Thorn Emi Studios Denmark[]
2008-2018[]
Due to not being asked for in auction, Thorn Emi Studios sold its Danish and Australian film production companies to be merged into what would become Old Dominion Pictures.
Thorn Emi Studios Australia[]
2009-2018[]
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Black Dove Productions[]
1985-2002[]
By the time of it's merger into Bel Air Entertainment, the company acquired Cinema Plus LP, Gemini Film (Czech Republic), Delta Video (France), SBP Worldwide S.A. (Argentina), Consorzio Italiano Distributori Indipendenti Film, Norstar Releasing, Produzioni Europee Associati, Planet Pictures (Italy), Alcor Films, The Stuffed Dog Company, Lantia Cinema & Audiovisivi, Filmek & Cinematograph A/S, Northern Lights (Norway), Varus Video, Filamyer (Spain), Ognon Pictures, Gateno Films (Peru), Argus Film Produktie, Icelandic Film and Elliniki Kinimatografiki Enosi.
Bel Air Entertainment[]
1998-2001[]
Bel Air Entertainment was a production company founded in 1998 by Steve Reuther. It was a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Canal+.
2001-2007[]
In 2001, Steve Reuther bought out Canal+'s 50% stake in the company and Bel Air spun off as independent. Later, European media conglomerates Kirch Group and Mediaset, along with distributors Svensk Film Industri and Lusomundo invested in theatrical, video and television distribution rights to pre-2000 films over five years for Germany, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Poland, the former Soviet Union, Scandinavia and Portugal.
In 2002, they acquired Black Dove Productions.
In 2005, they bought GoodTimes Entertainment, Luxembourg-based Carousel Picture Company, Zoma Films, Spain-based Araba Films' distribution business, German-based CinePlus Home Entertainment GmbH, FirstFilm GmbH, Allied Funds Management GmbH, Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH, IM Internationalmedia AG and it's subsidiary Intermedia, and Gaylord Films and its France-based subsidiary Pandora.
In 2007, they bought out The Ladd Company, which was also formerly a Warner Bros company, and they merged to form Highway Film Company, operating in Los Angeles and Paris.
Bel Air Distribution[]
2000-2007[]
Bel Air Distribution was formed in 2000 to distribute films internationally, starting operations in Russia, Cezch Republic, France, Spain, Iceland, Peru, Netherlands, Argentina, Norway, Italy and Greece. It merged into Highway Film Company in 2007.
Highway Film Company[]
2007-2017[]
By 2008, the American companies Ascendant Pictures, Samuels Media, Quincy Jones-David Salzman Entertainment, Mirage Enterprises, NPV Entertainment, Yari Film Group, Entertainment Manufacturing Company, FilmEngine, Virtual Studios, Skylark Productions and Rising Star Pictures, the Romanian distributor Empire, the Argentinan Gativideo, the Spanish SOROlla Films and the German VIP Media Group were acquired by the newly-established Highway Film Company.
In 2012, Highway Film Company acquired Five Drops, Moviemax Movie Group, Ascension Pictures and Cascade Film, which then became the German, Italian, Singapore/Malaysian and Russian production and distribution operations.
In 2013, the staff in the Los Angeles office moved to the new London headquarters to focus more on international distribution of independent films.
In 2015, they bought Enelmar Productions, A.I.E., Cott Productions, Fu Works, Fuqua Films, Shore Z Productions and SC Films International.
In 2017, it was acquired by, and shortly after merged into, Mirum Pictures International.
Cellulose Films Co Ltd[]
2014-2017[]
Cellulose Films was established as a Hong Kong-based division of Metro Optimum Films. In 2016, they bought out the Hong Kong operations of Great Warrior Films Co Ltd.
Armada Pictures[]
2014-2017[]
Armada Pictures was established as a Pakitsani division of Metro Optimum Films.
Angel Cat Films[]
2014-2017[]
Angel Cat Films was established as an Indonesian division of Metro Optimum Films. In January 2017, Angel Cat Films bought out Metro Optimum Films' operations in South Korea, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey.
Northern Star Media[]
2014-2017[]
Northern Star Media was established as an Vietnamese division of Metro Optimum Films.
Sunrise International Pictures[]
2014-2017[]
In 2016, Metro Optimum Pictures bought out the operations in Argentina, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Hungary, Lebanon and Montenegro.
Seven Seas Pictures[]
2014-2017[]
Seven Seas Pictures was a Tirindad division of Metro Optimum Films.
4th Dimension Film Distribution[]
2014-2017[]
4th Dimension Film Distribution was an Urugaian division of Metro Optimum Films.
Heartbeat Pictures[]
2014-2017[]
In 2017, Heartbeat Pictures bought out Metro Optimum Films' operations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Israel and Peru. In exchange, its operations in Albania, Croatia, Latvia, Romania, Slovenia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Estonia and Iceland were sold to Metro Optimum Films.
The Egyptian and Israeli operations were merged into Jaris Sunrise in February 2017.
Santa Maria Productions[]
2014-2017[]
Santa Maria Productions was a Chilean division of Metro Optimum Films.
Crystal Clear Film SRL[]
2014-2017[]
Crystal Clear Film was a Paraguaian division of Metro Optimum Films.
Jaris Films[]
2014-2017[]
Jaris Films was a division of Metro Optimum Films, based in United Arab Emirates.
Noite Films[]
2014-2017[]
Noite Films was a Brazilian film production and distribution company owned by Metro Optimum Films.
Fairy Films[]
2014-2017[]
Fairy Films was an Ecuadorian division of Metro Optimum Films.
Jaris Sunrise[]
February–May 2017[]
In March 2017, Jaris Sunrise bought out the international sales operations & international distribution, remake, television, syndication, sequel, franchise, adaptation, acquisition rights and copyright holdings of the intellectual properties of TF1 International, MarVista Entertainment, Mandalay Pictures, Troma Entertainment, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Toei, Hoyts Distribution, Participant Media, Davis Films/Metropolitan Filmexport, Red Granite Pictures, Alcon Entertainment, New World Pictures, JVC, Taft International Pictures, Spelling Films International, BMG, Jim Henson Company, Carolco, Lucasfilm, Icon Productions, American Zoetrope, October Films, Mosfilm, ITC Entertainment, Goldcrest, SF Studios and Lakeshore Entertainment.
In April 2017, they bought out Sony Pictures Releasing/Home Entertainment's (joint venture and non-JV) operations in Belgium, Spain, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Poland, Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Singapore, Thailand with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' operations in Austria and Norway; Italia Films and Revolutionary Releasing
Touchstar Films (Japan)[]
1985-1987[]
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Touchstar Pictures (Japan)[]
1987-2017[]
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Froxonium Studios[]
2014-2017[]
Froxonium Studios was an Australian division of Metro Optimum Films.
Hygo Films[]
2014-2017[]
Hygo Films was a film studio division of Laserium Entertainment geared towards theatre and direct-to-video film production and distribution, that acquires, produces and distributes 10–15 low budget, "niche" and genre films each year, along with specialty films such as documentaries, independent and art films.
Mirum World[]
2014-2017[]
Mirum World was created as an on-demand label of Mirum World for the video on demand market and streaming services.
Shockshow Pictures[]
2014-2017[]
Shockshow Pictures was a Japanese distribution and production company, which covered live action movies and television series from Japan and other Asian markets and obscure horror and exploitation films. It's a subsidiary of Laserium Films Japan, and it distributed through a label of the same name owned by Laserium-CER2 Home Entertainment.
Evan Features[]
2015-2017[]
Evan Features was a label responsible for Christian oriented films.
RKO Television Stations Productions International/Skycat Group[]
RKO Television Stations Productions International, located in Germany, Netherlands, Hungary, Spain, Ukraine and Malaysia, was a production arm of RKO Television Stations Productions. In 2008, it gained offices in UK, Northern Ireland, Sweden, China, Australia, Russia, France, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Italy and San Diego.
The international offices were spun off as a worldwide group of companies, Skycat Group, in January 2009, but was soon bought out by a group of investors in 2014, who then went on to found Crystal Television in 2016. However, Skycat London was excluded from the deal and remained as a part of RKO Television Stations Productions International, until 2009. After that, Skycat London became the main UK operations of RKO Television Stations.
In June 2009, the name was re-tired and, the only remaining, San Diego office became a part of RKO Television Stations Productions.
1992-2009 (RKO)[]
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2009-2015 (Skycat)[]
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HandWorld Pictures[]
2014-2016[]
Omar Pictures[]
2014–2016[]
Silentis Productions[]
1988 - 1991[]
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1991 - 1993[]
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1993 - 1999[]
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1999 - 2004[]
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2004 - 2010[]
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2010 - 2013[]
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2013 - 2016[]
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Redo Antique Pictures[]
1948 - 1958[]
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1958 - 1966[]
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1966 - 1978[]
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1978 - 1993[]
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1993 - 2010[]
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2010 - 2016[]
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Elrai Productions[]
1953 - 1968[]
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1968 - 1972[]
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1972 - 1985[]
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1985 - 1997[]
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1997 - 2003[]
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2003 - 2014[]
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2014 - 2016[]
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Leilah Delattre Films[]
2013-2014[]
2014-2016[]
2016-2017[]
In October 2016, LD Films became an animation department of Hippo International.
Nado Studios[]
1991 - 1996[]
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1996 - 1998[]
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1998 - 2005[]
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2005 - 2008[]
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2008 - 2011[]
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2011 - 2014[]
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2014 - 2016[]
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The Hand Channel[]
2014-2016[]
Gabriel Castro[]
2014-2016[]
Catalina Almendra[]
2014-2016[]
Renato Castro[]
2014-2016[]
Señorita Neli[]
2014-2016[]
Topitoomay Cartoon[]
2014-2016[]
Topitoomay Kids[]
2014-2016[]
Topitoomay Movie Channel[]
2014-2016[]
Daniela Castro Pictures[]
2014-2016[]
In October 2016, Daniela Castro Pictures became a big part of fiction, documentary, drama and animation departments in Hippo International.
Hippo Flim[]
2014-2016[]
Leopard Networks[]
????-2016[]
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Hippo International[]
2016-2017[]
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King Features[]
King Features (not to be confused with King Features Entertainment) was, by April 2017, a horror film division of FinleyLand Pictures used to produce and distribute horror films.
2008-2017[]
2008[]
2008-2017[]
In January 2017, King Features' "Arthouse, Artistic/Foreign, Indie and African-American Films departments" merged into Square Pictures, while Eagle Fire Entertainment acquired all of King Features' thriller/sci-fi library and teams. Bird Films Sales took over its international operations immediately afterwards.
Marble Entertainment[]
Marble Entertainment was a UK division of Polar Night Inc, and formerly of Bachmann Films.
1997-2009[]
2009-2017[]
Filmes Indenpedentes Cristãos[]
2010-2017[]
Bachmann Pathé Enterprises[]
Leopard Pathé Films[]
Crystal Television France Networks[]
2015-2017[]
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Crystal Television France[]
2015-2017[]
Both the French division and its television network focused subsidiary were established as successors to Skycat Paris.
France Film[]
France Film was a French division of Crystal Entertainment, and formerly Bachmann Films.
1991-2000[]
2000-2012[]
2012-2017[]
Family Television[]
Family Television was a company who owns FTV One that launched in 1985.
1985-1995[]
1995-1996[]
1996-2005[]
2005-2016[]
In 2016, Family Television Inc became Roblox Productions' New York operations.
Groupe France[]
1967-1990[]
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1990-2014[]
2014-2017[]
Polar Night France[]
2017[]
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Hound Television[]
Hound Television was originally the ITV franchise holder for South West Ireland from September 11, 1961 to December 31, 1981. It was lost to Bay Blues TV on January 1, 1982. All rights to the logo, idents, and name were then owned by MGM from 1992 to 2004 when a Wizadora producer James Hanna acquired the logo, idents, and name and revived Hound as an independent production company.
1961-1966[]
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1966-1969[]
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1969-1975[]
Hound TV start broadcasts in colour.
1975-1981[]
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2004-2016[]
In 2016, Hound Television became the Irish operations of Roblox Productions.
Crystal Television Dubai[]
2015-2016[]
It was founded as a successor to Super Spacetoon's production team in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It became Roblox Productions' Dubai office.
Crystal Television Germany[]
2015-2016[]
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Crystal Television Germany Fiktion & Drama[]
2015-2016[]
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Crystal Television Germany Factual & Show[]
2015-2016[]
When Ktuhbodonut2011 Holdings acquired Crystal Television Germany departments focusing on factual programming, drama and fiction, it became the German operations of Roblox Productions.
Slot Machine Entertainment[]
Slot Machine Entertainment was an in-house sub-division located in Paris, France, which focused on game shows and educational programming. The production company was merged into RKO Television Stations Productions International in 2008.
1992-2008[]
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Crystal Television France Factual & Show[]
2015-2016[]
The company was a successor to Skycat Paris' factual & show departments, which, in turn, was a successor to Slot Machine Entertainment.
Mio Group and Mio[]
2014-2016[]
Mio was a television production company in Copenhagen, Denmark, which produced and distributed content for channels in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Sweden, Faroe Islands, Åland, Norway and Finland.
The operations were merged to Roblox Productions and Mio's shell company Mio Group was closed down in October 2016.
Question Block Productions[]
March–October 2016[]
An Felling Artwork, "Question Block Productions (AKA "QBP")" is created in Brazil. In 2016, QBP became Roblox Productions' Brazilian operations.
RKO Television Stations Productions Brazil[]
RKO Television Stations Productions Brazil, a subsidiary of RTS LA and Hispanic Productions, was located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It represents RKO's extensive TV formats portfolio in Brazil, covering both scripted and non-scripted programming. It also developed original shows for the Brazilian audience. The production company was merged into RKO Television Stations Productions International in 2008.
1992-2008[]
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Skycat Sao Paulo[]
2009-2016[]
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Crystal Television Latin America[]
2016-2017[]
It was acquired by BonageTV, which in turn was acquired by Wondrous Enterprises, in November 2016. However, it was sold to Roblox Productions in January 2017, and Crystal Television Latin America merged into Roblox Productions' Brazilian operations.
at diverti[]
2001-2017[]
At Diverti was a distribution company owned by AMG Television (which, in turn, was owned by AMG Networks/AGH), until AGH merged into Village Lava. It merged with AMG Networks to become Roblox Productions Bucharest.
AMG Networks[]
2003-2017[]
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ACA Academy[]
1991-1996[]
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1996-2015[]
ACA
ACADEMY
2015-2017[]
ACA-Academy became Roblox Productions Berlin's education department.
Harlech[]
1968–1970[]
1970–1983[]
1983-1999[]
1999-2017[]
Harlech became Roblox Productions Cardiff in 2017.
Live International[]
Live International was an international production, animation and distribution arm of Live Entertainment, with offices in Los Angeles and New York and additional offices in London, UK and Paris, France.
2017-2018[]
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In 2017, Live International bought Roblox Productions' international operations. Earlier, GBC Entertainment Europe acquired the Copenhagen office from Roblox Productions, while Laserium-GBC Networks Europe acquired the Paris and Berlin offices, but the Laserium-GBC's acquired offices quickly merged into Live International.
They also acquired a bunch of companies in Europe, Americas, Australiasia and Africa.
- Golden Media Polska and Dragon Head S.C. (Poland)
- MMC Video Corp's offices in Mexico City and Puerto Rico
- Off the Fence's offices in Bristol, Los Angeles, Cape Town, Mainz and New York
- Pannonia Film Studio (Hungary)
- Future Films Group (UK)
- A.Film A/S (Denmark, Estonia and Los Angeles)
- Roadshow Animation's offices in Greece, Latvia, Romania, Burbank and Los Angeles
- Tidal Films/Magma Productions (Ireland)
- Nelvana's international offices in Shannon and Paris
- International theatrical and home entertainment rights to Laserium-GBC Networks Europe's pre-2005 library in UK, Switzerland, Germany and Netherlands
- The pre-1985 library of Atkinson Film-Arts, Crawley Films and Graphic Films
- BTI Studios offices in Maastricht, Bergen, Brussels, Oradea, Sofia and Budapest
- Altitude Film Entertainment, Ulysses Filmproduktion
- Like It Love It Productions Ltd.
- Factual programming producers Redback Media, Splash Media and Folio
- Zentropa Entertainment's offices in Paris, Berlin, Cologne, Rome, Eemnes, Warsaw, Glasgow and Oslo
- Karga Seven Pictures Istanbul
- Archlight Films' worldwide sales business and its Hong Kong, Toronto and Beverly Hills offices
- The film and TV libraries of Cambria Productions, Crawfords Australia, Burbank Films Australia, Engine 15 Media Group, LionHeart Filmworks and Sonar Entertainment
- Revolver Entertainment UK and the CineVox Filmproduktion GmbH assets
- Blue Parrot Productions and its library (however, only including The Usual Suspects)
Live International announced to open Live Asia shortly afterwards. The Burbank and Puetro Rico offices were merged to form the Miami office later on, while the European offices were merged into the London and Paris offices.
In June 2017, Live International bought the Cardiff (Wales), Burbank, New York City & San Mateo (USA) and Cork (Ireland) offices from Roblox Productions. The Burbank, San Mateo, Miami, Mexico City and Sao Paulo offices were merged into Los Angeles office, while the Cape Town office merged into the Paris office.
In January 2018, Live International merged into Mirum Pictures International.
Vision Plus[]
Background[]
In 2017, John River Group acquired Media3.14, Ovideo, K2000, Mediareport Producciones Audiovisuales, MediaSur, Mediapro Exhibitions, Mediapro Brands, Molinaire S.A.U, Local Antenna , Emóvil, Full Zoom, Liquid Media, Get Set, Imagina International Sales, Imagina France, Mediagooool, Mediarena, Mediapro Argentina, Media Base Sports, Mediapro Media, MediaBurst, MediaTravel & Logistics, MediaMovil, Media News and Media News Canary Islands, OmniCam4Sky, Overon, Park Media Audiovisuales SL, Unitecnic Media Solutions, Revolution Broadcast, Mediapro Portugal, WTVision, Xarxa Oberta and Mediapro's rights division.
- The exhibition and museographic departments were merged into Cenozoic Productions,
- the post-production, information, audiovisual & events production, transmission, communications & engineering, sports, travel, rights, international sales and distribution departments were sold (and merged) to Laserium-GBC Networks Europe
Meanwhile:
- Imagina France (Nimes and Paris) merged to become the Paris office, Imagina US became the Miami office and Mediapro Argentina became Vision Plus Latin America
- Vision Plus merged its Canary Islands and Portugal offices with the offices across Spain into the Barcelona headquarters.
In August, the Argentina office merged into the Miami office, while the Paris office was merged into Mirage World Films.
2017-2018[]
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Mirum Pictures International[]
June 2017-present[]
In 2017, Jaris Sunrise, Touchstar Pictures, Evan Features, recently-acquired Fortissimo Films and Cine@, Ivanhoe Pictures, Froxonium Studios, Shockshow Pictures and Hygo Films announced to merge into an international division of the indie label Mirum Pictures. The same month, they announced to start releasing Disney and Sony-produced films (along with independent films) under the original film distributors' labels.
They also acquired the DVD, Blu-ray, UltraViolet, Flixster, and DVD-manufacturing-on-demand distribution rights of the John River Entertainment film library in North America, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and France.
In July 2017, Metro Optimum Cinemas Group acquired film distributors and cinemas across Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America, making Mirum Pictures International one of the largest distributors of independent (and major) films in the world.
The cinema divisions were integrated under Metro Optimum Theaters Group cinemas, while the post-production, management and talent related, rental, financing operations moved to the Laserium Entertainment companies. The film distribution and sales and related operations were integrated under Mirum Pictures International.
They also acquired Rezo Films, Pyramide Distribution, Times Media Group's film division, United International Pictures' operations in Colombia, Peru, Panama, Greece, Poland, Argentina, Turkey, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia and all of Africa (except Francophonic West Africa), Zodiak Entertainment's film distribution operations, Paramount Pictures' Spanish and Portuguese operations, Cinema Management Group, XYZ Films, Vertical Entertainment, Quinta Industries, MGM's Belgian distribution operations, Belga Films' Luxembourg operations, Paramount Pictures Taiwan and Buena Vista International Russia, Forum Cinemas' distribution operations, Focus Media, Consorcio Filmico, NOS' distribution operations outside Portugal and Karo Premiere.
In August 2017, Mirum Pictures International, Canwest Media and Meridian Communications announced a specialty films sub-label Fireworks MCM. However, Meridian Communications and it's owner Canwest Media, shortly after, dropped out of the venture. The venture was renamed and founded as Mirum Fireworks. They also announced a partnership with RLJ Entertainment, where Mirum would distribute RLJ's films theatrically.
That month, Mirum Pictures acquired Broad Green Pictures' stake (which was the 45% not owned by Mirum) in Mister Smith Entertainment, the film distribution operations of the cinemas chain Globus Max, and the Danish and Norwegian distribution offices of United International Pictures.
They announced to create merge the output deals with The Weinstein Company, Pantelion Films (Lionsgate & Televisa) and MGM in Poland, Hungary, Colombia, Mexico and Chile. However, the Polish and Hungarian output deals were soon bought by Mirum Pictures International themselves. Soon, the newly-established Fine Line Features (and Legendary Pictures) then transferred the African, South American, Middle Eastern and African distribution rights to Mirum and it's co-distribution partners in the continents affected.
The follwing month, a consortium of distributors followed suit. Warner Bros. Entertainment Australia & New Zealand, Pentalion/Lionsgate, The Weinstein Company, Oriental DreamWorks, DHX Media, Globo Filmes, Entertainment One, Sony Pictures and MGM gave away their distribution rights, in New Zealand, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, China, Philippines and Colombia, to, of course, Mirum Pictures International. The Metro Optimum Films' offices in Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand and South Africa (along with its Australian distribution rights to Mirum Pictures films) were also acquired that same day.
Between June and September, Mirum Pictures International distributed and financed their first film, Jaded and Confused, produced by Mirage World Films. They acquired worldwide distribution rights (excluding in Sweden, Netherlands and China) to Mirage World's films later that September.
In September, they also acquired Legendary Entertainment's international distribution operations.
In October, Mirum Pictures International and A24, along with Anarchos Productions announced that they will be working on a film adaptation of Slade House, another novel by David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas). MPI also announced to work on a remake of Gothika with Silver Pictures and Alcon Entertainment.
Also that month, they started the production of new Lars Von Trier film with Modern Times Group, Zentropa, Film Väst, Film4 Productions and the broadcasters Arte, France 3 and Yleisradio.
Later that same month, Mirum Pictures International acquired global rights (outside of film rights in Japan) for the Gamera series, and announced a re-release of all Gamera films outside of Japan theatrically, which will occur somewhere in 2018. They also acquired Alive Films London, theatrical and home entertainment rights to Laserium-GBC Networks Europe's pre-2005 library in Argentina, and Nelvana's former international offices in Tokyo, from John River Group.
Mirum Pictures announced to start the acquisition of Live International and Vision Plus, to be finished before 2018.
In 2018, after Live International and Vision Plus were merged into Mirum Pictures International, the Los Angeles, Miami, New York offices were merged into it's parent company Mirum Pictures, while the television and broadcasting-focused operations were merged into Mirum Pictures' owner Laserium Entertainment.
Laserium Films Japan[]
Pinnacle Entertainment Group[]
Red Sea Films[]
Pinnacle Pictures[]
Pinnacle Pictures was a Canadian film and television company.
Mirum Fireworks[]
Mirum Fireworks was a Canadian specialty label and a revival of Fireworks Entertainment.
Lareco Films[]
Nu Entertainment (first era)[]
2016-2017[]
Joker and Policeman Entertainment[]
Joker and Policeman Entertainment was a film and television production company, located at Los Angeles and New York.
2017-2018[]
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Background[]
In July 2016, Nu Comics announced to establish a film production company for it's properties, called Nu Entertainment. However, around that time, Laserium Holdings bought out a bundle of production companies.
The companies were merged into Nu Entertainment between August 2016 and February 2017, and a new management was settled. It was planned to produce mainly films that are not based on Nu Comics properties. They soon secured Filmyard Holdings' final investment from Colony Northstar and Qatar Investment Authority, while they secured more funding from Upfront Ventures, Daher Capital, Northgate Ventures, Huahua Media and Tencent. They hired staff and bought equipment used from the likes of, such as, the recent Marvel Studios films. They also hired some staff from Industrial Light & Magic, Trixter and Laserium-GBC Networks Europe's post-production and visual effects departments.
In January 2017, Nu Entertainment was renamed into Joker and Policeman Entertainment. They also announced an exclusive deal with Independent Comics Agency (representing minor comic book publishers and independent authors), to create film and television projects based on their members' properties.
That month, NU Comics pulled out from the venture and decided to produce films through the new Nu Entertainment, although still maintaining the partnership with JPE.
Nu Entertainment (second era)[]
2017-2018[]
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Brodie Group[]
Brodie TV Entertainment, formerly known as Brodie Group was a television production company founded by actor Brysen Brodie. Brodie TV Entertainment produced and created many different television shows including Chris, Up To Date With Brysen Brodie, The Adventures of D&P, Stadium Academy: The Series, and Ice Breakers. Brodie TV Entertainment also owned the television channels Brodie Network, Chris Jr and the international components to the channel Chris Network.
2002-2015[]
Brodie TV Entertainment[]
2015[]
In December 2014 there were rumors that Brodie Group was going to re-brand in February 2015. Brysen Brodie, the founder of Brodie Group said the rumors about them re-branding were true. Brodie Group re-branded on February 5, 2015 and became Brodie TV Entertainment. On March 15, 2015 Brodie TV Entertainment was bought by Horsehead Studios, making them go defunct shortly after they re-branded. The fonts used in this logo are the Broadway BT font and the Cambria font.
Vortexx Studios[]
2012-2014[]
Vortexx Studios merged into Horsehead Studios in 2014.
Horsehead Studios[]
2005-2017[]
Horsehead Studios merged into Roblox Productions Vancouver/Toronto in January 2017.
Buffalo Records[]
1994-2017[]
After being acquired from A Holdings by Talestar Investments (which soon became Village Lava), the record label merged into Roblox Productions' music division.
BBB Pictures[]
1999-2017[]
BBB Pictures was founded on January 27, 1999 as a low-budget film studio. Their logo has been using traditional cel animation since 1999, and has never switched to digital ink and paint. As of 2013, the BBB Pictures logo cels are in good condition. In January 2017, BBB Pictures merged into Roblox Productions Burbank and London.
Vivo Original Production[]
2005–2009[]
2009–2017[]
Vivo Original Productions was merged into Roblox Productions London in January 2017, after being acquired by Village Lava.
Cartoon Gadget[]
1940-1950[]
1950-1981[]
1981-1990[]
In 1988, Cartoon Gadget was acquired by Columbia Pictures Entertainment.
1990-1997[]
In 1996, Cartoon Gadget was sold to Dante Ball Pictures.
1997-2003[]
2003-2017[]
In contact with Dante Ball Pictures and Dante Ball Cartoons Inc., Cartoon Gadget gets his first 3D logo in 2003. The logo appears to be completely different, the "Cartoon" word is composed by 7 letters in rainbow colored squares, the "Gadget" word is on a gold color and there's a star right back to the words.
In 2009, A Holdings acquired Cartoon Gadget. In 2016, Cartoon Gadget was acquired by Talestar Investments, which, in turn, became Village Lava. Cartoon Gadget merged into Roblox Productions Los Angeles, Toronto, Osaka and Paris.
New York Pictures[]
1981-1987[]
New York Pictures was founded in 1981 as an Canadian division of ITC Entertainment.
1987-1994[]
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1994-2001[]
New York Pictures was bought out by SEGA in 1999.
2001-2010[]
New York Pictures was bought out by TBS (Travels Broadcasting Service) in 2001.
2010-2017[]
New York Pictures was bought out in 2017 by Village Lava and merged into Roblox Productions Toronto shortly afterwards.
J Files Graphic[]
1966-1974[]
1975-1999[]
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1999-2002[]
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Embrase Communications[]
2002-2011[]
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2011-2015[]
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Embrase Media[]
2015-2017[]
Embrase Media was split into two divisions;
- the video game, software, middleware and hardware research, design, planning and development division, and their offices, which integrated into Roblox Consumer Products offices in Emeryville, Santa Clara Valley, Helsinki, Barcelona, Cardiff, Melbourne, Rellingen, Munich, Tel Aviv, Malmö, Milan, Amsterdam and New York City
- the content production and talent management division which was merged into Roblox Productions offices in Los Angeles
However, later on:
- offices in Melbourne and Santa Clara Valley were closed and employees moved to Cardiff,
- employees in Emeryville and New York City moved to Vancouver,
- offices in Helsinki, Rellingen, Munich, Barcelona, Tel Aviv, Malmö and Milan were merged into the EMEA office in the new Amsterdam office
Blow-Up Milk Productions[]
2013-2016[]
In 2016, after Village Lava bid Blow-Up Milk, Blow-Up Milk was merged to Roblox Productions.
Turbo Fold Productions[]
1990-1993[]
In 1990, the company was founded by Riley Spears, Joseph Seavor and Kenneth J. Singer and it produced Alien Pigs. The company headquarters is Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
1993-1996[]
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1996-2000[]
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2000-2003[]
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2003-2006[]
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2006-2011[]
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2011-2017[]
Turbo Fold Productions merged into Roblox Productions Vancouver in January 2017.