De Laurentiis Entertainment Group

De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) was a production company/distribution unit founded by producer Dino De Laurentiis. The company is notable for producing Manhunter and distributing Transformers: The Movie. The company's main studios were located in Wilmington, North Carolina which is now EUE Screen Gems Studios. The studio's first releases were in 1986 but went bankrupt two years later after Million Dollar Mystery, among other films, failed at the box office.

[edit] Films released

Raw Deal (June 6th, 1986)
My Little Pony: The Movie (June 6th, 1986)
Maximum Overdrive (July 25th, 1986)
The Transformers: The Movie (August 8th, 1986)
Manhunter (August 15th, 1986)
Blue Velvet (September 19th, 1986)
Radioactive Dreams (September 19th, 1986)
Trick or Treat (October 24th, 1986)
Tai-Pan (November 7th, 1986)
Body Slam (November 21st, 1986)
Crimes of the Heart (December 12th, 1986)
King Kong Lives (December 19th, 1986)
The Bedroom Window (January 30th, 1987)
From The Hip (February 6th, 1987)
Evil Dead II (March 13th, 1987)
Million Dollar Mystery (June 12th, 1987)
Near Dark (October 2nd, 1987)
Weeds (October 16th, 1987)
Hiding Out (November 6th, 1987)
Date with an Angel (November 20th, 1987)
The Trouble With Spies (December 4th, 1987)
Traxx (1988 direct-to-video)
Dracula's Widow (1996 direct-to-video)

Illegally Yours (May 13th, 1988) (released by United Artists)
Pumpkinhead (October 14th, 1988) (released by United Artists)
Tapeheads (October 21st, 1988) (released by Avenue Pictures)
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (February 17th, 1989) (released by Orion Pictures)
Earth Girls Are Easy (May 12th, 1989) (released by Vestron Pictures)
Rampage (October 23rd, 1992) (released by Miramax Films)
Collision Course (1992 direct-to-video) (released by Home Box Office)

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Canadian distribution of DEG releases were done by Paramount Pictures.
DEG had an early version of Total Recall in pre-production with Patrick Swayze as Quaid and Bruce Beresford to direct, where it was to have been shot in Australia. After DEG's bankruptcy, the film went in turnaround to Carolco Pictures.