Storyteller Distribution Co., LLC, d/b/a Amblin Partners, is a production company, led by Steven Spielberg, that develops and produces films using the Amblin Entertainment and Participant banners and includes Amblin Television. The company's investment partners include Participant, Reliance Entertainment, Entertainment One, Alibaba Pictures, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures.[3]
History[]
Amblin Partners was founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeff Skoll of Participant Media, Anil Ambani of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group and Darren Throop of Entertainment One on December 16, 2015. The company will primarily focus on producing and distributing films and television using the DreamWorks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment and Participant Media brands.[4] For films, it will use the original DreamWorks label for mature content, Amblin label for family-friendly content, and Participant label for social justice content, although the latter will remain a separate company.[5]
On the same day as the company's formation, Amblin Partners announced that it entered into a five-year distribution deal with Universal Pictures by which the films will be distributed and marketed by either the main Universal label or its specialty label, Focus Features.[6][7] The Girl on the Train was the first film released under the new agreement.[8]
On October 9, 2016, Amblin Partners struck a deal with China's Alibaba Pictures, in which Alibaba acquired a minority equity stake in the company and will handle marketing, distribution support and merchandising of Amblin Partners films in China in addition to co-financing Amblin and DreamWorks films worldwide.[1][9] On February 15, 2017, Universal acquired a minority stake in Amblin Partners,[10] strengthening the relationship between Universal and Amblin,[2] and reuniting a minority percentage of the DreamWorks Pictures label with its former animation division DreamWorks Animation,[11] which was acquired by Universal's parent company NBCUniversal in 2016.[12]
In December 2017, Amblin Partners signed a music publishing deal with BMG Rights Management, covering music from its films and TV series.[13]
On August 22, 2019, Hasbro announced that it will acquire Entertainment One for at least $4 billion. The acquisition was completed on December 30, 2019, resulting in the toy company inheriting eOne's stake in Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Pictures.[14]
Filmography[]
Released[]
Upcoming[]
| Title | Release date | Co-production | Film distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Come Play[17] | July 24, 2020 | Participant Media and The Picture Company | Focus Features |
| The Trial of the Chicago 7 | September 25, 2020 | DreamWorks Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures and Marc Platt Productions | Paramount Pictures |
| BIOS | October 2, 2020 | Amblin Entertainment, ImageMovers Dutch Angle, and Misher Films | Universal Pictures |
| West Side Story | December 18, 2020 | 20th Century Studios, Regency Enterprises and Amblin Entertainment | 20th Century Studios |
| Fire and Ice Road | September 10, 2021 | DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Media Group, Amblin Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment, Participant, New Repubilc Pictures, Escape Artists, Syncopy Films and Scott Free Productions | Universal Pictures |
| The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara[18] | TBA | DreamWorks Pictures and Amblin Entertainment[19] | |
| Untitled Blackhawk film[20] | Warner Bros. Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, DC Entertainment | Warner Bros. Pictures | |
| Cheshire Crossing[21] | TBA | TBA |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners Inks Strategic Pact With Alibaba Pictures", Variety, October 9, 2016. Retrieved on February 24, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Universal Studios Buys a Minority Stake in Amblin Partners", Comingsoon.net, February 15, 2017. Retrieved on February 20, 2017.
- ↑ "DreamWorks Studios, Participant Media, Reliance Entertainment and Entertainment One Form Amblin Partners, a New Film, Television and Digital Content Creation Company" (in en). 2015-12-16. https://www.participantmedia.com/2015/12/dreamworks-studios-participant-media-reliance-entertainment-and-entertainment-one-form.
- ↑ "Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Studios in Deal to Form New Company", The New York Times, December 16, 2015. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Relaunches as Amblin Partners". The Wall Street Journal. December 16, 2015. https://www.wsj.com/articles/steven-spielbergs-dreamworks-relaunches-as-amblin-partners-1450301848. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Steven Spielberg, Jeff Skoll Bring Amblin Partners to Universal", Variety, December 16, 2015. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
- ↑ "It's Official: Spielberg, DreamWorks, Participant, eOne, Others Pact For Amblin Partners", Deadline.com, December 16, 2015. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Steven Spielberg, Jeff Skoll Team to Form Amblin Partners, Strike Distribution Deal With Universal", The Hollywood Reporter, December 16, 2015. Retrieved on December 22, 2015.
- ↑ Faughnder, Ryan. "Universal buys minority stake in Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners". http://www.latimes.com/la-fi-ct-universal-amblin-20170215-story.html.
- ↑ Lieberman, David. "Universal Buys Minority Stake In Amblin Partners", Deadline, 2017-02-15. (in en-US)
- ↑ "Universal Acquires Minority Stake in Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners", TheWrap, 2017-02-15. (in en-US)
- ↑ McNary, Dave (22 August 2016). "Comcast Completes $3.8 Billion Purchase of DreamWorks Animation". https://variety.com/2016/film/news/comcast-completes-dreamworks-animation-purchase-1201842240/.
- ↑ Staff, Variety (December 18, 2017). "Amblin Partners Inks Exclusive Music-Publishing Deal With BMG". https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/amblin-partners-inks-exclusive-music-publishing-deal-with-bmg-1202643535.
- ↑ Low, Elaine (August 22, 2019). "Hasbro Adquires Entertainment One in $4 Billion All-Cash Deal". Variety. https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/hasbro-acquires-entertainment-one-in-4-billion-all-cash-deal-1203311068/. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 "Film releases". Variety Insight. https://www.varietyinsight.com/print_featurefilm_releases.php. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
- ↑ Hermanns, Grant (September 27, 2018). "How to Train Your Dragon 3 Release Date Moved Up One Week". http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/988553-how-to-train-your-dragon-3-bumped-up-a-week. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
- ↑ Douglas, Edward (12 February 2018). "Amblin Partners, Picture Co. Turning Jacob Chase Horror Short "Larry" into Feature". https://www.tracking-board.com/amblin-partners-picture-co-turning-jacob-chase-horror-short-larry-into-feature/.
- ↑ Masters, Kim (2016-06-16). "Steven Spielberg on DreamWorks' Past, Amblin's Present and His Own Future". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/steven-spielberg-dreamworks-past-amblins-902544. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
- ↑ Kroll, Justin (2016-04-11). "Mark Rylance to Reteam With Steven Spielberg in 'The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara'". Variety. https://variety.com/2016/film/news/steven-spielberg-kidnapping-of-edgardo-mortara-mark-rylance-1201750856/. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony. "Steven Spielberg Set To Produce His First DC Film ‘Blackhawk’ With Eye On Directing", Deadline, 2018-04-17. (in en-US)
- ↑ Kit, Borys (15 November 2019). "Amblin, Michael De Luca Tackling ‘Martian’ Author’s Fantasy Graphic Novel ‘Cheshire Crossing’ (Exclusive)". https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/amblin-michael-de-luca-tackling-martian-author-s-fantasy-graphic-novel-cheshire-crossing-1255011/.
External links[]
| v - e - dSteven Spielberg | |
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| Awards and nominations • Bibliography • Filmography | |
| Films directed | Firelight (1964) • Slipstream (1967) • Amblin' (1968) • Night Gallery ("Eyes" segment, 1969) • L.A. 2017 (1971) • Duel (1971) • Something Evil (1972) • Savage (1973) • The Sugarland Express (1974, also wrote) • Jaws (1975) • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, also wrote) • 1941 (1979) • Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) • Twilight Zone: The Movie ("Kick the Can" segment, 1983) • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) • The Color Purple (1985) • Empire of the Sun (1987) • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) • Always (1989) • Hook (1991) • Jurassic Park (1993) • Schindler's List (1993) • The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) • Amistad (1997) • Saving Private Ryan (1998) • A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001, also wrote) • Minority Report (2002) • Catch Me If You Can (2002) • The Terminal (2004) • War of the Worlds (2005) • Munich (2005) • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) • The Adventures of Tintin (2011) • War Horse (2011) • Lincoln (2012) • Bridge of Spies (2015) • The BFG (2016) • The Post (2017) • Ready Player One (2018) • Funimals (2018) • The Hampster Movie (2019) • West Side Story (2020) • Gwen and Dan: Level Two (2021) |
| Films written | Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973) • Poltergeist (1982, also produced) • The Goonies (1985) |
| Films produced | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) • Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) • Flags of Our Fathers (2006) • Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) • Super 8 (2011) • The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) • Penguinopolis (2018) |
| Television | Amazing Stories (1985–87) • High Incident (1996–97) • Invasion America (1998) |
| See also | USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education
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| Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group |
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