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A Deal for DreamWorks Unravels Over Price

The script was almost finished, the production was in its final stages, but in the end, the DreamWorks-NBC Universal deal could not be done. Late Monday, DreamWorks SKG, the movie studio that the director Steven Spielberg helped found, called off talks to be acquired by NBC Universal when Universal executives sought to reduce the price they would pay, citing the disappointing performance of some DreamWorks movies, several people involved in the talks said.

Read the whole story at The New York Times, September 28, 2005 »

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