Millennium Entertainment
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Film, Home Entertainment, Distribution |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
| Key people | Bill Lee, (CEO) |
| Products | Independent Theatrical Films, DVD, Blu-ray |
| Website | Millennium Entertainment |
Millennium Entertainment is an independent film distributor based in Los Angeles, California. The company acquires and distributes feature films, television series and specialty programming.[1] The staff includes marketing and distribution specialist Brooke Ford[2][3] and Andy Gruenberg,[3]
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History[edit]
Millennium Entertainment is 60% owned by production company Nu Image. Exclusive Media Group owns 20% and Prentice Capital owns the remaining stock.[4]
Following its formation in 2010, the company marked its first noteworthy theatrical release[5] in 2011 with Trust, starring Academy Award nominee Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, and Viola Davis. Other 2011 theatrical releases include[5] Puncture starring Chris Evans; Trespass starring Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman; and Little Birds starring Juno Temple and Kay Panabaker; and and Richard Linklater's Bernie, co-written by Skip Hollandsworth and Linklater, starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey.
In 2012, Millennium Entertainment distributed titles[5] included Stolen with Nicolas Cage; Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's thriller Intruders starring Clive Owen and Carice van Houten from a screenplay by Nicolás Casariego and Jaime Marques; and The Paperboy starring Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, and Zac Efron.
Millennium Entertainment owns and operates, through its content aggregation and distribution venture Millennium Media Services,[1] a film library consisting of over 1,000 titles including Paris, Je’TAime, Transsiberian, and The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, as well as the recent titles Elephant White, starring Djimon Hounsou and Kevin Bacon; Shadows and Lies, starring James Franco; and Blitz, starring Jason Statham.
Television series released by Millennium Entertainment include The Cosby Show, Baywatch, and A Different World. First Look Studios originally released all eight seasons of The Cosby Show, A Different World, and other shows on DVD, but they eventually filed bankruptcy in 2010.[6][7] Millennium Entertainment acquired all of First Look Studios’ assets, and continued to release them in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, and other U.S. Territories.[8]
In April 2013, it was announced that Millennium Entertainment will be sold, and an investment company, Salem Partners, will assist in the sale.[4]
Releases[edit]
TV series[9][edit]
- A Different World
- Baywatch
- Flipping Out
- Guy's Big Bite
- Hell's Kitchen (U.S)
- McMillan & Wife
- The Cosby Show
- The Millionaire Matchmaker
- The Rachel Zoe Project
- The Invisible Man
- Unsolved Mysteries
Animated[edit]
Films[5][edit]
- A Little Bit of Heaven
- Alpha Males Experiment
- Bernie
- Blitz
- Dead Awake
- Dead Sushi
- Elephant White
- Faces in the Crowd
- Fake (2011)
- High Road
- Hisss
- Intruders
- Laddaland
- Linklater
- Little Birds
- Puncture
- Rampart
- Red Lights
- Sacrifice
- Shadows & lies
- Spiders (2013)
- So Undercover
- Stolen
- The Babymakers
- The Elephant in the Living Room
- The Liquidator (2011)
- The Ultimate Yogi
- Trespass (2011)
- Trust
Upcoming films[5][edit]
- Khumba
- Playing Dirty
- Straight A's
- The Nocturnal
- What Maisie Knew
- Stuck in Love
- The Iceman
- Upside Down
Distributed Lines[edit]
- UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Video Asia
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Millennium Entertainment Company Profile". Millennium Entertrainment. Millennium Entertrainment. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ Ford, Brooke. "Brook Ford | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. LinkedIn. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Millennium Entertainment - Production Company | Backstage". Backstage. Backstage. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ a b Millennium On The Block; Salem Partners To Handle Sale Of Distribution Unit. Deadline.com (April 22, 2013).
- ^ a b c d e "Millennium Entertainment [us]". IMDb. IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ Ofgang, Kenneth. "Court Revives Suit Over Profits From Ving Rhames Movie.". Metropolitan News-Enterprise. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ "FIRST LOOK MEDIA INC (FIRST:OTC US): Stock Quote & Company Profile - Businessweek". Businessweek. Bloomberg. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ "First Look Studios Acquired by Millennium Entertainment.". Blu-ray.com. Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ "Millennium Entertainment TV Shows". DVD Empire.com. Right Ascension, Inc. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
External links[edit]
- Millennium Entertainment official site
- Millennium Entertainment official YouTube channel
