We all know the DreamWorks-Paramount marriage isn't working out. The question is, whose warm embrace will Steven Spielberg and David Geffen accept when Spielberg's contract with Paramount expires in October?

Conventional wisdom says Universal. There have been informal meetings between DreamWorks and NBC Uni brass, DreamWorks CEO Stacey Snider is a Uni vet and Spielberg's offices remain on the lot.

But GE already passed on the pricey $1.6 billion deal the first time around. And with the megaconglomerate possibly looking to shop NBC Uni after the Olympics, it's not going to want to make a major acquisition -- especially with the absence of the DreamWorks library making the deal harder to finance this time. Advertisement

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