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Aviron Pictures
Aviron Pictures was an American film production and distribution company founded by William Sadleir, founder of Clarius Entertainment (which, as the company went inactive shortly after his departure, Aviron can be considered a successor of) and David Dinerstein, a founder of Paramount Classics and formerly of Lakeshore Entertainment and LD Entertainment, in 2017. History In May 2017, it was announced David Dinerstein had launched a film production and distribution company that would release up to eight wide release films, per year, starting off to distribute ''Kidnap'', ''Drunk Parents'', and '' The Strangers: Prey at Night''. In February 2018, it was announced the company had acquired ''Serenity'', and ''A Private War''. In 2019, a lawsuit was filed by investor BlackRock against Aviron and its founder William Sadlier, citing fraud and financial impropriety in the company structure. Sadlier subsequently exited from his role as the operating manager of Aviron Pictures, a subsidiar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BlackRock
BlackRock, Inc. is an American Multinational corporation, multi-national investment company based in New York City. Founded in 1988, initially as a Enterprise risk management, risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, with trillion in assets under management as of January 2022. BlackRock operates globally with 70 offices in 30 countries, and clients in 100 countries. Along with The Vanguard Group, Vanguard and State Street Corporation, State Street, BlackRock is considered to be one of the Big Three index fund managers that dominate corporate America. BlackRock has sought to position itself as an industry leader in environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG). The company has faced criticism for worsening climate change, its close ties with the Federal reserve system, Federal Reserve System during the COVID-19 pandemic, Anti-competitive practices, anticompetitive behavior, and its unprecedented investme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Distributors Of The United States
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drafthouse Films
Drafthouse Films is a film distribution company based in Austin, Texas which releases "provocative, visionary and artfully unusual films new and old from around the world". It was founded in 2010 by Tim League, who had previously founded the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain. Drafthouse Films has released a variety of films since its inception. Its third release, '' Bullhead'', was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Its fourteenth release, '' The Act of Killing'', was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, as was its sequel ''The Look of Silence''. In March 2022, it was announced that digital distributor Giant Pictures has acquired the Drafthouse Films label. Nick Savva became the new Drafthouse Films CEO, while Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League serves as chairman of the acquired company. Drafthouse Films' first two acquisitions under new management are '' Nr. 10'', directed by Alex van Warmerdam, and '' Masking Threshold'', a psy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleecker Street (company)
Bleecker Street is an independent American film company that specializes in film distribution. The company is based in New York City and named after 65 Bleecker Street, the street address of Andrew Karpen's prior company Focus Features. Andrew Karpen founded Bleecker Street in 2014 with the goal to distribute “smart house” films that combine the entertainment of studio blockbusters with the artistic indie allure. Bleecker Street has released more than 50 films to date, including the Oscar-nominated ''Trumbo'' and ''Captain Fantastic''. Its upcoming slate includes ''Emily'' (In theaters February 17th, 2023), an Emily Brontë biopic starring Emma Mackey, Catherine Hardwicke's Action-Comedy ''Mafia Mamma (''In theaters April 14, 2023) Starring Toni Collette and Monica Bellucci and ''Golda'' (In theaters August 25th, 2023) starring Oscar-winner Helen Mirren. History Bleecker Street was formed in August 2014 by CEO Andrew Karpen, who is the former co-CEO of Focus Features. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blumhouse Productions
Blumhouse Productions (; also known as BH Productions or simply BH) is an American film and television production company founded in 2000 by Jason Blum. It is known mainly for producing horror films, such as ''Paranormal Activity'', ''Insidious'', ''The Purge'', ''Split'', ''Get Out'', ''Happy Death Day'', '' Halloween'', '' Us'', ''The Invisible Man'', '' Freaky'' and ''The Black Phone''. It has also produced drama films, such as ''Whiplash'' and ''BlacKkKlansman'', which both earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ''Get Out'' and ''BlacKkKlansman'' won Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively. It has worked with directors such as Leigh Whannell, Jordan Peele, Scott Derrickson, Christopher Landon, James Wan, Mike Flanagan, James DeMonaco, Damien Chazelle, and M. Night Shyamalan. Most of Blumhouse's theatrically-released films since 2014 are owned and distributed by Universal Pictures as part of a 10-year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annapurna Pictures
Annapurna Pictures is an independent American media company founded by Megan Ellison in 2011, that specializes in film production, live theatre production, television through its Annapurna Television division, and video game publishing through its Annapurna Interactive division. History Annapurna Pictures was founded in 2011 by Megan Ellison as a production and finance entity focusing on high-end auteur-driven cinema. After attending University of Southern California’s film school for two semesters, Ellison left in 2005 and traveled the world. Among her stops was Nepal, where she trekked on the Himalayan mountain Annapurna, for which her production company is named. By 2014 Annapurna had produced and/or financed the films '' Lawless'', '' The Master'', ''Killing Them Softly'', ''Zero Dark Thirty'', ''Spring Breakers'', '' The Grandmaster'', ''Her'', ''Foxcatcher'', and '' American Hustle'', and was starting production on ''Joy'', ''Sausage Party'', '' Wiener-Dog'', ''20th C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogue Pictures
Rogue (originally Rogue Pictures) is an American independent production company founded in 1998 by Patrick Gunn and Matt Wall, originally started off as a genre film label of the Universal-affiliated independent film studio October Films and was based in Universal City, California. It was known to produce action, thriller, and horror films. It was owned by October Films from 1998 to 1999, after which it was merged with Gramercy Pictures to form USA Films until its original defunct year of 2000. In 2004, Rogue was revived by Focus Features, which retained the studio until 2009, when it was acquired by Relativity Media. In June 2012, Rogue and Relativity Media sold 30 of their films to Manchester Library Company, which was acquired by Vine Alternative Investments in April 2017. History Original October Films era (1998–2000) On April 2, 1998, Rogue Pictures was formed as a division of Universal-led independent film label October Films, led by Patrick Gunn and Matt Wall in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STX Entertainment
STX Entertainment is a mini-major American entertainment and media company. Founded in March 2014 by film producer Robert Simonds, the studio produces film, television, and digital media projects. In April 2020, STX announced that it would merge with the Indian studio Eros International plc. The merger was completed in July 2020, and STX became a division of ErosSTX. In December 2021, Jahm Najafi announced his intention to acquire STX from the merged company for $173 million–a sale completed in April 2022. Eros remains a minority, non-voting shareholder. History In 2012, Simonds and McGlashan began work on conceptualizing a media company based on the idea of producing medium-budget projects with a star attached, a method that had gone out of style with Hollywood studios. The conversation led to the launch of STX Entertainment in 2014, with the mission to finance, develop, produce, market, and distribute star-driven content around the world.Anita Busch"Is This Hollywood's Next ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neon (distributor)
Neon (stylized in all caps) is an American independent film production and distribution company founded in 2017 by CEO Tom Quinn and Tim League, who also was the co-founder of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain. The company is best known for distributing critically acclaimed and award-winning films such as ''I, Tonya'' (2017), ''Parasite'' (2019), ''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (2019), '' The Worst Person in the World'' (2021), and '' Spencer'' (2021). ''Parasite'' is Neon's highest-grossing film at the worldwide box office with more than $200 million. , Tim League was no longer involved with daily operations for the company. History During the 4th Annual Zurich Summit, Tom Quinn commented on Neon's intent to release titles that appeal to audiences who "skew under 45, that have no aversion to violence, no aversion to foreign language and to non-fiction." In September 2017, the company partnered with Blumhouse Productions to manage BH Tilt. In 2019, a majority stake of Neon was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After (2019 Film)
''After'' is a 2019 American romantic drama film directed by Jenny Gage and written by Gage, Susan McMartin and Tamara Chestna, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Anna Todd. The film stars Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin and follows an inexperienced teenage girl who begins to romance a mysterious student during her first months of college. The cast includes Selma Blair, Inanna Sarkis, Shane Paul McGhie, Pia Mia, Khadijha Red Thunder, Dylan Arnold, Samuel Larsen, Jennifer Beals and Peter Gallagher in supporting roles. ''After'' premiered at The Grove in Los Angeles on April 8, 2019. Despite largely negative reviews from critics, who felt its screenplay and narrative glamourized abusive relationships, it was a commercial success, grossing $69.5 million worldwide against its $14 million budget. The film launched the ''After'' film series. Plot Tessa Young begins her freshman year of college by moving into her dorm room with the help of her mother, Carol, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destination Wedding
A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes. Most wedding ceremonies involve an exchange of marriage vows by a couple, presentation of a gift (offering, rings, symbolic item, flowers, money, dress), and a public proclamation of marriage by an authority figure or celebrant. Special wedding garments are often worn, and the ceremony is sometimes followed by a wedding reception. Music, poetry, prayers, or readings from religious texts or literature are also commonly incorporated into the ceremony, as well as superstitious customs. Common elements across cultures Some cultures have adopted the traditional Western custom of the white wedding, in which a bride wears a white wedding dress and veil. This tradition was popularized through the marriage of Queen Victoria. Some say Victoria's choice of a white gown may have simply been a sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
