Background: DreamWorks Pictures (also known as "DreamWorks, LLC", "DreamWorks SKG" or "DreamWorks Studios") is an American film studio that was established in 1994. DreamWorks was formed as an ambitious attempt by media moguls Steven Spielberg, Jeffery Katzenberg and David Geffen (hence SKG) to create a new Hollywood studio. The studio primarily released their own films domestically, although some films were co-released or released in some territories by another studio (most often Universal Studios (who were their principal international distribution partner during their independent era) and Paramount Pictures and in some cases, 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures, Columbia Pictures, and even Buena Vista International for at least one film). On December 11, 2005, the founders agreed to sell the studio to Viacom (later ViacomCBS, now Paramount Global) to become a division of Paramount Pictures. The sale was completed on February 1, 2006, but the studio became indepe...
