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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | |
| Founded | 1991; 35 years ago (1991) |
| Founders | |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Products | Motion pictures |
| Services | Film production |
| Owner | Frank Marshall |
| Divisions | K/M Documentaries |
| Website | kennedymarshall |
The Kennedy/Marshall Company(K/M) is an Americanfilm and television production company, based inSanta Monica, California, founded in 1991[1] by spousesKathleen Kennedy andFrank Marshall.
It has had contracts withParamount Pictures,Spyglass Entertainment,DreamWorks Pictures,Universal Pictures,20th Century Studios,Warner Bros. Pictures and theWalt Disney Studios. Kennedy and Marshall are founders atSteven Spielberg'sAmblin Entertainment, though no longer affiliated with the studio.
In 1992,Kathleen Kennedy andFrank Marshall leftAmblin Entertainment to form their own self-titled bannerThe Kennedy/Marshall Company with a three-year first look deal atParamount Pictures. After leaving Amblin, Marshall directed and Kennedy producedAlive which was released in 1993 as a Kennedy/Marshall production;[2] however, the first film under their deal with Paramount wasMilk Money (1994).[3]
In 1995, the duo left Paramount Pictures with a three-year production deal at theWalt Disney Studios.[4][5] In 1998, the company tried their first foray into television, signing a development pact withCBS to air Kennedy/Marshall's television shows for the network.[6] Later that same year, the studio left Disney forUniversal Pictures, with an eleven-year deal.[7]
In 2001, The Kennedy/Marshall Company celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2001.
In 2005, Kennedy/Marshall entered its foray onto the Broadway fold to bring the Off Broadway revivalHurlyburly to Broadway.[8]
In 2009, they left Universal Pictures forSony Pictures Entertainment.[9] Two years later, they left Sony Pictures forDreamWorks Pictures.[10]
In 2012, Kennedy left to joinLucasfilm as president.[11] During the same year, the studio signed a deal withCBS Television Studios to produce television shows made for the company.[12]
| Title | Release date | U.S. distributor | Co-production companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alive | January 15, 1993 | Buena Vista Pictures | Touchstone Pictures Paramount Pictures |
| Milk Money | August 31, 1994 | Paramount Pictures | |
| Congo | June 9, 1995 | ||
| The Indian in the Cupboard | July 14, 1995 | Paramount Pictures (theatrical) Columbia Pictures (home video) | Scholastic Productions |
| Olympic Glory | January 22, 1999 | IMAX | EMC Films MegaSystems, Inc. |
| The Sixth Sense | August 6, 1999 | Buena Vista Pictures (Hollywood Pictures) | Spyglass Entertainment Barry Mendel Productions |
| Snow Falling on Cedars | December 22, 1999 | Universal Pictures |
| Title | Release date | U.S. distributor | Co-production companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart | December 12, 2020 | HBO | HBO Documentary Films Polygram Entertainment White Horse Pictures Diamond Docs; under K/M Documentaries |
| Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story | May 13, 2022 | Sony Pictures Classics | Sutter Road Picture Company |
| Jurassic World Dominion | June 10, 2022 | Universal Pictures | Amblin Entertainment Perfect World Pictures |
| Rather | May 1, 2024 | Netflix | Anchor Entertainment Original Productions Wavelength Productions; under K/M Documentaries |
| The Beach Boys | May 24, 2024 | Disney+ | Walt Disney Pictures White Horse Pictures Iconic Artists Group Diamond Docs; under K/M Documentaries |
| Twisters | July 19, 2024 | Universal Pictures | Warner Bros. Pictures Amblin Entertainment |
| Jurassic World Rebirth[13] | July 2, 2025[14] | Amblin Entertainment |
| Title | Release date | Distributor | Co-production companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hotfuss | TBA | TBA | GK Films Offspring Entertainment |
| Title | Years | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Canyon | 2020 | Epix | co-production with Jigsaw Productions,Amblin Television,Warner Music Entertainment andMGM Television |
| McCartney 3,2,1 | 2021 | Hulu | co-production withEndeavor Content,MPL Communications,Shangri-La, Film 45 and Diamond Docs |
| San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time | 2023 | MGM+ | under K/M Documentaries; co-production with Jigsaw Productions, Amblin Television, FourScore Productions,Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Entertainment and MGM+ Studios |
| Snow Crash | TBA | Amazon Prime Video | co-production withAmazon MGM Studios andParamount Television Studios |
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