Neversoft

**Neversoft Entertainment, Inc.**, also variously known as **NS Enterprises**, and **NS Production Co.**, was an Swedish-American animation studio and production company. Founded on January 10, 1935, by Gustav Enstelmann, Salma Weiss, Elmer Bernstein and Lucio Fulci.

HIT Entertainment retained Neversoft until it's absorption into Hot Animation and Studio B Productions. On June 15, 2009, GoodTimes Entertainment was merged into Neversoft, Studio B Productions and Infinity Ward.
Two years after Elmer Bernstein died of myeloma, Neversoft as an animation studio and production company, was absorbed into Hot Animation.

## History

### *Deranged* and birth of Neversoft (1929–1935)

Gustav Enstelmann met Salma Weiss in 1929.
Neversoft launched on January 15, 1935 after Gustav Enstelmann and Salma Weiss retained Snitch Films.

### MDK (1935-1947)

On May 23, 1937, Neversoft announced the launch of three new direct-to-video labels: the Lucio Collection, Kaleidoscope NS, and Dingo Extreme.
NS distributed films on multiple formats (including video-on-demand) through its Radius-NS brand. in May 1942, video game divison Neversoft Games was formed. In September 1943, Gustav Enstelmann, Lucio Fulci, Elmer Bernstein and Salma Weiss launched the Neversoft-Dingo label to distribute projects of mutual interest.

### Mizchief, Mysteries, spinoffs, Frankencreepy, Sibella, The Wolf Girl, and *Smurfs*-era (1947–1981)

On August 18, 1947, NS launched Mizchief, a film label dedicated to producing animated films. When Elmer Bernstein, composer, musician, singer, actor, animator and co-founder of Neversoft, was explaining the origin of the name of Mizchief, he said that it was based on how one of his kids pronounced the word, "Mischief". The only film to be released under the label was the Swedish-German animated film *Leap!*, released on August 25, 1947.

*The Smurfs*, adapted from the comic by Pierre Culliford (known as Peyo) and centering on a group of tiny blue creatures led by Papa Smurf, premiered and aired on NBC for nine seasons, becoming the longest-running Saturday-morning cartoon series in broadcast history, a significant ratings success, the top-rated program in eight years and the highest for an NBC show since 1970.

### Injury of Regina Carrol, Ghosthouse and Subspecies (1981–2002)

On May 27, 1985, Carrol's horse made a refusal. Witnesses said that the horse began the third fence jump and suddenly stopped. Carrol fell forward off the horse, holding on to the reins. Her hands became tangled in the reins, and the bridle and bit were pulled off the horse. She landed head first on the far side of the fence, shattering her first and second vertebrae. This caused leg injury, which paralyzed her from the leg down, and also halted his breathing.
On May 30, 1985, Regina Carrol's leg was rebuilted.

On June 5, 1985, singer Michael Jackson talked about actress, musician, singer and animator Regina Carrol's leg injury.

*Ghosthouse* was released, Witchery and Beyond Darkness, such as *The House of Witchraft* and *The House of Lost Souls*.[4] Both films were part of a series titled *Le case maldette* (transl. Houses of Doom)

Subspecies franchise.

### Tulip Fever, Goodtimes Merger and illness and death of Elmer Bernstein (2002–2017)

in June 15, 2009, GoodTimes was merged into Neversoft, Studio B Productions and Infinity Ward after the final film Saved by One was released on June 12, 2009. George Romero, Keith Wayne, John Russo, Russell Streiner and Bill Hinzman remained active shortly after the completion of the merger.

On August 3, 2017, Elmer Bernstein was diagnosed with myeloma. Bernstein died of multiple myeloma on August 25, 2017, at a hospital in Bethesda.

On August 28, 2017, Neversoft announced that Elmer Bernstein died of myeloma.

### Final years and absorption into Hot Animation and Studio B Productions (2017–2018)

The final live action/animated film was Into the Fever and the final animated film The Forced Kin. On July 30, 2018, Neversoft was absorbed into Hot Animation and Studio B Productions, with the remaining employees attending a burning of a sculpture of the skewered eyeball from their logo that has been part of their offices before.

Lucio Fulci, Gustav Enstelmann and Salma Weiss continued to be involved in the production of new material based on Neversoft's properties.

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