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Rideback (production Company)
Rideback (formerly Lin Pictures until 2018) is a film and television production company formed on December 12, 2007 by producer Dan Lin. Its notable films include ''The Lego Movie (franchise), The Lego Movie'' franchise. History On December 12, 2007, Dan Lin announced that he would leave Warner Bros. as senior vice president of production, to launch his company Lin Pictures. In 2008, the studio hired Jon Silk as vice president of production and Stephen Gilchrist as director of development for film production. In 2011, they launched its own roots into television, signing a deal with Warner Bros. Television, to produce TV shows, and hired Jennifer Gwartz to run the new television division with Dan Lin. In 2014, the studio was successful in the television industry when their first TV show ''Forever (2014 TV series), Forever'' was picked up to series by American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It even gained more success when the studio's second TV series ''Lethal Weapon (TV series), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Trade name, doing business as Columbia Pictures, is an American film Production company, production and Film distributor, distribution company that is the flagship unit of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures, which is one of the Major film studios, "Big Five" film studios and a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony, Sony Group Corporation. On June 19, 1918, brothers Jack Cohn, Jack and Harry Cohn and their business partner Joe Brandt founded the studio as CBC Film Sales Corporation, Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation. It adopted the Columbia Pictures name on January 10, 1924 (operating as Columbia Pictures Corporation until December 23, 1968), went public two years later, and eventually began to use the image of Columbia (personification), Columbia, the female personification of the United States, as its logo. In its early years, Columbia was a minor player in Hollywood, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Kelly (director)
James Richard Kelly is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He wrote and directed the films ''Donnie Darko'' (2001), '' Southland Tales'' (2006), and '' The Box'' (2009). Early life Kelly grew up in Midlothian, Virginia, where he attended Midlothian High School and graduated in 1993. When he was a child, his father worked for NASA on the Mars Viking Lander program. He won a scholarship to the University of Southern California to study at the USC School of Cinema-Television where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He made two short films at USC, ''The Goodbye Place'' and ''Visceral Matter'', before graduating in 1997. Kelly spoke of viewing the film ''Brazil'' with author Robert K. Elder in an interview for '' The Film That Changed My Life'': I think the greatest thing I learned from Terry is that every frame is worthy of attention to detail. Every frame is worthy of being frozen in time and then thrown on a wall like an oil painting, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Box (2009 Film)
''The Box'' is a 2009 American science fiction film, science fiction thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly (filmmaker), Richard Kelly, who also serves as a co-producer. It is based on the 1970 short story "Button, Button (Matheson short story), Button, Button" by Richard Matheson, which was previously adapted into an Button, Button (The Twilight Zone), episode of ''The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series), The Twilight Zone''. The film stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a couple who receive a box from a mysterious man (played by Frank Langella) who offers them one million dollars if they press the button sealed within the dome on top of the box but tells them that once the button has been pushed, someone they do not know will die. ''The Box'' was released on November 6, 2009, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $33.3 million worldwide against a budget of $30 million. Plot The film opens with a Central Intelligence Agenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynda Obst
Lynda Rosen Obst (April 14, 1950 – October 22, 2024) was an American film producer and author. Her notable works include ''Sleepless in Seattle'' and ''Interstellar''. Obst founded the production companies Hill/Obst Productions in 1986 and Lynda Obst Productions in 1989. Early life Obst was born in New York City on April 14, 1950, to Robert, a garment industry business man, and Clare Rosen, a teacher.Lynda Obst TCM, retrieved February 8, 2014 She had younger two brothers, Rick and Michael, and grew up in Harrison New York. As a child, she considered herself a "tomboy," playing baseball and participating i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Field
Frederick Woodruff "Ted" Field (born June 1, 1953) is an American media mogul, record executive, entrepreneur and film producer. He founded Interscope Communications to develop and produce films in 1982, and produced his first hit, '' Revenge of the Nerds'', the same year. Seven years later, he co-founded Interscope Records with Jimmy Iovine in 1989. He is an heir of the Marshall Field family. Early life Field was born on June 1, 1953, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Marshall Field IV, who owned the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1956 to 1965, and Katherine Woodruff Fanning, who was later an editor of several newspapers. Field's parents divorced when he was young. Field's mother then married Larry Fanning, who became Field's stepfather. Field, his sisters, his mother and his stepfather moved to Anchorage, Alaska. Field's mother and Larry Fanning purchased the ''Anchorage Daily News'' from founder Norman C. Brown in 1967. Larry Fanning died in 1971: Kay Fanning continued to ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Robinson (writer)
Matthew Robinson (born May 26, 1978) is an American author, screenwriter, film director, actor, television writer, film producer, and podcaster. He came to prominence by writing and directing the film ''The Invention of Lying'' (2009) in collaboration with the English comedian Ricky Gervais. Music career Robinson was a member of the satirical hip-hop group The Trilambs, performing under the name "Matty Boom." The group took a sideways look at the excessive world of rap culture, mocking the glorification of materialism, misogyny and homophobia. Their only album, entitled ''It Wasn't Not Funny'', was released in 2001. They released a second 6-song EP titled ''The Jacket Smasher EP''. Screenwriting Robinson wrote a script, which was titled ''This Side of Truth'' at the time, which was included in the 2007 official Black List of the "most liked" un-produced scripts in Hollywood. Robinson and producer Lynda Obst sent Ricky Gervais the script out of the blue in the hope that it woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervais ( ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, television producer and filmmaker. He co-created, co-wrote, and acted in the British television sitcoms ''The Office (British TV series), The Office'' (2001–2003), ''Extras (TV series), Extras'' (2005–2007), and ''Life's Too Short (TV series), Life's Too Short'' (2011–2013) with Stephen Merchant. He also created, wrote, and starred in ''Derek (TV series), Derek'' (2012–2014) and ''After Life (TV series), After Life'' (2019–2022). Gervais has won seven British Academy Television Awards, BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and the Rose d'Or twice (2006 and 2019). In 2003, ''The Observer'' named Gervais one of the 50 funniest performers in British comedy. In 2007, he was placed at No. 11 on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups, and at No. 3 in their 2010 list. In 2010, he was included in the ''Time 100'' list of World's Most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Invention Of Lying
''The Invention of Lying'' is a 2009 romantic comedy fantasy film written and directed by comedian Ricky Gervais and writer Matthew Robinson in their directorial debuts. The film stars Gervais as the first human with the ability to lie in a world where people can only tell the truth. The cast also includes Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., Jeffrey Tambor, Fionnula Flanagan, Rob Lowe, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Tina Fey. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2009, and was released in the United States on October 2, 2009 by Warner Bros. Pictures and Focus Features. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $32.7 million against a $18.5 million budget. Plot The film is set in an alternative reality in which lying does not exist and people are straightforward about what they think and feel. Mark Bellison is a screenwriter, in a film industry limited to historical readings because there is no fiction. One night he has a date ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troublemaker Studios
Troublemaker Studios is an American independent production company founded and owned by filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and producer Elizabeth Avellán. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and is at the former site of the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport. It shares space with Austin Studios, which is managed by the Austin Film Society, and houses production offices, sound stages and the largest green screen in Texas. Background The company was founded in 1991 as Los Hooligans Productions, taking its name from Rodriguez's own comic strip, ''Los Hooligans'', which he wrote and illustrated for three years while attending the University of Texas at Austin. Rodriguez chose the name so fans of the strip would recognize it when they saw his films. Since the 1990s, the studio has partnered with distributor Dimension Films on numerous projects; including the '' From Dusk till Dawn'' films and '' Once Upon a Time in Mexico'', the third film in the '' Mexico Trilogy''. The company was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Image Nation
Image Nation Abu Dhabi, (formerly Imagenation), is an Emirati film studio established in 2008. It is based at twofour54’s Yas Creative Hub in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The studio focuses on creating films, TV series, documentaries, and entertainment content, becoming the first United Arab Emirates, UAE company to have multiple productions stream on Netflix. The studio's productions have been screened at over 400 international film festivals and have received prestigious awards, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA, and an Emmy Awards, Emmy. Image Nation is a subdivision of Creative Media Authority. Background and History Image Nation Abu Dhabi was established as part of an economic diversification strategy in Abu Dhabi, with a focus on promoting cultural development. The goal was to create a media and entertainment industry that would contribute to the cultural identity and economic growth of the region.It focuses on suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Rodriguez
Robert Anthony Rodriguez ( ; born June 20, 1968) is an American filmmaker, composer, and visual effects supervisor. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in Mexico and in his home state of Texas. Rodriguez directed the 1992 action film ''El Mariachi'', which was a commercial success after grossing $2.6 million ($5.5 million in 2023 dollars) against a budget of $7,000 ($14,937 in 2023 dollars). The film spawned two sequels known collectively as the ''Mexico Trilogy'': ''Desperado (film), Desperado'' (1995) and ''Once Upon a Time in Mexico'' (2003). Rodriguez directed ''From Dusk till Dawn'' in 1996 and developed its From Dusk till Dawn: The Series, television series adaptation (2014–2016). He co-directed the 2005 neo-noir crime thriller anthology ''Sin City (film), Sin City'' (adapted from the Sin City, graphic novel of the same name) and the 2014 sequel, ''Sin City: A Dame to Kill For''. He is also the creator of the ''Spy Kids'' franchise, as well as ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
