Amblin Partners

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* Jeff Skoll
* Darren Throop
* (Chairman)
* Jeff Small
* (CEO)
* Holly Bario
* Participant
* Reliance Entertainment
* Entertainment One
* Alibaba Pictures
* Universal Pictures
 Divisions | * Amblin Entertainment
* Amblin Television

**Storyteller Distribution Co., LLC**, d/b/a **Amblin Partners**, is a production company, led by Steven Spielberg, that develops and produces films using the Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures and Participant banners and includes Amblin Television. The company's investment partners include Participant, Reliance Entertainment, Entertainment One, Alibaba Pictures and Universal Pictures.

## History

Amblin Partners was founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeff Skoll of Participant Media, Anil Ambani of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group and Darren Throop of Entertainment One on December 16, 2015. The company will primarily focus on producing and distributing films and television using the DreamWorks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment and Participant Media brands. For films, it will use the DreamWorks label for mature content, Amblin label for family-friendly content, and Participant label for social justice content, although the latter will remain a separate company.

On the same day as the company's formation, Amblin Partners announced that it entered into a five-year distribution deal with Universal Pictures by which the films will be distributed and marketed by either the main Universal label or its specialty label, Focus Features. *The Girl on the Train* was the first film released under the new agreement.

On October 9, 2016, Amblin Partners struck a deal with China's Alibaba Pictures, in which Alibaba acquired a minority equity stake in the company and will handle marketing, distribution support and merchandising of Amblin Partners films in China in addition to co-financing Amblin and DreamWorks films worldwide. On February 15, 2017, Universal acquired a minority stake in Amblin Partners, strengthening the relationship between Universal and Amblin, and reuniting a minority percentage of the DreamWorks Pictures label with its former animation division DreamWorks Animation, which was acquired by Universal's parent company NBCUniversal in 2016.

In December 2017, Amblin Partners signed a music publishing deal with BMG Rights Management, covering music from its films and TV series.

On August 22, 2019, Hasbro announced that it will acquire Entertainment One for at least $4 billion. The acquisition was completed on December 30, 2019, resulting in the toy company inheriting eOne's stake in Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Pictures.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners Inks Strategic Pact With Alibaba Pictures", *Variety* (October 9, 2016). Retrieved on February 24, 2017.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Universal Studios Buys a Minority Stake in Amblin Partners", *Comingsoon.net* (February 15, 2017). Retrieved on February 20, 2017.
3. ↑ "DreamWorks Studios, Participant Media, Reliance Entertainment and Entertainment One Form Amblin Partners, a New Film, Television and Digital Content Creation Company" (in en). 2015-12-16. https://www.participantmedia.com/2015/12/dreamworks-studios-participant-media-reliance-entertainment-and-entertainment-one-form.
4. ↑ "Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Studios in Deal to Form New Company", *The New York Times* (December 16, 2015). Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
5. ↑ "Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Relaunches as Amblin Partners". The Wall Street Journal. December 16, 2015. https://www.wsj.com/articles/steven-spielbergs-dreamworks-relaunches-as-amblin-partners-1450301848. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
6. ↑ "Steven Spielberg, Jeff Skoll Bring Amblin Partners to Universal", *Variety* (December 16, 2015). Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
7. ↑ "It's Official: Spielberg, DreamWorks, Participant, eOne, Others Pact For Amblin Partners", *Deadline.com* (December 16, 2015). Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
8. ↑ "Steven Spielberg, Jeff Skoll Team to Form Amblin Partners, Strike Distribution Deal With Universal", *The Hollywood Reporter* (December 16, 2015). Retrieved on December 22, 2015.
9. ↑ Faughnder, Ryan. "Universal buys minority stake in Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners". http://www.latimes.com/la-fi-ct-universal-amblin-20170215-story.html.
10. ↑ Lieberman, David (2017-02-15). "Universal Buys Minority Stake In Amblin Partners" (in en-US), *Deadline*.
11. ↑ "Universal Acquires Minority Stake in Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners" (in en-US), *TheWrap* (2017-02-15).
12. ↑ McNary, Dave (22 August 2016). "Comcast Completes $3.8 Billion Purchase of DreamWorks Animation". https://variety.com/2016/film/news/comcast-completes-dreamworks-animation-purchase-1201842240/.
13. ↑ Staff, Variety (December 18, 2017). "Amblin Partners Inks Exclusive Music-Publishing Deal With BMG". https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/amblin-partners-inks-exclusive-music-publishing-deal-with-bmg-1202643535.
14. ↑ Low, Elaine (August 22, 2019). "Hasbro Adquires Entertainment One in $4 Billion All-Cash Deal". *Variety*. https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/hasbro-acquires-entertainment-one-in-4-billion-all-cash-deal-1203311068/. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 "Film releases". *Variety Insight*. https://www.varietyinsight.com/print\_featurefilm\_releases.php. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
16. ↑ Hermanns, Grant (September 27, 2018). "How to Train Your Dragon 3 Release Date Moved Up One Week". http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/988553-how-to-train-your-dragon-3-bumped-up-a-week. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
17. ↑ Masters, Kim (2016-06-16). "Steven Spielberg on DreamWorks' Past, Amblin's Present and His Own Future". *The Hollywood Reporter*. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/steven-spielberg-dreamworks-past-amblins-902544. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
18. ↑ Kroll, Justin (2016-04-11). "Mark Rylance to Reteam With Steven Spielberg in 'The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara'". *Variety*. https://variety.com/2016/film/news/steven-spielberg-kidnapping-of-edgardo-mortara-mark-rylance-1201750856/. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
19. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (2018-04-17). "Steven Spielberg Set To Produce His First DC Film ‘*Blackhawk*’ With Eye On Directing" (in en-US), *Deadline*.
20. ↑ Douglas, Edward (12 February 2018). "Amblin Partners, Picture Co. Turning Jacob Chase Horror Short "Larry" into Feature". https://www.tracking-board.com/amblin-partners-picture-co-turning-jacob-chase-horror-short-larry-into-feature/.
21. ↑ Kit, Borys (15 November 2019). "Amblin, Michael De Luca Tackling ‘*Martian*’ Author’s Fantasy Graphic Novel ‘*Cheshire Crossing*’ (Exclusive)". https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/amblin-michael-de-luca-tackling-martian-author-s-fantasy-graphic-novel-cheshire-crossing-1255011/.

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