SpringHill Company is an entertainment development and
production company founded in 2020 by
LeBron James and
Maverick Carter
Maverick Carter is an American sports-marketing businessman and media personality.
Early life and education
Maverick Carter was born on October 10, 1980 Carter spent most of his youth in Akron, Ohio and Atlanta, Georgia. Carter grew up the son ...
. Its board of directors includes
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...
. The company unites three earlier companies founded by James and Carter: SpringHill Entertainment, an entertainment production company founded in 2007, the Robot Company, an integrated marketing agency and brand and culture consultancy founded by Carter and James together with Paul Rivera, the creator of the talk show ''
The Shop
''The Shop: Uninterrupted'', or simply ''The Shop'', is an American television talk show created by Paul Rivera. It stars professional basketball star LeBron James and businessman Maverick Carter, who alongside guests have conversations and deba ...
'', and Uninterrupted, founded in 2015 with the aim to empower athletes by providing a platform that allows them to share their stories.
SpringHill Company signed a two-year scripted television deal with
ABC Signature, a part of
Disney Television Studios
Disney Television Studios is the television studio arm of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Company established on May 15, 2019 to succeed Walt Disney Television following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century ...
, in June 2020. In September 2020, the company signed a four-year first-look deal with
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri ...
.
Like SpringHill Entertainment before, the company is named after the housing complex in
Akron, where James was raised.
Filmography
Films
Television
Further reading
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References
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{{LeBron James
2020 establishments in California
Companies based in Los Angeles
Mass media companies established in 2020
SpringHill Entertainment
Video production companies
American companies established in 2020