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The group was on the verge of signing with Warner Bros. Records at the time of La Rock's murder.
The resulting fight between the townsfolk and Lamarr's army of thugs breaks the fourth wall, quite literally ; the fight spills out from the Warner Bros. film lot into a neighboring musical set being directed by Buddy Bizarre ( Dom DeLuise ), then into the studio commissary, where a pie fight ensues.
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On November 22, 2010, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Warner Bros. had picked up the movie rights to the remake.
Warner Bros. was willing to fund the project on the condition that Gibson sign for another Lethal Weapon sequel, which he refused.
Charles Martin " Chuck " Jones ( September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002 ) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio.
After his extraordinary career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing memorable cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including a new series of Tom and Jerry shorts and the television adaptation of Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Film historian Leonard Maltin has praised Jones ' work at Warner Bros., MGM and Chuck Jones Productions.
Chuck Jones joined Leon Schlesinger Productions, the independent studio that produced Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies for Warner Bros., in 1933 as an assistant animator.
Jones remained at Warner Bros. throughout the 1950s, except for a brief period in 1953 when Warner closed the animation studio.
Jones moonlighted to work on the film, since he had an exclusive contract with Warner Bros. UPA completed the film and made it available for distribution in 1962 ; it was picked up by Warner Bros.
Jones ' former animation unit was laid off after completing the final cartoon in their pipeline, The Iceman Ducketh, and the rest of the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio was closed in early 1963.
With business partner Les Goldman, Jones started an independent animation studio Sib Tower 12 Productions, bringing on most of his unit from Warner Bros., including Maurice Noble and Michael Maltese.
Jones resumed working with Warner Bros. in 1976 with the animated TV adaptation of The Carnival of the Animals with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.
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While the compositions and performances were credited to " Jimmy Thudpucker ", they were in fact co-written and sung by Brewer, who also co-wrote and provided the vocals for " Ginny's Song ", a 1976 single on the Warner Bros. Label, and Jimmy Thudpucker's Greatest Hits, an LP released by Windsong Records, John Denver's subsidiary of RCA Records ).
Digital Cinema Initiatives ( DCI ) was formed in March 2002 as a joint project of many motion picture studios ( Disney, Fox, MGM, Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal, and Warner Bros. Studios ) to develop a system specification for digital cinema.
Scott Derrickson was set to direct " Hyperion Cantos " for Warner Bros. and GK Films.
* The 1946 Warner Bros. cartoon Book Revue had a lengthy sequence with Daffy Duck impersonating Kaye singing " Carolina in the Morning " with the Russian accent that Kaye would affect from time to time.
It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment, a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner.

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Having completed a 3D Bugs Bunny cartoon, Lumber Jack-Rabbit, Jack Warner ordered the animation unit to be shut down, erroneously believing that all cartoons hence would be produced in the 3D process.
Cartoon Division is shut down by Jack Warner.
During part of the 1960s, the shorts were produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises after Warner Bros. shut down their animation studios.
In establishing the American unit, the founders bought the former Brunswick Records pressing plants in New York City and Muskegon, Michigan, which were shut down in 1931, from Warner Bros. in exchange for a financial interest in the new label.
The Warner Bros .- Seven Arts studio finally shut down in 1969.
In spite of the 1962 animated feature Gay Purr-ee ( distributed by Warner Bros .), which featured the voices of Judy Garland and Robert Goulet and a Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg song score, and the beloved animated special Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, UPA was shut down in 1964.
Warner Bros. shut down its animation studio completely in 1963, and the directors of Termite Terrace went their separate ways.
In 2004, De La Soul released a new full album: The Grind Date on Sanctuary / BMG Records because the venture between Tommy Boy and Warner Bros. Records was shut down and the group's contract was shopped to the other WEA labels.
On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment announced plans to shut down the network and launch The CW Television Network later that same year.
On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment announced plans to shut down both UPN and The WB and launch a new network, The CW in their place.
In 1967, Warner opened its animation studio again ; McKimson went back in 1968 and stayed until the animation studio shut down again in 1969.
* Akira: Warner Bros. has been developing a live-action American version of the animated film Akira for years ; as of January 6, 2012, Warners has " shut down " production for the fourth time.
While fellow Turner-owned studios Hanna-Barbera Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment eventually became absorbed into Warner Bros., New Line was kept as its own entity until February 28, 2008 when Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes announced that New Line would shut down as a separately operated studio.
Warner Bros., one of the most prolific of the golden era, shut down its studio permanently in 1969.
Later episodes showed that they often escaped during various points in history, being let out for a day every few years while the water tower was being fumigated, and were occasionally loaned out to other animation studios, particularly during the 1960s ( a reference to the fact that Warner Bros. did the same with all its characters when it shut down its animation studio in the 1960s, outsourcing production of Warner Bros. properties to DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and, for one television movie, Filmation ).
At one time, Warner Bros., which owns the rights to Harry Potter and its affiliates, tried to shut down the sites.
Paisley Park was shut down by Warner Bros. Records in 1993.
Warner Bros. downsized the studio further in June, shut down the Sherman Oaks studio, and had Warner Bros.
For example, Redbox currently estimates we will pay more than a combined $ 1 billion over the next five years to Sony, Lionsgate and Paramount to purchase and then rent new release DVDs to consumers ," while Warner Bros. says the deals are proof that far from being shut out by Hollywood, " Redbox ’ s business has thrived since its suit against Universal, underscored by lucrative distribution deals with Paramount Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and Lionsgate.

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Though he submitted to Jack Warner on that picture, he successfully turned down God is My Co-Pilot ( 1945 ).
But on third down, safety Blaine Bishop pressured quarterback Kurt Warner to throw an incomplete pass.
Early in the second quarter, the Rams drove to New England's 34-yard line, but quarterback Kurt Warner threw an incompletion on third down, and Wilkins ' subsequent 52-yard field goal attempt sailed wide left.
On second down, Warner scored on a 2-yard touchdown run to cut the Patriots ' lead to 17-10.
However, McGinest sacked Warner for a 16-yard loss on second down, pushing the Rams back to their 46-yard line.
Later that year, Warner Music Australia bought out the ailing Festival-Mushroom Records for only $ 12 million and closed the label down but retaining the use of the Mushroom label for a couple of acts like Eskimo Joe and Gabriella Cilmi ( who subsequently got signed to Island Records in the UK, one of the first Australian acts to do so ).
Ann Sheridan's name came up when negotiations with Crawford broke down in 1944 during her first year at Warner Bros.
Pressure mounted on Warner Brothers and Eastwood to back down, but their refusal to do so resulted in a fine, reported to be around $ 60, 000 for the violation.
In 1990 the band caught the attention of Warner Bros. Records and were signed promptly after a representative of the label witnessed a show at which the band almost burned down the venue ( American Legion Hall in Norman, Oklahoma ) with the use of pyrotechnics.
Hattie McDaniel continued to play maids during the war years, in Warner Bros ' The Male Animal ( 1942 ) and United Artists ' Since You Went Away ( 1944 ), but her feistiness was toned down.
They screened the sequence for Warner Bros. executives, who wanted the sexual content toned down and celebrities cast for the voice parts.
Warner Bros. turned it down, as did Universal's president, Ned Tanen, and UA and MGM followed suit.
When Elektra Records was closed down by Warner Bros. Records in 2004, Stereolab was dropped along with many other artists, reportedly because of poor sales.
When filming his character's death, a large lamp exploded and rained down in pieces on Warner and Kelley ; one heavy piece barely missed striking Warner's head, which Kelley was sure would have killed him.

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