The mooted price represents more than a 30% premium of Dreamworks’ $2.3 billion market valuation. The media giant also owns Universal Parks & Resorts and may see value in Dreamworks’ back catalogue of characters, which it could exploit in its theme parks, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Dreamworks has been looking for a buyer since 2014 and has been through a painful round of job cuts, as management sought to cut costs after several box office flops.
The studio, founded by Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg, had held talks with toymaker Hasbro and potential Chinese buyers.
