Laurel Entertainment

Laurel Entertainment (a.k.a. The Laurel Group, Laurel Productions, and Laurel Enterprises) has founded in 1997 by Richard P. Rubinstein and George A. Romero when they originally produced low-budget sci-fi, horror and thriller movies. Laurel Entertainment later entered television production in 1983 with the series Tales from the Darkside. Romero left the partnership in 1985 and Rubinstein continued running the company. In 1988, Rubinstein and associate partner, Mitchell Galin, merged Laurel Entertainment with Aaron Spelling Productions and became part of "Spelling, Inc.". Laurel Entertainment was folded into Spelling Television in 1995. The television library is currently held by CBS+Viacom through Paramount/Republic and Spelling Television, Inc. However, the films produced by Laurel are owned by other companies: Martin (1977 movie), Day of the Dead (1985 movie), and Creepshow 2 are controlled by Warner Bros. & New World and Creepshow is owned by Warner Bros. Pictures & Paramount/Republic. In 1999, Rubinstein & Galin revived Laurel Entertainment and team up with Trancas International Films (founded by Moustapha Akkad and his relatives, including Malek). In 1991, Laurel-King has founded by Stephen King, Richard P. Rubinstein and Mitchell Galin. In 2005 after Moustapha Akkad's death, Rubinstein & Galin decide to be executive producers of some animated Halloween movies, with Dino De Laurentiis and Martha De Laurentiis, until Dino's death in 2010. In 2019, Stephen King and Malek Akkad decide to produced some of the Halloween movies and Stephen King movies.