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OddLot Entertainment
OddLot Entertainment was an American independent film studio, founded by Gigi Pritzker and Deborah Del Prete in 2001, which dealt with financing and production of films. History OddLot Entertainment In 2013 OddLot has produced a cinematic version of ''Ender's Game''. The cinematic version of the film was in development, in one form or another, for over a decade until its premiere. In the same year, OddLot signed a multi-year distribution and co-financing agreement with Lionsgate. OddLot and Lionsgate have previously collaborated on the production of '' Draft Day'' and ''Ender's Game''. The collaboration officially began with the production of Mortdecai, an action comedy that was released in 2015. DarkLot Entertainment OddLot has launched horror production division ''DarkLot Entertainment'', has produced films such as '' Undead or Alive: The Zombedy'', ''Buried Alive Premature burial, also known as live burial, burial alive, or vivisepulture, means to be buried while still al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Pritzker
Gigi Pritzker (born 27 July 1962) is an American billionaire and film producer who is a member of the Pritzker family. Pritzker is co-founder of the film production and financing company Odd Lot Entertainment, producing several films including ''Rabbit Hole (2010 film), Rabbit Hole'', ''Drive (2011 film), Drive'', and ''Hell or High Water (film), Hell or High Water''. Pritzker has also produced for TV, including ''The Dragon Prince'', which won the 2020 Emmy Awards, Emmy for Outstanding Children's Animated Series. Early life and education Jean Pritzker was born to the wealthy Pritzker family in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Marian "Cindy" (née Friend) and Jay Pritzker. Her maternal grandfather was Prague-born jurist Hugo Friend. Her father, along with his brothers, Robert Pritzker, Robert and Donald Pritzker, diversified the Chicago-based family business, the Marmon Group. They created the Hyatt Hotel chain in 1957 and owned Braniff (1983–1990), Braniff Airlines from 1983 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living Hell (film)
''Living Hell'' (aka ''Organizm'' - DVD title) is a 2008 horror television film written and directed by Richard Jefferies (screenwriter), Richard Jefferies, which stars Johnathon Schaech and Erica Leerhsen. It premiered on Syfy, Sci Fi Channel on February 23, and was released on DVD on June 10, 2008. Budgeted at an estimated $4,500,000, the film was shot in only 29 days. Plot In 1969, ten-year-old Frank Sears is confronted by his hysterical mother Eleanore, who carves the message "S3 V12" into the palms of his hands with a pencil and warns him to never forget her warning before murdering her husband and committing suicide. In the present, Frank (Johnathon Schaech) is now a biology teacher haunted by the night his mother died. Having tried to forget about her warnings, he conducted an internet search that led him to drive all the way from New Jersey to the town of Bennell, New Mexico in an attempt to visit the Army base Fort Lambert. After being turned away he is forced to brea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Gilbert
Gary Gilbert (born 1965) is an American film producer and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Gilbert Films, a media production and financing company based in Los Angeles, California. He is also a co-founder of Rocket Mortgage, as well as a co-owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association along with his brother, Dan Gilbert. Biography Gilbert was born in 1965 to a Jewish family and received a business administration degree (BBA) from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. Gilbert was one of the producers of ''La La Land'' (2016), which matched the record of 14 Academy Award nominations. Gilbert began his career when he financed and produced the 2004 feature film '' Garden State'' starring Zach Braff and Natalie Portman. In 2005, Gilbert, along with Braff, won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature Film. In 2010, Gilbert produced '' The Kids Are All Right'', which after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival was acq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From Prada To Nada
''From Prada to Nada'' is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Angel Gracia, loosely based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel ''Sense and Sensibility''. The screenplay was adapted by Fina Torres, Luis Alfaro, and Craig Fernandez to be a Latino version of the English novel, where two spoiled sisters who have been left penniless after their father's sudden death are forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles. The film received a limited release in the United States on January 28, 2011, by Lionsgate and Pantelion Films (a joint venture of Televisa and Lionsgate). In the United States, it grossed $3 million theatrically; the US box office result met Pantelion's expectation. Plot At the reading of their father's will, wealthy sisters Nora and Mary discover that they are bankrupt and are forced to sell their house to their half-brother Gabe Hernandez, who lets them live with him and his wife, Olivia. After Olivia tries to move them into the basement, the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blossom Films
Blossom Films is a production company founded by American-born Australian actress Nicole Kidman in 2010. The first production by the company was the film '' Rabbit Hole'', based on the play of the same name by David Lindsay-Abaire. Their logo features a blossom tree growing. History In 2010, Kidman launched the production company Blossom Films together with Per Saari. The first project was '' Rabbit Hole'' starring Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest and Aaron Eckhart, followed by ''Monte Carlo'' starring Selena Gomez and Leighton Meester. The company also produced a film adaption of '' The Family Fang'' starring Jason Bateman and Kidman. In June 2018, Blossom films signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios for features, television series and digital content. Under the pact, Amazon and Kidman's Blossom Films will develop original series that will be available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, as well as movies for theatrical release. Upcoming projects In May 2019, Hulu gave a strai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbit Hole (2010 Film)
''Rabbit Hole'' is a 2010 American drama film directed by John Cameron Mitchell and written by David Lindsay-Abaire, based on his 2006 play of the same name. The film stars Nicole Kidman (who also co-produced) and Aaron Eckhart as a grieving couple coping with the death of their four-year-old son. It also stars Dianne Wiest, Tammy Blanchard, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Tenney, Sandra Oh and Miles Teller in his film debut. ''Rabbit Hole'' had its world premiere at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2010. The film received a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 17, 2010, before a wide release on January 28, 2011, by Lionsgate Films. Kidman's performance was critically acclaimed; she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Lionsgate Studios Corp. (simply known as Lionsgate Studios) is a Canadian-American film and television production and distribution conglomerate, domiciled in Vancouver, British Columbia, and primarily based in Santa Monica, California. It was formed on May 14, 2024, after Starz Entertainment, previously known as ''Lionsgate'', spun off its film and television businesses. Lionsgate Studios' portfolio includes Lionsgate Canada (formerly known as Entertainment One or eOne), 3 Arts Entertainment, Pilgrim Media Group, Lionsgate Films, a minority stake in 42, and a stake of joint venture Amblin Partners. Through Lionsgate Films, the company also releases films under the Summit Entertainment and eOne Films labels. Background Following the completion of acquisition of Entertainment One from Hasbro on December 27, 2023, Lionsgate revealed its intention to split its film and television assets into its own company, whose Studios division would merge with a special-purpose acqui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stand Your Ground , law requiring a person to retreat whenever possible rather ...
Stand Your Ground may refer to: * ''Stand Your Ground'' (Little Barrie album), 2006 * ''Stand Your Ground'' (Juluka album), 1984 * ''Stand Your Ground'' (Wild Horses album), 1981 * ''Stand Your Ground'' (Mike Tramp album), 2011 * "Stand Your Ground" (CSI: Miami episode) * ''Stand Your Ground'' (novel), a book by Eric Walters * Stand Your Ground (band), an American Christian hardcore band * Stand-your-ground law, a law in some jurisdictions that authorizes a person to protect and defend one's own life and limb against threat or perceived threat **Castle doctrine, variant of the law in the US, against intrusion of one's castle (property) See also *Duty to retreat In law, the duty to retreat, or requirement of safe retreat,''Criminal Law - Cases and Materials'', 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, /ref> is a legal requirement in some jurisdictions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suburban Girl
''Suburban Girl'' is a 2007 American romantic comedy film directed by Marc Klein and produced by Gigi Pritzker and Deborah Del Prete. It stars Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alec Baldwin, with Maggie Grace, James Naughton, and Chris Carmack in supporting roles. It is adapted from the short stories "My Old Man" and "The Worst Thing a Suburban Girl Could Imagine" from Melissa Bank's 1999 best-selling book '' The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing''. The film had its premiere at New York's Tribeca Film Festival on April 27, 2007. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on January 15, 2008. Plot Brett Eisenberg is an ambitious yet unconfident New York City assistant book editor living in the literary hotbed of Manhattan's Upper East Side. Struggling to become a full-fledged editor, she is shocked when she learns that her mentor and boss is fired and replaced by the glamorous Faye Falkner. At a book signing, Brett meets the notorious and much older publishing playboy A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RLJE Films
RLJ Entertainment (formerly Image Entertainment) is an American film production company and home video distributor, distributing film and television productions in North America, with approximately 3,200 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 340 exclusive CD titles in domestic release, and approximately 450 programs internationally via sublicense agreements. For many of its titles, Image has exclusive audio and broadcast rights as well as digital download rights to approximately 2,100 video programs and over 400 audio programs containing more than 6,000 tracks. The company is headquartered in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, Chatsworth, California. History Founded in 1981, Image Entertainment began as a distributor of LaserDiscs, whose sound and picture quality surpassed that of VHS and Betamax, Beta, the dominant tape formats of the time. In its earlier years, the company originally distributed X-rated titles in addition to mainstream titles. Image successfully secured exclusive outp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Zombedy
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Releasing
Freestyle Releasing, LLC is an American independent film distribution company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2004, specializing in releasing low budget films theatrically. Unlike most distributors, Freestyle Releasing does not put up any prints and advertising money for its releases, leaving advertising costs to production companies. History Freestyle Releasing was founded in 2004 by Susan Jackson, Mark Borde and Mike Doban, formerly at United Artists Theaters. By January 2006, Jackson started the DVD label Freestyle Home Entertainment as an adjunct for additional leeway in its deal making. The company booked '' Winter Passing'' and ''Find Me Guilty'' for Yari Film Group in 2006. Jackson in 2010 formed Freestyle Digital Media, a film aggregator for the video on demand market. By May 2011, Doban left to be chief operating officer at Sycamore Entertainment Group, a film prints and advertising (P&A) financing firm. Jackson died in October 2014. In October 2015 Byro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
