DreamWorks Animation to Acquire HE-MAN, CASPER and VOLTRON
DreamWorks Animation is very close to owning several big name character properties that include He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Voltron, Archie, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Waldo of "Where's Waldo?," the VeggieTales characters, Lassie and the Lone Ranger. The studio is currently in talks over Voltron with Classic Media to acquire these properties for more than $150 million dollars. This would be an interesting deal as the film and TV rights aren't included in the purchase. Variety reports, "Classic Media's characters are exploited mostly through consumer products and licensing deals, primarily...
Published By: Geek Tyrant - Tuesday, 17 July, 2012


