XLrator Media is an American
film distributor
A film distributor is responsible for the Film promotion, marketing of a film. The distribution company may be the same with, or different from, the production company. Distribution deals are an important part of financing a film.
The distributo ...
headquartered in
Los Angeles, California. The CEO is Barry Gordon, who founded the company in April 2010. In 2014, they began offering
film production
Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casti ...
services in partnership with other companies.
History
Barry Gordon founded XLRator Media in April 2010. XLrator acts as a releasing company and partners with ARC Entertainment for the physical distribution. Gordon said that their market is films with an acquisition cost in "the low-seven-figure range". In 2012, XLrator launched the label Turbo for international action films, partnered with
Screamfest Horror Film Festival to create a horror-themed label curated by them, and created their own
genre film Genre film may refer to:
* A film conforming to a well-defined film genre
* Genre Films, aka Kinberg Genre, a television and film production company
* ''Genre'' (1996 film), a live-action/animated short by Don Hertzfeldt
See also
* Genre, the ge ...
label, Macabre. In 2014, XLrator partnered with
New Artists Alliance
New Artists Alliance is an American independent film production company. It was founded in 2007 by Gabriel Cowan and John Suits, who met at film school. It focuses primarily on genre films. In order keep costs down, New Artists Alliance share pr ...
to co-produce and distribute three science fiction films, and in 2015, they partnered with RNR to co-produce and distribute three action-thriller films. The same year, the Macabre label was made available on
Hulu
Hulu () is an American subscription streaming service majority-owned by The Walt Disney Company, with Comcast's NBCUniversal holding a minority stake. It was launched on October 29, 2007 and it offers a library of films and television serie ...
, an online video service. In 2016, they partnered with
Rugged Entertainment
Rugged Entertainment LLC is a full service film and media production company, founded in 2007 by Academy Award Nominated Director Peter Spirer after his tenures at QD3 Entertainment Aslan Productions and Metropolis Films. Rugged Entertainmen ...
to create the Lifeline documentary label and partnered with
Blue Fox Entertainment to distribute fifteen genre films per year, starting in October 2016.
References
External links
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2010 establishments in California
Companies based in Los Angeles
American companies established in 2010
Film distributors of the United States
Film production companies of the United States
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