Castle Rock Entertainment
Castle Rock Entertainment
- Not to be confused with Dark Castle Entertainment.
Type | Subsidiary of Warner Bros. |
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Founded | 1987 |
Founder(s) | Martin Shafer Rob Reiner Andrew Scheinman Glenn Padnick Alan Horn |
Headquarters | United States |
Industry | Film |
Products | Motion pictures |
Services | Film production |
Owner(s) | Public company (1987-1993) Turner Broadcasting System (1993-1996) Time Warner (1996-2001, 2003present) AOL Time Warner (2001-2003) |
Parent | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Website | www.lonestar-movie.com |
Castle Rock Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded in 1987[1] by Martin Shafer, director Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman, Glenn Padnick and Alan Horn. It is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which in turn is a unit of Time Warner.
Company
Reiner named the company in honor of the fictional Maine town that serves as the setting of several stories by Stephen King (which was named after the fictional Castle Rock in Lord of the Flies), after the success of his film Stand by Me, which was based on The Body, a novella by King.[2]
Reiner and Scheinman already had a production company. They were friends with Shafer, who worked with Horn at 20th Century Fox at the time. Horn was disappointed at Fox and agreed to join the trio at forming the company. Horn brought along Padnick, who was an executive at Embassy Television. In Castle Rock, Horn became the CEO, Shafer ran the film division, Padnick ran TV, and Reiner & Scheinman became involved in the development of productions.[2]
The company was originally backed by The Coca-Cola Company, the then-parent company of Columbia Pictures. Coke and the company's founders jointly owned a stake in the company.[3] Months after the deal, Coke exited the entertainment business, succeeded by Columbia Pictures Entertainment (now Sony Pictures Entertainment).
In 1989, Castle Rock was supported by another backer, Group W, a subsidiary of Westinghouse.[4] Castle Rock later struck a deal with Nelson Entertainment, the company that owned the domestic home video rights to Reiner's This Is Spinal Tap, The Sure Thing, and The Princess Bride, to co-finance Castle Rock's films.
Under the deal, Nelson also distributed the films on video in North American markets, and handled international theatrical distribution, while Columbia, which Nelson forged a distribution deal with, would receive domestic theatrical distribution rights. Some of Nelson's holdings were later acquired by New Line Cinema, which took over Nelson's duty. Columbia, shortly after the company's formation, thereafter had to re-invest with a substantial change in terms when accumulated losses exhausted its initial funding.
Reiner has stated that Castle Rock's purpose was to allow creative freedom to individuals; a safe haven away from the pressures of studio executives. Castle Rock was to make films of the highest quality, whether they made or lost money.[2]
Castle Rock has also produced several television shows, such as the successful sitcom Seinfeld and the animated sitcom Mission Hill.
On August 1993, Ted Turner agreed to acquire Castle Rock, along with co-financing partner (and eventual Castle Rock corporate sibling) New Line Cinema. The sale was completed on December 22, 1993.[5][6] The motivation behind the purchase to allow a stronger company to handle the overhead.[2] Turner Broadcasting System eventually merged with Time Warner in 1996.
Selected films
1980s
Title | Release Date |
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April 14, 1989 | Winter People |
July 21, 1989 | When Harry Met Sally... |
1990s
Title | Release Date |
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Lord of the Flies | March 16, 1990 |
Spirit of '76 | October 12, 1990 |
Sibling Rivalry | October 26, 1990 |
Misery | November 30, 1990 |
City Slickers | June 7, 1991 |
Late for Dinner | September 20, 1991 |
Year of the Comet | April 24, 1992 |
Mr. Saturday Night | September 23, 1992 |
Honeymoon in Vegas | August 28, 1992 |
A Few Good Men | December 11, 1992 |
Amos & Andrew | March 5, 1993 |
In the Line of Fire | July 9, 1993 |
Needful Things | August 27, 1993 |
Malice | October 1, 1993 |
Josh and S.A.M. | November 24, 1993 |
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold | June 10, 1994 |
Little Big League | June 29, 1994 |
North | July 22, 1994 |
Barcelona | July 29, 1994 |
The Shawshank Redemption | October 14, 1994 |
Before Sunrise | January 27, 1995 |
For Better or Worse | March 19, 1995 |
Dolores Claiborne | March 24, 1995 |
Forget Paris | May 19, 1995 |
Beyond Rangoon | August 25, 1995 |
The Run of the Country | September 22, 1995 |
The American President | November 17, 1995 |
Othello | December 15, 1995 |
Dracula: Dead and Loving It | December 22, 1995 |
A Midwinter's Tale | February 16, 1996 |
City Hall | February 16, 1996 |
Lone Star | June 21, 1996 |
Striptease | June 28, 1996 |
Alaska | August 14, 1996 |
The Spitfire Grill | August 23, 1996 |
Extreme Measures | September 27, 1996 |
Ghosts of Mississippi | December 20, 1996 |
Hamlet | December 25, 1996 |
Some Mother's Son | December 25, 1996 |
Waiting for Guffman | January 31, 1997 |
subUrbia | February 7, 1997 |
Absolute Power | February 14, 1997 |
Zero Effect | January 30, 1998 |
Palmetto | February 20, 1998 |
My Giant | April 10, 1998 |
Sour Grapes | April 17, 1998 |
The Last Days of Disco | May 29, 1998 |
Mickey Blue Eyes | August 20, 1999 |
The Story of Us | October 15, 1999 |
The Green Mile | December 10, 1999 |
2000s
Title | Release Date |
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Bait | September 15, 2000 |
Best in Show | September 29, 2000 |
Lost Souls | October 13, 2000 |
Proof of Life | December 8, 2000 |
Miss Congeniality | December 22, 2000 |
Hearts in Atlantis | September 28, 2001 |
The Majestic | December 21, 2001 |
Murder by Numbers | April 19, 2002 |
The Salton Sea | April 26, 2002 |
The Adventures of Pluto Nash | August 16, 2002 |
Two Weeks Notice | December 20, 2002 |
Kangaroo Jack | January 17, 2003 |
Dreamcatcher | March 21, 2003 |
A Mighty Wind | May 9, 2003 |
Envy | April 30, 2004 |
Before Sunset | July 2, 2004 |
The Polar Express | November 10, 2004 |
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! | November 16, 2004 |
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | March 24, 2005 |
For Your Consideration | November 22, 2006 |
Music and Lyrics | February 14, 2007 |
Fracture | April 20, 2007 |
In the Land of Women | April 20, 2007 |
No Reservations | July 27, 2007 |
Michael Clayton | October 12, 2007 |
Sleuth | October 12, 2007 |
The Bucket List | January 8, 2008 |
Chaos Theory | April 11, 2008 |
Did You Hear About the Morgans? | December 18, 2009 |
2010s
Release Date | Title |
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August 6, 2010 | Flipped |
November 24, 2010 | Faster |
July 22, 2011 | Friends with Benefits |
April 27, 2012 | Bernie |
July 6, 2012 | The Magic of Belle Isle |
May 24, 2013 | Before Midnight |
July 11, 2014 | And So It Goes |
TBA | Untitled Marc Lawrence film |
Daughter of the Bride[7] | |
Pure[7] |
Television shows
- Heart & Soul (1988)
- Seinfeld (1989-1998) (Sony Pictures Television currently owns distribution rights)
- The Ed Begley, Jr. Show (1989)
- Julie Brown: The Show (1989)
- Homeroom (1989)
- Ann Jillian (1989-1990)
- New Attitude (1990)
- Partners in Life (1990)
- Morton & Hayes (1991)
- My Old School (1991)
- Sessions (1991)
- Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special (1992)
- The Powers That Be (1992) (with ELP Communications and Columbia Pictures Television)
- Great Scott! (1992)
- Helicopters with Elvira (1993-1995)
- Thea (1993-1994) (Sony Pictures Television currently owns distribution rights)
- The Second Half (1993-1994)
- 704 Hauser (1994, pilot only)
- The Single Guy (1995-1997)
- The Lazarus Man (1996)
- Boston Common 1996-1997
- Reunited (1998)
- The Army Show (1998)
- Mission Hill (1999-2002)
- Movie Stars (1999)
- The Michael Richards Show (2000-2001)
- Zero Effect (2001, pilot) (with Warner Bros. Television)
- Bliss (2002-2004) (with Warner Bros. Television)
- Lucky (2003)
Notes
- Fabrikant, Geraldine, COMPANY NEWS; Turner Move To Purchase Movie Studio, 7 August 1993. URL accessed on 7 February 2012.
- 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Herman, Karen. Interview with Rob Reiner. Archive of American Television (November 29, 2004).
- Coca-Cola division invests in film production company, The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, 14 October 1987.
- GROUP W TO INVEST IN CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT.
- [1] Turner Broadcasting Company Report. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.
- "Chicago Tribune" Done deal: Turner Broadcasting System Inc. said it closed... articles.chicagotribune.com, Retrieved on December 27, 2012
- 7.0 7.1 http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/castle-rock-extends-funding-relationship-with-before-midnight-backer-venture-forth/
External links
- Castle Rock Entertainment at the Internet Movie Database
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