Castle Rock has also produced several television shows, such as the successful sitcom Seinfeld and the animated sitcom Mission Hill. Rob Reiner named the company in honor of the fictional Maine town of the same name that serves as the setting of several stories by author Stephen King, after the success of his film Stand by Me, based on his novella The Body. 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. This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. 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. List is made up of movies like City Hall and City Hall. It would continue to distribute its product and eventually distribute Castle Rock's films, but not for a number of years because Castle Rock's releases are distributed by Sony Pictures, one of its key investors. [5] 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. The sale was completed on December 22, 1993. You can also manipulate this list of movies by this production company. Even if New Line's earnings prove volatile because of the unpredictable nature of the movie business, the impact on Turner would be nominal since there are roughly 300 million shares of Turner's class A and B stock on a fully diluted basis. The deals were announced separately last night, several hours after the stock market closed yesterday. And Turner and Castle Rock said that an agreement had been reached in principle for Turner's acquisition of Castle Rock for cash. An executive close to the film company said Turner would pay $100 million for Castle Rock. Final film from Castle Rock Entertainment to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. https://dwho1995-entertainment.fandom.com/wiki/Castle_Rock_Entertainment?oldid=4173. After that, Castle Rock would set up its own distribution operation within the Turner organization. [8] Castle Rock also had aspirations to distribute its own films once its deal with Columbia expired in 1998. Teams Up with PolyGram to Co-Finance & Co-Distribute Castle Rock Pictures", "Woody Harrelson to Play Lyndon B. Johnson in Rob Reiner Political Drama", "Castle Rock Extends Funding Relationship With 'Before Midnight' Backer Venture Forth", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Castle_Rock_Entertainment_films&oldid=958162255, Short description with empty Wikidata description, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Coke and the company's founders jointly owned a stake in the company. Horn brought along Padnick, who was an executive at Embassy Television. It answers the questions, "What movies did Castle Rock Entertainment produce?" The 50 Highest Grossing '90s Movies, Ranked. Reiner named the company in honor of the Maine town that serves as the setting of several stories by Stephen King (which was named after the fictitious 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. The sale would represent a windfall for New Line's founder and chairman, Robert Shaye, who owns roughly 27 percent of the New York-based company. 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. Coke and the company's founders jointly owned a stake in the company. 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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. Last year Castle Rock produced six films; it expects to increase production gradually. A group of young horror fans go searching for a film that mysteriously vanished years ago but instead find that the demented killer from the movie is real, and … Castle Rock Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded in 1987 by Martin Shafer, director Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman, Glenn Padnick and Alan Horn. New Line, one of the few publicly traded independent film companies, is also one of the few to have worldwide distribution capabilities. 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. Ultimately, Time Warner went along. Castle Rock Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded in 1987 by Martin Shafer, director Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman, Glenn Padnick and Alan Horn. It is a subsidiary of Warner Bros.[2], Reiner named the company in honor of the fictional Maine town that serves as the setting of several stories by Stephen King, after the success of his film Stand by Me, which was based on The Body, a novella by King. It is a subsidiary of Time Warner and a unit of Warner Bros. Entertainment. Turner will also assume about $100 million in bank debt collateralized by Castle Rock's future film and television productions. and "What films did Castle Rock Entertainment distribute?" 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. [8][9], Turner Broadcasting later merged with Time Warner in 1996. Subsidiary of Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. Dwho1995 Entertainment Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. List of Castle Rock Entertainment movies, ranked best to worst, including trailers, genres, and release dates. But one movie industry executive said the deals included some risks, since each company is expected to expand production and there is no guarantee that the films will be successful. See the article in its original context from. [4] Months after the deal, Coca-Cola exited the entertainment business, and was succeeded by Columbia Pictures Entertainment. After that, Castle Rock would set up its own distribution operation within the Turner organization. [9] On June 27, 1997, Castle Rock's staff was reduced to 60 employees and Castle Rock International was folded into Warner Bros.[10], In January 1998, Warner and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment formed a deal to co-finance and co-distribute Castle Rock films; that deal was taken over by Universal Pictures after said studio's parent company Seagram merged with PolyGram later that year. In August 1993, Turner Broadcasting System agreed to acquire Castle Rock, along with co-financing partner New Line Cinema. "Bob Shaye won't be quite as happy as Craig McCaw, but he certainly had a good payday," Mr. Reidy said, referring to the chairman of McCaw Cellular Communications Inc., who is expected to receive $1.01 billion when A.T.& T. acquires his company. It is a subsidiary of WarnerMedia and a unit of Warner Bros. From the 2009 Blu-Ray release of "Hermey's Land: The Movie 3". Castle Rock Entertainment produced and/or distributed these films, which are listed in alphabetical order and sortable by any column.