ENJOY! ♪
♪ >> Jason: BINGE WATCHING, WE’VE
ALL DONE IT.
SIT DOWN TO A NEW SERIES AND
KEEP HITTING NEXT EPISODE, NEXT
EPISODE.
EPISODE. AND HOURS HAVE GONE BY AND YOU
DON’T HAVE HOURS BUT YOU STILL
WANT THE ENTERTAINMENT AND ONLY
HAVE MINUTES.
HAVE MINUTES. THAT’S WHERE CUBEE COMES IN.
AND JEFFREY KATZENBERG IS THE
FOUNDER OF DREAMWORKS.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
HOW IS EVERYTHING WITH YOU ALL
TODAY?
TODAY? >> Jason: GREAT.
TELL US ALL ABOUT IT.
>> WE LAUNCHED A LITTLE LESS
THAN 4 WEEKS AGO, OFF TO AN
INCREDIBLY ENCOURAGING START.
PEOPLE ARE DOWNLOADING THE APP,
MANY MILLIONS OF THEM.
THEY’RE WATCHING LOTS AND LOTS
AND LOTS OF CONTENT.
WE’RE SEEING HOW THEY’RE FINDING
FAVORITES, WHICH IS WHAT WE
HOPED FOR.
HOPED FOR. SO FAR, THE LAUNCH HAS BEEN
QUITE SUCCESSFUL.
QUITE SUCCESSFUL. OBVIOUSLY, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE
IN THE WORLD, WE’VE BEEN
IMPACTED BY CORONAVIRUS AND IN
GOOD WAYS AND BAD WAYS, AND
WE’RE MAKING THE BEST OF IT.
>> Jason: IT BLOWS MY MIND THAT
I’M TALKING TO SOMEBODY WHO AT
THE START OF HIS CAREER WAS THE
ASSISTANT TO BARRY DILLER, AND
AS YOU MOVED UP THROUGH THE
STUDIO RANKS, YOU REVISED STAR
TREK, THE FRANCHISE AND REVIVED
DISNEY.
DISNEY. DO YOU STILL FIND IT CHALLENGING
TO TRY OUT NEW PLATFORMING AND
TRY NEW THINGS LIKE THIS?
>> WELL, YEAH.
LET ME JUST SAY TO YOU HOW THIS
CAME ABOUT IS LIKE EVERYBODY.
LIKE ALL OF YOUR VIEWERS TODAY,
ABOUT 5-6 YEARS AGO, I FOUND
MINESELF WATCHING MORE AND MORE
VIDEO ON MY PHONE DURING THE
COURSE OF THE DAY, MOSTLY
YOUTUBE BUT FACEBOOK AND
INSTAGRAM AND NOW TODAY SNAPCHAT
AND TIKTOK.
AND TIKTOK. I THOUGHT THIS STUFF WAS GREAT
AND IT’S FUN.
IT’S NOT WHAT WE DO IN
HOLLYWOOD.
HOLLYWOOD. WE’RE MORE STORY TELLERS.
SO WHAT IF WE COULD BRING THE
STORY TELLING, THE TECHNIQUE,
WHAT IS HOLLYWOOD, TO A NEW WAY
OF WATCHING CONTENT.
SO THAT’S WHERE QUIBI WAS BORN.
WE’RE DIFFERENT.
WE’RE DIFFERENT. AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE
WATCHING A VIDEO.
SO TO OFFER THIS TYPE OF
STORY-TELLING ON THEIR PHONE AND
WHEN WE GET BACK TO MORE NORMAL,
PEOPLE WILL VALUE IT A LOT.
>> Jason: TELL US WHO ARE SOME
OF THE PEOPLE IN THE QUIBI SHOWS
AND HOW WILL IT COMPETE IN THE
STREAMING WORLD?
STREAMING WORLD? >> WELL, AGAIN, WE HAVE
EVERYBODY FROM WILL SMITH TO
JENNIFER LOPEZ TO KEVIN HART TO
STEVEN SPIELBERG, GEAR MODAL
TORO, LeBRON JAMES, CHRISSY
TEIGEN, CHANCE THE RAPPER.
I COULD GO ON AND ON.
THE THING THAT’S BEEN SO
EXCITING FOR ME IS EVERYBODY IN
THE SORT OF HOLLYWOOD CREATIVE
COMMUNITY, BOTH BEHIND THE
CAMERA AND IN FRONT OF THE
CAMERA HAVE GOTTEN EXCITED ABOUT
MAKING CONTENT AND THEY HAVE.
I THINK WHEN PEOPLE GET A CHANCE
TO SEE IT, I HOPE YOU HAVE,
YOU’LL BE IMPRESSED.
IT’S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
IT EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS FOR
WHERE WE GOT STARTED AND WHERE
WE ARE TODAY.
>> Jason: AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU
THAT YOU HAVE EXCEEDED MY
EXPECTATIONS OF AT-HOME
CINEMATOGRAPHY.
CINEMATOGRAPHY. AND YOU HAVE THE MEANS TO HAVE A
WHOLE STUDIO AND PUT ON THE
SHOW, BUT YOU DID IT LIKE THIS
ON PURPOSE.
ON PURPOSE. I FEEL LIKE I’M TALKING TO YOU
ON YOUR PHONE, WHICH IS COOL.
[LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHTER] >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. IF IT’S WORKIN’, I’M GOOD.
>> Jason: THANK YOU FOR SPENDING
A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR MORNING
WITH US.
WITH US. I APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.