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Maloof Productions is an American entertainment development and production company formed by the
Maloof family The Maloof family is a prominent American family based in Las Vegas, Nevada, who are owners of numerous business properties in the Western United States. The original spelling of the family name is Maalouf. The family is of Lebanese descent via th ...
, led by Chairman and CEO Phil Maloof and President Andrew Jameson, focuses on film, television, and music.


Maloof Television

The company's television division, Maloof Television, is perhaps best known for producing ''
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'', a primetime reality series that aired in summer 2008 on E!. The division also produced the reality series ''Bullrun'' in 2007 for Spike TV and in 2009 for SpeedChannel. Along with
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and
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, the division also recently produced an
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comedy pilot focusing on a fictional
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team and is developing the reality series '' Rebuilding the Kingdom'' with producer
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.


Maloof Motion Pictures

Maloof Motion Pictures, the company’s film division, produced Dimension Film's ''
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'' in conjunction with
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and
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. The film was released theatrically in September 2006 and was named a "Must-See" film for Fall by Entertainment Weekly. The division is currently at work on its next project, ''The Big Biazarro'', a drama based on the Leonard Wise novel, to star
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, from a script by
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. In addition to film and television production, Maloof Productions spearheads the entertainment outreach for the Maloof properties. The company brokered partnerships with
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,
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and
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for the world premieres of '' Elektra'', '' Deuce Bigalo: European Gigalo'' and ''
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'' respectively at the
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. It was also instrumental in integrating
Maloof Music Maloof is a Lebanese family that comes from Kings and has been traced back to 37AD. It may refer to: * Maloof (Arabic:معلوف ), the family surname written as Maalouf (with alternate spellings: Maloof, Malouf, Maluf; Malluf, Malouff) * Sam Mal ...
artist Narwhal into both the ''
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'' soundtrack and the film itself.


Maloof Music

Records put out by Maloof Productions get distributed through
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label.


See also

*
Maloof Family The Maloof family is a prominent American family based in Las Vegas, Nevada, who are owners of numerous business properties in the Western United States. The original spelling of the family name is Maalouf. The family is of Lebanese descent via th ...


References

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External links


Official Site
*https://web.archive.org/web/20100823165343/http://www.adrienne.tv/ Adrienne Maloof's official website. Television production companies of the United States Film production companies of the United States