Castle Rock Entertainment is a film and television
production company founded in 1987 by
Martin Shafer, director
Rob Reiner,
Andrew Scheinman,
Glenn Padnick and
Alan Horn. Originally an independent company, today, it is a subsidiary of
Warner Bros. Entertainment, which in turn is a unit of
Time Warner.
Company
Reiner named the company in honor of
the fictional Maine town from the book
The Dead Zone written by
Stephen King (which was named after the fictional Castle Rock in
Lord of the Flies), after the success of the film
Stand by Me, which was based on
The Body, a novella by King. The first major Castle Rock release was
When Harry Met Sally… (The name was first used, however, on the film
Winter People).
