American independent film production company
Mandeville Films Company type Private Industry Founded January 15, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-01-15 ) (original) August 1, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-08-01 ) (relaunch) Founder David Hoberman Defunct July 26, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-07-26 ) (original) Successor Hyde Park Entertainment (original)Headquarters , U.S.
Key people
Owner
David Hoberman
Todd Lieberman
Website mandfilms .com
Mandeville Films is an American film production company headquartered in Burbank, California . Founded in 1995 by David Hoberman [ 1] the company re-formed as Mandeville Films and Television in 2002 after a short hiatus for three years, with Hoberman and Lieberman as partners and co-owners.[ 2]
History
Film executive David Hoberman founded Mandeville Films in January 1995 as he exited Walt Disney Studios with a five-year, multi-picture production deal.[ 3]
In 1999, Todd Lieberman became studio partner and as president.[ 4] A week later, Hoberman and its employees both left Mandeville to form a self-financing outfit, Hyde Park Entertainment , with Ashok Amritraj (former founder of Franchise Pictures ), with split deals at the Walt Disney Studios and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as the company initially went inactive.[ 5] [ 6]
In 2002, Amritaj and Hoberman split their ties, and Hoberman himself reformed Mandeville Films with an exclusive five-year contract with Walt Disney Studios .[ 2] [ 7] Hoberman brought along fellow producer Todd Lieberman as a partner, who worked with Hoberman when he was senior vice president for international finance at Hyde Park Entertainment.
When Mandeville Films returned to the studios, it was scheduled to produce two films each for Touchstone and MGM : Walking Tall , Raising Helen , The Last Shot , and Beauty Shop . The studio itself went back to Disney in 2006 to co-produce Eight Below and The Shaggy Dog back-to-back.[citation needed ]
Mandeville Films has an ongoing partnership with ABC , they renewed their contracts in July 2015, for two more years.[ 8]
In May 2018, Mandeville Films ended its partnership with Disney to sign with Universal Pictures for a "first-look production agreement".[ 9] In 2022, Todd Lieberman split off their ties from the production company.[ 10] The group was later reformed as Hobie Films with a deal with Lionsgate on February 21, 2023.[ 11]
Filmography
Feature films
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Upcoming
Television series
Made for television films
References
^ "About - Mandeville Films" . MandFilms.com. Retrieved May 26, 2015 .
^ a b "About David Hoberman, UCLA Visiting Asst. Professor" . UCLA. Archived from the original on May 11, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2009 .
^ Welkos, Robert W.; Bate, James (January 11, 1995). "Disney Live Action Film Chief Quits : Studios: Hoberman's departure is a further dismantling of the former Katzenberg team" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved March 31, 2017 .
^ Lyons, Charles (1999-07-20). "Lieberman off Summit for Mandeville prod'n veep" . Variety . Retrieved 2024-08-27 .
^ Carver, Benedict (1999-07-26). "Amritraj, Hoberman set up shop" . Variety . Retrieved 2024-08-27 .
^ Carver, Benedict (1999-08-05). "Hyde Park splits pix with Disney, MGM" . Variety . Retrieved 2024-08-27 .
^ Harris, Dana; Dunkley, Cathy (2002-08-01). "Hyde Park duo split" . Variety . Retrieved 2020-05-03 .
^ Lincoln, Ross A. (July 20, 2015). "ABC Extends Deal With Mandeville Films" .
^ Esteves, Anthony (May 4, 2018). "Producers of Beauty and The Beast Leave Disney For Universal Deal" . Latino Review Media . Retrieved May 4, 2018 .
^ White, Peter (2022-02-25). "Mandeville Films & Television's David Hoberman & Todd Lieberman In Talks To Split & Pursue Separate Projects" . Deadline . Retrieved 2024-08-27 .
^ Grobar, Matt (2023-02-21). " 'Shotgun Wedding' Producer David Hoberman Launches Hobie Films Banner, Appoints Julie Meschko As VP" . Deadline . Retrieved 2024-09-04 .
^ Kit, Borys (August 16, 2012). " 'The Muppets' Producer Mandeville Re-Ups With Disney (Exclusive)" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 19, 2012 .
^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (2020-02-11). "Lionsgate & Mandeville Films Reteam For 'Undercover' With Zachary Levi & Cole Sprouse" . Deadline . Retrieved 2020-02-17 .
^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (2019-12-12). "Lionsgate Closes Pic Rights On Ubisoft Video Game Series 'Rabbids' With Mandeville To Produce; Todd Strauss-Schulson In Talks To Direct" . Deadline . Retrieved 2019-12-18 .
^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (October 2, 2019). " 'Treasure Island': Dean DeBlois Set To Direct Take On Classic Novel For Universal & Mandeville Films" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 17, 2019 .
^ "Universal, Mandeville Films Team for YA Fantasy 'Scholomance' " . www.hollywoodreporter.com . 26 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-02 .
^ " 'Toy Story 4' Director Josh Cooley Tackling 'Little Monsters' for Universal (Exclusive)" . The Hollywood Reporter . 10 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-10 .
^ Pedersen, Erik (2017-07-11). "Universal Pirouettes To 'Swan Lake' Pitch; 'Rogue One's Felicity Jones To Star" . Deadline . Retrieved 2020-08-29 .
^ Kroll, Justin (2020-08-13). "Jessica Swale To Pen Universal's 'Swan Lake' Film Starring Felicity Jones" . Deadline . Retrieved 2020-08-29 .
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