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TriStar Pictures

TriStar Pictures, Inc. (spelled as Tri-Star until 1991) is an American film studio and production company that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group,[1] part of the multinational conglomerate Sony. It is a corporate sibling of Sony studio Columbia Pictures.

TriStar Pictures, Inc.
FormerlyNova Pictures (1982–1983)
TypeDivision[1]
IndustryFilm
FoundedMarch 2, 1982; 41 years ago (1982-03-02) (as Nova Pictures), Burbank, California, U.S.
FounderVictor Kaufman
Headquarters10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Nicole Brown (President)[2]
ProductsMotion pictures
ParentSony Pictures Motion Picture Group
DivisionsTriStar Productions
Websitesonypictures.com

TriStar Pictures was established on March 2, 1982, and founded by Victor Kaufman as Nova Pictures.

History

Early era (1982–1987)

The concept for Tri-Star Pictures can be traced to Victor Kaufman, a senior executive of Columbia Pictures (then a subsidiary of the Coca-Cola Company),[3] who convinced Columbia, HBO, and CBS to share resources and split the ever-growing costs of making movies, leading to the creation of a new joint venture on March 2, 1982. On May 16, 1983, it was given the name Tri-Star Pictures (when the new company was formed and did not have an official name, the press used the code-name "Nova", but the name could not be obtained as it was being used as the title for the PBS science series[4][5]). Tri-Star became the first new major Hollywood motion picture studio to be established since RKO Pictures was founded in 1928.[6] Tri-Star embarked on a 12 to 18 feature film slate per year, with a combined budget of $70 to $80 million and signed producer Walter Colbenz as vice president of the Tri-Star feature film studio, and signed initial development deals with director John Schlesinger and producers Jeffrey Walker and Michael Walker.[7] Tri-Star's first project to roll out was The Muppets Take Manhattan.[8]

On May 11, 1984, the studio's first produced film was released, The Natural starring Robert Redford. Tri-Star's first release, however, was the film, Where the Boys Are '84; a 1984 remake of the 1960 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, Where the Boys Are that was co-distributed on behalf of ITC Entertainment after Universal rejected it; the film was a commercial flop.[9]

Many of Tri-Star's productions were released on VHS by RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, HBO/Cannon Video, or CBS/Fox Video. In addition, HBO owned exclusive cable distribution rights to the films, with broadcast television licenses going to CBS.[10]

On May 8, 1984, Tri-Star Pictures secured North American distribution rights for the film Supergirl from Warner Bros., which enabled the film to be ready for distribution by Christmas 1984.[11] On May 15, 1984, the studio hit big through its association with Carolco Pictures, with the distribution of second part of the Rambo franchise, Rambo: First Blood Part II, which eventually became a smash hit for the studio the following year.[12][13] The company once partnered with Producers Sales Organization to handle theatrical distribution of the PSO titles.[14]

Early in the 1980s, Tri-Star Pictures and Columbia set up a film partnership with Delphi Film Associates and acquired an interest in various film releases. In 1984, Delphi Film Associates III acquired an interest in the Tri-Star and Columbia film slate for 1984, which included $60 million in financing for film production.[15]

CBS dropped out of the Tri-Star venture in 1985,[16] though they still distributed some of Tri-Star's films on home video until at least 1992. In 1986, HBO also dropped out of the venture and sold half of its shares to Columbia Pictures.[17] That same year, 1986, Tri-Star entered into the television business as Tri-Star Television. Tri-Star television was formed when the studio joined forces with Stephen J. Cannell Productions and Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions and created a television distribution company called TeleVentures. Carolco would eventually expand its relations with Tri-Star Pictures and decide to distribute films such as Rambo III and Air America. Carolco was able to retain all foreign, cable, TV and videocassette rights.[18] On August 20, 1986, Tri-Star Pictures and Taft/Barish Productions, a joint venture of Taft Broadcasting and Keith Barish Productions, signed a $200 million domestic distribution deal, where they would receive four to six pictures a year, with ten pictures total, with options to do more, with ancillary rights being handled for cable TV by HBO and on video by Vestron Video.[19]

In 1987, they had proposed a home video label, Tri-Star Video, to release Tri-Star material, with Saul Melnick serving as president of the unit.[20] Tri-Star had plans to convert into a major film studio, growing enough by the success of TV syndication and home video, in order to start a new umbrella distribution Tri-Star Telecommunications Group, to take over videocassette distribution of Tri-Star films from RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, beginning in 1988, and the plans for the first three Tri-Star films to go on home video was Sweetheart's Dance, Like Father, Like Son and Sunset, and Arnold Messner became president of the Tri-Star Telecommunications Group, handles up to 15 Tri-Star titles and 15-20 additional titles from the outside. The television side of Tri-Star Telecommunications Group is the syndication unit TeleVentures, and represents its interest in the joint venture, and locked up rights to 36 CBS television movies, as well as Sha Na Na, and distribution of Stephen J. Cannell product and handle syndication of Tri-Star's theatrical product which was effective to go production that year. Tri-Star Telecommunications Group has plans to assume worldwide distribution of its product instead of preselling them in the past.[21] In 1987, Tri-Star International was set up with former head of Columbia Pictures International, S. Anthony Macke to be hired as executive vice president in charge of production for the newly created international division, the company already had worldwide rights to its product in order to need up its international apparatus.[22]

Also, in July 1987, Tri-Star Pictures made a pact with CPI Film Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company, whereas the latter had bought out 3.3 million shares at $15 per share for a total purchase price of $50 million, boosting its stake in Tri-Star to 29.3%, and Victor Kaufman said that the new capital would "enhance our ability to continue to expand our business activities", and decided to maintain our goal of achieving a dividend payout of 40%.[23] In September 1987, Hemdale Film Corporation had signed an agreement with Tri-Star Pictures whereas Tri-Star would allow Hemdale to release fifteen major motion pictures over the next three years, and the company would receive a 17% free for donations that would be handled jointly by both Tri-Star and Hemdale, and more specialized productions could go to the company's distribution arm.[24]

Columbia Pictures Entertainment era (1987–1989)

On December 21, 1987, Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. was renamed as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. when Coca-Cola sold its entertainment business to Tri-Star for $3.1 billion. Both studios continued to produce and distribute films under their separate names.[25]

That year, once Coca-Cola sold its entertainment business, Tri-Star's television division was consolidated into a single operating entity with Columbia/Embassy Television to form a new incarnation of the Columbia Pictures Television. Merv Griffin Enterprises would continue to operate separately.[26][27]

On April 13, 1988, CPE spun off Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. as a reformed company of the Tri-Star studio.[28] Around that time, Tri-Star has shut down its video division, absorbing it into RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video.[29]

Sony era (1989–present)

In 1989, Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. was acquired by Japanese conglomerate Sony Corporation, which re-merged Columbia and Tri-Star, but continued to use the separate labels. On July 11, 1990, Tri-Star Pictures dissolved and sold its venture in TeleVentures to Stephen J. Cannell Productions and TeleVentures became Cannell Distribution Co. Most of the series and the Tri-Star film packages that were distributed by TeleVentures were transferred to Columbia Pictures Television Distribution.[30] Sony Pictures Entertainment later revived TriStar Television as a television production banner in 1991 and merged with its sister television studio Columbia Pictures Television to form Columbia TriStar Television on February 21, 1994.[31][32] Both studios continued to operate separately under the CTT umbrella until TriStar folded in 1999 and CPT in 2001.

In addition to its own slate, TriStar was the theatrical distributor for many films produced by Carolco Pictures (the rights to only one of its films, Cliffhanger, has been retained by TriStar). TriStar also theatrically distributed some FilmDistrict movies. In 1992, the deal with Carolco lapsed when TriStar, along with Japan Satellite Broadcasting signed an agreement with The IndieProd Company to distribute movies produced by the pact in order to fill the void.[33]

Around summer 1998, SPE merged Columbia and TriStar to form the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, but just like Columbia Pictures Entertainment, both divisions continued producing and distributing films under their own names. Some of the movies slated to be released by TriStar, including Stepmom would go to its flagship label Columbia Pictures following the merger.[34]

TriStar was relaunched on May 13, 2004, as a marketing and acquisitions unit that had a "particular emphasis on genre films".[35] Screen Gems' executive vice president Valerie Van Galder was tapped to run the revived studio after being dormant.[36] However, the release of its 2013 film Elysium represented the label's first big-budget release since The Mask of Zorro in 1998.

The same year, former 20th Century Fox co-chairman Tom Rothman joined Sony Pictures and created TriStar Productions as a joint venture with existing Sony Pictures executives. The new TriStar will develop, finance and produce up to four films per year, as well as television programming and acquisitions, starting on September 1.[37][38][39] Sony's TriStar Pictures unit will be retained for "other product, including titles from Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions", and will distribute product from the new TriStar.[40]

 
Original Tri-Star logo used from 1984 until 1993 with the release of Cliffhanger.
 
The TriStar logo used from 1993 to 2015.

TriStar's logo features a Pegasus (either stationary or flying across the screen). The idea came from executive Victor Kaufman and his family's interest in riding horses. The original logo was created with the assistance of Sydney Pollack, who was an adviser at Tri-Star. The horse in the original filmed logo was the same one used in Pollack's film The Electric Horseman.[41]

Filmography

Film series

Title Release date No. Films Notes
Rambo 1985–88 2 co-production with Carolco Pictures
Short Circuit 1986–88
Iron Eagle
Look Who's Talking 1989–93 3
Universal Soldier 1992–99 2
3 Ninjas 1993–98 3 co-production with Sheen Productions
Sniper 1993–2002 2
Matilda 1996–2022
Starship Troopers 1997–2004

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Divisions - Sony Pictures". sonypictures.com. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Nicole Brown To Lead TriStar In Wake Of Hannah Minghella Exit To Bad Robot". October 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "Victor Kaufman - Founding TriStar Pictures". Vimeo.
  4. ^ "What's in a name". Broadcasting. 1983-05-16. p. 102.
  5. ^ Palmer, L. (1998) "How to write it, how to sell it: everything a screenwriter needs to know about Hollywood" (pp. 232–235). St. Martin's Press, New York. ISBN 0-312-18726-2.
  6. ^ Holt, J. (2011). Empires of Entertainment: Media Industries and the Politics of Deregulation, 1980–1996 (p. 46). Rutgers University Press, Piscataway, NJ, USA. ISBN 978-0-8135-5052-7.
  7. ^ "Tri-Star Firms Six Feature Starts, Two Pickups, En Route To Slate of 12-18; Coblenz To Prod. Slot". Variety. 1983-05-25. p. 3.
  8. ^ "'Muppets' Rolls as First Tri-Star Pic". Variety. 1983-06-01. p. 5.
  9. ^ London, Michael. "Tri-Star Bows With a Universal Castoff". Sarasota Herald-Tribune (February 18, 1984).
  10. ^ Prince, S. (2000) A new pot of gold: Hollywood under the electronic rainbow, 1980–1989 (p. 31). Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. ISBN 0-684-80493-X.
  11. ^ "Tri-Star To Distrib 'Supergirl', Not WB". Variety. 1984-05-09. p. 5.
  12. ^ "SPARING RAMBO'S LIFE MADE SEQUEL POSSIBLE". Los Angeles Times. 1985-08-21. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  13. ^ "Tri-Star To Distribute Next Four Carolco Pics; 'Blood II' First Up". Variety. 1984-05-16. p. 4.
  14. ^ Harmetz, Aljean (1984-11-16). "Producers Sales, Delphi in Merger (Published 1984)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  15. ^ "7 Tri-Star Pix in Delphi III Float; Gross Cut as Invester Protection; HBO, CBS Deals: 'Fair Market'". Variety. 1984-02-15. p. 3.
  16. ^ "CBS Sells Stake In Tri-Star Inc". The New York Times. Associated Press. 16 November 1985.
  17. ^ Prince, Stephen (2002) [2000]. A New Pot of Gold: Hollywood Under the Electronic Rainbow. History of the American Cinema Vol. 10. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. p. 31. ISBN 9780520232662. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  18. ^ "Third 'Rambo' Centerpiece Of Tri-Star-Carolco Deal". Variety. 1986-07-02. p. 5.
  19. ^ Tusher, Will (1986-08-20). "Taft/Barish Pacts With Tri-Star For 10 Pics, With More Possible". Variety. p. 7.
  20. ^ "Orion, TriStar enter home video arena" (PDF). Billboard. 1987-02-28. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  21. ^ Tusher, Will (1987-03-11). "Tri-Star Launches Video Division; Messner Switches Executive Roles". Variety. p. 91.
  22. ^ "Tri-Star Intl. Taps Anthony Manne As O'Seas Sales Rise". Variety. 1987-03-04. pp. 4, 43.
  23. ^ "CPI Holdings Increases Tri-Star Stake To 29%". Variety. 1987-07-22. p. 3.
  24. ^ "Tri-Star To Release 'Major' Pix From Hemdale; 15 Over 3 Years". Variety. 1987-09-30. pp. 3, 30.
  25. ^ KATHRYN HARRIS (September 2, 1987) Coke, Tri-Star Confirm Plans for $3.1-Billion Deal Los Angeles Times, Retrieved on August 8, 2013
  26. ^ "Coca -Cola Entertainment and Tri-Star to merge TV units" (PDF). Broadcasting. 1987-10-19. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  27. ^ "Coke's EBS & Tri-Star Merge TV Biz, Forming Col Pictures TV". Variety. 1987-10-21. pp. 512, 528.
  28. ^ "State of New York Division of Corporations - Entity Search: Tri-Star Pictures, Inc". Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  29. ^ "RCA/Columbia Is a Home for Tri-Star" (PDF). Billboard. 1988-02-20. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
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  33. ^ Frook, John Evan; Brennan, Judy (1992-12-14). "IndieProd pacts with JSB, TriStar for distrib'n, prod'n". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
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  38. ^ Faughnder, Ryan (August 1, 2013). "Tom Rothman teams with Sony Pictures to create TriStar Productions". Los Angeles Times.
  39. ^ MICHAEL CIEPLY (August 1, 2013) Sony Hires Rothman to Head Revived TriStar Unit The New York Times, Retrieved on August 2, 2013
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External links

  • Official Sony Pictures website

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This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia s quality standards You can help The talk page may contain suggestions July 2022 TriStar Pictures Inc spelled as Tri Star until 1991 is an American film studio and production company that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group 1 part of the multinational conglomerate Sony It is a corporate sibling of Sony studio Columbia Pictures TriStar Pictures Inc FormerlyNova Pictures 1982 1983 TypeDivision 1 IndustryFilmFoundedMarch 2 1982 41 years ago 1982 03 02 as Nova Pictures Burbank California U S FounderVictor KaufmanHeadquarters10202 West Washington Boulevard Culver City California U S Area servedWorldwideKey peopleNicole Brown President 2 ProductsMotion picturesParentSony Pictures Motion Picture GroupDivisionsTriStar ProductionsWebsitesonypictures comTriStar Pictures was established on March 2 1982 and founded by Victor Kaufman as Nova Pictures Contents 1 History 1 1 Early era 1982 1987 1 2 Columbia Pictures Entertainment era 1987 1989 1 3 Sony era 1989 present 2 Logo 3 Filmography 3 1 Film series 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditEarly era 1982 1987 Edit The concept for Tri Star Pictures can be traced to Victor Kaufman a senior executive of Columbia Pictures then a subsidiary of the Coca Cola Company 3 who convinced Columbia HBO and CBS to share resources and split the ever growing costs of making movies leading to the creation of a new joint venture on March 2 1982 On May 16 1983 it was given the name Tri Star Pictures when the new company was formed and did not have an official name the press used the code name Nova but the name could not be obtained as it was being used as the title for the PBS science series 4 5 Tri Star became the first new major Hollywood motion picture studio to be established since RKO Pictures was founded in 1928 6 Tri Star embarked on a 12 to 18 feature film slate per year with a combined budget of 70 to 80 million and signed producer Walter Colbenz as vice president of the Tri Star feature film studio and signed initial development deals with director John Schlesinger and producers Jeffrey Walker and Michael Walker 7 Tri Star s first project to roll out was The Muppets Take Manhattan 8 On May 11 1984 the studio s first produced film was released The Natural starring Robert Redford Tri Star s first release however was the film Where the Boys Are 84 a 1984 remake of the 1960 Metro Goldwyn Mayer picture Where the Boys Are that was co distributed on behalf of ITC Entertainment after Universal rejected it the film was a commercial flop 9 Many of Tri Star s productions were released on VHS by RCA Columbia Pictures Home Video HBO Cannon Video or CBS Fox Video In addition HBO owned exclusive cable distribution rights to the films with broadcast television licenses going to CBS 10 On May 8 1984 Tri Star Pictures secured North American distribution rights for the film Supergirl from Warner Bros which enabled the film to be ready for distribution by Christmas 1984 11 On May 15 1984 the studio hit big through its association with Carolco Pictures with the distribution of second part of the Rambo franchise Rambo First Blood Part II which eventually became a smash hit for the studio the following year 12 13 The company once partnered with Producers Sales Organization to handle theatrical distribution of the PSO titles 14 Early in the 1980s Tri Star Pictures and Columbia set up a film partnership with Delphi Film Associates and acquired an interest in various film releases In 1984 Delphi Film Associates III acquired an interest in the Tri Star and Columbia film slate for 1984 which included 60 million in financing for film production 15 CBS dropped out of the Tri Star venture in 1985 16 though they still distributed some of Tri Star s films on home video until at least 1992 In 1986 HBO also dropped out of the venture and sold half of its shares to Columbia Pictures 17 That same year 1986 Tri Star entered into the television business as Tri Star Television Tri Star television was formed when the studio joined forces with Stephen J Cannell Productions and Witt Thomas Harris Productions and created a television distribution company called TeleVentures Carolco would eventually expand its relations with Tri Star Pictures and decide to distribute films such as Rambo III and Air America Carolco was able to retain all foreign cable TV and videocassette rights 18 On August 20 1986 Tri Star Pictures and Taft Barish Productions a joint venture of Taft Broadcasting and Keith Barish Productions signed a 200 million domestic distribution deal where they would receive four to six pictures a year with ten pictures total with options to do more with ancillary rights being handled for cable TV by HBO and on video by Vestron Video 19 In 1987 they had proposed a home video label Tri Star Video to release Tri Star material with Saul Melnick serving as president of the unit 20 Tri Star had plans to convert into a major film studio growing enough by the success of TV syndication and home video in order to start a new umbrella distribution Tri Star Telecommunications Group to take over videocassette distribution of Tri Star films from RCA Columbia Pictures Home Video beginning in 1988 and the plans for the first three Tri Star films to go on home video was Sweetheart s Dance Like Father Like Son and Sunset and Arnold Messner became president of the Tri Star Telecommunications Group handles up to 15 Tri Star titles and 15 20 additional titles from the outside The television side of Tri Star Telecommunications Group is the syndication unit TeleVentures and represents its interest in the joint venture and locked up rights to 36 CBS television movies as well as Sha Na Na and distribution of Stephen J Cannell product and handle syndication of Tri Star s theatrical product which was effective to go production that year Tri Star Telecommunications Group has plans to assume worldwide distribution of its product instead of preselling them in the past 21 In 1987 Tri Star International was set up with former head of Columbia Pictures International S Anthony Macke to be hired as executive vice president in charge of production for the newly created international division the company already had worldwide rights to its product in order to need up its international apparatus 22 Also in July 1987 Tri Star Pictures made a pact with CPI Film Holdings a wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca Cola Company whereas the latter had bought out 3 3 million shares at 15 per share for a total purchase price of 50 million boosting its stake in Tri Star to 29 3 and Victor Kaufman said that the new capital would enhance our ability to continue to expand our business activities and decided to maintain our goal of achieving a dividend payout of 40 23 In September 1987 Hemdale Film Corporation had signed an agreement with Tri Star Pictures whereas Tri Star would allow Hemdale to release fifteen major motion pictures over the next three years and the company would receive a 17 free for donations that would be handled jointly by both Tri Star and Hemdale and more specialized productions could go to the company s distribution arm 24 Columbia Pictures Entertainment era 1987 1989 Edit On December 21 1987 Tri Star Pictures Inc was renamed as Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc when Coca Cola sold its entertainment business to Tri Star for 3 1 billion Both studios continued to produce and distribute films under their separate names 25 That year once Coca Cola sold its entertainment business Tri Star s television division was consolidated into a single operating entity with Columbia Embassy Television to form a new incarnation of the Columbia Pictures Television Merv Griffin Enterprises would continue to operate separately 26 27 On April 13 1988 CPE spun off Tri Star Pictures Inc as a reformed company of the Tri Star studio 28 Around that time Tri Star has shut down its video division absorbing it into RCA Columbia Pictures Home Video 29 Sony era 1989 present Edit In 1989 Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc was acquired by Japanese conglomerate Sony Corporation which re merged Columbia and Tri Star but continued to use the separate labels On July 11 1990 Tri Star Pictures dissolved and sold its venture in TeleVentures to Stephen J Cannell Productions and TeleVentures became Cannell Distribution Co Most of the series and the Tri Star film packages that were distributed by TeleVentures were transferred to Columbia Pictures Television Distribution 30 Sony Pictures Entertainment later revived TriStar Television as a television production banner in 1991 and merged with its sister television studio Columbia Pictures Television to form Columbia TriStar Television on February 21 1994 31 32 Both studios continued to operate separately under the CTT umbrella until TriStar folded in 1999 and CPT in 2001 In addition to its own slate TriStar was the theatrical distributor for many films produced by Carolco Pictures the rights to only one of its films Cliffhanger has been retained by TriStar TriStar also theatrically distributed some FilmDistrict movies In 1992 the deal with Carolco lapsed when TriStar along with Japan Satellite Broadcasting signed an agreement with The IndieProd Company to distribute movies produced by the pact in order to fill the void 33 Around summer 1998 SPE merged Columbia and TriStar to form the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group but just like Columbia Pictures Entertainment both divisions continued producing and distributing films under their own names Some of the movies slated to be released by TriStar including Stepmom would go to its flagship label Columbia Pictures following the merger 34 TriStar was relaunched on May 13 2004 as a marketing and acquisitions unit that had a particular emphasis on genre films 35 Screen Gems executive vice president Valerie Van Galder was tapped to run the revived studio after being dormant 36 However the release of its 2013 film Elysium represented the label s first big budget release since The Mask of Zorroin 1998 The same year former 20th Century Fox co chairman Tom Rothman joined Sony Pictures and created TriStar Productions as a joint venture with existing Sony Pictures executives The new TriStar will develop finance and produce up to four films per year as well as television programming and acquisitions starting on September 1 37 38 39 Sony s TriStar Pictures unit will be retained for other product including titles from Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions and will distribute product from the new TriStar 40 Logo Edit Original Tri Star logo used from 1984 until 1993 with the release of Cliffhanger The TriStar logo used from 1993 to 2015 TriStar s logo features a Pegasus either stationary or flying across the screen The idea came from executive Victor Kaufman and his family s interest in riding horses The original logo was created with the assistance of Sydney Pollack who was an adviser at Tri Star The horse in the original filmed logo was the same one used in Pollack s film The Electric Horseman 41 Filmography EditMain article List of TriStar Pictures films Film series Edit Title Release date No Films NotesRambo 1985 88 2 co production with Carolco PicturesShort Circuit 1986 88Iron EagleLook Who s Talking 1989 93 3Universal Soldier 1992 99 23 Ninjas 1993 98 3 co production with Sheen ProductionsSniper 1993 2002 2Matilda 1996 2022Starship Troopers 1997 2004See also EditAffirm Films Columbia Pictures Screen Gems Sony Pictures Classics Triumph Films Destination FilmsReferences Edit a b Divisions Sony Pictures sonypictures com Retrieved 7 June 2015 Nicole Brown To Lead TriStar In Wake Of Hannah Minghella Exit To Bad Robot October 17 2019 Victor Kaufman Founding TriStar Pictures Vimeo What s in a name Broadcasting 1983 05 16 p 102 Palmer L 1998 How to write it how to sell it everything a screenwriter needs to know about Hollywood pp 232 235 St Martin s Press New York ISBN 0 312 18726 2 Holt J 2011 Empires of Entertainment Media Industries and the Politics of Deregulation 1980 1996 p 46 Rutgers University Press Piscataway NJ USA ISBN 978 0 8135 5052 7 Tri Star Firms Six Feature Starts Two Pickups En Route To Slate of 12 18 Coblenz To Prod Slot Variety 1983 05 25 p 3 Muppets Rolls as First Tri Star Pic Variety 1983 06 01 p 5 London Michael Tri Star Bows With a Universal Castoff Sarasota Herald Tribune February 18 1984 Prince S 2000 A new pot of gold Hollywood under the electronic rainbow 1980 1989 p 31 Charles Scribner s Sons New York ISBN 0 684 80493 X Tri Star To Distrib Supergirl Not WB Variety 1984 05 09 p 5 SPARING RAMBO S LIFE MADE SEQUEL POSSIBLE Los Angeles Times 1985 08 21 Retrieved 2021 12 10 Tri Star To Distribute Next Four Carolco Pics Blood II First Up Variety 1984 05 16 p 4 Harmetz Aljean 1984 11 16 Producers Sales Delphi in Merger Published 1984 The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2021 02 23 7 Tri Star Pix in Delphi III Float Gross Cut as Invester Protection HBO CBS Deals Fair Market Variety 1984 02 15 p 3 CBS Sells Stake In Tri Star Inc The New York Times Associated Press 16 November 1985 Prince Stephen 2002 2000 A New Pot of Gold Hollywood Under the Electronic Rainbow History of the American Cinema Vol 10 Berkeley Calif University of California Press p 31 ISBN 9780520232662 Retrieved August 13 2013 Third Rambo Centerpiece Of Tri Star Carolco Deal Variety 1986 07 02 p 5 Tusher Will 1986 08 20 Taft Barish Pacts With Tri Star For 10 Pics With More Possible Variety p 7 Orion TriStar enter home video arena PDF Billboard 1987 02 28 Retrieved 2021 09 08 Tusher Will 1987 03 11 Tri Star Launches Video Division Messner Switches Executive Roles Variety p 91 Tri Star Intl Taps Anthony Manne As O Seas Sales Rise Variety 1987 03 04 pp 4 43 CPI Holdings Increases Tri Star Stake To 29 Variety 1987 07 22 p 3 Tri Star To Release Major Pix From Hemdale 15 Over 3 Years Variety 1987 09 30 pp 3 30 KATHRYN HARRIS September 2 1987 Coke Tri Star Confirm Plans for 3 1 Billion Deal Los Angeles Times Retrieved on August 8 2013 Coca Cola Entertainment and Tri Star to merge TV units PDF Broadcasting 1987 10 19 Retrieved 2021 09 08 Coke s EBS amp Tri Star Merge TV Biz Forming Col Pictures TV Variety 1987 10 21 pp 512 528 State of New York Division of Corporations Entity Search Tri Star Pictures Inc Retrieved 5 August 2013 RCA Columbia Is a Home for Tri Star PDF Billboard 1988 02 20 Retrieved 2021 09 08 IN BRIEF Broadcasting 1990 07 16 p 110 TriStar President Expected to Head Combined Unit Los Angeles Times February 11 1994 Retrieved on June 28 2012 Feltheimer heads new Columbia TriStar TV connection ebscohost com Retrieved on December 18 2012 Frook John Evan Brennan Judy 1992 12 14 IndieProd pacts with JSB TriStar for distrib n prod n Variety Retrieved 2021 12 10 Cox Dan Carver Benedict 1998 07 27 Post Godzilla Variety Retrieved 2021 12 10 Sony Pictures Corporate Fact Sheet Sony Pictures Entertainment Archived from the original on January 7 2012 The label will have a particular emphasis on genre films a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Brodesser Claude Dunkley Cathy May 13 2004 TriStar takes flight again Variety Magazine Retrieved April 4 2016 Fleming Mike Jr Tom Rothman To Launch New TriStar Productions Label For Sony Deadline Hollywood August 1 2013 Faughnder Ryan August 1 2013 Tom Rothman teams with Sony Pictures to create TriStar Productions Los Angeles Times MICHAEL CIEPLY August 1 2013 Sony Hires Rothman to Head Revived TriStar Unit The New York Times Retrieved on August 2 2013 Industry News Sony Pictures and Tom Rothman Launching TriStar Productions ComingSoon net 2 August 2013 Victor Kaufman Creating the TriStar Logo Vimeo External links EditOfficial Sony Pictures website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title TriStar Pictures amp oldid 1150607279, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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