Mandalay Pictures or Mandalay Vision is an American film production company founded on May 27, 1995, which is part of producer and businessman Peter Guber's Mandalay Entertainment. From 1997 until 2002, Lionsgate Entertainment owned a stake in Mandalay Pictures until

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gave up rights to own Mandalay Pictures. The company's mascot is a tiger.

History

The film studio was formed at the same time as the parent company Mandalay Entertainment in 1995 by Peter Guber, who was formerly head of

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and The Guber-Peters Company. At first, it struck an exclusive film and television deal with

, who was releasing its films through the

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and TriStar distribution labels. In 1998, it was moved over from Sony to

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. At the same time, it struck a partnership with Lionsgate Entertainment to acquire the assets of the company. The deal did not include the television division, which remained with

. In 2002, the deal was transferred from

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, and launched its international sales division. In the November of the year, it was split itself from Lionsgate Entertainment. In 2004, Ori Marmur left Mandalay Pictures, and decided to join

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. Ironically Original Film is producing the ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' movies for Mandalay Pictures. In 2007, it launched a division Mandalay Independent Pictures, and it was to focus on making independent pictures. In 2010, it became Mandalay Vision.

Films

Here are the films produced by Mandalay.

Theatrical films

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Direct-to-video films

2000s

2010s

2020s

Short films

References

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* {{Authority control Film production companies of the United States Entertainment companies based in California Companies based in Los Angeles County, California Entertainment companies established in 1995 1995 establishments in California Former Lionsgate subsidiaries 1997 mergers and acquisitions 2008 mergers and acquisitions