Amasia Entertainment is a

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based

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company founded in 2012 by Michael A. Helfant and Bradley Gallo. It specializes in

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and

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. Prior to Amasia Entertainment, both Helfant and Gallo were a part of the production company Troika Pictures, where the two first started working together. Previously, Michael Helfant served as President/COO of

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overseeing live-action and animation productions and helped to launch the first slate of Marvel self-financed films including ''

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''. Bradley Gallo began his career as an independent filmmaker with the comedy-drama '' Magic Rock''. After graduating from Columbia University he went on to work at

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and produced such shows as ''

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'' before getting hired at Troika Pictures as the Head of Production and Development.

History

Founding

Amasia Entertainment was founded in 2012 by film veteran Michael A. Helfant and Bradley Gallo. They hired Josh Sathre as production executive in 2016 and in February 2017, Amasia Entertainment announced that it would start a television division led by Tracy Mercer.

Film

Amasia marked its first theatrical release with the

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thriller, '' The Call''. In 2016, the company financed and produced the action-comedy film '' Mr. Right.'' Their following non-theatrical releases included

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's '' Careful What You Wish For,'' Vincent Masciale's "Fear, Inc," and David Gleeson's ''Don't Go''. In August 2017, it was announced that Amasia Entertainment would co-produce Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage's drama '' Them That Follow'' with Gerard Butler's production company, G-Base. The film stars Alice Englert,

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and

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. It made its world premiered to favorable reviews in the Dramatic Competition at the 2019

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Television

In September 2019, Amasia began development on ''Dark Shadows: Reincarnation,'' a follow-up to the 1960s gothic soap opera ''

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'', with

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as writer.

Future Projects

In March 2017, Amasia Entertainment obtained the film adaptation rights to

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' graphic novel My Favorite Thing Is Monsters for

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. In September 2019, filming began on the Amasia Entertainment produced feature drama, ''Wild Mountain Thyme'', with

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as director. The film stars

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and is currently in post-production. In January 2020, Amasia acquired the rights to produce

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reboot, and on April 16, 2020,

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History

Founding

Film

Television

Future Projects

Filmography

Released

Upcoming films

Television

See also

References

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