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'''Castle Rock Entertainment''' is an American film production company was founded in 1987 by Martin Shafer, actor and director Rob Reiner, Andy Scheinman, Glenn Padnick and Alan Horn, with [[Columbia Pictures]] as their original strategic partner. Early in the studio's history, [[Nelson Entertainment]] co-financed their films until 1991, when [[New Line Cinema]] took over their duties (after Nelson was sold to New Line). On December 22, 1993, Castle Rock was acquired by [[Turner Entertainment Co.|Turner Broadcasting System]] and would become a part of Time Warner when the two along with New Line Cinema merged with them on October 10, 1996. In 1999, [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] gained distribution rights from Sony Pictures Entertainment/Columbia Pictures. Castle Rock's first release was ''Winter People'' in 1989, but no logo was used until ''When Harry Met Sally''. The Castle Rock production label was a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment until numerous box office failures caused the folding of the label in 2010. Several movies produced afterwards used the Castle Rock name with special permission, specifically movies made by Rob Reiner himself (i.e. ''LBJ'' and ''Shock And Awe''). | '''Castle Rock Entertainment''' is an American film production company was founded in 1987 by Martin Shafer, actor and director Rob Reiner, Andy Scheinman, Glenn Padnick and Alan Horn, with [[Columbia Pictures]] as their original strategic partner. Early in the studio's history, [[Nelson Entertainment]] co-financed their films until 1991, when [[New Line Cinema]] took over their duties (after Nelson was sold to New Line). On December 22, 1993, Castle Rock was acquired by [[Turner Entertainment Co.|Turner Broadcasting System]] and would become a part of Time Warner when the two along with New Line Cinema merged with them on October 10, 1996. In 1999, [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] gained distribution rights from Sony Pictures Entertainment/Columbia Pictures. Castle Rock's first release was ''Winter People'' in 1989, but no logo was used until ''When Harry Met Sally''. The Castle Rock production label was a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment until numerous box office failures caused the folding of the label in 2010. Several movies produced afterwards used the Castle Rock name with special permission, specifically movies made by Rob Reiner himself (i.e. ''LBJ'' and ''Shock And Awe''). | ||
The home media rights to the pre-1994 Castle Rock library (which was part of Nelson's library) were sold to [[Epic Productions]], which incorporated it into its Gamma library, and then to [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | The home media rights to the pre-1994 Castle Rock library (which was part of Nelson's library) were sold to [[Epic Productions]], which incorporated it into its Gamma library, and then to [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment|PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]]; [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] acquired these rights in January 1999 after purchasing the pre-March 31, 1996 PolyGram library (including their back library) (exceptions are ''A Few Good Men'', ''In the Line of Fire'', and ''North'', co-productions with Columbia Pictures that remained with the studio and ''The Spirit of '76'', which Castle Rock produced and has a copyright holder alongside Black Diamond Productions, owned by Warner Bros.). [[Warner Bros. Television]] does own the television rights to most Castle Rock films. The post-1994 library is owned by Warner Bros. (except for distribution rights of ''The Story of Us'', ''The Last Days of Disco'', and international rights to ''The American President'', all of which are owned by [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], the original distributor). Castle Rock retains the copyright to nearly all of its films. The company was revived on October 19, 2021 and will produce films in a first-look deal with Warner Bros. | ||
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* On Starz and Encore airings of ''City Slickers 2'', as well as on the Warner Home Video DVD release, it has the logo intact but is preceded by the 1998 Warner Bros. Pictures logo with the AOL Time Warner byline (since the logo plastered the Columbia Pictures logo). | * On Starz and Encore airings of ''City Slickers 2'', as well as on the Warner Home Video DVD release, it has the logo intact but is preceded by the 1998 Warner Bros. Pictures logo with the AOL Time Warner byline (since the logo plastered the Columbia Pictures logo). | ||
* This logo is preserved on [[Nelson Entertainment]] and [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Home Video]] (distributed by [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]]) VHS releases of pre-1994 films. | * This logo is preserved on [[Nelson Entertainment]] and [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Home Video]] (distributed by [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]]) VHS releases of pre-1994 films. | ||
* The logo is preserved on VHS releases by MGM/UA Home Video and [[PolyGram Video | * The logo is preserved on VHS releases by MGM/UA Home Video and [[PolyGram Video|PolyGram Video]] (along with possibly early DVD releases by the company). | ||
* It is also preserved on the Columbia Pictures-owned ''A Few Good Men'', ''In the Line of Fire'' and ''North''. | * It is also preserved on the Columbia Pictures-owned ''A Few Good Men'', ''In the Line of Fire'' and ''North''. | ||
* Can also be found on the [[Olive Films]] Blu-Ray release of ''Sibling Rivalry'' (alongside the original Columbia logo, all preceded by the 2001 MGM lion). | * Can also be found on the [[Olive Films]] Blu-Ray release of ''Sibling Rivalry'' (alongside the original Columbia logo, all preceded by the 2001 MGM lion). | ||