Spyglass Entertainment

Spyglass Entertainment
The current Spyglass Entertainment logo
Type	Private
Industry	Film
Predecessor	Caravan Pictures
Founded	1998
Founder(s)	Gary Barber Roger Birnbaum
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, United States
Key people	Jeffrey Chernov Jonathan Glickman
Products	Motion pictures
Parent	Cerberus Capital Management
Website	http://www.spyglassentertainment.com

Spyglass Entertainment is an American film production company, co-founded by Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum in 1998.^[1] The studio was founded with an investment from European media conglomerates Kirch Group and Mediaset,^[2] and a five-year distribution deal with The Walt Disney Company.^[3] It is currently owned by Cerberus Capital Management.

Barber and Birnbaum serve as co-CEOs, while Jonathan Glickman serves as the current President of Production. Jeffrey Chernov was once a production executive at Spyglass Entertainment.

Spyglass Entertainment is expected to finalize a deal to take over 5% of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.^[4]^[5]

The MGM creditors have approved the Spyglass Entertainment plan.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Contents

1 UK Distributors
2 Production filmography
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

UK Distributors

Buena Vista International (2002-2005)
Optimum Releasing (2009-present)

Production filmography

1990s

Instinct (1999) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)
The Sixth Sense (1999) (co-production with Hollywood Pictures, Blinding Edge Pictures and The Kennedy/Marshall Company)
The Insider (1999) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)

2000s

Mission to Mars (2000) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)
Keeping the Faith (2000) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)
Shanghai Noon (2000) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)
Out Cold (2001) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)
Dragonfly (2002) (co-production with Universal Pictures)
Abandon (2002) (co-production with Paramount Pictures)
Reign of Fire (2002) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)
The Recruit (2003) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)
Shanghai Knights (2003) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)
Bruce Almighty (2003) (co-production with Universal Pictures)
Seabiscuit (2003) (co-production with Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures)
Connie and Carla (2004) (co-production with Universal Pictures)
Mr. 3000 (2004) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures, Dimension Films and The Kennedy/Marshall Company)
The Pacifier (2005) (co-production with Walt Disney Pictures)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures and Hammer and Tongs)
The Legend of Zorro (2005) (co-production with Columbia Pictures and Amblin Entertainment)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) (co-production with Columbia Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures and Red Wagon Productions)
Eight Below (2006) (co-production with Walt Disney Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, and Mandeville Films)
Stay Alive (2006) (co-production with Hollywood Pictures and Endgame Entertainment)
Stick It (2006) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)
The Lookout (2007) (co-production with Miramax Films)
The Invisible (2007) (co-production with Hollywood Pictures)
Evan Almighty (2007) (co-production with Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Shady Acres Entertainment and Original Film)
Underdog (2007) (co-production with Walt Disney Pictures and Classic Media)
Balls of Fury (2007) (co-production with Rogue Pictures, Relativity Media and Intrepid Pictures)
27 Dresses (2008) (co-production with Twentieth Century Fox)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) (co-production with Universal Pictures)
The Ruins (2008) (co-production with DreamWorks Pictures)
The Happening (2008) (co-production with Twentieth Century Fox, Blinding Edge Pictures and UTV Motion Pictures)
The Love Guru (2008) (co-production with Paramount Pictures)
Wanted (2008) (co-production with Universal Pictures)
Ghost Town (2008) (co-production with DreamWorks Pictures)
Flash of Genius (2008) (co-production with Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment)
Four Christmases (2008) (co-production with New Line Cinema)
Star Trek (2009) (co-production with Paramount Pictures)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) (co-production with Paramount Pictures and Hasbro)
Invictus (2009) (co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures)

2010s

Leap Year (2010) (co-production with Universal Pictures, Relativity Media and Optimum Releasing)
Get Him to the Greek (2010) (co-production with Universal Pictures, Relativity Media and Apatow Productions)
Dinner for Schmucks (2010) (co-production with Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures)
The Tourist (2010) (co-production with Columbia Pictures and GK Films)
The Dilemma (2011) (co-production with Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment)
No Strings Attached (2011) (co-production with Paramount Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company and Cold Spring Pictures)
Footloose (2011) (co-production with Paramount Pictures and MTV Films)
The Vow (2012) (co-production with Screen Gems)
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2012) (co-production with Paramount Pictures, MGM and Gary Sanchez Productions)
Excalibur (TBA) (co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures)

See also

Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go

References

^ Eller, Claudia (May 23, 2000). "Spyglass Hopes for More Good 'Sense' in Future Projects". Los Angeles Times: p. C1. http://articles.latimes.com/2000/may/23/business/fi-32930. Retrieved May 12, 2010. (Alternate link.)
^ Mattzer, Marla (October 29, 1998). "European Firms to Invest in Spyglass". Los Angeles Times: p. C4. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/35507765.html?dids=35507765:35507765&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
^ Eller, Claudia (August 21, 1998). "Spyglass Offers Disney Lower-Risk Deals". Los Angeles Times: p. D5. http://articles.latimes.com/1998/aug/21/business/fi-15109. Retrieved May 12, 2010. (Alternate link.)
^ MGM Has New CEOs as Spyglass Entetainment Finalizes Deal to Control the Studio, SlashFilm, October 7, 2010
^ MGM Finally Files for Bankruptcy, On the Box, October 8, 2010
^ Spyglass Plan Approved By MGM Creditors, Los Angeles Times, October 29, 2010
^ MGM Creditors Approve Spyglass Plan, Variety, October 29, 2010
^ MGM Creditors Approve Spyglass Takeover, The Wrap, October 29, 2010
^ MGM in Deal to Cut Debt, Los Angeles Times, October 30, 2010

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