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New World Pictures
Company typePublic
PredecessorThe Filmgroup
FoundedJuly 8, 1970; 54 years ago (1970-07-08)
Founders
DefunctJanuary 22, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-01-22)
FateAcquired by News Corporation
SuccessorThe Walt Disney Company
(through 20th Century Studios and BVS Entertainment)
(post-1989 films and TV programs only)
Shout! Studios
(through New Concorde)
(1970–1984 films only)
Vine Alternative Investments
(through Lakeshore Entertainment)
(1984–1989 films and TV programs only)
Fox Corporation (corporate assets only)
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia
,
United States[1]
Key people
Products
DivisionsNew World Television
New World Animation

New World Pictures (also known as New World Entertainment and New World Communications Group, Inc.) was an American independent production, distribution, and (in its final years as an autonomous entity) multimedia company. It was founded in 1970 by Roger Corman and Gene Corman as New World Pictures, Ltd., a producer and distributor of motion pictures, eventually expanding into television production in 1984. New World eventually expanded into broadcasting with the acquisition of seven television stations in 1993, with the broadcasting unit expanding through additional purchases made during 1994.

20th Century Fox (then solely-owned by News Corporation), controlled by Rupert Murdoch, became a major investor in 1994 and purchased the company outright in 1997; the alliance with Murdoch, specifically through a group affiliation agreement with New World reached between the two companies in May 1994, helped to cement the Fox network as the fourth major U.S. television network.

Although effectively defunct, it continues to exist as holding companies within the Fox Corporation corporate structure along with various regional subsidiaries (e.g. "New World Communications of Tampa").

New World Pictures's co-founder Gene Corman died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on September 28, 2020, at the age of 93.[2] New World Pictures's founder Roger Corman died at his home in Santa Monica, California, on May 9, 2024, at the age of 98.[3][4]

History

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New World Pictures (1970–1987)

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Founded on July 8, 1970, New World Pictures, Ltd. was co-founded by B-movie director Roger Corman and his brother Gene, following their departure from American International Pictures (AIP).[5] As the last remaining national low-budget film distributor at the time, New World quickly became one of the most successful independent companies in the nation. [citation needed] Corman hoped to continue AIP's formula at New World, making low-budget films by new talent and distributing them internationally. However, it started out with only ten domestic offices, and one each in Canada and the United Kingdom; its films were distributed regionally by other companies.[6]

New World initially made exploitation films such as The Student Nurses and other small-scale productions. Corman helped launch the filmmaking careers of Jonathan Demme (Caged Heat, Crazy Mama), Jonathan Kaplan (White Line Fever), Ron Howard (Grand Theft Auto), Paul Bartel (Death Race 2000) and Joe Dante (Piranha), all of whom made some of their early films as interns for the company.[6] New World also released foreign films from acclaimed directors such as Ingmar Bergman (Cries and Whispers, Autumn Sonata), Federico Fellini (Amarcord) and Akira Kurosawa (Dersu Uzala). The distribution of such films was conceived by Corman in an effort to disassociate New World as an exhibitor of exploitation films.[6]

In 1983, Corman sold New World to Larry Kupin, Harry E. Sloan and Larry A. Thompson for $16.5 million; the three new owners decided to take the company public. Corman retained the film library, while New World acquired home video rights to the releases. In 1984, Robert Rehme – who formerly served as chief executive officer of Avco Embassy Pictures and Universal Pictures and had previously worked for New World as its vice president of sales in the 1970s – returned to the company as its new CEO. Later that year Thompson left the company to form his own firm.[7] On February 21, 1984, New World Pictures added 3 new pictures in order to expect to produce a minimum of 14 releases per year, and had plans to start their own regional network.[8]

In 1984, the company created three new divisions: New World International, which would handle distribution of New World's productions outside the United States; New World Television, a production unit focusing on television programs (the first television programs produced by the unit were the soap opera Santa Barbara and the made-for-TV movie Playing With Fire); and New World Video, which would handle home video distribution of films produced mainly by New World Pictures. It would eventually see success of its video division in its first few months of its operation.[9]

In May 1986, New World acquired post-production facility Lions Gate Studios for $4.4 million. That November the company acquired the Marvel Entertainment Group (MEG), the corporate parent of Marvel Comics from the liquidated Cadence Industries.[10][11]

New World Entertainment (1987–1992)

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In July 1967, William "Bill" Deneen left Encyclopædia Britannica Films to start up the Learning Corporation of America, a rival company with Columbia Pictures.[12] It would quickly become one of EBF's biggest rivals in the 16mm field. During his past decade with EBF, William Deneen's specialty was geography films, being owner of an independent film company since 1950 that was distributing through EBF until they absorbed his company and made him vice president. Among his most famous in-depth looks of everyday life overseas were a series on Japan, Hungary and Communism and a trio shot on Samuel Bronston's sets of Fall of the Roman Empire, including Claudius: Boy of Ancient Rome. These were certainly the most expensive looking school films of the era, despite being made very economically.

In 1987, New World acquired educational film company Learning Corporation of America and independent film studio Highgate Pictures.[13] By this time New World Pictures changed its name to New World Entertainment to better reflect its range of subsidiaries besides the film studio, including its purchase of Marvel Comics, and partner Harry Sloan said that the name change would have the revised banner "more accurately reflects the business the company is in".[14] Also that year New World almost purchased two toy companies, Kenner Parker Toys and Mattel, but both planned acquisitions never materialized (although Tonka would acquire Kenner in 1987).

Around this time, New World faced a major financial slump and the company began restructuring itself. This began with the sale of Marvel Entertainment Group to Andrews Group (run by financier Ronald Perelman) on January 6, 1989; Marvel Productions was excluded from the sale.[15] After a failed bid by Giancarlo Parretti's Pathe Communications, New World was sold to the Andrews Group in April 1989; Perelman indicated that, while New World's television operations would continue, their motion picture and home video activity would be cut back, if not scrapped entirely.[16] The bulk of its film and home video holdings were sold in January 1990 to Trans-Atlantic Pictures, a newly formed production company founded by a consortium of former New World executives (Trans-Atlantic was sold to Lakeshore Entertainment in 1996).[17] Highgate Pictures and Learning Corporation of America were shut down in 1990.[citation needed] On October 7, 1991, New World sold much of its "network" television assets to Sony Pictures Entertainment, who used these assets to relaunch TriStar Television.[18][19] Some television programs produced by New World such as Santa Barbara and The Wonder Years would remain in production by the company until their cancellations in 1993; New World would not return to producing programs for the major broadcast television networks until early 1995.

New World Communications (1992–1997)

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"New World Communications" redirects here. Not to be confused with News World Communications.

On February 17, 1993, Perelman purchased SCI Television from George Gillett,[20] acquiring the company's seven television stations: CBS affiliates WAGA-TV (channel 5) in Atlanta, WJBK-TV (channel 2) in Detroit, WJW-TV (channel 8) in Cleveland, WITI-TV (channel 6) in Milwaukee and WTVT (channel 13) in Tampa; NBC affiliate KNSD (channel 39) in San Diego; and independent station WSBK-TV (channel 38) in Boston. SCI had undergone several corporate restructurings following its 1987 purchase by Gillett Communications from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (which, in turn, had acquired the stations' former parent Storer Communications in 1985). Earlier in the decade, the group – then known as GCI Broadcast Services, Inc. – had restructured after defaulting on some of its financing agreements. Eventually, the renamed, SCI ran into severe financial problems and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late 1992. SCI was folded into New World, following the completion of its purchase of the group by Perelman in the summer of 1993.[21][22][23][24]

In 1993, New World Entertainment purchased ownership stakes in syndication distributor Genesis Entertainment through Four Star Television and made a direct purchase of infomercial production company, Guthy-Renker.[25][20][26] With the asset expansion, the company changed its name to New World Communications.[27]

The company expanded its broadcasting holdings in May 1994 with its purchase of Argyle Television – a company partially related to Argyle Television Holdings II, which merged with Hearst Broadcasting to form Hearst-Argyle Television in 1997 – acquiring its four stations: CBS affiliates KTBC-TV (channel 7) in Austin, Texas, and KDFW-TV (channel 4) in Dallas; NBC affiliate WVTM-TV (channel 13) in Birmingham, Alabama; and ABC affiliate KTVI (channel 2) in St. Louis.[28] Then, New World acquired four of the six television stations owned by Citicasters: ABC affiliates WBRC-TV (channel 6) in Birmingham and WGHP-TV (channel 8) in High Point, North Carolina; NBC affiliate WDAF-TV (channel 4) in Kansas City, Missouri; and CBS affiliate KSAZ-TV (channel 10) in Phoenix.[29] Citicasters retained ownership of ABC affiliates WKRC-TV (channel 12) in Cincinnati, Ohio, and WTSP (channel 10) in St. Petersburg, Florida; in the latter case, New World decided against buying WTSP, as WTVT had the higher viewership of the two stations and market-wide signal coverage (WTSP's analog signal did not adequately cover southern sections of the Tampa–St. Petersburg market, as its transmitter was short-spaced to avoid interfering with the signal of Miami ABC affiliate WPLG, as both stations broadcast on VHF channel 10; because of this reason, ABC has long maintained a secondary Tampa affiliate in Sarasota-based WWSB).

The concurrent purchases of WBRC and WGHP posed issues as, at the time, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) only allowed a single company to own a maximum of 12 television stations nationwide (the Argyle and Citicasters purchases, combined with the seven stations it earlier acquired from SCI Television, would have given New World a total of 15 stations) and in the case of Birmingham, New World could not keep WBRC and WVTM in any event, as the FCC forbade common ownership of two television stations in the same market. As a result, following the completion of the Citicasters station purchases in late March 1995, New World placed WBRC and WGHP in a blind trust and sought buyers for both stations.[30]

Affiliation agreement with Fox, acquisition by News Corporation, and transfer to Disney

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Further information: 1994–1996 United States broadcast television realignment

The biggest deal involving New World Communications would aid in changing the face of American broadcasting. In the wake of Fox's landmark $1.58-billion deal with the National Football League (NFL) on December 17, 1993, which awarded it the television rights to the National Football Conference (NFC) beginning with the league's 1994 season,[31][32] the network began seeking agreements with various station groups such as SF Broadcasting to affiliate with VHF stations that had established histories as affiliates of the Big Three broadcast television networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) and therefore had higher value with advertisers (compared to its predominately UHF affiliate body, the vast majority of which were independent stations before joining the network), in an effort to bolster the network's newly acquired package of NFL game telecasts.[33]

Shortly after the Citicasters acquisition announcement, on May 23, 1994, New World Communications and Fox reached a multi-year affiliation agreement in which New World would switch most of its television stations to the network beginning that fall. The deal would include most of the stations that New World was in the midst of acquiring from Argyle and Citicasters, with all of the affected stations joining Fox after existing affiliation contracts with their then-current network partners concluded. In exchange, Fox parent News Corporation agreed to purchase a 20% interest in New World for $500 million.[1][34][28][35] New World was approached by Fox in part due to the group's expanding presence in several primary and secondary markets of NFC teams. New World, meanwhile, was concerned about the effect that the network's loss of NFC rights to Fox would have on both CBS, which was near the bottom of the network ratings at the time, and on the group's CBS-affiliated stations.

The stations that became Fox affiliates had to acquire or produce additional programming to fill their broadcast days, as Fox programmed significantly fewer hours of network content (prime time programming for two hours on Monday through Saturdays and three hours on Sundays, the Monday through Saturday children's block Fox Kids, and an hour of late night programming on Saturdays) than its three established major network competitors; on top of that, most of the New World stations (with KTVI later becoming the lone exception) declined to carry the Fox Kids block. The time vacated by news programs, daytime shows and children's programs from each station's former network was filled by additional syndicated programming and, in particular, local newscasts. The deal as a whole (as well as a second affiliation agreement that was struck one month after the New World deal through the purchase of four stations by a joint venture with Savoy Pictures) caused a domino effect that resulted in various individual and group affiliation deals involving all four networks (primarily CBS, Fox, and ABC) affecting television stations in more than 70 media markets; in most of those areas, New World did not own a station.

Three New World stations were excluded from the Fox affiliation deal. In Boston, where New World owned WSBK-TV, Fox was already affiliated with WFXT (channel 25). WVTM was exempted in Birmingham, as, in the summer of 1995, New World sold WBRC as well as WGHP to Fox Television Stations, with WBRC switching to Fox after its affiliation contract with ABC expired on August 31, 1996. KNSD (also a UHF station) also did not switch as Fox was already affiliated with a VHF station in the San Diego market, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico-based XETV-TV (channel 6). Both KNSD and WVTM retained their NBC affiliations, although in 1995 its contract was renewed for ten years.[36] New World planned to sell all three stations as well, in order to comply with the FCC's twelve-station ownership limit.[27] In November 1994, New World sold WSBK-TV to the Paramount Stations Group subsidiary of Viacom for $100 million.[37]

Later that year Brandon Tartikoff, who helped NBC out of its ratings doldrums in the 1980s in his former role as President of Entertainment at NBC, joined New World Communications in an executive position; concurrently, New World acquired Tartikoff's production company Moving Target Productions.[38][39]

New World also acquired the remaining interest in Genesis Entertainment, which expanded upon New World's production assets into television distribution (Genesis has subsequently renamed New World-Genesis Distribution following the closure of the purchase). After New World took over Moving Target Productions, the production company was renamed to MT2 Services.[40] In 1995, Stone Stanley Productions was signed an exclusive agreement with New World Entertainment.[41]

1995 saw the acquisitions of Cannell Entertainment[42][43] and entertainment magazine Premiere. In May 1996, New World sold WVTM and KNSD to NBC Television Stations for $425 million.[44][45]

On July 17, 1996, Fox parent News Corporation announced that it would acquire the remainder of New World Communications for $2.48 billion in stock.[46][47][48][49][50][51] When the merger with News Corporation was finalized on January 22, 1997, New World's television production and distribution arms folded into 20th Century Fox Television and 20th Television, respectively and the former New World television stations were transferred into its Fox Television Stations subsidiary, turning the former group's twelve Fox affiliates into owned-and-operated stations of the network, joining WGHP and WBRC. The New World Animation and Marvel Films Animation libraries were acquired by Saban Entertainment and Fox Kids Worldwide (in turn acquired by Disney through its 2001 purchase of Fox Family Worldwide) following News Corporation's acquisition of New World.

As part of the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company, the copyrights to the New World library were transferred to TFCF America, Inc., a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, effective March 20, 2019,[52] while the New World holding companies remained with Fox Corporation.[53]

Legacy

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New World is noted for the number of its cult movies it distributed. Filmink have argued "in the history of Hollywood, few studios are as beloved by fans as Corman era New World."[54]

Former New World–owned television stations

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Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.

City of license / market Station Channel Years owned Current status
Birmingham, AL WBRC-TV 6 1994–1995 ** Fox affiliate owned by Gray Television
WVTM-TV 13 1995–1996 NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Phoenix, AZ KSAZ-TV 10 1994–1997 Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
San Diego, CA KNSD 39 1993–1996 NBC owned-and-operated (O&O)
Tampa–St. Petersburg, FL WTVT 13 1993–1997 Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
Atlanta, GA WAGA-TV 5 1993–1997 Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
Boston, MA WSBK-TV 38 1993–1995 Independent owned by Paramount Global
Detroit, MI WJBK-TV 2 1993–1997 Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
Kansas City, MO WDAF-TV 4 1994–1997 Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
St. Louis, MO KTVI 2 1995–1997 Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
High Point–Greensboro–Winston-Salem, NC WGHP-TV 8 1994–1995 ** Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Cleveland, OH WJW-TV 8 1993–1997 Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Austin, TX KTBC-TV 7 1995–1997 Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
K13VC 13 1994–1997 Defunct
Dallas–Fort Worth, TX KDFW-TV 4 1995–1997 Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
KDFI-TV 27 * MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Fox Television Stations
Milwaukee, WI WITI-TV 6 1993–1997 Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
  • (*) – Station owned by a third party but operated by KDFW-TV under a local marketing agreement.
  • (**) – Stations acquired with the purchases of KSAZ-TV and WDAF-TV, but later placed in a trust for sale to Fox. New World continued to operate the stations for several months until Fox took over through time brokerage agreements in September 1995.

Films

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Release date Title Notes
June 1970 Angels Die Hard First film from New World Pictures
August 1970 The Student Nurses established the "nurse" cycle
1971 Angels Hard as They Come
Beast of the Yellow Night
Bury Me an Angel
Creature with the Blue Hand (P/U)
Private Duty Nurses
Scream of the Demon Lover (P/U)
Women in Cages
April 30, 1971 The Big Doll House established the "women in prison" cycle
June 1971 The Velvet Vampire
October 22, 1971 Lady Frankenstein
1972 Night Call Nurses
January 1, 1972 Night of the Cobra Woman (P/U)
May 31, 1972 The Final Comedown (P/U)
May 1972 The Hot Box
July 1972 The Big Bird Cage
October 1972 The Cremators
November 1972 The Woman Hunt
December 21, 1972 Cries and Whispers (P/U) Academy Award for Best Picture nominee
1973 The Big Bust Out
Fly Me
The Young Nurses
January 1973 Sweet Kill
February 8, 1973 The Harder They Come (P/U)
May 1973 Savage!
June 1973 Stacey
The Student Teachers
September 1973 Seven Blows of the Dragon (P/U)
December 1, 1973 Fantastic Planet (P/U)
1974 Caged Heat (P/U)
Candy Stripe Nurses
Cockfighter
The Last Days of Man on Earth
Summer School Teachers
January 15, 1974 The Arena
July 8, 1974 Down and Dirty Duck
September 19, 1974 Amarcord (P/U) Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film winner
Big Bad Mama
October 1974 Tender Loving Care (P/U)
1975 Cover Girl Models
Darktown Strutters
The Romantic Englishwoman (P/U)
January 1975 Street Girls
April 27, 1975 Death Race 2000
May 1975 Tidal Wave US version
June 1975 Crazy Mama
July 7, 1975 T.N.T. Jackson
October 10, 1975 The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (P/U)
December 22, 1975 The Story of Adele H. (P/U)
1976 Foxtrot
Nashville Girl
Eaten Alive
February 1976 Hollywood Boulevard
April 1976 Eat My Dust!
Jackson County Jail
July 6, 1976 Cannonball
July 1976 The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
October 1, 1976 Small Change
October 22, 1976 God Told Me To
November 15, 1976 Lumiere (P/U)
1977 Blonde in Black Leather (P/U)
Dersu Uzala (P/U) Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film winner
Moonshine County Express
The Tigress
April 8, 1977 Rabid
Andy Warhol's Bad
April 20, 1977 Black Oak Conspiracy
Catastrophe
April 29, 1977 The Ransom
May 27, 1977 Too Hot to Handle
June 18, 1977 Grand Theft Auto
July 14, 1977 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
September 30, 1977 A Little Night Music
1978 Autumn Sonata Produced by ITC Entertainment
Blackout
Jokes My Folks Never Told Me
February 3, 1978 A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich
March 8, 1978 The Evil
March 1978 Leopard in the Snow
April 12, 1978 Deathsport
August 3, 1978 Piranha
August 30, 1978 Avalanche
November 17, 1978 The Bees
December 2, 1978 Outside Chance
1979 The Green Room
Love on the Run
March 7, 1979 Starcrash
April 27, 1979 Saint Jack
June 1, 1979 The Brood
June 15, 1979 The Kids Are Alright
June 29, 1979 Up from the Depths
July 1979 The Lady in Red
August 24, 1979 Rock 'n' Roll High School
November 1979 The Prize Fighter
1980 The Tin Drum Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film winner
Breaker Morant
My American Uncle
Something Waits in the Dark
April 17, 1980 The Private Eyes
May 16, 1980 Humanoids from the Deep
July 25, 1980 Ruckus
September 8, 1980 Battle Beyond the Stars
November 8, 1980 The Georgia Peaches
November 11, 1980 Shogun Assassin
1981 Firecracker
Quartet
Richard's Things
June 26, 1981 Screamers
August 8, 1981 Galaxy Express Recut of Galaxy Express 999
August 14, 1981 Saturday the 14th
October 1981 Smokey Bites the Dust
October 23, 1981 Galaxy of Terror
1982 Sorceress
Christiane F.
Three Brothers Academy Award for
Best Foreign Language Film nominee
The Personals
Fitzcarraldo
April 23, 1982 Tag: The Assassination Game
May 7, 1982 Forbidden World
Paradise Canada version
May 14, 1982 Battletruck
September 10, 1982 The Slumber Party Massacre
October 8, 1982 Murder by Phone
October 16, 1982 Android
November 12, 1982 Jimmy the Kid
November 1982 Time Walker
1983 Screwballs
May 1983 Savage Attraction
July 1983 The Funny Farm
Space Raiders
September 2, 1983 Deathstalker
Escape 2000
Stryker
September 16, 1983 Wavelength
September 23, 1983 Last Plane Out
November 3, 1983 The Being
November 4, 1983 The Prey
November 18, 1983 Cross Country
1984 The Pit
January 13, 1984 Covergirl
Angel
January 27, 1984 Love Letters
March 9, 1984 Children of the Corn
March 11, 1984 Warriors of the Wind (P/U) 1984 recut of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Nausicaä director Hayao Miyazaki's distaste of the recut
is said to have led to Studio Ghibli's stringent "no cuts" policy
for international distribution of their works.
April 13, 1984 Suburbia
April 24, 1984 Hambone and Hillie
April 27, 1984 They're Playing with Fire
April 28, 1984 The Initiation
June 1984 Rare Breed
August 3, 1984 The Philadelphia Experiment
August 31, 1984 C.H.U.D.
August 31, 1984 Highpoint
September 28, 1984 Body Rock
October 1984 Bad Manners also known as Growing Pains
October 19, 1984 Crimes of Passion
November 16, 1984 Night Patrol
January 11, 1985 Tuff Turf
January 11, 1985 Avenging Angel
January 1985 The Annihilators
January 1985 The Highest Honor US distribution only; produced by Southern International Films
February 8, 1985 Lust in the Dust
March 1, 1985 Certain Fury
March 15, 1985 Def-Con 4
April 12, 1985 Fraternity Vacation
April 12, 1985 Girls Just Want to Have Fun
May 1985 Out of Control
May 15, 1985 The Zoo Gang
June 14, 1985 The Stuff
August 23, 1985 Godzilla 1985 1985 American re-cut of The Return of Godzilla, originally produced and released by Toho in 1984
September 28, 1985 Steaming
September 1985 Stand Alone
October 1985 The Boys Next Door
November 8, 1985 Transylvania 6-5000
December 6, 1985 House
December 27, 1985 Making Contact
January 10, 1986 Black Moon Rising
February 1986 The Gladiator
February 14, 1986 Knights of the City
March 1986 The Aurora Encounter
March 14, 1986 Mountaintop Motel Massacre
April 1986 Star Crystal
April 18, 1986 Torment
May 2, 1986 No Retreat, No Surrender
May 30, 1986 Jake Speed
June 6, 1986 Not Quite Paradise US distribution only; produced by Acorn Pictures and Gilead
July 18, 1986 Vamp
August 22, 1986 Reform School Girls
August 29, 1986 Code Name: Wild Geese US distribution only
September 26, 1986 Shadow Play
October 17, 1986 Dancing in the Dark Distribution only; produced by Brightstar Films,
Film Arts, and Film House Group
October 24, 1986 Soul Man
December 19, 1986 Miss Mary
January 9, 1987 Return to Horror High
January 16, 1987 Wanted: Dead or Alive
February 20, 1987 Death Before Dishonor
February 27, 1987 Beyond Therapy
April 3, 1987 Nice Girls Don't Explode
May 1, 1987 Creepshow 2 co-production with Laurel Entertainment
May 1987 The Great Land of Small
August 28, 1987 House II: The Second Story
September 10, 1987 Hellraiser
October 23, 1987 The Killing Time
November 20, 1987 Flowers in the Attic
November 1987 Heart
December 25, 1987 Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night Produced by Filmation
January 22, 1988 The Telephone
January 1988 Hell Comes to Frogtown
February 5, 1988 Sister, Sister
February 5, 1988 Slugs
April 8, 1988 18 Again!
April 22, 1988 Return of the Killer Tomatoes
May 6, 1988 Dead Heat
May 13, 1988 The Wrong Guys
September 2, 1988 Freeway
September 30, 1988 Elvira, Mistress of the Dark co-production with NBC Productions
November 10, 1988 Angel III: The Final Chapter
December 23, 1988 Hellbound: Hellraiser II co-production with Film Futures Troopstar
January 26, 1989 Felix the Cat: The Movie
January 27, 1989 Pin distribution only; produced by Image Organization,
Lance Entertainment, Malofilm, and Telefilm Canada
March 31, 1989 Heathers distribution only; produced by Cinemarque Entertainment
April 14, 1989 Under the Boardwalk
June 1989 Curfew
February 16, 1990 Revenge co-production with Rastar; distributed by Columbia Pictures
1990 Checkered Flag
January 1, 1991 Killer Tomatoes Eat France
January 11, 1991 Warlock produced by; distributed by Trimark Pictures
February 1, 1991 Meet the Applegates
April 25, 1991 The Punisher distributed in North America by Carolco Television
and Live Entertainment
August 25, 1993 Die Watching Final film from New World Pictures

Television programs

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Series
Title Original run Network Notes
Maximum Security 1984–1985 HBO co-production with Major H
Santa Barbara 1984–1993 NBC co-production with Dobson Productions
Crime Story 1986–1988 co-production with Michael Mann Productions
Sledge Hammer! ABC
Rags to Riches 1987–1988 NBC co-production with Leonard Hill Films
The Bold and the Beautiful 1987–present CBS International distributor for the first 9 seasons; produced and currently owned by Bell-Phillip Television Productions Inc.
Mariah 1987 ABC
Once a Hero co-production with Garden Party Productions
Tour of Duty 1987–1990 CBS co-production with Braun Entertainment Group
Distributed by Sony Pictures Television
The Wonder Years 1988–1993 ABC co-production with The Black-Marlens Company
Dino-Riders 1988 Syndicated Distribution only; produced by Marvel Productions
RoboCop
Murphy's Law 1988–1989 ABC co-production with Zev Braun Productions and Michael Gleason Productions
A Fine Romance 1989 co-production with Phoenix Entertainment Group
The Robert Guillaume Show co-production with Guillaume-Margo Productions
Tales from the Crypt 1989–1996 HBO U.S. distribution only; produced by Tales from the Crypt Holdings
Currently owned by Warner Bros. Television Studios
Rude Dog and the Dweebs 1989 CBS Distribution only; produced by Marvel Productions and AKOM
Zorro 1990–1993 The Family Channel co-production with Goodman/Rosen Productions and Zorro Productions, inc.
Grand Slam 1990 CBS co-production with Bill Norton Productions
Elvis ABC
Bagdad Cafe 1990–1991 CBS co-production with Mort Lachman and Associates, Zev Braun Pictures and CBS Entertainment Productions
Currently owned by CBS Media Ventures
Top Cops 1990–1993 Distribution only; produced by Grosso-Jacobson Productions and CBS Entertainment Productions
Currently owned by CBS Media Ventures
Get a Life 1990–1992 Fox co-production with TriStar Television (season 2)
The Adventures of Mark & Brian 1991–1992 NBC co-production with Don Mischer Productions and Frontier Pictures for TriStar Television
Silk Stalkings 1991–1999 USA Network seasons 5–6 only; co-production with Stu Segall Productions and Cannell Entertainment
Charlie Hoover 1991 Fox co-production with Ian Gurvitz Productions and Brillstein-Grey Entertainment for TriStar Television
The Boys of Twilight 1992 CBS co-production with Echo Cove Productions for TriStar Television
Renegade 1992–1997 Syndication/USA Network seasons 3–5 only; co-production with Stu Segall Productions and Cannell Entertainment
Real Stories of the Highway Patrol 1993–1998 Syndicated seasons 1–4 only; co-production with Leap Off Productions and Mark Massari Productions
Paradise Beach 1993–1994 U.S. distribution only; produced and currently owned by Village Roadshow Pictures
Biker Mice from Mars 1993–1996 produced by Marvel Productions/New World Animation, Brentwood Television Funnies, Worldwide Sports & Entertainment, inc. and Philippine Animation Studios
Valley of the Dolls 1994 co-production with Take A Meeting Productions
Fantastic Four 1994–1996 produced by New World Animation, Marvel Films and Wang Film Productions/Philippine Animation Studios
Iron Man produced by New World Animation, Marvel Films and Rainbow Animation Korea
Spider-Man 1994–1998 Fox produced by New World Animation, Marvel Films and TMS-Kyokuchi Corporation
The Clinic 1995 Comedy Central
The Mark Walberg Show 1995–1996 Syndicated co-production with Four Point Entertainment
Strange Luck Fox co-production with MT2 Services and Unreality, Inc.
Weekly World News 1996 USA Network co-production with American Media, Inc. and MT2 Services
Second Noah 1996–1997 ABC co-production with Longfeather Entertainment and MT2 Services
Profit 1996 Fox co-production with Greenwalt/McNamara Productions and Stephen J. Cannell Productions
Big Deal co-production with Stone Stanley Productions
The Incredible Hulk 1996–1997 UPN Distribution only for season 1; produced by New World Animation and Marvel Films/Marvel Studios
Access Hollywood 1996–present Syndicated Distribution only for season 1; produced by NBC Studios
Miniseries
Title Release date Network Notes
Sins February 2–3, 1986 CBS
Monte Carlo November 9, 1986
Queenie May 10–11, 1987 ABC
Echoes in the Darkness November 1–2, 1987 CBS
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun May 15–17, 1988
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase May 20–21, 1990 ABC co-production with ItzBinso Long Productions and P.A. Productions
Stay the Night April 26–27, 1992 co-production with Stan Margulies Productions
Judith Krantz's Secrets July 22–29, 1992 GEMS co-production with Steve Krantz Productions
Murder in the Heartland May 3–4, 1993 ABC co-production with O'Hara-Horowitz Productions
Tom Clancy's Op Center February 26–27, 1995 NBC co-production with Jack Ryan Partnership and Moving Target Productions
Movies
Title Release date Network Notes
Playing with Fire April 14, 1985 NBC co-production with Zephyr Productions
Easy Prey October 26, 1986 ABC
Penalty Phase November 18, 1986 CBS
Poker Alice May 22, 1987
After the Promise October 11, 1987
The Incredible Hulk Returns May 22, 1988 NBC co-production with Bixby-Brandon Productions
The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick October 7, 1988
Goddess of Love November 20, 1988
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro February 13, 1989 co-production with Spectacor Films and Tamara Asseyev Productions
Original Sin February 20, 1989
Peter Gunn April 23, 1989 ABC co-production with The Blake Edwards Company
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk May 7, 1989 NBC co-production with Bixby-Brandon Productions
Nick Knight August 20, 1989
False Witness October 23, 1989 co-production with Entertainment Professionals and Valente / Kritzer
Little White Lies November 27, 1989 co-production with Larry Thompson Organization
The Death of the Incredible Hulk February 18, 1990 co-production with B & B Productions
The Bride in Black October 21, 1990 ABC co-production with Barry Weitz Films and Street Life Productions
She'll Take Romance November 25, 1990
The Stranger Within November 27, 1990 CBS
In Broad Daylight February 3, 1991 NBC co-production with Force Ten Productions
Miles from Nowhere January 7, 1992 CBS
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy May 2, 1994 NBC co-production with O'Hara-Horowitz Productions
XXX's & OOO's June 21, 1994 CBS co-production with John Wilder Nightwatch and Moving Target Productions
Moment of Truth: A Mother's Deception October 17, 1994 NBC co-production with O'Hara-Horowitz Productions
A Child Is Missing October 1, 1995 CBS co-production with Moore-Weiss Productions and Cannell Entertainment
The Surrogate October 22, 1995 ABC co-production with Moore-Weiss Productions and Cannell Entertainment
Generation X February 20, 1996 Fox co-production with MT2 Services, Inc., Marvel Films and Marvel Entertainment Group
Pilots
Title Release date Network Notes
X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men September 16, 1989 Syndicated Distribution only; produced by Marvel Productions
Ghost Writer August 15, 1990 Fox co-production with Rumar Films
Currently owned by Vine Alternative Investments
Power Pack September 28, 1991 co-production with Marvel Enterprises and Paragon Entertainment Corporation
Moe's World July 19, 1992 ABC co-production for TriStar Television
The Best Defense June 19, 1995

Genesis Entertainment

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Storer Broadcasting/Rhodes Productions/Blair Entertainment

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See also

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References

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