FilmNation Entertainment

FilmNation Entertainment, LLC is an American entertainment company focused on film production, financing, and distribution.

FilmNation Entertainment, LLC

Company type	Joint venture
Industry	Film industry, Independent film production and distribution
Predecessor	Village Roadshow Pictures
Founded	2008; 17 years ago (2008)
Founder	Glen Basner
Headquarters	150 West 22nd Street 9th Floor New York City, New York 10017 United States
Key people	Glen Basner (CEO) Milan Popelka (COO)
Products	Motion picture Television program
Services	Film development Film production Film distribution Television production Theater Podcasts
Owner	Steven B. Samuels (68.97%) Village Roadshow Limited (31.03%)
Number of employees	40 (2017)[1]
Divisions	Infrared Pictures
Website	filmnation.com

History

2008–2012: Founding

FilmNation Entertainment is an independent film production and distribution company co-founded in 2008 by Glen Basner and Steven Samuels. Initially, the company was a foreign sales firm, selling distribution right in various international markets.^[1]

2012–2018: Early growth

In 2012, FilmNation produced its first film, Mud, which competed at the Cannes Film Festival.^[2] On November 6, 2013, FilmNation Entertainment became part of the American Film Market for the first time.^[3] In December 2014, Village Roadshow invested $18 million for 33% stake in the company to make film production a regular part of operations.^[1] With growing success, the Los Angeles Times labeled FilmNation as "the emerging Oscar powerhouse you've never heard of."^[1]

2018–present: Expansion

In April 2018, FilmNation agreed to a $120 million revolving multi-bank credit facility with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and co-led by MUFG Union Bank.^[4] The funds would be used to give films larger budgets, take on additional films and enter the TV film, theater, digital and VR content markets plus other strategic investment areas.^[5]

In early 2019, FilmNation and Nordic Entertainment Group formed a television joint venture based in the United Kingdom that will operate under the FilmNation name.^[6] Nordic Entertainment Group will have first option on exclusive distribution rights to all of the joint venture's productions in the Nordic countries.^[6] FilmNation hired Kirstie Macdonald to spearhead the London division.^[7]

Distribution

Filmography

2009

• The Joneses
• The Road

2010

• Ceremony
• Frozen
• I Love You Too
• The King's Speech
• The Ward

2011

• The Oranges
• The Flowers of War
• Sanctum
• Seeking Justice
• The Skin I Live In
• Take Shelter

2012

• Act of Valor
• Gambit
• House at the End of the Street
• Aftershock
• Chernobyl Diaries
• Lawless
• Lola Versus
• Looper
• Magic Mike
• Midnight's Children
• Mirror Mirror
• Mud
• The Raven
• Red Dawn
• To the Wonder
• To Rome with Love

2013

• 21 & Over^[8]
• All Is Lost
• Blue Jasmine
• Crush
• The Bling Ring
• I'm So Excited!
• Nebraska
• Side Effects
• Safe Haven
• Under the Skin

2014

• Clown
• The Imitation Game
• Magic in the Moonlight
• A Most Violent Year
• A Most Wanted Man
• Premature
• The Rover
• The Rewrite
• Top Five
• While We're Young

2015

• American Ultra
• Knight of Cups
• Life
• Mr. Holmes
• Room^[9]
• Solace^[10]
• Regression
• Self/less
• Tracers
• Truth

2016

• Arrival
• The Promise^[11]
• The Founder
• Genius
• Café Society
• Indignation
• Julieta
• Midnight Special^[12]
• Miss Sloane
• Sing Street^[13]
• Sully
• The Whole Truth^[14]
• Zero Days^[15]

2017

• The Big Sick
• Beatriz at Dinner
• The Children Act
• Disobedience
• Gifted
• Kill Switch
• Last Flag Flying
• Logan Lucky
• The Man with the Iron Heart^[16]
• The Only Living Boy in New York
• The Sense of an Ending^[17]
• Sleepless
• The Wall
• Song to Song^[18]
• Wonderstruck
• Wonder Wheel

2018

• City of Lies
• Gloria Bell
• The Nightingale
• Beautiful Boy
• The Catcher Was a Spy
• Life Itself
• Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
• Suspiria
• Wildlife

2019

• Pain and Glory
• Late Night
• The Lodge
• The Day Shall Come
• 47 Meters Down: Uncaged
• Lucky Day
• 7500
• The Irishman
• The Aeronauts

2020

• The Courier
• Palm Springs
• Greyhound
• The Nest
• The Glorias
• Bad Hair
• Promising Young Woman
• The Human Voice
• The Personal History of David Copperfield

2021

• The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
• Larry Flynt for President
• Reminiscence
• Red Rocket
• Parallel Mothers
• Operation Mincemeat
• Spencer

2022

• The 355
• Sharp Stick
• The Outfit
• Dog
• Happening
• Three Thousand Years of Longing
• The Good Nurse
• The People We Hate at the Wedding
• Emancipation
• The Good House

2023

• You Hurt My Feelings
• Knock at the Cabin
• Down Low
• To Catch a Killer
• Asphalt City
• Firebrand
• Fingernails
• Finally Dawn
• Knox Goes Away
• Flora and Son
• Waitress: The Musical
• One Life

2024

• Babes
• Small Things like These
• Treasure
• Anora
• The Crow
• Conclave
• The Life of Chuck
• Maria

2025

• Last Breath
• In the Lost Lands
• Novocaine (under Infrared Pictures)

Upcoming

In development