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| Industry | Entertainment |
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| Founded | 1995 |
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| Headquarters | , U.S. |
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Cube Vision, Inc. (sometimes stylized asCubeVision orCubevision) is an American film and television production company founded byIce Cube and Matt Alvarez in 1995. Their logo consists of the earth shaped as a cube.
Ice Cube started his movie producing career in 1995 with his then manager Patricia Charbonet. Together, they producedFriday (1995),Dangerous Ground (1997) andThe Players Club (1998). Cube, along with new producing partner Matt Alvarez, founded CubeVision (later credited in films as Cube Vision) in 1998.[1] The company's first film would be 2000'sNext Friday, a sequel to Ice Cube's 1995 filmFriday. Cube Vision went on to produceAll About the Benjamins,Barbershop andFriday After Next, the third film in theFriday film series, in 2002.
In February 2003, Ice Cube signed a deal to star and produce three pictures withRevolution Studios. In an interview, Cube said of the deal, "I believe that a lot of good things are going to happen out of this relationship for both (Revolution and Cube Vision)."[2]The films to come from the Revolution Studios partnership would be April 2005'sXXX: State of the Union, which Cube only starred in, andAre We There Yet? in January 2005 andAre We Done Yet? in April 2007, which Cube starred in and produced for Cube Vision.
In 2016, CubeVision signed a deal with20th Century Fox, covering development of shows for all outlets, and giving access to Cube's music library.[3]
| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Notes |
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| 1995 | Friday | F. Gary Gray | New Line Cinema | |
| 1997 | Dangerous Ground | Darrell Roodt | ||
| 1998 | The Players Club | Ice Cube |
| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Notes |
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| 2010 | Lottery Ticket | Erik White | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production withAlcon Entertainment, Burg/Koules Productions and Sweepstake Productions |
| 2014 | Ride Along | Tim Story | Universal Pictures | co-production withRelativity Media andRainforest Films |
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | F. Gary Gray | co-production withLegendary Pictures,New Line Cinema,Crucial Films and Broken Chair Flickz | |
| 2016 | Ride Along 2 | Tim Story | co-production withWill Packer Productions | |
| Barbershop: The Next Cut | Malcolm D. Lee | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production withNew Line Cinema,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer andState Street Pictures |
| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Notes |
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| TBA | Dock[4] | TBA | TBA | co-production with AID Partners |
| Last Friday | TBA | |||
| Oliver Twist | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | co-production withThe Firm andWalt Disney Pictures |
| Year | Title | Creator | Network | Notes |
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| 2005 | BarberShop: The Series | based on characters created by: Mark Brown developed by: John Ridley | Showtime | executive producer; co-production withState Street Pictures, International Famous Players Radio Corporation and MGM Television |
| 2006 | Black. White. | Ice Cube R.J. Cutler | FX | executive producer; co-production with Actual Reality Pictures |
| 2007 | Friday: The Animated Series | Ice Cube developed by: Jay Dyer | MTV2 | executive producer; co-production withNew Line Television andMTV Animation |
| Year | Title | Creator | Network | Notes |
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| 2010-2013 | Are We There Yet? | Ice Cube Ali LeRoi based on characters created by: Steven Gary Banks Claudia Grazioso developed by: Ali LeRoi | TBS | executive producer; co-production withRevolution Studios, 5914 Productions Ltd. andDebmar-Mercury |
| 2017-2019 | Hip Hop Squares | based onHollywood Squares by: Merrill Heatter Bob Quigley | VH1 | revival of 2012 series onMTV2; executive producer; co-production with Jesse Collins Entertainment, Entertain the Brutes,The Firm andCBS Television Distribution |
| Year | Title | Director | Network | Notes |
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| 2010 | Straight Outta L.A. | Ice Cube | ESPN | executive producer; part ofESPN Films'30 for 30 series, co-production withESPN Films |