ArieScope Pictures is a film and television
production company
A production company, production house or production studio is a studio that creates works in the fields of performing arts, new media art, film, television show, television, radio, comics, interactive arts, video games, websites, music, and video ...
based in Los Angeles and founded in 1998 by
Adam Green,
Will Barrat, and
Cory Neal. The studio focuses on horror and
comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium.
Origins
Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...
productions, as the
Hatchet's series,
''Frozen'' (2010) and the
Fearnet
Fearnet was an American digital cable television network, website and video on demand service owned by Comcast. The network specialized in horror entertainment programming through a mix of acquired and original series, and feature films.
Backgr ...
TV sit-com ''
Holliston''.
History
Adam Green met Will Barrat when he was working for a local cable advertising company in the Boston area. They borrowed equipment from the advertising company for starting ArieScope Pictures.
The first film produced by Green and Barrat was a parody of ''Friday the 13th'' and ''Halloween'' called ''Columbus Day Weekend''. A major talent agency requested Adam Green a feature. He wrote, direct, and starred in the film that would be the plot for the pilot episode of ''Holliston''. The movie won ''Best Picture'' in an independent film festival.
Between 2007 and 2010, ArieScope Pictures produced Hatchet, Spiral, and Grace, the last one being the first movie that Adam Green didn't write and direct, and it helped to launch
Paul Solet
Paul Solet (born June 13, 1979) is an American film director, film producer, writer and actor.
Early life
Paul Solet was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School class of 1998.
Solet attended Emerson Coll ...
's career.
Peter Block worked for Frozen. After he became President of FEARnet, he requested to the company a TV Series. Adam Green proposed a sitcom. Block agreed, and Holliston started its first season.
Selected films
* ''
Hatchet
A hatchet (from the Old French language, Old French , a diminutive form of ''hache'', 'axe' of Germanic origin) is a Tool, single-handed striking tool with a sharp blade on one side used to cut and split wood, and a hammerhead on the other side ...
'' (2007)
* ''
Spiral
In mathematics, a spiral is a curve which emanates from a point, moving further away as it revolves around the point. It is a subtype of whorled patterns, a broad group that also includes concentric objects.
Two-dimensional
A two-dimension ...
'' (2007)
* ''
Frozen'' (2009)
* ''
Grace
Grace may refer to:
Places United States
* Grace, Idaho, a city
* Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois
* Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office
* Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an uni ...
'' (2009)
* ''
Hatchet II
''Hatchet II'' is a 2010 American slasher film written and directed by Adam Green. It is the sequel to ''Hatchet'' and the second installment in the titular film series. Picking up right where the first film ended, ''Hatchet II'' follows Marybet ...
'' (2010)
* ''
Chillerama
''Chillerama'' is a 2011 American horror comedy anthology film consisting of four stories (or segments) that take place at a drive-in theater playing monster movies. Each segment is a homage to a different genre and style.
The first is "Wadzilla ...
'' (2011)
TV Series
* Holliston (2012)
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References
Film production companies of the United States