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KATZENBERG: A FRONT-ROW SEAT AT THE MOVIES Few people know Hollywood better than Jeffrey Katzenberg, the onetime wunderkind who by the time he was in his thirties had already been an executive at Paramount Pictures and was running the motion picture studio at Walt Disney. After a much publicized falling out with then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner and a subsequent court settlement that made him a very wealthy man, Katzenberg started DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. DreamWorks Animation was spun off from its parent in a 2004 IPO, and Katzenberg became CEO. On Oct. 27, after DreamWorks Animation reported earnings--beating Street estimates ... Read Full Story
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Few people know Hollywood better than Jeffrey Katzenberg, the onetime wunderkind who by the time he was in his thirties had already been an executive at Paramount Pictures and was running the motion picture studio at Walt Disney. After a much publicized falling out with then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner and a subsequent court settlement that made him a very wealthy man, Katzenberg started DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. DreamWorks Animation was spun off from its parent in a 2004 IPO, and Katzenberg became CEO. On Oct. 27, after DreamWorks Animation reported earnings—beating Street estimates for the fourteenth out of the past ... Read Full Story
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DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. on Tuesday reported second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street forecasts and said cheaper advertising and its bigger film lineup will mean cost savings ahead. The animated movie house has committed to producing five movies every two years, up from four previously, and has said all of them will be produced in 3-D. Its first 3-D movie, "Monsters vs. Aliens," has grossed $377 million worldwide since its March release, around half of which came from theaters equipped to show it in 3-D. There is a general concern, however, that the conversion of screens to show 3-D movies has been delayed because ... Read Full Story
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  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc will release five feature films every two years, adding an additional film every other year to its existing two picture-a-year release schedule going forward, Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg told investors on Thursday. The company's slate through 2012 now includes eight feature films, including five original films and three sequels based on its " Shrek ", " Madagascar " and " Kung Fu Panda " franchises. All DreamWorks Animation films are available in 3D. Katzenberg told the Cowen and Co Technology Media and Telecom Conference the animation company has "the resources and bandwidth to support the ... Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc will release five feature films every two years, adding an additional film every other year to its existing two picture-a-year release schedule going forward, Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg told investors on Thursday. The company's slate through 2012 now includes eight feature films, including five original films and three sequels based on its "Shrek", "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda" franchises. All DreamWorks Animation films are available in 3D. Katzenberg told the Cowen and Co Technology Media and Telecom Conference the animation company has "the resources and bandwidth to support the new films" and would see "significant cost ... Read Full Story
Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Jeffrey Katzenberg, chief executive officer of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Cris Valerio about the outlook for the movie industry. Katzenberg sees a very "bumpy" road ahead for the movie industry but remains "optimistic" for DreamWorks due to its 3-D innovation. Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker also speaks. (This report is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)  
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Can Jeffrey Katzenberg save 'Shrek: The Musical'?Los Angeles TimesHe quotes production sources who say that the "over-produced, under-imagined cartoon musical" has lost more than $1 million since Labor Day, despite heavy ...Drop the curtain, it's ogreNew York Postall 2 news articles »  
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The Post's Michael Riedel reports today that DreamWorks's fart-filled Broadway show Shrek: The Musical has lost more than $1 million since Labor Day. For any other musical, this would mean curtains before Christmas, but because Jeffrey Katzenberg is so personally invested in Shrek — which was once meant to challenge Disney's Broadway hegemony — shuttering it after only a year would mean swallowing his ego and admitting defeat. So, says Riedel...  
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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 Katzenberg did say: we know people will pay even more for this, and you're not charging enough for 3D. Still have any illusions that the push toward 3D has any goal other than making money for studios? Granted, Katzenberg is an exec. It's...  
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BY TED JOHNSON Variety Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen are throwing their support behind Jerry Brown in next year’s California governor’s race. The DreamWorks founders plan to endorse the state attorney general and former governor and co-host a fundraiser for him Nov. 18. “This will be a big launching pad for his campaign here,” said Andy Spahn, [...]  
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