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Contents 1 Error?: Ratchet and Clank are Sony SCEI?? 2 Films in chronological order? 3 "for obvious reasons" 4 Shark Tale 2 5 Disney co-productions 6 Television Group 7 Should Dreamworks Animation Be here? 8 No mention of failed studio headquarters deal at Playa Vista 9 Aardman 10 Shreks 11 MGM

[edit] Error?: Ratchet and Clank are Sony SCEI??

HOW DO THESE MOVIE COMAPNIES WORK WITH BLU RAY AND HD-DVD. WHAT IS THE BUSINESS MODEL ?? PLEASE ANSWER .............. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.251.190.186 (talk) 17:40, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

article says Dreamworks are pub of Ratchet and Clank game, but Amazon says it is Sony

• It is definitely false information. Spyro is also not owned or developed by Dreamworks. Spyro is owned by Universal Studios. While Ratchet & Clank is a registered trademark of Sony and developed by Insomniac Games. No affiliation with Dreamworks. --Chill Pill Bill 01:15, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Come on people. If you just did a little Google search on Ratchet & Clank, then you know the Dreamworks connection is false. Just look at the official website for Ratchet & Clank, and look at the bottom of the page. All the copyrights, ownerships, and development are by Sony and Insomniac Games. Insomnaic made both the original Playstation 1 Spyro games and Ratchet & Clank but they're no way releated to Dreamworks. --Chill Pill Bill 01:21, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Films in chronological order?

I feel that these lists of DreamWorks films should be in chronological rather than alphabetical order... shouldn't they? --Ihope127 8 July 2005 17:11 (UTC)

[edit] "for obvious reasons"

What is the obvious reason they haven't worked with MGM? And haven't they effectively done so anyway by working with Sony Pictures?

[edit] Shark Tale 2

Shark Tale 2 has not been "announced." The possibility was only discussed before Shark Tale came out. So, I am removing it...

[edit] Disney co-productions

Regarding Disney co-productions, they've done some more recently than Dragonslayer and Popeye: Chronicles of Narnia and some others with Walden Media, the Pixar features before the merger. And Miramax does them relatively frequently: Cinderella Man with Universal, The Hours with Paramount, Once Upon a Time in Mexico with Sony, The Aviator with Warner Bros., and more recent ones with The Weinstein Company. —tregoweth (talk) 06:27, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Television Group

Removed from article: "As for DreamWorks' television library, it is expected that CBS Paramount Television, the successor-in-interest to Paramount's television division now owned by CBS Corporation, will take over the TV rights to the shows."

I removed this because I don't think its correct. Viacom/Paramount bought Dreamworks in 2006 after the 2005 split of Viacom/CBS, so it does not make sense. I actually remember one of the rationales for Paramount buying Dreamworks was to get a TV Unit... If there is a cite for this please add it back into the article. --Cliffb 10:40, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Should Dreamworks Animation Be here?

Should the movies for Dreamworks animation that were produced after the spinoff be mentioned on this page? I think we're getting a bit redundant by listing them here. —Cliffb 06:34, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No mention of failed studio headquarters deal at Playa Vista

I came to this article looking for information about DreamWorks' erstwhile bid to transform the Playa Vista development into their own studio lot, the environmental outcry over the planned project, and the financial reasons for its failure to come to fruition. Can someone add some details to a new section of this article? Thanks! Robert K S 11:26, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aardman

It's a bit odd that Aardman isn't mentioned with connection to Flushed Away, considering that it was largely their film. Esn 17:25, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shreks

Shrek the Third is not more successful than Shrek 2. Correct?

No. Shrek the Third has so far only grossed 400 million, 200 in the US and 200 elsewhere but Shrek 2 grossed over 900 million worldwide. I changed it.

72.49.205.8 16:04, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Whoever keeps changing the dreamworks highest grossing film, please stop and look at the following link: ( http://www.boxofficemojo.com/studio/chart/?studio=dreamworks.htm ) that clearly shows that Shrek 2 is the most successful film by that studio.

The Modern Prometheus 03:44, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

indeed! a better site, though, is http://www.noblemind.com/toptenlists/Highest_Grossing_Movies_of_All-Time, you will see shrek 2 as the highest grossing DWKS film.

[edit] MGM

I actually sat in a entertainment law class in law school back in 1998 when a movie exec. from MGM came it to speak with us. I've been looking for my notes and cannot find his damn name. Anyway, at that time, there was bad blood between the companies. I will continue to look through my notes. If I can't find them, then I will pull this notation. If I find it, I'll quote the guy. His problem not mine. He also gave good reasons as to why he thought the venture would fail. Which it did. I really need to find my notes.