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'' franchise.

History

Original Film was started out in the early 1990s by Neal H. Moritz and Bruce Mellon as a film producer and a commercial company. In 1991, David Heyman joined in as employee of the motion picture department. He later resigned to join

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. In 1993, Stokley Chaffin joined the company. He stayed on with the company for eight years until 2001. In 1997, the studio struck a long-time partnership deal with

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, and it remained until 2019. At the same time, Brad Luff joined the company. He left in 2003 to run Morgan Creek Productions. In 1998, the studio struck a deal with Newmarket Capital Group to produce lower-budget feature films. In 1999, the studio made its first foray on television with the debut of ''

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''. At the same time, Mark Rossen joined the company. In 2002, Moritz launched a partnership with fellow talent agency

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to head a film and television managing company Original, that comprises the assets of the company. Later that year, Dawn Parouse joined the company, and later the studio struck a deal with

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to produce television shows. In 2004, the film and managing business has been split up. At the same time, Ori Marmur, formerly of

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(in which the studio developed the ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' films for Mandalay) joined the company. Two years later, Moritz struck a deal with

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to produce television shows. In 2017, the studio signed a feature film production deal with

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to produce feature films, starting in 2019. Its deal was recently extended until 2023.

Filmography

Film

Television series

References

{{Authority control Film production companies of the United States Television production companies of the United States Entertainment companies based in California American companies established in 1990 Entertainment companies established in 1990 1990 establishments in California Companies based in Los Angeles