eue screen gems ltd. and eue screen gems studios . for the animation television feature film production company see screen gems . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message eue screen gems ltd. type private industry filmmaking founded 1965 headquarters new york new york us key people george cooney ceo number of employees 100 2011 website euescreengems.com eue screen gems ltd. is an american film and television studio production company that owns and operates facilities in wilmington north carolina atlanta georgia miami florida and new york city . the company collaborates with other studios and producers for the development production marketing and distribution of entertainment for feature film television and digital content . history edit in 1965 columbia pictures acquired a fifty percent interest in the new york based commercial production company eue elliot unger and elliot ; mike elliot and brother steve elliot directed while william unger handled the business end . the commercial company was incorporated into screen gems the television production division of columbia pictures and renamed it eue screen gems . in 1982 columbia pictures was sold to coca cola . at that time eue screen gems and the new york production facility were sold to longtime columbia pictures executive george cooney . in 1984 producer dino de laurentiis purchased a studio facility in wilmington . it operated under the name deg de laurentiis entertainment group until 1990 when it was purchased by carolco pictures . in 1996 eue screen gems would acquire the wilmington studios from carolco which entered bankruptcy proceedings and renamed it eue screen gems studios . in may 2009 eue screen gems studios opened a 10th dream stage in wilmington . the studio is a 37 500 square foot 3 480 m2 columnless structure with a 50x50x6 foot 90 000 gallon special effects water tank . in 2010 eue screen gems signed a 50 year lease with the city of atlanta georgia to use the historic lakewood fairgrounds as a film and tv production studio . 1 in addition to refurbishing and using the historic structures already on the property the company has built a 37 500 square foot 3 480 m2 sound stage . a number of television series films and commercials have already been filmed or are currently filmed at the new studio . in 2015 eue screen gems opened the viacom international studios in miami florida . notes edit the cw television network show one tree hill and the wb s dawson s creek and over 300 films commercials and television projects have been shot at the wilmington studios . other productions produced in wilmington include cbs s under the dome hbo s eastbound and down and the fox network s sleepy hollow ; plus 2013 box office 1 films iron man 3 and the conjuring and we re the millers . rachael ray tv series is produced for harpo productions and distributed by cbs television distribution at the new york facility which has also hosted hundreds of productions since 1965 . brandon lee was killed at the wilmington studios following a firearms malfunction during filming for the box office 1 the crow 1994 film . references edit http www.therealestatebloggers.com housing general lakewood fairgrounds in atlanta gets lease deal for movie studio with euescreen gems retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eue screen gems & oldid 737298576 categories american film studiostelevision studios in the united statesentertainment companies established in 1965companies based in new york citycompanies based in wilmington north carolinahidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2007all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 22 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view