A shake-up at DreamWorks

Michael De Luca is out as production chief at DreamWorks SKG, the studio founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. He’ll become a producer at Columbia Pictures in July, Amy Pascal, chairwoman of the Sony Pictures Entertainment’s motion picture group, said Monday.

During a 16-year run at New Line Cinema, De Luca became known for promoting such cutting-edge fare as “Austin Powers” and “Boogie Nights.” He joined DreamWorks in June 2001 and was expected to boost output there but was caught in a production slowdown and what he has acknowledged was a “less-than-stellar” string of films last year.