Mandeville Films is an American

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headquartered in

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. Founded in 1995 by film producer

David Hoberman David Elliot Hoberman (born September 19, 1952) is an American film and television producer, best known as the co-creator and executive producer of the USA Network television series ''Monk'', and the founder and co-owner of Mandeville Films. He h ...

, the company re-formed as Mandeville Films and Television in 2002 after a short hiatus for three years, with Hoberman and

Todd Lieberman Todd Darren Lieberman (born February 20, 1973) is an American film and television producer. He founded Hidden Pictures Media in 2022 and won an Emmy for Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers in 2022. He co-founded Mandeville Films and Television with ...

as partners and co-owners.

History

Film executive

founded Mandeville Films in January 1995 as he exited Walt Disney Studios with a five-year, multi-picture production deal. In 1999, Hoberman hired Ashok Amritraj, who was an employee of

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, joined the company, renaming it to

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, which will be a film financer and producer. The Hyde Park company will split deals with Walt Disney Studios and

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. In 2002, Amritaj and Hoberman split their ties, and Hoberman himself reformed Mandeville Films with an exclusive five-year contract with Walt Disney Studios. Hoberman brought along fellow producer

as a partner, who worked with Hoberman when he was senior vice president for international finance at Hyde Park Entertainment. When Mandeville Films returned to the studios, it was scheduled to produce 2 movies each for Touchstone and

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: '' Walking Tall'', ''

Raising Helen ''Raising Helen'' is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and written by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler. It stars Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Hayden Panettiere, siblings Spencer and Abigail Breslin, and Helen M ...

'', ''

The Last Shot ''The Last Shot'' is a 2004 American action comedy film starring Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Calista Flockhart, Ray Liotta, Tim Blake Nelson, James Rebhorn and Tony Shalhoub. The film is written and directed by Jeff Nathanson, ...

'', and ''

Beauty Shop ''Beauty Shop'' is a 2005 American comedy film directed by Bille Woodruff. The film serves as a Spin-off (media), spin-off of the ''Barbershop (film), Barbershop'' film franchise, and stars Queen Latifah as Gina, a character first introduced in t ...

''. The studio itself went back to Disney in

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to co-produce ''

Eight Below ''Eight Below'' is a 2006 American survival drama film, a remake based on the 1983 Japanese film ''Antarctica'' by Toshirô Ishidô, Koreyoshi Kurahara, Tatsuo Nogami and Susumu Saji. It was produced by Patrick Crowley and David Hoberman, direc ...

'' and '' The Shaggy Dog'' back-to-back. Mandeville Films has an ongoing partnership with

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, they renewed their contracts in July 2015, for two more years. In May 2018, Mandeville Films ended its partnership with Disney to sign with

Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri ...

for a "first-look production agreement".

Filmography

Feature films

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Upcoming

Television series

Made for television films

References

External links

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