| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Film |
| Founded | 1997; 28 years ago (1997) |
| Founder | Sidney Kimmel |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | John Penotti (president) Carla Hacken (co-president of production) Julie Yorn (co-president of production) |
| Website | https://skglobalentertainment.com |
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment is an American motion picture and television finance and production company founded in 1997 by philanthropist and film producerSidney Kimmel.[1][2][3] The company focuses on bringing entertainment projects to audiences in association with major studio distribution partners.
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment has co-financed and produced/co-produced more than 40 motion pictures.[4] SKE releases include the thrillerThe Lincoln Lawyer, starringMatthew McConaughey, co-produced withLakeshore Entertainment and distributed byLionsgate;[5] the 2007 British comedyDeath at a Funeral distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer as well as its2010 American remake, with co-writer and co-producer Chris Rock leading an all-star ensemble cast, distributed byScreen Gems;[6] Marc Forster'sThe Kite Runner, based on a novel of the same name, co-produced withDreamWorks Pictures,Participant Productions and Parkes/MacDonald Productions and distributed byParamount Classics;[7] the critical hitBreach, the true story about an FBI traitor starring Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe and Laura Linney;Lars and the Real Girl, starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Craig Gillespie and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer;[8] and Oscar-nominatedUnited 93 directed by Paul Greengrass, based on the true story of the doomed flight of 9/11 and distributed byUniversal Pictures.
SKE also financed and producedThe Place Beyond the Pines, co-written and directed by Derek Cianfrance, starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes.[9] Critically acclaimed,The Place Beyond the Pines was one of the year's top grossing independently financed and produced features and was distributed byFocus Features.
SKE's most recent film,The Age of Adaline, another co-production with Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment, was released on April 24, 2015,[10] starring Blake Lively and Harrison Ford, and directed by Lee Toland Krieger.
The company's other 2015 releases include the comedySleeping with Other People, a co-production withGloria Sanchez Productions, starring Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Adam Scott and Amanda Peet, and directed by Leslye Headland from her original screenplay, for release byIFC Films;[11] andDemolition, a co-production with Black Label Media, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts and directed by Jean Marc Valle for release by Fox Searchlight.[12]
Recently announced film projects in active development includeBook of Henry, an original screenplay written by novelist Gregg Hurwitz to be directed by Colin Trevorrow,[13] and the crime dramaHell or High Water, to star Jeff Bridges, written byTaylor Sheridan and to be directed by David Mackenzie.[14]
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment has also expanded into television and is developing a limited series entitledBusted, a police crime thriller based on the true exploits and reporting by Pulitzer Prize winning reporters Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker.[15] SKE is producing withAnonymous Content.
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment recently launched SKE Global, a new joint division with Ivanhoe Pictures. SKE Global will co-finance and co-produce a slate of local language films in China, South Korea, India and other international territories. SKE Global will have the right to participate in Ivanhoe's previously announced ten-picture "India slate" with Jason Blum'sBlumhouse Productions. In addition, SKE Global will look to mine the SKE and Ivanhoe Pictures' libraries, a combined 70 English language films, for potential local language remake opportunities.[16] More recently, SK Global signed a first look deal with The Mazur Kaplan Company to adapt books to film and television.[17]
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