Touchstone Pictures, established in 1984, is one of several alternate
film labels of
The Walt Disney Company. Its releases typically feature more mature themes than those that are released under the
Walt Disney Pictures banner.
Touchstone Pictures is merely a label and does not exist as a separate company: the two companies behind it are the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group and Walt Disney Pictures and Television.
[The Walt Disney Company SEC filing Form 10-K For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2006, page 15]
Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group entered into a long term, 30-picture distribution deal with
DreamWorks by which DreamWorks' productions will be released through the Touchstone Pictures banner over the next five years beginning in 2010.
[Variety: Disney signs deal with DreamWorks Company will handle distribution for films, Variety, February 09, 2009]