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...marketing gimmick," jokes Idei. "But the guests congratulated us." Idei got hoots of approval for Sony Pictures Entertainment's biggest film of the year from the likes of Disney CEO Michael Eisner, Intel boss Andy Grove, Seagram's Edgar Bronfman Jr., Time Warner's Jerry Levin and DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg, to name...
What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? They settle, of course. At least, that seems to be the disappointing conclusion in the breathlessly awaited Katzenberg v. Disney case, which was scheduled to go to trial...
Next month the much anticipated lawsuit by DreamWorks SKG partner JEFFREY KATZENBERG against his former employer, Walt Disney Co., goes to court. Katzenberg says Disney owes him 2% of all profits generated by his work. Disney denies this, and a loss will be costly for the studio. Early estimates from the plaintiff's camp put that amount around $250 million. Now, following court-ordered discovery detailing Disney's finances and profits, projections run between $300 million and $500 million--much more than the $125 million payout to ousted executive Mike Ovitz...
...comparison is unfair. Ashong describes some of his Hollywood experiences in disbeleif--like going to the Dreamworks studio and meeting Spielberg for the first time, and seeing executive Jeffrey Katzenberg and Arsenio Hall strolling through...
Actually, the film cost a thrifty $50 million; the $2.7 billion is for the startup of the multimedia company that Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen created in 1994. But since DreamWorks has been on the pokey side delivering boffo product from its TV and music divisions, the release of The Peacemaker has sparked anxious anticipation. Shouldn't the studio's first film, like the opening bars of a symphony, make a statement about the outfit's ambitions...