This document discusses several major film production and distribution companies. It provides details on New Line Cinema, Spyglass Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, and Columbia Pictures as prominent production companies. New Line Cinema was founded in 1967 as a distribution company and became part of Warner Bros. in 2008. Spyglass Entertainment was co-founded in 1998 and produces films across multiple genres. Paramount Pictures is one of the "Big Six" film companies and has been operating for over 100 years. Columbia Pictures is owned by Sony Pictures and has produced many films since being founded in 1912. For distribution companies, it outlines 20th Century Fox, Lions Gate Entertainment, and CBS Corporation, noting some of their major film releases and founding dates.

1. Production
Distribution

2. Production Companies
A production company provides the physical basis for
works in the realms of the performing arts, new media
art, film, television, radio, and video.

3. Newline Cinema: New Line Film
Productions Inc. (known as New
Line Cinema), is an American film
studio founded in 1967 as a film
distribution company. It became
a part of Turner Broadcasting,
then Time Warner in 1996, and
was joined with Warner Bros. in
2008. It makes films for both
mainstream and niche audiences
around the world. Some thriller
films it has made are Se7en, San
Andreas and Snakes on a plane.

4. Spyglass: Spyglass Entertainment
was founded in 1988. It is an
American film production
company, co-founded by Gary
Barber and Roger Birnbaum in
1998. It is currently owned by
Cerberus Capital Management. The
company has had phenomenal
success at the box office with films
such as the Sixth Sense and The
Insider. It makes other genres of
films such as comedies.

5. Paramount Pictures: Paramount
Pictures is seen as part of the ‘Big
Six’ film companies. This means it
produces lots of popular films from
various genres. The company is
known worldwide which shows how
successful they have been
internationally. They have been
running as a company for over 100
years which means they have a
good reputation and they are
reliable as they were founded in
1912. They have produced thriller
films such as Psycho and the
Mission Impossible sequel.

6. Columbia Pictures: Columbia
Pictures Industries, Inc. is an
American film production and
distribution studio of the Sony
Pictures Motion Picture Group
which is a division of Sony
Pictures Entertainment and a
part of the Japanese
conglomerate Sony. They have
produced many films such as
2012, Robocop, Ghost Rider
and Taxi Driver.

7. Distribution Companies
A distribution company launches a film into a
marketplace and sustains public interest in a film.
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8. 20th Century Fox-Twentieth Century
Fox Film Corporation, also known
as 20th Century Fox is an American
film studio that is one of the main
six distribution companies for film.
Films that are distributed by 20th
Century Fox are X2, What Lies
Beneath, Wolverine, Unstoppable
and Dawn of the Planet of the
Apes. The company was founded in
1935. The headquarters is based in
Los Angeles, North America.

9. Columbia Pictures- Columbia
Pictures is also a production
company as well as distribution
company. They were founded in
1924. Their headquarters is based
in Culver City, California. It is part
of Sony Entertainment. Columbia
Pictures have distributed films
such as James Bond Casino
Royale, Salt, The Da Vinci Code
and The Shawshank Redemption.
It is an American company.

10. Lions Gate Entertainment
Corporation - Lions Gate is a
Canadian-American
entertainment company. The
company was founded in
Vancouver in 1997. The
headquarters are in Santa
Monica, California. Films they
have distributed are The
Hunger Games, The Last
Witch Hunter, American
Psycho, The Condemned,
Rambo and Abduction.

11. CBS Corporation - CBS
Corporation is an American
mass media company focused
on publishing. It was founded in
New York City in 1970 which is
where the headquarters is still
based. CBS produces and
distributes films but the
company’s main focus is
distribution. Films it has
distributed are Afflicted, The
Woman in Black, The Mechanic
and The Last Exorcism Part II.