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11-13-2014, 09:17 AM | #1 |
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DreamWorks Animation & Hasbro In Merger Talks?
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11-13-2014, 11:49 AM | #2 |
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18. No public discussion about rules or administrative action taken on the site or on members. ----- The original source is actually Deadline.com Repeating what was said in the other post: It's an interesting idea. DreamWorks has some properties that Hasbro could make into toys, it has the means of making Hasbro properties into cartoons. There might be some issues with the Marvel and Star Wars licenses once the contracts run out, if Disney sees this merger as competition. Which it may or may not. But if they lose the Marvel/Star Wars licenses, that would most likely force them to concentrate on their other IPs: G.I. Joe, Transformers, Visionaries, M.A.S.K., etc...
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11-13-2014, 12:17 PM | #3 |
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I can't wait for the Dreamworks cartoon on Netflix!!!
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11-13-2014, 01:45 PM | #4 |
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11-13-2014, 02:12 PM | #5 |
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Guys - Not sure what thread is being referred to (I wasn't here) and it's a irrelevant at this point. Please keep the conversation moving forward or move along. Thanks
* * * Read a few articles on this topic this morning. Apparently any sort of merger would not happen for another 60 days, effectively bringing us in to the new year. Some of the reports (Reuters and Forbes in this example) aren't necessarily clear (could be because I'm heavily medicated); Some say it's a merger with both sides of the house working together (DreamWorks-Hasbro Animation is the proposed name), others say it's Hasbro looking to buy DreamWorks Animation and absorb it all together. I know, 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. Either way, it'll be interesting to see what comes of this. |
11-13-2014, 02:14 PM | #6 |
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11-13-2014, 05:16 PM | #7 |
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Could this just really mean that Hasbro could have merged with them because the other studios don't want to have anything to do with Hasbro's other brands because they think that GI Joe, My Little Pony, etc will not be worth the investment? And DreamWorks is the only one interested? Who knows. |
11-13-2014, 05:29 PM | #8 |
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No Sir, I'm in Florida. North Cuba to be exact. The heavy meds are from an emergency appendectomy (but when isn't an appendectomy an emergency, amirite?)
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Could this just really mean that Hasbro could have merged with them because the other studios don't want to have anything to do with Hasbro's other brands because they think that GI Joe, My Little Pony, etc will not be worth the investment? And DreamWorks is the only one interested? Who knows.
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11-13-2014, 05:33 PM | #9 |
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No Sir, I'm in Florida. North Cuba to be exact. The heavy meds are from an emergency appendectomy (but when isn't an appendectomy an emergency, amirite?)
Great, honest question. I wish I had a great, honest answer for it, too. The news does make me extremely hopeful that good things are on the horizon, but my luck is shit, so I don't want to put any more bad juju on the brand. As always, I'm extremely hopeful too but I'm not going to hold my breath. But man, I hope it's good for the GI Joe brand. |
11-14-2014, 08:46 AM | #10 |
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I'm more concerned about Dreamworks Animation in this merger than I am Hasbro. For Hasbro it'd be hard for this to be anything but a good thing, but Dreamworks Animation is pretty much the #3 (arguably #2) CG Animation studio out there (behind Pixar and maybe Disney Animation), and Hasbro apparently didn't handle the Hub so well. I'd be concerned that they may see a major talent drain at DWA if Hasbro gets heavy-handed.
As noted, this can't really be anything but good for Hasbro's brands, though it becomes a question of Paramount's contract for Transformers and G.I. Joe and how long it lasts before we might see, say A CGI Joe or Transformers film. I suspect My Little Pony will be the top of the list to get the Dreamworks treatment, though. |
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