Production Companies

Production Companies

Castle Rock Entertainment

Castle Rock Entertainment is and film and television production company. It was founded in 1987 by Martin Schafer, Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman, Glenn Padnick and Alan Horn. It is part of Warner Bros. Entertainment which is part of the Time Warner Company. The distribution of their films was handled by Columbia Pictures pre 1999 and is known for realising thriller classics like The Shawshank Redemption and Misery. In 1999 Warner Bros. And Universal Pictures took over distribution which begin with the release of The Green Mile.

Dimension Films

Dimension Films in a production company currently owned by The Weinstein Company. It was a label within Miramax films that Bob Weinstein used to produce genre films. In 2005 The Weinstein Brothers took the label with them when they left Miramax which was owned by Disney. Dimension Films have produced many high profile movies such as the Scary Movie Franchise, Sin City and Starsky & Hutch.

Village Roadshow Pictures

Village Roadshow Pictures is an Australian film company founded by Bruce Berman in 1997. It is a subsidiary of The Village Roadshow Entertainment Group. Many of its films are co-produced with Warner Bros., this agreement was formed in 1998 and has been a major success with many Thriller films such as I Am Legend and Training Day. It is one of the two Australian companies to be recognised as a significant production company. The Village Roadshow Entertainment Group had been making Australian films since 1970 but only became international in the late 90s which led to the creation of Village Roadshow Pictures.