Level 1 Entertainment

Level 1 Entertainment LLC^[1] is an American film production company. It was founded in January 2003 by film producer Bill Todman, Jr. (the son of game show producer Bill Todman) and real estate and banking magnate Edward Milstein. Paul Schwake joined the company later that year as chief operating officer.^[2]

Level 1 Entertainment LLC

Company type	Movie studio
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	January 2003; 22 years ago (2003-01)
Founder	Bill Todman, Jr. Edward Milstein
Headquarters	9150 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California[1]
Products	Motion pictures
Website	Level1Ent.com

In 2006, Level 1 released their first film, the comedy Grandma's Boy, through 20th Century Fox and in collaboration with Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions. They again worked with Happy Madison on the comedy Strange Wilderness, which was released on February 1, 2008.

Level 1 also financed New Line Cinema's Rendition, starring Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal. They were initially a financial partner on Star Trek along with Paramount Pictures and J. J. Abrams' production company, Bad Robot,^[3] but were later replaced by Spyglass Entertainment.

Filmography

Release Date	Title	Director(s)	Production partners	Distributor(s)	Budget	Box office
January 6, 2006	Grandma's Boy	Nicholaus Goossen	Happy Madison Productions	20th Century Fox	$5 million[4]	$6.6 million[4][5]
October 19, 2007	Rendition	Gavin Hood	Anonymous Content	New Line Cinema	$27.5 million[6]	$27 million[7]
February 1, 2008	Strange Wilderness	Fred Wolf	Happy Madison Productions	Paramount Pictures	$20 million[8]	$6.9 million[9]
March 23, 2013[10]	Detour	William Dickerson	Fishbowl Films	Gravitas Ventures
2014	The Grays	Henry Hobson

See also

• Caravan Pictures
• Spyglass Entertainment