Thursday 7 April 2011

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros, are an American production company, who are a subsidiary of Time Warner. Warner Bros. itself has several subsidiary companies itself. These include, Warner Bros. studios, Warner Bros pictures and Warner Bros. animation. They also own half of the American TV channel, The C.W, which is responisble for popular programs such as: Gossip Girl, Hellcats and 90210.
It was founded by the Harry, Albert, Jack and Sam Warner, who had emigrated from Poland, in 1905. Waner Bros. celebrated its 85th anniversary, for films only on June 1st 2008. The year after Warner Bros. became the first studio to gross more than $2 billion, in just one year.
Hermione Granger in Harry Potter.

Warner Bros. is responisble for the highest grossing film series of all time, Harry Potter, with 3 out of the 4 top grossing films produced by them, being Harry Potter films. The other one is The Dark Knight released in 2008.

Warner Bros. have recently announced that they will be buying Leavesden Studios, the studios responisble for Harry Potter. This makes Warner Bros. the first studio, since MGM to have a permanent base in Europe.

The first film they made was Kaiser's Finish, and it was released in Decemeber 1918. They have gone on to make timeless classiscs, such as the The Green Mile, The Matrix, Space Jam, The Bodyguard, Million Dollar Baby, V for Vendetta and I Am Legend.

Warner Bros. new film "Sucker Punch",
They continue to  produce films, are are currently producing and distributing, up and coming exciting films, such as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Red Riding Hood, Sucker Punch, Green Lantern, The Hangover 2 and Crazy, Stupid, Love.

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