What is Orion Pictures?
{{refimprove|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox company | logo = Orion Pictures logo 2022.svg | logo_size = 150px }} '''Orion Pictures''' (also known as '''Orion Releasing LLC''') is an [[United States|American]] [[movie]] production company. It is owned by the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]. The company made and released [[movie]]s from 1978 to 1999. ==Awards== Of the many movies distributed by Orion, four won the [[Academy Awards for Best Picture]]: ''[[Amadeus (movie)|Amadeus]]'' (1984), ''[[Platoon (movie)|Platoon]]'' (1986), ''[[Dances with Wolves]]'' (1990) and ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'' (1991).<ref>{{cite news|title=MGM Relaunching Orion Pictures|publisher=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/mgm-re-launching-orion-pictures-distributor-1202548889|access-date=April 20, 2019}}</ref> ==History== In 1997, Orion was bought by MGM. In 2013, MGM revived the Orion name for [[television]]. In 2014, MGM restarted Orion Pictures. In the late [[1980s]] and early [[1990s]], Orion was famous for its ''[[RoboCop]]'' movies. The first ''RoboCop'' was in [[1987]]. The second movie, ''[[RoboCop 2]]'', was in [[1990]]. The third movie, ''[[RoboCop 3]]'', was released in November [[1993]]. Also during this period, Orion released the ''[[The Terminator|Terminator]]'' movies in [[1984]] and [[1991]]. Both of them had [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] as the Terminator. On February 5, [[2019]], MGM and Annapurna Pictures expanded their U.S. distribution company, Mirror. Mirror was changed to [[United Artists Releasing]].<ref>{{cite news|title=MGM, Annapurna Revive United Artists for Joint Distribution|publisher=LA Biz|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2019/02/05/mgm-annapurna-revive-united-artists.html|access-date=April 20, 2019}}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{authority control}} [[Category:Companies based in Los Angeles]] [[Category:American movie studios]]