| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Motion picture |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder | Ben Nearn Tom Rice |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Ben Nearn Tom Rice |
| Products | Film production |
| Website | sycamorepictures.com |
Sycamore Pictures is an Americanproduction company founded by producers Ben Nearn and Tom Rice.
The company was formed in 2011 with a focus on producing films with a "more redemptive tone"[1] suitable for families. Nearn, formerly an investment banker who moved on to become COO and a minority investor inCross Creek Pictures, maintains the company's Memphis offices; Rice, an independent film producer and writer, maintains the Los Angeles office.[1] The startup funds for Sycamore were raised by Nearn from investors both from the Memphis area and elsewhere, with a business model based on profit participation by actors, directors and creative personnel.[1]
The company's first production,The Way Way Back, had its debut at theSundance Film Festival in 2013, where distribution rights were purchased forUS$9.75 million,[2] reportedly the largest distribution deal made at the festival that year.[3]
Begin Again (2014) has been described as "an old-fashioned, let’s-put-on-a-show movie musical disguised as an indie relationship drama" and as "that real rarity, a feel-good story of friendship — not sexual love — between a man and woman."[4]
Merry Friggin' Christmas, scheduled for release in late 2014, featuresRobin Williams in the last movie he made before his death in 2014.[5]
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