Tonight is the Academy Awards night. Which is odd, because it’s usually around my birthday - March 24th. Do you know how annoying it is to invite people over for a birthday party and they keep wanting to turn the music off and turn the telly on? I’m emotionally scarred for life. Anyway, this is ...

Not that this is any great surprise, but word comes from Upcoming Film Scores that frequent Steven Spielberg collaborator John Williams will be doing the score for The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn . Confirmation comes from Williams’ agent. I’m not sure if this implies that...

Disney and DreamWorks today sent out official confirmation of their shotgun wedding, issuing a release around town raising more questions about its relationship than it answers. —The announcement arrived this morning, with Disney slotting six 'Works films per year, as per its usual. The first ...

Just in time for Valentine’s Day - the holiday famous for being exactly a month away from Steak and a Blowjob Day - we’re playing catch up on a situation that’s developed quickly, then slowly, then rapid-fire. Unfortunately, I just can’t think of an analogy for an action that...

So the DreamWorks distribution deal with Disney is done. (The full release is on the jump.) The outstanding questions to be resolved: 1. Why did Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider--and their reps, Alan Levine and Skip Brittenham-- secretly chase the Disney deal, risking the wrath of Universal honcho...

As was rumored last week, Dreamworks has found a new home at Disney. The two companies have entered into a long term distribution agreement which will include six films a year. You can read the full press release after the jump. The Walt Disney Studios Enters Exclusive Long-Term Distribution Agreeme...

The rumors reported on Friday are true. Disney and Dreamworks SKG have signed an exclusive long-term distribution deal that will include about about six films a year starting as soon as next year. The arrangement with filmmaker and DreamWorks Studios co-founder Steven Spielberg, and partner Stacey S...

After Thursday night's pre-Oscar Frost/Nixon celebration at L.A.'s Nobu, several reporters at the party called Universal execs to inform them that they had heard that DreamWorks was negotiating a new distribution deal with Disney. This came as a shock to Universal, which had been trying to accommoda...

Kung Fu Panda ? Says who? Says the International Animated Film Society, that's who. The video game based on Dreamworks Animation's movie of the same name just scored an Annie, beating out Dead Space and Wall·E. The 36th Annual Annie Awards threw down this past weekend, honoring the best that animat...

There are a few things that seem to be recession-proof, and CG-animated family movies are in that category, says DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeff Katzenberg. He recently talked up his company’s resilience to the global recession and outlined its film slate through 2012, including new installments...