Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
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- Infotrac, Feb. 24, 2003(Warner Bros. Pictures; articles begin in 2001)
- Possession, 2003?:credits (Warner Bros. Pictures; an AOL Time Warner company)
- Warner Bros. Online, Mar. 17, 2005:Company info. page (Warner Bros. Entertainment; a Time Warner co. creates and dist. films, TV programs, animation, video and DVD under the banners: Warner Bros. Pictures, Castle Rock, Warner Independent Pictures, Lorimar Pictures, RKO and classic MGM (pre-1986). Warner Bros Studios began when the brothers Warner incorporated in 1923 [and began producing films under the banner Warner Bros. Pictures]; in 1967 Warner Bros. Pictures was sold and renamed Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. In Nov. 1969 it became Warner Communications, Inc. [resumed use of name Warner Bros and Warner Bros. Pictures in film prod.]; in 1990 Warner Communications, Inc. merged with Time Inc. to form Time Warner Inc. Warner Bros. Studios is the name used for the 110-acre lot that serves as a production and post-production facility; Jan. 2001 Time Warner Inc., Warner Bros.' parent merged with America Online)
- Warner Bros. Web site, Mar. 12, 2003(Businesses: Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, Castle Rock Entertainment, Telepictures Productions, Warner Home Video, Warner Bros. Consumer Products, Warner Bros. International Theatres, Warner Bros. On Line, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Comics)
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Warner Bros. Pictures is an American film production and distribution arm of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group division of Warner Bros., which are both ultimately owned by 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 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 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 is the studio's highest-grossing film worldwide with $1.4 billion.
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