De Laurentiis Entertainment Group

De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) was a production company.

Filmography

Release Date	Title	Notes
June 6, 1986	Raw Deal
June 6, 1986	My Little Pony: The Movie
July 25, 1986	Maximum Overdrive
August 8, 1986	The Transformers: The Movie
August 15, 1986	Manhunter
September 19, 1986	Blue Velvet
	Radioactive Dreams
October 24, 1986	Trick or Treat
November 7, 1986	Tai-Pan
December 12, 1986	Crimes of the Heart
December 19, 1986	King Kong Lives
January 30, 1987	The Bedroom Window
February 6, 1987	From the Hip
March 13, 1987	Evil Dead II	released through shell company Rosebud Releasing Corporation to bypass MPAA regulations
June 12, 1987	Million Dollar Mystery
October 2, 1987	Near Dark
October 16, 1987	Weeds
November 6, 1987	Hiding Out
November 20, 1987	Date with an Angel
December 4, 1987	The Trouble with Spies	distributed only; produced by HBO Pictures. CurrentlyTemplate:When distributed by HBO in USA and worldwide
December 11, 1987	Cobra Verde	direct-to-video in U.S.
May 13, 1988	Illegally Yours	released by United Artists in U.S.
August 17, 1988	Traxx	direct-to-video in U.S.
October 14, 1988	Pumpkinhead	released by United Artists in U.S., although DEG did distribute the film outside of North America.
October 21, 1988	Tapeheads	released by Avenue Pictures in U.S.
October 1988	Dracula's Widow	direct-to-video in U.S.
February 17, 1989	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	co-produced with Nelson Entertainment, released by Orion Pictures in U.S.
May 12, 1989	Earth Girls Are Easy	released by Vestron Pictures in U.S
April 1992	Collision Course	direct-to-video in U.S.
October 30, 1992	Rampage	released by Miramax Films in U.S.

Canadian distribution of DEG releases were done by Paramount Pictures.

DEG had an early version of Total Recall in pre-production with Patrick Swayze as Quaid and Bruce Beresford to direct (David Cronenberg had also been approached), where it was to have been shot in Australia. After DEG's bankruptcy, the film went in turnaround to Carolco Pictures.

Along with the Embassy Pictures library, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group's library was sold to Paravision, a subsidiary of L'Oréal, in 1989. The library was later sold to Canal+ and is currently held by StudioCanal.