Read more DreamWorks stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6244/dreamworks.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:19:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66759/jermaines-old-book-pitch-michael-hated-jews.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJermaine Jackson circulated a tell-all book proposal that got no takers in 2003, writes Roger Friedman for Showbiz411. He lays out some salacious excerpts: "My brother purchased children. It is like a sanctioned black market. He is very powerful; he picked the sperm donor by using information provided by a...http://www.newser.com/story/66759/jermaines-old-book-pitch-michael-hated-jews.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 16:36:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65917/spielberg-hops-onto-harvey-remake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSteven Spielberg pulled a rabbit out of his hat today and signed on to adapt the Pulitzer Prize–winning play Harvey as his next film, Variety reports. First put on the big screen in 1950 starring Jimmy Stewart, the film about a man's friendship with a giant, invisible bunny is slated...http://www.newser.com/story/65917/spielberg-hops-onto-harvey-remake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Aug 2009 17:05:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59529/mlks-kids-bicker-over-spielberg-biopic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe sale of the movie rights to Martin Luther King Jr.'s life has revived the feud among his three surviving children, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Martin Luther King III and Bernice King say their brother Dexter—chief executive of the King estate—only informed them of the plans for...http://www.newser.com/story/59529/mlks-kids-bicker-over-spielberg-biopic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 7:03:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59508/spielberg-snags-mlk-movie-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe first authorized biopic of Martin Luther King Jr. will be a Steven Spielberg production. The filmmaker's DreamWorks studio has obtained the rights from King's family, NPR reports. No word yet on whether Spielberg himself will direct or who will play the main role (Denzel? Jamie Foxx?). King’s children are...http://www.newser.com/story/59508/spielberg-snags-mlk-movie-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 17:23:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58698/geffen-sought-stake-in-ny-times.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMedia mogul and DreamWorks co-founder David Geffen recently offered to buy nearly 20% of the struggling New York Times Company, Fortune reports. Geffen offered market price, currently $194 million, for the shares owned by Harbinger Capital Management. But the hedge fund rejected his offer as too low. He hasn't been...http://www.newser.com/story/58698/geffen-sought-stake-in-ny-times.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 May 2009 3:43:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54496/monsters-looks-great-lacks-oomph.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMonsters Vs. Aliens looks amazing on screen, but grownups may find the thin jokes and the storyline of Dreamworks' animated spoof of '50s flicks a little grating, say critics. James Rocchi, Redbox: The movie "has amazing 3D, solid gags, wacky concepts and great animation; I just wish that at some...http://www.newser.com/story/54496/monsters-looks-great-lacks-oomph.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Mar 2009 8:21:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50332/dreamworks-nails-down-disney-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSteven Spielberg’s DreamWorks has secured a distribution deal with Disney, the Wall Street Journal reports. Under the agreement, Disney will handle marketing and distribution for six live-action DreamWorks films per year and give Spielberg’s studio access to $150 million in financing.http://www.newser.com/story/50332/dreamworks-nails-down-disney-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Feb 2009 15:10:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50173/spurned-spielberg-seeks-disney-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHollywood's own financial crisis has left Steven Spielberg searching for a home for DreamWorks, the Wall Street Journal reports. Talks over a distribution deal with Universal collapsed yesterday after the studio balked at DreamWorks' request to double its financing commitment to $200 million. DreamWorks is now in talks with Disney,...http://www.newser.com/story/50173/spurned-spielberg-seeks-disney-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Feb 2009 8:35:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48020/spielberg-pays-bills-for-ailing-dreamworks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPerhaps for the first time, Steven Spielberg is using personal funds to pay half of a $26.5 million bill his company, DreamWorks, owes ex-partner Paramount so it can keep 17 film projects under its wing. Due to cash shortages, the studio has already lost the rights to as many...http://www.newser.com/story/48020/spielberg-pays-bills-for-ailing-dreamworks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Jan 2009 10:51:02 CST