Editing 1994 in film (section)

==Events==
*February 15 - [[Viacom (1952–2006)|Viacom]] acquired 50.1% of [[Paramount Communications Inc.]] for $9.75&nbsp;billion, following a five-month battle with [[QVC]].
*March 4 - Actor [[John Candy]] dies of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] at the age of 43 while on location in [[Durango (city)|Durango]], Mexico for the film ''[[Wagons East]]''.
*March 21 - [[Steven Spielberg]] wins his first [[Academy Award for Best Director]] for ''[[Schindler's List]]''.
*April 14 - ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' becomes the first motion picture ever to be broadcast on the cable channel [[Turner Classic Movies]].
*June 7 - [[Pierce Brosnan]] is officially announced as the fifth actor to play [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]].
*June 10 - ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]'' is released, becoming one of the top-grossing films of the year, as well as launching [[Keanu Reeves]] and [[Sandra Bullock]] into superstardom.
*June 24 - ''[[The Lion King]]'' is theatrically released. It goes on to become [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution|Buena Vista]]'s [[List of highest-grossing films|highest-grossing film]] and the [[List of highest-grossing animated films#Highest-grossing animated films|highest-grossing animated film]].
*July 1 - [[Val Kilmer]] is officially announced<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gordinier |first=Jeff |date=July 15, 1994 |title=Val Kilmer takes over ''Batman Forever''|url=https://ew.com/article/1994/07/15/val-kilmer-takes-over-batman-forever/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=}}</ref> as the next actor to [[Batman Forever|portray]] [[Batman]] following the abrupt departure of [[Michael Keaton]].<ref>{{cite news |date=July 1, 1994 |title=Keaton quits new 'Batman' movie |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/07/01/Keaton-quits-new-Batman-movie/8533773035200/ |work=[[United Press International]] |access-date=}}</ref>
*July 6 - ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' is released and becomes Paramount Pictures' highest-grossing film of all-time.
*July 15 - [[20th Century Fox]] unveils a new on-screen logo and fanfare composed by [[Bruce Broughton]], which debuts ''[[True Lies]]''.
*October 12 - [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] is founded by [[Steven Spielberg]], [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] and [[David Geffen]].
*December 29 - [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]] becomes the first distributor to have grosses in the United States and Canada in a year exceed $1 billion.