Lightstorm Entertainment, Inc. is an American independent

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and

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company founded by filmmaker

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and producer

Lawrence Kasanoff Lawrence Alan "Larry" Kasanoff (born June 1, 1959) is an American film producer who founded the Vestron Pictures genre subsidiary Vestron Pictures, Lightning Pictures in 1986, Lightstorm Entertainment with James Cameron in 1990, and Threshold Ent ...

in 1990. The company's films include the sci-fi film '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (1991), the action-comedy film ''

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'' (1994), the romantic-drama film ''

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'' (1997), the ''Avatar'' film series, and the sci-fi film '' Alita: Battle Angel'' (2019); Cameron has employed other filmmakers to produce and direct films under the Lightstorm banner. Based in

Santa Monica, California Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...

, the company established a first look deal with 20th Century Fox (currently known as

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) in 1995, who has since distributed a majority of the company's films. In 1993, Cameron would meet his future ''Titanic'' and ''Avatar'' co-producer

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during the production of ''True Lies'', and would persuade Landau to join the company. The company's

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depicts a bowman using a

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bolt as an arrow.

Filmography

Feature films

Released

Upcoming

Television series

References

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