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#13th film wiki series

Disney will retain the distribution rights for these DreamWorks films in perpetuity as compensation for the studio's outstanding loan.ДЄs of 2018, the label is inactive, with several subsequent series and films based on previous Touchstone-branded properties being released under the Disney name. Universal Pictures then replaced Disney as DreamWorks' distributor. The deal ended in August 2016, with The Light Between Oceans being the last film released under the agreement. The last film from the DreamWorks-Disney contract would be The Light Between Oceans.Д«y the end of the DreamWorks deal, Disney had distributed fourteen of DreamWorks' original 30-picture agreement, with thirteen through Touchstone. However, in September 2015, it was announced that the contract with Disney would expire in 2016, as DreamWorks signs a contract with Universal Pictures. On February 9, 2009, DreamWorks Pictures entered a long-term deal with Walt Disney Pictures by which the next films made by DreamWorks would be released through the Touchstone banner from 2011 to 2016. The studio's sister company, ABC Studios currently produces the smash hits: Alias, Desperate Housewives, and Lost, as well as Scrubs. One example of a recent release is Signs ( 2002). Ruthless People followed in April of 1986 and was also huge. Touchstone/Disney's first R-rated film, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, came in January 1986 and was another smash. The unit become a top source of income for Disney during the 1980s. Ironically, some critics complained that the creation of Touchstone in order to distribute more adult content was itself inappropriate for Disney.

The film included brief nudity on the part of star Daryl Hannah and adult language. Touchstone's first release was Splash, a huge hit for the studio. One title suggested for the new company was Hyperion Pictures, named after the location of the studio in the 1930s before the move to Burbank. The controversy over Trenchcoat is generally considered the catalyst that sparked the creation of Touchstone Pictures. The latter film attracted major criticism for including adult themes that were considered inappropriate for a Disney film.

Over the next few years, Disney experimented with more PG-rated fare, such as the 1981 film, Condorman, 1982's Tron, and 1983's Trenchcoat.

The origins of Touchstone Pictures can be traced to the 1979 release of The Black Hole, a science fiction film that sparked controversy due to the fact that it was the first Disney film to receive a PG rating (although Disney had already distributed its first PG rated film, Take Down, without the Disney name visible). Their most commercially successful production partners over the years include Jerry Bruckheimer, Caravan Pictures, Summit Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Icon Productions, Imagine Entertainment, Mandeville Films, Focus Features, Spyglass Entertainment, and DreamWorks Pictures. Touchstone Pictures merely serves as a Disney-related brand, not a distinct business operation, and did not exist as a separate company. Another Touchstone film, Reign of Fire may also be considered as a 'Disney' movie. Its releases are typically more adult orientated than those under the Disney label, although the features: Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Nightmare Before Christmas, which used to be released under the Touchstone banner, are now considered as 'Disney' movies (the former featured Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and many other Disney characters, though it also featured characters from other studios while the latter was featured in the Kingdom Hearts series: a Disney/Square Enix video game crossover and the latter was released under Walt Disney Pictures upon its theatrical re-release in 2007). Established on Februby then-Disney CEO Ron W. Previously, it operated as an active film production banner of The Walt Disney Studios, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Touchstone Pictures was a film distribution label of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.