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39-578: HBO Films slates three or four films per year and develops most them internally with theatrical films being distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures . After or around 1978, HBO was involved into preproduction financing films for exclusive pay-TV rights, which was risky as the films could be unpopular while alienating movie studios. The original Silver Screen Partners , L.P. was organized by Roland W. Betts, New York film investment broker to fund movies for HBO in 1982. The limited partnership sold through EF Hutton were oversubscribed and raised $ 83 million. HBO made

78-681: A 45-day theatrical exclusivity window. This is part of an agreement the studio reached with Cineworld (who operates Regal Cinemas ). On June 1, 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), the company formerly known as Discovery, Inc. prior to its acquisition of WarnerMedia two months earlier, announced that Emmerich would step down as head of the Warner Bros. Pictures Group after a transition period, and that it would be divided into three separate units; Warner Bros. Pictures/ New Line Cinema , DC Films , and Warner Animation Group . Former MGM executives Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy would serve as

117-575: A 50% guarantee on their investment for exclusive cable rights. HBO then joined with Columbia Pictures and CBS to form TriStar Pictures , which was expected to become a major film studio , in 1983. HBO sold half of its ownership in TriStar in December 1985. HBO Premiere Films began in 1983 as a telefilm and miniseries production company with an "ambitious production schedule" for the HBO channel. With

156-697: A Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), 42nd Street (1933), Here Comes the Navy (1934), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Anthony Adverse (1936), The Life of Emile Zola (1937), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Four Daughters (1938), Jezebel (1938), Dark Victory (1939), to name a few. In the aftermath of the 1948 antitrust suit , uncertain times led Warner Bros. in 1956 to sell most of its pre-1950 films and cartoons to Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.). In addition, a.a.p. also obtained

195-502: A diverse collection of films, cartoons and television programs. As of 2022, Warner Bros. owned more than 145,000 hours of programming, including 12,500 feature films and 2,400 television programs comprising more than tens of thousands of individual episodes. Warner Bros. owns some shared universes. Some of them are based on books and comics, including some of the highest grossing IP's in the movie industry. ‡ — Includes theatrical reissue(s) Picturehouse (company) Picturehouse

234-535: A second film banner for HBO in 1986 to expand the boundary of drama. Age Old Friends (1989) was the unit's first production to earn an Emmy Award. In 1996, HBO Showcase was expanded and given a new name HBO NYC Productions. In April 1999, Colin Callender, executive VP of HBO NYC, was promoted to be HBO Pictures president. In October 1999, HBO NYC Productions was merged into HBO Pictures and renamed HBO Films under division president Callender. In 2002, Keri Putnam

273-527: A small portion of the UA library (including the a.a.p. library and North American rights to the RKO Radio Pictures library) while spinning off the rest of MGM. In 1989, Warner Communications acquired Lorimar-Telepictures Corporation and merged with Time Inc. to form Time Warner (now Warner Bros. Discovery ). Lorimar's catalogue included the post-1974 library of Rankin/Bass Productions , and

312-689: Is an American independent entertainment company owned by CEO Bob Berney and COO Jeanne R. Berney. Based in Los Angeles , the company specializes in film marketing and distribution , both in the U.S. and internationally. Its releases have included La Vie en Rose (2007), which earned an Academy Award for Best Actress for Marion Cotillard , Metallica Through the Never (2013), and Adam Wingard 's Sundance Film Festival selection The Guest (2014), an Independent Spirit Award nominee starring Dan Stevens . Formed by Bob Berney in 2005, Picturehouse

351-611: Is currently one of five live-action film studios within the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group , the others being New Line Cinema , DC Studios , Castle Rock Entertainment, and a minority stake in Spyglass Media Group . The most commercially successful film series from Warner Bros. includes Harry Potter , DC Universe (formerly DC Extended Universe ), Batman , The Lord of the Rings , and Monsterverse ; Barbie

390-667: Is the studio's highest-grossing film worldwide with $ 1.4 billion. The studio's predecessor (and the modern-day Warner Bros Entertainment as a whole) was founded as the Warner Features Company in New Castle, Pennsylvania , by filmmaker Sam Warner and his business partners and brothers, Harry , Albert , and Jack , in 1911. They produced their first film, the Peril of the Plains in 1912, which Sam directed for

429-615: The American-Jewish Warner brothers released their first pictures " talkie " The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson . However, founding member Sam Warner died prior to the premiere of the film. When the company diversified over the years, it was eventually rebranded to its current umbrella name, but Warner Bros. Pictures continued to be used as the name of the film production arm of the company. The studio has released twenty-five films that have received an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination: Disraeli (1929), I Am

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468-576: The Catholic Church and the secular government, who try to force them to recant their story. As word of their prophecy spreads, tens of thousands of religious pilgrims flock to the site to witness what became known as the Miracle of the Sun . In September 2021, Picturehouse announced that it would release Becoming Cousteau , a documentary that uses previously unseen archival footage to chronicle

507-555: The Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios Popeye cartoons, originally from Paramount Pictures . Two years later, a.a.p. was sold to United Artists (UA), which owned the company until 1981, when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) acquired UA. In November 1966, Jack gave in to advancing age and changing times, selling 32% of control of the studio and music business to Seven Arts Productions , run by Canadian investors Elliot and Kenneth Hyman, for $ 32 million. Eventually,

546-687: The St. Louis Motion Picture Company . In 1915, Sam and Jack moved to California to establish their production studio, while Albert and Harry on July 8, 1915, set up the New York–based Warner Brothers Distributing Corporation to release the films. In 1918, during WW1 , to kickstart their business, the four Warner Brothers chose to produce an adaptation of the book My Four Years in Germany by James W. Gerard to be their first full-scale picture, as they were considered by

585-533: The closure of marketing and distribution operations at both New Line Cinema and Picturehouse, costing 70 employees their jobs. In 2013, Berney and his wife Jeanne acquired the Picturehouse logo and trademark from Warner Bros. and relaunched the label as an independent theatrical distribution company. Initial releases included Adriana Trigiani 's Big Stone Gap , starring Ashley Judd , and Christian Keller's Gloria , with Sofía Espinosa . In August 2020,

624-633: The co-chairs of Warner Bros. Pictures (and temporarily oversee the other two divisions until new executives are hired for them), while Emmerich would start his own production company and enter into a five-year distribution and funding agreement with Warner Bros. Pictures. On June 8, COO Carolyn Blackwood announced that she was stepping down as well. Steve Spira returned as president of business affairs for Warner Bros. in June 2022, while De Luca and Abdy took over from Emmerich in July 2022. Former president Alan Horn

663-602: The company have garnered hundreds of Primetime Emmy Awards , 694 nominations with 162 wins, and Golden Globe Awards . HBO Films productions have won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie every year from 1993 to 2015 and 2020, except for four years. Elephant is the first film produced by HBO Films to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival . HBO Showcase was started as

702-569: The company released Fatima , directed by Marco Pontecorvo and starring Joaquim de Almeida , Goran Visnjic , Harvey Keitel and Sônia Braga . The film tells the story of a 10-year-old shepherd , Lúcia dos Santos , and her two young cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto , who report having seen apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal , circa 1917. Their revelations inspire believers but anger officials of both

741-433: The company, including the studio, was renamed Warner Bros.-Seven Arts on July 14, 1967. In 1982, during their independent years, Turner Broadcasting System acquired Brut Productions , the film production arm of France -based then-struggling personal-care company Faberge Inc. In 1986, Turner Broadcasting System acquired MGM. Finding itself in debt, Turner kept the pre-May 1986 MGM film and television libraries and

780-472: The films that eventually came out were released by Warner Bros. due to the Time-Warner merger. Around November 1996, John Matoian was appointed as president of HBO Pictures reporting to HBO chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes . Bewkes decided by April 1999 that he want a single original programming division. Programming president Chris Albrecht oversaw original series development, specials and miniseries and

819-504: The high expense of theatrical film exclusive, those films appeared on multiple pay TV channels. Thus, the unit was started to give the channel some exclusives. The company's first head, Jane Deknatel (an English-born television veteran), projected the unit would do 24 projects in 1984 and 50 a few years later. HBO Premiere Films was funding the productions at 60% for just the pay TV rights. Their first film, The Terry Fox Story , shown in May 1983

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858-674: The post-1947 library of Monogram Pictures /Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. In 1991, Turner Broadcasting System acquired animation studio Hanna-Barbera and the Ruby-Spears library from Great American Broadcasting , and years later, Turner Broadcasting System acquired Castle Rock Entertainment on December 22, 1993 and New Line Cinema on January 28, 1994. On October 10, 1996, Time Warner Entertainment acquired Turner Broadcasting System, thus bringing Warner Bros.'s pre-1950 library back home. In addition, Warner Bros. only owns Castle Rock Entertainment's post-1994 library. The division

897-670: The president of Spring Creek Productions, was appointed HBO Films senior vice president in March 2007. In 2008, Picturehouse was discontinued with distribution being handled by WB's main distribution arm. HBO Films exited the theatrical film market with Picturehouse's closure. With Callender leaving to form his own production company in late 2008, no division president is appointed with department heads becoming president of their departments, Kary Antholis at HBO Miniseries, and Amato at HBO Films. Both answered to president of programming group/West Coast operations, Michael Lombardo. The films produced by

936-402: The sensitivity of both the content and the war for their first production at the time. The war film was a box office hit and helped the brothers establish themselves as a prestige studio. On April 4, 1923, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. was officially established as their main focus was entirely on the motion picture industry. In 1927, Warner Bros. Pictures revolutionized the film industry when

975-483: The studio banner. Founded in 1923 by brothers Harry Warner , Albert Warner , Sam Warner , and Jack L. Warner , in addition to producing its own films, it handles filmmaking operations, theatrical distribution, marketing and promotion for films produced and released by other Warner Bros. labels, including Warner Bros. Pictures Animation , New Line Cinema , DC Studios , and Castle Rock Entertainment , as well as various third-party producers. Warner Bros. Pictures

1014-470: The studio were changed, with the studio relying more on theatrical releases than HBO Max-only releases. Walter Hamada , the president of DC Films, stepped down on October 19, 2022. President of Production & Development Courtenay Valenti exited on October 28 and was replaced by Jesse Ehrman. On June 9, 2023, the Warner Bros. Pictures Group was renamed as the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group. Mergers and acquisitions have helped Warner Bros. accumulate

1053-542: The unusual approach of having their entire slate of 2021 films planned for both theatrical release as well as having a simultaneous one-month period of availability on the HBO Max streaming service, in a similar manner for how they were releasing Wonder Woman 1984 that month. After one month, such films would still be available in theaters and would then later be available via home media under typical release schedules. The move to include streaming, dubbed "Project Popcorn",

1092-604: Was a joint venture created by Time Warner subsidiaries, New Line Cinema and HBO Films to acquire, produce and distribute independent films. Berney, who guided the acquisition, marketing and distribution of My Big Fat Greek Wedding and The Passion of the Christ , among other notable releases, ran the company from its inception. Over the next two years, Picturehouse released features such as Robert Altman 's A Prairie Home Companion , starring Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin ; Guillermo del Toro 's Pan's Labyrinth , which

1131-466: Was acquired at script stage and went on to earn six Academy Award nominations and wins in three categories; La Vie en Rose , which garnered Marion Cotillard an Academy Award for Best Actress ; and Sergei Bodrov 's Genghis Khan biopic Mongol , a nominee for Best Foreign Language Film . In 2008, Time Warner's consolidation resulted in Warner Bros. exiting the independent business to concentrate on big-budget "tentpole" releases. This prompted

1170-411: Was also formed by November 1999. Prior to July 2003, HBO Films made individual distribution deal for their films. The company formed its theatrical distribution division, HBO Films Domestic Theatrical Releasing, that month with a distribution label partnership pact with Fine Line Features and the hiring of Dennis O’Connor, United Artists marketing vice-president, as division head. The pact negotiation

1209-492: Was also the first feature film produced expressly for pay television. Two more films were produced and shown in 1983. By the end of the first year the schedule was cut back and the unit moved into producing theatrical films. In January 1984, Donald March took over the company from Deknatel as senior vice president. He canceled a dozen projects in development and was reassessing star vehicle productions as being done as vanity projects. A production for each month from July to November

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1248-605: Was announced Lynne Frank, President of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, would be leaving the company to pursue new opportunities. In June 2019, Warner Bros. Pictures signed an agreement with SF Studios to have their films distributed in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. As with most other film distributors, Warner Bros. Pictures struggled with releasing films during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic due to restrictions on theater openings. After pushing several films planned for 2020 into 2021, WB announced in December 2020 that they would take

1287-539: Was appointed as a consultant for WBD President David Zaslav , working with De Luca and Abdy. In August 2022, Warner Bros. Pictures entered into a multi-year deal for distributing MGM films outside the United States, including on home entertainment. The contract included joint participation of both companies for marketing, advertising, publicity, film distribution, and relationship with exhibitors for future MGM titles. That same month, plans for film distribution at

1326-523: Was criticized by production companies, directors, and actors as Warner Bros. Pictures had not informed anyone about the plan ahead of the announcement, as well of concerns of lower payouts due to the streaming options, leading Warner Bros. Pictures to alter its compensation rates for the affected films by January 2021 to provide larger payouts to casts and crews of these films. In March 2021 Warner Bros. announced that for 2022 they would discontinue their same-day HBO Max and theatrical release model in favor of

1365-441: Was incorporated as Warner Bros. Pictures on March 3, 2003, to diversify film subjects and expand audiences for their film releases. The company became part of the Warner Bros. Pictures Group, which was established in 2008, and Jeff Robinov was appointed the first president of the company. In 2017, longtime New Line executive Toby Emmerich joined as president. In January 2018, he was elevated to chairman. On October 23, 2018, it

1404-675: Was named the Executive Vice President of Movies and Mini-series at HBO Films before moving to Miramax Films in 2006. Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures is an American film production and distribution company and the flagship studio of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group division of Warner Bros. , a flagship of Warner Bros. Discovery . It is headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California . Animated films produced by Warner Bros. Pictures Animation are also released under

1443-413: Was selected over Matoian. Matoian resigned because he lost his direct reporting status and would have reported to Albrecht. Executive vice president of HBO NYC Colin Callender , who reported to Matoian, was promoted to take over as president of HBO Pictures. In October 1999, HBO NYC Productions was merged into HBO Pictures and renamed HBO Films under division president Callender. HBO Films Development Unit

1482-452: Was started due to a single distribution film deal between Fine Line and HBO Films for American Splendor . HBO Films Domestic Theatrical Releasing's first release was Elephant on October 24, 2003. In 2005, HBO Films Domestic Theatrical Releasing and Fine Line were effectively merged with Warner Bros. (WB) decided HBO and New Line Cinema should form a new smaller and niche films distribution arm, Picturehouse . Len Amato, producer and as

1521-662: Was the new plan with a push for additional rights beyond pay TV rights, like foreign theatrical, home video and network television. In January 1984, a telefilm and HBO Premiere Films' first two mini-series, All the Rivers Run then Far Pavilions were cablecast. HBO Pictures started winning Emmy Awards in 1993 with two for Barbarians at the Gate and Stalin . Around the time, the company tried its hand into feature films again by partnering with Cinema Plus L.P., with MGM/UA Communications planning on to distribute its films, but

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