Spielberg's DreamWorks Explores Move to Paramount or Universal When Disney Deal Expires — hollywoodreporter.com

A version of this story first appeared in the March 20 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. With its distribution deal at Disney expiring in 2016, Steven Spielberg's nomadic DreamWorks Studios already is exploring moving again — and Paramount or Universal are the frontrunners, say sources. DreamWorks originally handled its own distribution when it was founded as a full-fledged studio in 1994. Then, after it was bought by Viacom for $1.6 billion in 2006 and downsized into a production company, it distributed its films through Paramount. That arrangement proved short-lived, though, and in 2009, DreamWorks struck a new distribution deal with Disney covering as many as 30 films. A lot has changed since then, however.

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