1986 Movies - De Laurentiis Entertainment Group

De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) was an entertainment production company and distribution unit founded by Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis. The company is notable for producing Manhunter, Blue Velvet, the horror films Near Dark and Evil Dead II, King Kong Lives (the sequel to De Laurentiis' remake of King Kong), and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, as well as distributing Transformers: The Movie.

The company's main studios were located in Wilmington, North Carolina, which is now EUE/Screen Gems Studios. The studio's first releases were in 1986. It went bankrupt two years later after Million Dollar Mystery, among other films, failed at the box office.

In 1983, Dino De Laurentiis produced Firestarter in Wilmington. The governor of North Carolina, James Hunt, claimed that the filming increased economic activity in the state. Hunt used incentives and loans to allow De Laurentiis to buy a local warehouse to convert into a studio. In early 1984, De Laurentiis founded the North Carolina Film Corporation, with Martha Schumacher as president.

In 1985, DEG acquired Embassy Pictures from The Coca-Cola Company.

FILMS RELEASED: 1986
Raw Deal    
My Little Pony: The Movie
Maximum Overdrive
The Transformers: The Movie
Manhunter
Blue Velvet
Radioactive Dreams
Trick or Treat
Body Slam
Crimes of the Heart