Heard on the Street / Financial Analysis and Commentary
Stars Aligned for Movie Deals</br></br>Is it time for movie-studio executives to get cosier with their colleagues?</br></br>The sharp drop in DVD sales in recent months, heralding the possible exhaustion of a long-running gold mine for film, has prompted studios such as Walt Disney to look for ways to cut costs.</br></br>The fastest way to do that is to team up with another studio.</br></br>Time Warner, for instance, saved $140 million annually by combining New Line and Warner Bros.