewing
Every major Hollywood studio, tech giant Alibaba, and companies like Goldman Sachs & JPMorgan Chase have just raised $1 billion for something called NewTV.
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Read Cameron Crowe's Entire 25-Page Mission Statement From 'Jerry Maguire'
With the 20th anniversary of Jerry Maguire coming up, the 25-page Jerry Maguire mission statement, written by Cameron Crowe, has been released online.
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Dreamworks Animation Closes PDI Studio, Cuts 500 Jobs
The animation world was rocked this week as Dreamworks Animation closed its PDI Studio in northern California. The closure comes as part of an expected round of Dreamworks Animation layoffs, but the 500 jobs that were cut this week far exceeded expectations, and the closure of the studio had not been predicted at all. Along…
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VOTD: President Obama Learns Mo-Cap From 'How To Train Your Dragon 2' Director
A current U.S. President on a motion capture stage. That's not something you see every day. But it happened Tuesday when President Barack Obama visited DreamWorks Animation to talk to the company (which is headed by major Obama contributor and fundraiser Jeffrey Katzenberg). The President called the entertainment industry "one of the bright spots of…
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DreamWorks Will Eventually Reinvent 'Voltron,' 'Masters Of The Universe' And Other Properties
In 2012, DreamWorks Animation acquired the library of Classic Media, a company that owns the rights to many pop culture brands. Some examples are Masters of the Universe, Voltron, Rocky and Bulwinkle, Lassie, Mr. Magoo and Where's Waldo, but the company owns even more than that. As far as the public knows, nothing has really happened…
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Jeffrey Katzenberg Offered $75 Million For Three More 'Breaking Bad' Episodes
Think you're a big fan of Breaking Bad? Jeffrey Katzenberg has you beat. The current CEO of DreamWorks Animation, who also helped Disney return to animated glory in the Nineties, reportedly offered $75 million to the show's creators for three more episodes of the hit TV show. He wanted to release additional episodes, in segments,…
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Page 2: Transformers, Batman, Star Trek, The Muppets, Clerks 3, Fight Club Musical, The Walking Dead, Commando
What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 31 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If…
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'How To Train Your Dragon' Sequels Will Be More Expansive
Producer Tim Johnson has described the announced sequel for How to Train Your Dragon as "a much bigger movie," and Dreamworks Animation head Jeffrey Katzenberg stated that the How To Train Your Dragon series will have "at least three" chapters "maybe more." Co-director Dean DeBlois explains how the sequel, and future of the series, will…
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VOTD: 36-Minute Interview With DreamWorks Animation Head Jeffrey Katzenberg
If you've been reading the website for a while then you know my love for indepth long form interviews with actors, filmmakers and producers. /Film reader Joe L informs me that DreamWorks Animation head Jeffrey Katzenberg just appeared on Charlie Rose last week. I've always been fascinated with the history of Disney Animation (and highly…
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Spielberg Paranoia Claims From Nicole LaPorte's Book The Men Who Would Be King
Former Variety writer Nicole LaPorte has a book coming out in May called "The Men Who Would Be King: An Almost Epic Tale of Moguls, Movies, and a Company Called DreamWorks". The New York Post has gotten an early look at the book, and has published a listing of some of the more shocking claims.…
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Jeffrey Katzenberg Urges Exhibitors To Charge Even More For 3D Tickets
UPDATE: One of the quotes I used has been pulled out of the article by Variety; I've noted it below. The following is something Dreamworks head Jeffrey Katzenberg may or may not have said in his 3D Summit keynote (I don't have a full transcript): 3D helps filmmakers tell better stories. But this is what…
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Our Best Tips For Getting Nail Glue Off Your Skin Without Causing Irritation
Although nail glue on your skin isn't a life or death situation, it can definitely cause irritation.
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Dreamworks May Start Charging $5 Extra For 3D Movies
Variety reported this past week on some important goings-on in the world of 3D at the 3D Entertainment Summit in Century City. Apparently, 3D is the future of cinema (not surprising, given the summit's title), but there were also some interesting statistics revealed: Despite the growth in the number of 3D screens in America, they…
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22% Of Vanity Fair's Top 100 Are Filmmakers
Vanity Fair has released the VF 100 - an annual listing of the top 100 leaders of the information age. Below you can find a listing of movie related entries on the list. Check out the full list on VanityFair.com. 4. Steve Jobs - Former Pixar CEO, Member of Disney's Board of Directors 9. Angelina…
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How Dreamworks Animation Is Innovating 3D
/Film was invited to the Dreamworks Animation campus to preview some footage from Monsters vs. Aliens, and take a tour of the company's new 3D process (which is actually pretty incredible... more on that later). It all began when Dreamworks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg saw a screening of Robert Zemeckis' Polar Express in IMAX 3D."I…
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Audiences Of The Future Will Own "Movie Glasses"
During my visit to Dreamworks Animation Studios earlier today, the company's CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg explained to our small group that moviegoers of the future will own their own personal 3D glasses, which he referred to as "movie glasses". "People today know if they go out in the sun they need sunglasses, like in tennis you…
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Spielberg/Dreamworks For Dummies
Here is a rundown of all the essential information that you should know about the Spielberg/DreamWorks situation, and the current developments by Steven to raise a billion dollars for independence: In 1994, Steven Spielberg founded DreamWorks with Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen (forming the SKG present on the bottom of the DreamWorks logo) and a…
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Release Dates: Valkyrie Eyes 8-8-08, Monsters Vs. Aliens Sidesteps James Cameron's Avatar
United Artists is targeting August 8th 2008 (8-8-08) to release the Bryan Singer-directed Valkyrie which stars Tom Cruise in the real life story of the attempted assassination of Adolph Hitler at the height of World War II. Valkyrie will go head to head with New Line's Journey 3-D, Sony's Pineapple Express, Disney's South of the…
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Paramount Not A Dream For Spielberg And Co
It looks like all is not right in Spielberg-land. A year after David Geffen, Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg sold Dreamworks to Paramount Pictures for a reported $1.6 Billion, everyone involved seems to have bad feelings. Did the three titans actually believe they could play well with Viacom Chairman Sumner M. Redstone? People close to Spielberg…
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