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 	
September 19, 1986	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. Currently 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.
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