What if DreamWorks Pictures was founded in 1980 as The Geffen Film Company?

In the real life, we know that DreamWorks Pictures was founded in 1994. But in the alternate universe, what if DreamWorks Pictures was founded in 1980 as The Geffen Film Company instead of 1994.

## Changes

* DreamWorks Pictures would've been founded by David Geffen (along with Geffen Records)
* DreamWorks Pictures would've been known as The Geffen Film Company (1980-1990) and Geffen Pictures (1990-1994), before it was renamed DreamWorks Pictures (1994-present)
	+ DreamWorks Pictures would've become a Warner Bros.'s cult film studio in 1980 until 1994
	+ DreamWorks Pictures would've become a mini-major film studio and leave the big Warner Bros.'s cults in 1994 until 2004
	+ DreamWorks Pictures distribution arm would've been named DreamWorks Distribution (1997-2016)
* DreamWorks Pictures would've been owned by NBC Corporation (1990-2004) and NBCUniversal (2004-present)
* DreamWorks distributed it's films through Warner Bros. (1980-1997) and Universal Pictures (1997-2004) until NBCUniversal was formed and become a division of Universal Pictures and and leave the big mini-majors in October 27, 2004 due to this studio become a secondary film studio
* US prints of "The Evil Dead" (1983) would've been released in October 8, 1982 by Warner Bros. via DreamWorks Pictures "formerly The Geffen Film Company" instead of April 15, 1983 by New Line Cinema
* Evil Dead II (1987) would've been a Warner Bros. via DreamWorks Pictures "formerly The Geffen Film Company" co-released with De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
* Army of Darkness (1992) would've been released by Warner Bros. via DreamWorks Pictures "formerly Geffen Pictures" instead of Universal Pictures
* Arabian Knight cut of "The Thief and the Cobbler" (1995) would've been released in May 13, 1994 by Warner Bros. via DreamWorks Pictures "formerly Geffen Pictures" instead of August 25, 1995 by Disney-ABC Releasing Corporation via Miramax "formerly Miramax Films"
* DreamWorks Television would've been founded in 1989 as Geffen Television instead of 1994
	+ DreamWorks Television would've been known as Geffen Television (1989-1994), before it was renamed DreamWorks Television (1994-2013)
* DreamWorks Animation would've been founded in 1989 as Amblimation instead of 1994
	+ DreamWorks Animation would've been known as Amblimation (1989-1995), before it was renamed DreamWorks Animation (1995-present).
* DreamWorks Home Entertainment would've been founded in 1987 as Geffen Home Video instead of 1998
	+ DreamWorks Home Entertainment would've been known as Geffen Home Video (1987-1994) and DreamWorks Home Video (1994-1998), before it was renamed DreamWorks Home Entertainment (1998-2009) and it would've been separate home video distributor from Warner Home Video (1987-1997)
* DreamWorks Records would've been founded in 1980 as Geffen Records instead of 1996
	+ DreamWorks Records would've been known as Geffen Records (1980-1994), before it was renamed DreamWorks Records (1994-2006) and it would've been a separate record from WEA (1980-1997)
* Small Soldiers (1998) would've been produced by DreamWorks Animation, before Antz (1998) as DreamWorks' first computer animated feature film and The Prince of Egypt (1998) as DreamWorks' first traditionally animated feature film
* 2010 DreamWorks Animation logo would've been debuted in 2009 with the release of "Monsters vs. Aliens" instead of in 2010 with release of "How to Train Your Dragon (film)"
* General Electric via DreamWorks Pictures would've acquired Amblin Entertainment in 1994
	+ The acquisition completed in October 12, 1994.
	+ Amblin Partners would've never existed, with its films being fully owned and produced by Amblin Entertainment.
	+ The pre-1994 Amblin Entertainment library would've now been owned by DreamWorks Pictures.
		- Continental Divide (film), Poltergeist, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Fandango (1985 film), Back to the Future, The Color Purple (1985 film), An American Tail, Harry and the Hendersons, Innerspace*,* Batteries Not Included*,* Joe Versus the Volcano, Cape Fear, Hook (film), Noises Off, A Far Off Place, Jurassic Park, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, A Dangerous Woman (1993 film) and Schindler's List would've been sold from Universal Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros. Pictures, TriStar Pictures and Walt Disney Pictures to DreamWorks Pictures in 1994.
		- Morgan Creek Entertainment would've acquired the production rights to Gremlins, The Goonies, Empire of the Sun (film) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch in 1994.
		- Skydance Media would've acquired the production rights of Young Sherlock Holmes in 2010.
		- Imagine Entertainment would've acquired the production rights of The Money Pit, The Land Before Time (film), Dad (1989 film), Always (1989 film) and The Little Rascals (film) in October 1994.
		- Mandeville Films would've acquired the production rights of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Arachnophobia (film) in 1996.
		- Little Giants, The Bridges of Madison County (film) and Twister (1996 film) would've all been produced by Morgan Creek Entertainment instead of Amblin Entertainment.
		- Hereafter (film) would've been released by DreamWorks Pictures instead of Warner Bros. Pictures.
		- Ready Player One (film) would've been released by Universal Pictures via DreamWorks Pictures instead of Warner Bros. Pictures.
		- Casper (film), To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, How to Make an American Quilt, Balto (film), The Trigger Effect and Jurassic World would've all been released by DreamWorks Pictures instead of Universal Pictures.
		- Extreme Measures (1996) would've been released by DreamWorks Pictures instead of Sony Pictures Releasing via Columbia Pictures and produced by Amblin Entertainment instead of Castle Rock Entertainment.
		- Men in Black (1997 film) would've been produced by Northern Lights Entertainment instead of Amblin Entertainment.
		- The Mask of Zorro (1998) would've been released by DreamWorks Pictures instead of Sony Pictures Releasing via TriStar Pictures.
		- Men in Black II, Men in Black 3 and Men in Black: International would've all been produced by The Montecito Picture Company instead of Amblin Entertainment.
		- The Legend of Zorro (2005) would've been released by DreamWorks Pictures instead of Sony Pictures Releasing via Columbia Pictures.
		- Monster House (film) would've been co-produced by Sony Pictures Animation and produced by The Montecito Picture Company in June 9, 2006 instead of Amblin Entertainment in July 21, 2006.
		- Super 8 (2011 film) and The Adventures of Tintin (film) would've all been produced by Skydance Media instead of Amblin Entertainment.
		- The BFG (2016 film) would've been released by DreamWorks Pictures instead of Walt Disney Pictures production arm.
		- A Dog's Purpose (film) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, The House with a Clock in Its Walls (film), A Dog's Journey (film), Cats (2019 film), Jurassic World Dominion and The Fabelmans would've all been released by DreamWorks Pictures instead of Universal Pictures production arm.
* DreamWorks Pictures would've become a subsidiary of Universal Pictures in 2016.
	+ Kung Fu Panda 3 would've been the last film to be released by 20th Century Fox.
	+ Trolls (film), The Boss Baby and Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie would've all been released by Universal Pictures instead of 20th Century Fox.
* DreamWorks Animation's Cancelled films would've been released.
	+ Joseph: King of Dreams would've been a theatrical film released in June 23, 2000 instead of direct-to-video released in November 7, 2000.
	+ Punk Farm would've been released in October 7, 2005.
	+ Truckers would've been released in November 3, 2006.
* DreamWorks Animation would've never been spun-off into a separate public company in 2004

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