David C. Robinson

Morgan Creek Entertainment, LLC is an American film production company, former sales agent and investor, that has released box-office hits including '' Young Guns'', '' Dead Ringers'', '' Major League'', '' True Romance'', '' Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', '' The Crush'', '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' and '' The Last of the Mohicans''. The studio was co-founded in 1987 by James G. Robinson and Joe Roth. Robinson leads the company as chairman and CEO. His two sons, Brian Robinson and David C. Robinson, run the day-to-day operations. The company name comes from Roth's favorite film, '' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek''. Their most recent film is '' The Exorcist: Believer'', which was released on October 6, 2023.

Morgan Creek generally releases their films through larger studios while retaining the copyrights, and making autonomous decisions on home video and television rights. Their logo contains a stylized creek.

Company history

Morgan Creek's initial slate of films from 1988 to 1990 were released by 20th Century Fox, except for '' Renegades'' and '' Coupe de Ville'' which were released by Universal Pictures and '' Major League'' which was released by Paramount Pictures, and some home video releases of its early titles going to Media Home Entertainment. In 1991, beginning with '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'', they shifted their distribution of new films, as well as their previous catalog titles, to Warner Bros., where they remained until early 2005. Later that year, beginning with '' Two for the Money'', they released their newer films through Universal, though previous films were still handled in the United States by Warner Bros.

In 1996, Morgan Creek tried to expand into animated feature film production. Only one, '' The King & I'' was produced, and it flopped.

On July 11, 1997, Gary Barber announced that he would leave Morgan Creek, and he subsequently went on to start out Spyglass Entertainment. In 1998, Morgan Creek had a distribution deal with Warner Home Video to release its product through the Morgan Creek Video and the Morgan Creek DVD labels.

On October 8, 1998, Morgan Creek and Franchise Pictures entered into an agreement where Morgan Creek would distribute Franchise's upcoming pictures domestically. On July 2, 2001, Morgan Creek Productions sued Franchise Pictures for allegedly breaching an agreement giving the company the right of first refusal on some films.

In October 2014, Morgan Creek sold the international distribution rights and copyrights to their films to Revolution Studios for $36.75 million. In September 2015, Morgan Creek began negotiating the sale of rights for the remaining territories, though they intend to retain remake and television rights to the ''Ace Ventura'', ''Major League'', ''Young Guns'', and ''Exorcist'' franchises.

List of Morgan Creek filmography

Films

Upcoming/In development

Television series

* '' Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'' (1995–2000) (with Nelvana and Warner Bros. Television)
* ''The Exorcist'' (2016–2017) (with New Neighborhood and 20th Century Fox Television)
* '' Dead Ringers'' (2023) (with Amazon Studios, Astral Projection and Annapurna Television)

In development

* '' The Good Shepherd'' (with Showtime)
* '' Nightbreed''
* ''Pacific Heights''

References

External links

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Company profile on Yahoo Finance

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Film production companies of the United States
Entertainment companies based in California
Companies based in Santa Monica, California
Entertainment companies established in 1987
1987 establishments in California
International sales agents