Alliance Films
| Alliance Films Inc. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Private |
| founding | 1984 (Alliance Entertainment) 2007 (Alliance Films) |
| Seat |
Montreal , Quebec Canada
|
| Branch | Film production and distribution |
| Website | www.alliancefilms.com |
Alliance Films (also known as Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing LTD or CIC Canada and in Quebec as Alliance VivaFilm) was a large Canadian film production studio headquartered in Montreal , Québec . The company distributed films worldwide and had offices in the UK and Spain .
history
The company was founded in 1984 by Stephen Roth, Denis Héroux , John Kemeny, Robert Lantos, Andras Hamori and Susan Cavan as Alliance Entertainment. In 1990 a film distribution studio, Vivafilm, was purchased in the French-speaking province of Quebec. In 1998 the two companies merged and Alliance Atlantis Communications was founded. Due to the bankruptcy of Alliance Atlantis, the company was broken up and parts of it were sold. In 2007 Alliance Films was re-established. The parts of the company bought u. a. Société générale de financement du Québec and Goldman Sachs Capital , both of which have large stakes.
On June 24, 2011, Alliance Films acquired Maple Pictures from Lions Gate Entertainment for $ 38.5 million.
On January 3, 2012, Goldmann Sachs Capital announced its interest in selling its shares. On May 28, 2012, the Canadian company Entertainment One expressed interest in the shares of Goldmann Sachs Capital.
On January 9, 2013, Entertainment One (eOne) acquired Alliance Films and all of its subsidiaries for $ 225 million.
distribution
The company's films may be a. distributed by (excerpt):
- The Weinstein Company
- Dimension Films
- Miramax Films
- Fox Atomic / Fox Faith
- HBO Films
- Overture Films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / United Artists
- Screen Gems / Triumph Films / TriStar Pictures
- Freestyle releasing
- Grosvenor Park
- CBS Films
- Apparition
- Lionsgate
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
- New Line Cinema
Published films
The following films were produced / distributed by the company (excerpt):
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros.
- Final Destination 2 (2003) - New Line Cinema
- Freddy vs. Jason (2003) - New Line Cinema
- Final Destination 3 (2006) - New Line Cinema
- Arthur and the Minimoys (2006) - Europa Corp.
- Snakes on a Plane (2006) - New Line Cinema
- Mr. Brooks (2007) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- 28 Weeks Later (2007) - Fox Atomic
- Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) - Overture Films
- Battle in Seattle (2008) - Redwood Palms Pictures
- Food, Inc. (2009) - Magnolia Pictures
- Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day (2009)
- Skyline (2010) produced by Rogue Pictures and Universal Pictures
- Hobo with a Shotgun (2011) by Rhombus Media, Whizbang Films Inc., and Yer Dead Productions
- The Woman in Black (2012) produced by CBS Films, Cross Creek Pictures, Hammer Film Productions and Exclusive Media Group
- The Hunger Games (2012) produced by Lionsgate and Color Force
The following series were produced / sold by the company (extract):
- Amazon
- Andromeda
- Earth: Final Conflict
- Emily of New Moon
- First wave
- F / X: The Series
- Les Invincibles
- The hitchhiker
- The hunger
- Lexx
- Mutant X
- Mysterious Island
- Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
- Once a thief
- The Outer Limits
- Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
- Relic Hunter