US based film production company originally founded in 1982 as 'Nova Pictures'; existing under the 'Tri-Star'/'TriStar' name since 1983. First headquartered in New York before moving to California. In March 1992 the hyphen in the name was legally dropped and known since as 'TriStar Pictures, Inc.'
Legal entity history
First NY company number: 836700
Incorporated: 21 April 1983 as Tristar Pictures, Inc.
Name change: 2 October 1984 to 'Tri-Star Pictures, Inc.' (this page)
Dissolved: 8 April 1985
Second NY company number: 987567
Incorporated: 8 April 1985 (this page)
Dissolved: 1 June 1987 (merged into CA company below)
Third NY company number: 1177827
Incorporated: 10 June 1987 (this page)
Name change: 21 December 1987 to label
Fourth NY company number: 1252551
Incorporated: 13 April 1988 (this page)
Name change: 27 March 1992 to 'Tristar Pictures, Inc.'
First CA company number: 1262001
Incorporated: 20 November 1984
Dissolved: 23 May 1985
Second CA company number: 1276106
Incorporated: 23 May 1985
Dissolved: 9 October 1987
Third CA company number: 1598055
Incorporated: 9 October 1987 (this page)
Name change: 22 December 1987 to 'Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.'
Fourth CA company number: 1611230
Incorporated: 12 April 1988 (this page)
Name change: 30 March 1992 to 'Tristar Pictures, Inc.'