UPDATE: The Japanese giant has reportedly cooled off on acquiring Dreamworks and has switched its focus to buying a chunk of Thomas Tull’s company.
According to reports that broke over the weekend, Softbank had been pursuing a $3.4bn buy on DreamWorks Animation.
Representatives for DreamWorks Animation did not return calls and Screendaily was unable to reach a spokesperson for Legendary.
Softbank recently acquired a $20m piece of Chinese internet behemoth Alibaba.
Exec oversaw projects such as Oscar-nominated Argentina 1985, Spanish hit Culpa Mía
Didi director Sean Wang, Sugarcane co-directors Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie are also being feted in January 2025.
Jon M. Chu’s Broadway adaptation goes up against Paramount’s ‘Gladiator II’. ‘Glicked’, anyone?
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Further winners included ‘Postmarks’, ‘Malu’ and ‘Spring Came On Laughing’.
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