Gold Circle Films is an American

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production and sales company, mainly focusing on horror and romance films founded in 2000 by former co-founder of Gateway Computer, Norman Waitt Jr. Titles released by Gold Circle include ''

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'', ''

My Big Fat Greek Wedding ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos, who also stars in the film as Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos, a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with White Anglo-Saxo ...

'', ''

The Wedding Date ''The Wedding Date'' is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by Clare Kilner and starring Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney, and Amy Adams. Based on the 2002 novel ''Asking for Trouble'' by Elizabeth Young, the film is about a single wom ...

'', ''

The Man from Elysian Fields ''The Man from Elysian Fields'' is a 2001 American drama film directed by George Hickenlooper, and starring Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Olivia Williams, Julianna Margulies, and James Coburn. Synopsis After one book that ended up in the remainder b ...

'', and the ''

Pitch Perfect ''Pitch Perfect'' is a 2012 American musical comedy film directed by Jason Moore and written by Kay Cannon. It features an ensemble cast, including Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Skylar Astin, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Hana Mae Lee, Alexis Knap ...

'' series.

History

Gold Circle Films was a subsidiary of Gold Circle Entertainment, which was founded in 1996 by Norman Waitt Jr., one of the co-founders of

Gateway, Inc. Gateway, Inc., previously Gateway 2000, is an American computer hardware company. The company developed, manufactured, supported, and marketed a wide range of personal computers, computer monitors, servers, and computer accessories. It was acqui ...

The original company was launched as an umbrella organization where Gold Circle would help market and distribute music releases for record labels. Waitt launched the film division in May 2000. Gold Circle was turned down, as well as DreamWorks Pictures, in an offer to produce

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's indie film, ''

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'', as Lionsgate would end up purchasing the rights and made it a huge success, spawning a franchise of films. In 2011, Blumhouse (studio behind franchises such as '' Paranormal Activity'', ''

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'', '' The Purge'', ''

Unfriended ''Unfriended'' is a 2014 computer screen supernatural horror film directed by Levan Gabriadze and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. The first feature film to be entirely set on a computer screen, it is produced in the so-called Screenlife format. T ...

'', and ''

Happy Death Day ''Happy Death Day'' is a 2017 American black comedy slasher film directed by Christopher Landon, and written by Scott Lobdell. It stars Jessica Rothe and Israel Broussard. The film was produced by Jason Blum through his Blumhouse Productions b ...

'') joined forces with Gold Circle to create Angle Films.

Films

* '' Double Whammy'' (2001) * ''

'' (2001) * ''Strange Hearts'' (''Roads to Riches'') (2001) * '' Tempted'' (2001) * ''

13 Moons ''13 Moons'' is a 2002 comedy-drama film directed by Alexandre Rockwell. The title is a reference to the saying of a minor character's mother, who suggested that if nights of the full moon are strange, then "this must be the night of thirteen moo ...

'' (2002) * '' The Badge'' (2002) * '' Dawg'' (''Bad Boy'') (2002) * ''

'' (2002) * '' Poolhall Junkies'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2002) * '' Wishcraft'' (2002) * '' Dysfunktional Family'' (2003) * '' Rolling Kansas'' (2003) * '' Jiminy Glick in Lalawood'' (2004) * ''

The Long Weekend ''The Long Weekend'' is a 2005 Canadian film starring Chris Klein and Brendan Fehr as two brothers, Cooper (Klein) and Ed Waxman (Fehr). It also stars Chelan Simmons, Paul Campbell, Chandra West, and Cobie Smulders. Plot Cooper is an actor wh ...

'' (2005) * ''

'' (2005) * '' Griffin & Phoenix'' (2006) * ''

Slither Slither may refer to: * Slithering, a form of limbless terrestrial locomotion Film and television * ''Slither'' (1973 film), a comedy directed by Howard Zieff * ''Slither'' (2006 film), a comedy horror film directed by James Gunn * "Slither" ...

'' (2006) * '' Because I Said So'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2007) * '' White Noise 2: The Light'' (2007) * '' Over Her Dead Body'' (2008) * ''

My Sassy Girl ''My Sassy Girl'' ( ko, 엽기적인 그녀, Yeopgijeogin Geunyeo, That Bizarre Girl) is a 2001 South Korean romantic comedy film directed by Kwak Jae-yong, starring Jun Ji-hyun and Cha Tae-hyun. The film is based on a true story told in a series ...

'' (2008) * ''

New in Town ''New in Town'' is a 2009 American-Canadian romantic comedy drama film, directed by Jonas Elmer, starring Renée Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., and Siobhan Fallon Hogan. It was filmed in Winnipeg and Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada, and in Los Angeles ...

'' (2009) * ''

The Haunting in Connecticut ''The Haunting in Connecticut'' is a 2009 supernatural horror film produced by Gold Circle Films and directed by Peter Cornwell. The film is alleged to be about Carmen Snedeker and her family, though Ray Garton, author of ''In a Dark Place: The ...

'' (2009) * ''

Blood Creek ''Blood Creek'' (previously known as ''Creek'' and ''Town Creek'') is a 2009 American supernatural horror thriller film directed by Joel Schumacher and written by David Kajganich. It stars Dominic Purcell and Henry Cavill as brothers on a mission ...

'' (2009) * ''

The Fourth Kind ''The Fourth Kind'' is a 2009 science fiction psychological horror thriller film directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and featuring a cast of Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Corey Johnson, Will Patton, Charlotte Milchard, Mia Mckenna-Bruce, Yulian Verg ...

'' (2009) * '' The New Daughter'' (2009) * ''In the Land of the Free...'' (2010) * '' Life as We Know It'' (2010) * '' ATM'' (2012) * ''

'' (2012) * '' The Haunting in Connecticut 2'' (2013) * '' The Possession of Michael King'' (2014) * '' Search Party'' (2014) * ''

Pitch Perfect 2 ''Pitch Perfect 2'' is a 2015 American musical comedy film directed and produced by Elizabeth Banks (in her feature directorial debut) and written by Kay Cannon. It is a sequel to the 2012 film ''Pitch Perfect'' and the second installment in the ...

'' (2015) * ''

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2'' is a 2016 American romantic comedy film directed by Kirk Jones and written by Nia Vardalos. The film stars Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine (in his final film role), Andrea Martin, Ian Gomez ...

'' (2016) * ''Cruel and Unusual'' (2017) * '' Pitch Perfect 3'' (2017) * '' I Still See You'' (2018) * '' Prey for the Devil'' (2022) * ''Champions'' (TBD) * ''

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 The ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' franchise, consists of American romantic comedies, including two theatrical films, and a television series. The two films grossed $457.1 million worldwide against a $23 million combined budget. The first film re ...

'' (TBD)

Television

* '' Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin'' (2022)

References

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