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[[Image:Imagine Entertainment.PNG|thumbnail|274px|Imagine Entertainment's current logo.]]


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'''Imagine Entertainment''' is a [[film]] and [[television]] [[production company]] founded in 1986 by director [[Ron Howard (director)|Ron Howard]] and producer [[Brian Grazer]]. Their productions include the television series ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'' and ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' and the films ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'', ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'', and ''[[The Da Vinci Code (film)|The Da Vinci Code]]''.
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'''Imagine Entertainment''' is a [[film]] and [[television]] [[production company]] founded in 1986 by director [[Ron Howard (director)|Ron Howard]] and producer [[Brian Grazer]].
Karen Kehela Sherwood is co-chair with Grazer and Howard. Michael Rosenberg is the President of Entertainment and Jim Whitaker is President of Production. David Nevins is the current President of Grazer and Howard's television venture, "Imagine Television".


Its productions include the [[television program|television series]] ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'' (airing since 2001) and ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' (2003&ndash;2006) and the films ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'' (1995), ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'' (2001) and ''[[The Da Vinci Code (film)|The Da Vinci Code]]'' (2006).
The feature film division is associated with [[Universal Studios]], which has distributed many of Imagine's productions, some with other studios. The television division currently has a deal with Twentieth Century Fox.


==Organization==
The logo's music was composed by [[Thomas Newman]].
Karen Kehela Sherwood is co-chair with Grazer and Howard. Michael Rosenberg is the president of entertainment and Jim Whitaker is president of production. David Nevins is the president of Grazer and Howard's television venture, '''Imagine Television'''.


==Feature-film division==
Imagine partnered with [[DreamWorks|DreamWorks SKG]] and [[Vulcan Inc.|Vulcan Ventures]] to buy movie website CountingDown.com in June 2000.
The feature-film division has participated in over sixty productions and is associated with [[Universal Studios]], which has distributed many of Imagine's productions, some with other studios.


<!-- all movies made before 1989 are not listed on the Imagine Entertainment website. -->
==Television==
===1980s===
*''[[Lie to Me*]]'' ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]) 2009-Present
{{multicol}}
*''[[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]]'' ([[NBC]]) 2006-Present
'''1987'''
*''[[Shark (TV series)|Shark]] ([[CBS]]) 2006-2008
*''[[Like Father Like Son (1987 film)|Like Father Like Son]]''<ref>[http://www.movieposter.com/poster/A70-4203/Like_Father_Like_Son.html Like Father Like Son original movie poster<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*''[[Quintuplets]]'' ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]) 2004
'''1988'''
*''[[Miss Match]]'' ([[NBC]]) 2003-2004
*''[[Vibes (film)|Vibes]]''<ref>[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/Vibesad.jpg Wikipedia image-Vibes ad<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' (FOX) 2003-2006
*''[[Willow (film)|Willow]]''<ref>[http://www.impawards.com/1988/willow_ver2_xlg.html Willow original movie poster<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*''[[The Big House]]'' ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]) 2003
{{col-break}}
*''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'' (FOX) 2001-Present
'''1989'''
*''[[The Beast (TV series)|The Beast]]'' (ABC) 2001
*''[[The 'Burbs]]''
*''[[Wonderland (TV series)|Wonderland]]'' (ABC) 2000
*''[[The PJs]]'' (FOX) 1999-2000
*''[[The Dream Team (film)|The Dream Team]]''
*''[[Sports Night]]'' (ABC) 1998-2000
*''[[Parenthood]]''
{{col-end}}
*''[[Felicity]]'' ([[The WB Television Network|The WB]]) 1998-2002
*''[[From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)|From the Earth to the Moon]]'' ([[HBO]]) 1998
*''[[Curious George]]'' (PBS)


==Film==
===1990s===
{{col-begin}}
{{multicol}}
'''1990'''
{{col-2}}
*''[[Cry-Baby]]''
TBA
*''[[24 (TV series)#Feature Film|24]]''
*''[[Kindergarten Cop]]''
*''[[Problem Child (1990 film)|Problem Child]]''
'''1991'''
*''[[Backdraft (film)|Backdraft]]''
*''[[Closet Land]]''
*''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]''
*''[[My Girl (film)|My Girl]]''
*''[[Problem Child 2]]''
'''1992'''
*''[[Boomerang (1992 film)|Boomerang]]''
*''[[Far and Away]]''
*''[[HouseSitter]]''
'''1993'''
*''[[CB4]]''
*''[[Cop and a Half]]''
*''[[For Love or Money (film)|For Love or Money]]''
'''1994'''
*''[[The Cowboy Way (film)|The Cowboy Way]]''
*''[[My Girl 2]]''
*''[[The Paper]]''
{{col-break}}
'''1995'''
*''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]''
'''1996'''
*''[[The Chamber (film)|The Chamber]]''
*''[[Fear (film)|Fear]]''
*''[[The Nutty Professor (1996 film)|The Nutty Professor]]''
*''[[Ransom (1996 film)|Ransom]]''
*''[[Sgt. Bilko (film)|Sgt. Bilko]]''
'''1997'''
*''[[Inventing the Abbotts]]''
*''[[Liar Liar]]''
'''1998'''
*''[[Mercury Rising]]''
*''[[Psycho (1998 film)|Psycho]]''
'''1999'''
*''[[Bowfinger]]''
*''[[EdTV]]''
*''[[Life (film)|Life]]''
{{col-end}}


===2000s===
{{col-2}}
{{multicol}}

'''2000'''
2011
*''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]''
*''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (film)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''
*''[[Nutty Professor II: The Klumps]]''
2010
'''2001'''
*''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]''
*''[[Young Americans (2010 film)|Young Americans]]''
*''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''
'''2002'''
2009
*''[[Angels & Demons (film)|Angels & Demons]]''
*''[[Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!]]''
2008
*''[[Changeling (film)|Changeling]]''
*''[[Frost/Nixon (film)|Frost/Nixon]]''
2007
*''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''
2006
*''[[Phase Three]]''
*''[[The Da Vinci Code (film)|The Da Vinci Code]]''
*''[[Inside Man]]''
*''[[Curious George (film)|Curious George]]''
2005
*''[[Flightplan]]''
*''[[Cinderella Man]]''
*''[[Inside Deep Throat]]''
*''[[Fun with Dick and Jane (2005 film)|Fun with Dick and Jane]]''
2004
*''[[Friday Night Lights (film)|Friday Night Lights]]''
2003
*''[[The Missing]]''
*''[[Intolerable Cruelty]]''
*''[[The Cat in the Hat (film)|The Cat in the Hat]]''
2002
*''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]''
*''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]''
*''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'' ([[IMAX]] DMR edited re-release)
*''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'' ([[IMAX]] DMR-edited [[Reissue|re-release]]){{Clarify|date=March 2010|reason=what is DMR?}}
*''[[Blue Crush]]''
*''[[Blue Crush]]''
*''[[Undercover Brother]]''
*''[[Stealing Harvard]]''
*''[[Stealing Harvard]]''
*''[[Undercover Brother]]''
2001
'''2003'''
*''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''
*''[[The Cat in the Hat (film)|The Cat in the Hat]]''
2000
*''[[Intolerable Cruelty]]''
*''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (film)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''
*''[[Nutty Professor II: The Klumps]]''
*''[[The Missing]]''
'''2004'''
1999
*''[[Friday Night Lights (film)|Friday Night Lights]]''
*''[[Bowfinger]]''
{{col-break}}
*''[[EdTV]]''
'''2005'''
*''[[Life (film)|Life]]''
*''[[Cinderella Man]]''
*''[[Flightplan]]''
*''[[Fun with Dick and Jane (2005 film)|Fun with Dick and Jane]]''
*''[[Inside Deep Throat]]''
'''2006'''
*''[[Curious George (film)|Curious George]]''
*''[[The Da Vinci Code (film)|The Da Vinci Code]]''
*''[[Inside Man]]''
*''[[Phase Three]]''
'''2007'''
*''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''
'''2008'''
*''[[Changeling (film)|Changeling]]''
*''[[Frost/Nixon (film)|Frost/Nixon]]''
'''2009'''
*''[[Angels & Demons (film)|Angels & Demons]]''
*''[[Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!]]''
{{col-end}}


===2010s===
{{col-2}}
{{multicol}}
'''2010'''
*''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]''
*''[[Young Americans (2010 film)|Young Americans]]''
{{col-break}}
'''2011'''
*''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]''
'''To be announced'''
*''[[24 (TV series)#Feature Film|24]]''
{{col-end}}


==Television division==
1998
Its television division, Imagine Television, has participated in over fifteen productions. It is currently{{Clarify|date=March 2010|reason="currntly" is meaningless in an encyclopaedia}} has a deal with [[20th Century Fox|Twentieth Century Fox]].
*''[[Psycho (1998 film)|Psycho]]''
*''[[Mercury Rising]]''
1997
*''[[Liar Liar]]''
*''[[Inventing the Abbotts]]''
1996
*''[[Ransom (1996 film)|Ransom]]''
*''[[The Chamber (film)|The Chamber]]''
*''[[The Nutty Professor (1996 film)|The Nutty Professor]]''
*''[[Fear (film)|Fear]]''
*''[[Sgt. Bilko (film)|Sgt. Bilko]]''
1995
*''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]''
1994
*''[[The Cowboy Way (film)|The Cowboy Way]]''
*''[[The Paper]]''
*''[[My Girl 2]]''
1993
*''[[For Love or Money (film)|For Love or Money]]''
*''[[CB4]]''
*''[[Cop and a Half]]''
1992
*''[[Boomerang (1992 film)|Boomerang]]''
*''[[HouseSitter]]''
*''[[Far and Away]]''
1991
*''[[My Girl (film)|My Girl]]''
*''[[Problem Child 2]]''
*''[[Backdraft (film)|Backdraft]]''
*''[[Closet Land]]''
*''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]''
1990
*''[[Kindergarten Cop]]''
*''[[Problem Child (1990 film)|Problem Child]]''
*''[[Cry-Baby]]''


===Television productions===
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|- style="text-align:left;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year(s)
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Network/Channel
|-
|1998&ndash;2003 ||''[[Felicity]]'' ||[[The WB Television Network|The WB]]
|-
|1998 ||''[[From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)|From the Earth to the Moon]]'' ||[[HBO]]
|-
|1998&ndash;2000 ||''[[Sports Night]]'' ||[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|1999&ndash;2000 ||''[[The PJs]]'' ||[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|2000 ||''[[Wonderland (TV series)|Wonderland]]'' ||[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|since 2001 ||''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'' ||[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|2001 ||''[[The Beast (TV series)|The Beast]]'' ||[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|2003&ndash;2006 ||''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' ||[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|2003 ||''[[The Big House]]'' ||[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|2003&ndash;2004 ||''[[Miss Match]]'' ||[[NBC]]
|-
|2004 ||''[[Quintuplets]]'' ||[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|since 2006 ||''[[Curious George (TV series)|Curious George]]'' ||[[PBS]]
|-
|since 2006 ||''[[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]]'' ||[[NBC]]
|-
|2006&ndash;2008 ||''[[Shark (TV series)|Shark]] ||[[CBS]]
|-
|since 2009 ||''[[Lie to Me]]'' ||[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|since 2010 ||''[[Parenthood (2010 TV series)|Parenthood]]'' || [[NBC]]
|-
|}


==Logo music==
1989
The company's [[logo]] music{{Clarify|date=March 2010|reason=needs rephrasing - doubt a "logo" has music". perhaps "title card"?}} was composed by [[Thomas Newman]].
*''[[Parenthood]]''
*''[[The Dream Team (film)|The Dream Team]]''
*''[[The 'Burbs]]''
<!-- all movies made before 1989 are not listed on the Imagine Entertainment website. -->
1988
*''[[Vibes (film)|Vibes]]''<ref>[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/Vibesad.jpg Wikipedia image-Vibes ad<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*''[[Willow (film)|Willow]]''<ref>[http://www.impawards.com/1988/willow_ver2_xlg.html Willow original movie poster<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


==CountingDown.com==
1987
The company partnered with [[DreamWorks|DreamWorks SKG]] and [[Vulcan Inc.|Vulcan Ventures]] to buy movie website [[CountingDown.com]] in June 2000.
*''[[Like Father Like Son (1987 film)|Like Father Like Son]]''<ref>[http://www.movieposter.com/poster/A70-4203/Like_Father_Like_Son.html Like Father Like Son original movie poster<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

{{col-end}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist|2}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.imagine-entertainment.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.imagine-entertainment.com imagine-entertainment.com], Imagine Enterntaiment's official website
*{{imdb company|0003687}}
*{{imdb company|0003687}}
*{{imdb company|0051458|Imagine Films Entertainment}}
*{{imdb company|0051458|Imagine Films Entertainment}}
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Revision as of 15:27, 7 March 2010

Imagine Entertainment
GenreFilm and television production company
Founded1986 (1986)
FounderBrian Grazer
Ron Howard
Headquarters
United States
Websiteimagine-entertainment.com

Imagine Entertainment is a film and television production company founded in 1986 by director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer.

Its productions include the television series 24 (airing since 2001) and Arrested Development (2003–2006) and the films Apollo 13 (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001) and The Da Vinci Code (2006).

Organization

Karen Kehela Sherwood is co-chair with Grazer and Howard. Michael Rosenberg is the president of entertainment and Jim Whitaker is president of production. David Nevins is the president of Grazer and Howard's television venture, Imagine Television.

Feature-film division

The feature-film division has participated in over sixty productions and is associated with Universal Studios, which has distributed many of Imagine's productions, some with other studios.

1980s

Template:Multicol 1987

1988

| class="col-break " | 1989

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1990s

Template:Multicol 1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

| class="col-break " | 1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

|}

2000s

Template:Multicol 2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

| class="col-break " | 2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

|}

2010s

Template:Multicol 2010

| class="col-break " | 2011

To be announced

|}

Television division

Its television division, Imagine Television, has participated in over fifteen productions. It is currently[clarification needed] has a deal with Twentieth Century Fox.

Television productions

Year(s) Title Network/Channel
1998–2003 Felicity The WB
1998 From the Earth to the Moon HBO
1998–2000 Sports Night ABC
1999–2000 The PJs Fox
2000 Wonderland ABC
since 2001 24 Fox
2001 The Beast ABC
2003–2006 Arrested Development Fox
2003 The Big House ABC
2003–2004 Miss Match NBC
2004 Quintuplets Fox
since 2006 Curious George PBS
since 2006 Friday Night Lights NBC
2006–2008 Shark CBS
since 2009 Lie to Me Fox
since 2010 Parenthood NBC

Logo music

The company's logo music[clarification needed] was composed by Thomas Newman.

CountingDown.com

The company partnered with DreamWorks SKG and Vulcan Ventures to buy movie website CountingDown.com in June 2000.

References

  1. ^ Like Father Like Son original movie poster
  2. ^ Wikipedia image-Vibes ad
  3. ^ Willow original movie poster
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