Denver & Delilah Productions Inc or Denver & Delilah Films Inc is an American film production company founded by actress and producer

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. It is based in

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History

founded Denver and Delilah Films in 2003, and named the company after her two dogs ''Denver'' and ''Delilah''. The company's film productions include the 2003 film ''

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'', 2006's '' East of Havana'', 2007's ''

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'', 2011's ''

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'' and 2017's ''

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''.

Collaborations and deals

In July 2013, the company signed on with

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to develop and produce unscripted programming for television. In January 2015, Denver & Delilah signed a

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with

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to develop and produce scripted series for

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, and for that the company hired Laverne McKinnon as head of scripted television. While Beth Kono and A.J. Dix also partnered with Theron on these projects. One project in development, with comic book writer

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, is an adaptation of the

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comedy

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'' The Most Popular Girls in School''. More recently, her production company received a first-look deal with

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and

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Filmography

Films

Television

References

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