EXCLUSIVE: DreamWorks Studios has acquired the John Connolly trilogy of novels for middle-school readers as a possible new franchise. The three books are The Gates, The Infernals and The Creeps which follows young protagonist Samuel Johnson and his loyal dog (a Dachshund) Boswell as they battle the forces of darkness…

Michael Crichton’s last bit of unfinished business is still finding its way to the big screen. DreamWorks Studios just picked up the feature film rights to the late author’s novel, Micro with Frank Marshall on board to produce. Micro was unfinished when Crichton passed away in 2008 and it was later completed by author…

Walden Media has come aboard to co-finance and co-produce DreamWorks Studios’ The BFG, the Steven Spielberg-directed adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1982 kids novel about a little girl, the Queen of England and a benevolent giant known as the BFG. The three set out on an adventure to capture the evil, man-eating giants who…

The Oscar-winning actress will be starring in The Hundred Foot Journey, DreamWorks Studios officially announced today. Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr first reported in early June that Helen Mirren was circling the project to play eccentric and famous chef Madame Mallory. Mirren will be joined in the adaptation of Richard…

DreamWorks Studios signed a first look deal with Carla Hacken's Paper Pictures. The agreement is for one year and started last month. Hacken exited as production president at New Regency last…

The re-up between Showtime and DreamWorks came after that studio went through a courtship with Netflix, we’re told. This is a strategically important deal for Showtime, particularly as Netflix continues to add an inventory of original series and has a movie inventory that makes it an alternative to the pay channel…

Emmy winner Aaron Paul will play the lead in DreamWorks Studios‘ adaptation of the bestselling Electronic Arts video game Need For Speed, the studio announced today. Act Of Valor director Scott Waugh is set to helm the film, which is scheduled to come out February 7, 2014. “We are huge fans of Aaron’s and his stellar…

LOS ANGELES, CA(AUGUST 29, 2012) – DreamWorks Studios has signed an agency deal with Mister Smith Entertainment, it was announced today by Jeff Small, President and COO at DreamWorks Studios, and David Garrett, CEO at Mister Smith Entertainment. The London based Mister Smith Entertainment will handle the licensing and…

LOS ANGELES, CA (May 30, 2012) – Mark Sourian has signed a first-look production deal with DreamWorks Studios, it was announced today by Stacey Snider, Co-Chair and CEO of DreamWorks. Sourian has increasingly taken on an expanded role on the projects he was overseeing for the studio and expressed an interest in…

LOS ANGELES, CA (May 5, 2011) – Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hal Holbrook, James Spader, John Hawkes, Tim Blake Nelson, Bruce McGill and Joseph Cross are in negotiations to join the cast of DreamWorks Studios’ “Lincoln,” it was announced today by DreamWorks partners Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider. Also…

Los Angeles, CA (April 13, 2011) – Two-time Academy Award winner Sally Field will star as Mary Todd Lincoln, wife to the 16th President of the United States, in DreamWorks Studios' "Lincoln" to be directed by Steven Spielberg. The announcement was made today by Spielberg and Stacey Snider, Co-Chairman and CEO of…

So DreamWorks Studios is holding an open casting call this Saturday for the lead role of “Josh” in its upcoming movie Welcome To People starring Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks and the feature film directorial debut of Alex Kurtzman (Transformers, Star Trek) with a script written by Kurtzman & Roberto Orci and Jody…