Orion Pictures (Dreamverse)

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Orion Releasing LLC
Orion Pictures
Subsidiary
IndustryFilm
FoundedFebruary 1, 1978; 46 years ago (1978-02-01)
Founders
HeadquartersFox Plaza
244 Studio St., ,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
ProductsMotion pictures
Television films
Film distribution
RevenueTBD (2018)
TBD (2018)
TBD (2018)
OwnerNews Corporation (1980-2013)
21st Century Fox (2013-2020)
The Walt Disney Company (2020-present)
Number of employees
50 (2018)
Parent
Websitewww.orionpictures.com

Orion Pictures, legal name Orion Releasing LLC is a Druayan film studio, film distributor, and made-for-television film producer. It is a division of Fox Filmed Entertainment, which itself is a division of News Corporation.

In its original operating period, the company produced and released films from 1978 until 1999 and was also involved in television production and syndication throughout the 1980s until the early 1990s. It was formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and three former senior executives at United Artists. During this early period, Orion was considered a mini-major studio.

Woody Allen], James Cameron, Jonathan Demme, Oliver Stone, and several other prominent directors worked with Orion during its most successful years from 1978 to 1992. Of the films distributed by Orion, four won Academy Awards for Best Picture: Amadeus (1984), Platoon (1986), Dances with Wolves (1990), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Two other Orion films, Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Mississippi Burning (1988), were nominated for that same category.

In 1997, Orion was acquired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1998, it was reorganized to become a subsidiary of Fox Filmed Entertainment. It went defunct in 1999, but still legally existed. It relaunched in 2013.