About Castle Rock Entertainment

Castle Rock Entertainment

Castle Rock Entertainment, a motion picture and television production company, was formed in the summer of 1987 by Alan Horn, Glenn Padnick, Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman and Martin Shafer. The Company was purchased by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. in late 1993 and in 1996, Ted Turner merged his empire with Time/Warner. Recently, Time Warner and America Online (AOL) in a merger of equals, have formed the largest media company in history.

Castle Rock has released roughly fifty feature films including, “When Harry Met Sally,” “A Few Good Men,” (which was nominated for four Academy Awards) “Absolute Power,” “City Slickers,” “In the Line of Fire,” “Honeymoon In Vegas,” and “Misery” for which Kathy Bates won the Academy Award for Best Actress, “The American President” and “The Shawshank Redemption” (nominated for seven Academy Awards), and “The Green Mile” (nominated for four Academy Awards). The company also produced the enormously popular hit television show “Seinfeld.” In 1995 Castle Rock Entertainment received the Excellence in Filmmaking Award at ShoWest.

Upcoming Castle Rock projects for 2002/2003 include “Murder by Numbers,” starring Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt, Agnes Bruckner, Chris Penn, R. D. Call, and is directed by Barbet Schroeder; “The Salton Sea,” starring Val Kilmer, Vincent D’Onofrio, Adam Goldberg, Luis Guzman, Doug Hutchison, Anthony La Paglia, Meat Loaf, Glenn Plummer, Peter Sarsgaard, Josh Todd, Danny Trejo, Deborah Kara Unger, Chandra West, B. D. Wong, and is directed by D. J. Caruso; “The Adventures of Pluto Nash,” starring Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr, Luis Guzman, James Rebhorn, Peter Boyle, Burt Young, Miguel A. Nunez, Jr., Pam Grier, John Cleese, and is directed by Ron Underwood; “Two Weeks Notice,” starring Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Mark Feuerstein, Alicia Witt, Robert Klein, Dana Ivey, and is directed by Marc Lawrence; “Dreamcatcher,” starring Morgan Freeman, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, Timothy Olyphant, Donnie Wahlberg, and is directed by Lawrence Kasdan; “Down And Under,” starring Jerry O’Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren, Dyan Cannon, Michael Shannon, Bill Hunter, Christopher Walken, Marton Csokas, David Ngoombujarra, and is directed by David McNally; and “A Mighty Wind,” directed by Christopher Guest.

Other Castle Rock film credits include “The Majestic,” “Hearts in Atlantis,” “Miss Congeniality,” “Proof of Life,” “Best In Show,” “Bait,” “The Story of Us,” “Mickey Blue Eyes,” “The Last Days of Disco,” “Sour Grapes,” “My Giant,” “Palmetto,” “Zero Effect,” “Waiting For Guffman,” “subUrbia,” “Some Mother’s Son,” “Hamlet,” “Ghosts of Mississippi,” “Extreme Measures,” “The Spitfire Grill,” “Striptease,” “Lone Star,” “City Hall,” “A Midwinter's Tale,” “Othello,” “Forget Paris,” “Dolores Claiborne,” “Before Sunrise,” “Barcelona,” “City Slickers II,” “Malice,” and “Mr. Saturday Night.”

Castle Rock Television has produced the critically acclaimed and highly rated Emmy winning series “Seinfeld.” Past shows from Castle Rock Television include “The Single Guy,” starring Jonathan Silverman, “Boston Common,” starring Anthony Clark, “Great Scott!,” “Thea,” “The Second Half,” “You’re the One,” “Reunited,” “The Army Show,” “Mission Hill,” “Movie Stars,” and “The Michael Richards Show.”

Alan Horn, former CEO and Chairman of Castle Rock Entertainment. In October 1999, Mr. Horn was appointed COO and President of Warner Bros. Studios. Prior to forming the Company, Horn worked for nearly fourteen years at Embassy Communications and its predecessors, TAT Communications Company and Tandem Productions in both business and creative capacities. When Embassy was sold in 1985, Horn had been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for three years with total responsibility for all operating divisions. Following his tenure at Embassy, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer at Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

Gregory M. Paul, President and Chief Operating Officer, Castle Rock Entertainment. Mr. Paul, appointed COO in 1995, was previously Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Castle Rock and continues to oversee all day to day business, legal, financial and administrative matters for the Company, which includes Castle Rock Pictures and Castle Rock Television. Prior to Castle Rock, Mr. Paul was a partner at O'Melveny & Myers specializing in entertainment law. A graduate of Harvard College and Columbia Law School, Mr. Paul is a past board member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Southern California and has served as a member of the UCLA Entertainment Law Symposium Committee.

Glenn Padnick, President of Castle Rock Television, is responsible for all television activities at Castle Rock. Prior to forming the Company, Padnick was President of Embassy Television and supervised the development and production of such hit series as "Married... with Children," "Who's the Boss?," "227," "The Facts of Life" and "Silver Spoons."

Rob Reiner has directed some of the most popular and influential motion pictures of the past two decades, while deftly moving among many styles. He has created films which win both audience enthusiasm and critical acclaim. Castle Rock recently released Reiner's lastest film, "The Story of Us," starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Bruce Willis.

The versatile filmmaker has been immersed in the entertainment business for much of his life, succeeding first as an actor then as a director and producer. He acted in many television and feature productions (including his Emmy-winning work as a star of the long-running hit television series "All in the Family") before finding immediate success as a director with the acclaimed "rockumentary" comedy "This is Spinal Tap" in 1984. He followed with the road comedy "The Sure Thing" and the adaptation of Stephen King's youth adventure "Stand By Me," the latter film bringing him his first nomination as Best Director from the Directors Guild of America.

Reiner has had a succession of boxoffice hits, which include "When Harry Met Sally..." (DGA nomination as Best Director), "Misery" (Kathy Bates won an Academy Award as Best Actress), "A Few Good Men" (DGA nomination as well as four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture), "The American President" (five Golden Globe nominations including Best Picture/ Musical or Comedy), and "Ghosts of Mississippi" (two Academy Award nominations) and most recently, "The Story of Us" starring Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer.

In addition to filmmaking, Reiner was instrumental in initiating the White House conference on early-childhood development. He also produced a television special on early childhood, and launched the "I Am Your Child" national awareness and engagement campaign to emphasize the need for quality early-childhood development programs. Additionally, he has chaired the California Children and Families Initiative in an effort to improve early childhood programs in California and to raise national consciousness about early childhood issues.

Andrew Scheinman is actively involved in all creative aspects of Castle Rock Entertainment and will continue to direct his own films. He produced Rob Reiner's films, "Ghosts of Mississippi," "When Harry Met Sally...," "Misery" and "A Few Good Men." Other producing credits include, "The Awakening," "Mother Lode," "The Sure Thing," "Stand By Me" and "The Princess Bride." He made his feature film directorial debut in 1994 with "Little Big League." He also was co-executive producer on the Emmy Award winning series "Seinfeld."

Martin Shafer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for all motion picture development, production and marketing activities. Prior to forming Castle Rock, he was President of Production for Embassy Pictures and served as Executive Vice President of Production at Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. In October 2000, Shafer received the Lifetime Achievement Award at Show East.

	Castle Rock Entertainment, a motion picture and television production company, was formed in the summer of 1987 by Alan Horn, Glenn Padnick, Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman and Martin Shafer. The Company was purchased by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. in late 1993 and in 1996, Ted Turner merged his empire with Time/Warner. Recently, Time Warner and America Online (AOL) in a merger of equals, have formed the largest media company in history. Castle Rock has released roughly fifty feature films including, “When Harry Met Sally,” “A Few Good Men,” (which was nominated for four Academy Awards) “Absolute Power,” “City Slickers,” “In the Line of Fire,” “Honeymoon In Vegas,” and “Misery” for which Kathy Bates won the Academy Award for Best Actress, “The American President” and “The Shawshank Redemption” (nominated for seven Academy Awards), and “The Green Mile” (nominated for four Academy Awards). The company also produced the enormously popular hit television show “Seinfeld.” In 1995 Castle Rock Entertainment received the Excellence in Filmmaking Award at ShoWest. Upcoming Castle Rock projects for 2002/2003 include “Murder by Numbers,” starring Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt, Agnes Bruckner, Chris Penn, R. D. Call, and is directed by Barbet Schroeder; “The Salton Sea,” starring Val Kilmer, Vincent D’Onofrio, Adam Goldberg, Luis Guzman, Doug Hutchison, Anthony La Paglia, Meat Loaf, Glenn Plummer, Peter Sarsgaard, Josh Todd, Danny Trejo, Deborah Kara Unger, Chandra West, B. D. Wong, and is directed by D. J. Caruso; “The Adventures of Pluto Nash,” starring Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr, Luis Guzman, James Rebhorn, Peter Boyle, Burt Young, Miguel A. Nunez, Jr., Pam Grier, John Cleese, and is directed by Ron Underwood; “Two Weeks Notice,” starring Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Mark Feuerstein, Alicia Witt, Robert Klein, Dana Ivey, and is directed by Marc Lawrence; “Dreamcatcher,” starring Morgan Freeman, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, Timothy Olyphant, Donnie Wahlberg, and is directed by Lawrence Kasdan; “Down And Under,” starring Jerry O’Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren, Dyan Cannon, Michael Shannon, Bill Hunter, Christopher Walken, Marton Csokas, David Ngoombujarra, and is directed by David McNally; and “A Mighty Wind,” directed by Christopher Guest. Other Castle Rock film credits include “The Majestic,” “Hearts in Atlantis,” “Miss Congeniality,” “Proof of Life,” “Best In Show,” “Bait,” “The Story of Us,” “Mickey Blue Eyes,” “The Last Days of Disco,” “Sour Grapes,” “My Giant,” “Palmetto,” “Zero Effect,” “Waiting For Guffman,” “subUrbia,” “Some Mother’s Son,” “Hamlet,” “Ghosts of Mississippi,” “Extreme Measures,” “The Spitfire Grill,” “Striptease,” “Lone Star,” “City Hall,” “A Midwinter's Tale,” “Othello,” “Forget Paris,” “Dolores Claiborne,” “Before Sunrise,” “Barcelona,” “City Slickers II,” “Malice,” and “Mr. Saturday Night.” Castle Rock Television has produced the critically acclaimed and highly rated Emmy winning series “Seinfeld.” Past shows from Castle Rock Television include “The Single Guy,” starring Jonathan Silverman, “Boston Common,” starring Anthony Clark, “Great Scott!,” “Thea,” “The Second Half,” “You’re the One,” “Reunited,” “The Army Show,” “Mission Hill,” “Movie Stars,” and “The Michael Richards Show.”
	Alan Horn, former CEO and Chairman of Castle Rock Entertainment. In October 1999, Mr. Horn was appointed COO and President of Warner Bros. Studios. Prior to forming the Company, Horn worked for nearly fourteen years at Embassy Communications and its predecessors, TAT Communications Company and Tandem Productions in both business and creative capacities. When Embassy was sold in 1985, Horn had been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for three years with total responsibility for all operating divisions. Following his tenure at Embassy, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer at Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
	Gregory M. Paul, President and Chief Operating Officer, Castle Rock Entertainment. Mr. Paul, appointed COO in 1995, was previously Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Castle Rock and continues to oversee all day to day business, legal, financial and administrative matters for the Company, which includes Castle Rock Pictures and Castle Rock Television. Prior to Castle Rock, Mr. Paul was a partner at O'Melveny & Myers specializing in entertainment law. A graduate of Harvard College and Columbia Law School, Mr. Paul is a past board member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Southern California and has served as a member of the UCLA Entertainment Law Symposium Committee.
	Glenn Padnick, President of Castle Rock Television, is responsible for all television activities at Castle Rock. Prior to forming the Company, Padnick was President of Embassy Television and supervised the development and production of such hit series as "Married... with Children," "Who's the Boss?," "227," "The Facts of Life" and "Silver Spoons."
	Rob Reiner has directed some of the most popular and influential motion pictures of the past two decades, while deftly moving among many styles. He has created films which win both audience enthusiasm and critical acclaim. Castle Rock recently released Reiner's lastest film, "The Story of Us," starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Bruce Willis. The versatile filmmaker has been immersed in the entertainment business for much of his life, succeeding first as an actor then as a director and producer. He acted in many television and feature productions (including his Emmy-winning work as a star of the long-running hit television series "All in the Family") before finding immediate success as a director with the acclaimed "rockumentary" comedy "This is Spinal Tap" in 1984. He followed with the road comedy "The Sure Thing" and the adaptation of Stephen King's youth adventure "Stand By Me," the latter film bringing him his first nomination as Best Director from the Directors Guild of America. Reiner has had a succession of boxoffice hits, which include "When Harry Met Sally..." (DGA nomination as Best Director), "Misery" (Kathy Bates won an Academy Award as Best Actress), "A Few Good Men" (DGA nomination as well as four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture), "The American President" (five Golden Globe nominations including Best Picture/ Musical or Comedy), and "Ghosts of Mississippi" (two Academy Award nominations) and most recently, "The Story of Us" starring Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer. In addition to filmmaking, Reiner was instrumental in initiating the White House conference on early-childhood development. He also produced a television special on early childhood, and launched the "I Am Your Child" national awareness and engagement campaign to emphasize the need for quality early-childhood development programs. Additionally, he has chaired the California Children and Families Initiative in an effort to improve early childhood programs in California and to raise national consciousness about early childhood issues.
	Andrew Scheinman is actively involved in all creative aspects of Castle Rock Entertainment and will continue to direct his own films. He produced Rob Reiner's films, "Ghosts of Mississippi," "When Harry Met Sally...," "Misery" and "A Few Good Men." Other producing credits include, "The Awakening," "Mother Lode," "The Sure Thing," "Stand By Me" and "The Princess Bride." He made his feature film directorial debut in 1994 with "Little Big League." He also was co-executive producer on the Emmy Award winning series "Seinfeld."
	Martin Shafer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for all motion picture development, production and marketing activities. Prior to forming Castle Rock, he was President of Production for Embassy Pictures and served as Executive Vice President of Production at Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. In October 2000, Shafer received the Lifetime Achievement Award at Show East.