Lightstorm Entertainment
| Lightstorm Entertainment | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Incorporated |
| founding | 1990 |
| Seat | Santa Monica , Los Angeles , California |
| management |
James Cameron (CEO), Rae Sanchini (Partner / President), Jon Landau (Partner / COO) |
| Branch | Film production |
Lightstorm Entertainment, Inc. is an American film production company . The company also owns the music label Lightstorm Music . The majority of films produced by the company are 20th Century Fox awarded .
history
The company was founded in 1990 by James Cameron and Larry Kasanoff in Burbank , California . The studio's first film production was Terminator 2 - Reckoning Day .
In April 1992, the studio signed a production contract with 20th Century Fox and four other international partners for a total of 500 million US dollars. Kasanoff left Lightstorm in June 1993 after differences with Cameron about the future direction of the company. He was succeeded by Rae Sanchini .
In December 1995, an exclusive first-look deal with 20th Century Fox was announced. In April 2000, Jon Landau merged his production company Blue Horizon with Lightstorm Entertainment and took on the role of COO. A year later, the first-look deal with Fox was extended for another five years
In 1997 the studio had a huge hit with Cameron's film Titanic , which grossed over $ 1.8 billion worldwide and won 11 Academy Awards . In 2009, Cameron and Lightstorm were able to surpass the result with the science fiction film Avatar - Departure for Pandora , which grossed over 2.78 billion US dollars worldwide, making it the most successful film worldwide by grossing in 2017 .
After that, Lightstorm Entertainment focused on the production of the sequels Avatar 2 to Avatar 5 as well as the film adaptation of the manga Battle Angel Alita .
Productions (selection)
- 1991: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- 1993: Abyss ( The Abyss ; DVD Special Edition)
- 1994: True Lies (True Lies)
- 1995: Strange Days
- 1996: T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (short film)
- 1997: Titanic
- 2002: Solaris
- 2009: Avatar - Departure for Pandora (Avatar)
- 2015: Beyond Glory
- 2019: Alita: Battle Angel
Web links
- Lightstorm Entertainment in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lightstorm Music at Discogs
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lawrence Van Gelder: At the Movies . In: New York Times, August 31, 1990
- ↑ a b Lightstorm prez exits . In: Variety, June 9, 1993
- ^ Judy Brennan, Suzan Ayscough: New Lightstorm prez . In: Variety, July 9, 1993
- ↑ Cameron's Lightstorm Docks At Fox . In: Variety, December 17, 1995
- ↑ a b Dana Harris: Fox puts lock on Lightstorm in 5-year reup . In: Variety of February 27, 2001