The Men Who Would be King: An Almost Epic Tale of Moguls, Movies, and a Company Called DreamWorks Book

For sixty years, since the birth of United Artists, the studio landscape was unchanged.Then came Hollywoodâ??s Circus Maximus—created by director Steven Spielberg, billionaire David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg, who gave the world The Lion King—an entertainment empire called DreamWorks. Now Nicole LaPorte,who covered the company for Variety, goes behind the hype to reveal for the first time the delicious truth of what happened.  Readers will feel they are part of the creative calamities of moviemaking as LaPorteâ??s fly-on-the-wall detail shows us Hollywoodâ??s bizarre rules of business.We see the clashes between the often otherworldly Spielbergâ??s troops and Katzenbergâ??s warriors, the debacles and disasters, but also the Oscar-winning triumphs, including Saving Private Ryan.We watch as the studio burns through billions, its rich owners get richer, and everybody else suffers.We see Geffen seducing investors likeMicrosoftâ??s Paul Allen, showing his steel against CAAâ??s Michael Ovitz, and staging fireworks during negotiations with Paramount and Disney. Here is Hollywood, up close, glamorous, and gritty. Read More