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Hyde Park Entertainment

Trade name	Hyde Park Entertainment Group
Company type	Private
Industry	Film Television
Predecessors	Mandeville Films (pre-1999)
Founded	July 26, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-07-26)
Founders	Ashok Amritraj David Hoberman
Headquarters	Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, California, United States
Key people	Ashok Amritraj (Chairman & CEO) Carl Clifton (President) Priya Amritraj (Head of Film & TV)
Products	Motion pictures Television
Divisions	Hyde Park International
Website	hydeparkentertainment.com

Hyde Park Entertainment is an independent film and television production and finance company founded by Ashok Amritraj and David Hoberman in 1999.

History

On July 26, 1999, Ashok Amritraj, co-founder of Franchise Pictures, together with David Hoberman, founder of Mandeville Films, founded Hyde Park Entertainment, with funds of $200 million and a slate of six pictures. The title came from Hyde Park, London. The startup company signed a first-look deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with a second look deal at The Walt Disney Studios, both of them were on nonexclusive agreements. Mandeville initially went inactive.

On August 12, 1999, Eureka, a consortium of Kirch Group and Mediaset signed a distribution deal with Hyde Park Entertainment for the distribution of titles and invested in the home video, television and theatrical distribution rights of its titles. By December 12, 2000, the company signed a deal with Nordisk Film to handle titles for the European market.

In 2002, David Hoberman left the company so the company was allowed to reopen the initially-inactive Mandeville Films at the Walt Disney Studios. By that year, Jon Jashni became the company's president. In 2003, the company attempted to enter television production, but it never materialized. After a string of flops, the company scored its first hit with Bringing Down the House.

On July 27, 2005, Hyde Park ended its deal with MGM and agreed to a co-financing and production deal with 20th Century Fox. In 2007, the company entered into Indian-language production with a deal with Adlabs Films, and a year later, the company is setting up its Asian fund with $74 million. On November 2, 2008, the company set up a deal with Image Nation Abu Dhabi to co-finance films with global apparel.

In 2011, the company partnered with China's Angel Wings Entertainment to co-fund pictures, as well as a deal with National Geographic to partner in various feature films.

In 2022, Hyde Park and Warner Music Entertainment launched the Hyde Park Entertainment and Warner Music Entertainment Asian Women Fellowship, in partnership with Film Independent, which will showcase women-identifying writers and writer-directors who are Asian or part of the Asian Diaspora. The Fellowship is aligned with Hyde Park and Warner Music Group's shared, ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion.

The recently announced Hyde Park Asia slate includes the Pulitzer Prize runner-up Maximum City to be directed by Anurag Kashyap and the best-selling novel Paradise Towers with filmmaker Zoya Akhtar.

Production filmography

2000s

2010s

2020s

In development

References

1. Carver, Benedict (1999-07-26). "Amritraj, Hoberman set up shop". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
2. Carver, Benedict (1999-08-05). "Hyde Park splits pix with Disney, MGM". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
3. Carver, Ed Meza, Benedict (1999-08-12). "Eureka: Hyde ride to Europe". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
4. Jensen, Jorn Rossing (2000-12-13). "2 deals down cold". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
5. Dunkley, Dana Harris, Cathy (2002-08-01). "Hyde Park duo split". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
6. Harris, Dana (2002-10-01). "Hyde Park reups, taps new prexy". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
7. Adalian, Josef (2003-09-05). "Hyde Park taking a run at TV 'Ronin'". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
8. DiOrio, Carl (2003-03-30). "'House' on fire at Disney". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
9. Brodesser, Claude (2005-07-28). "Hyde parks on Fox's lot". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
10. McNary, Dave (2007-05-08). "Hyde Park unveils Asia outpost". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
11. Nyay Bhushan (2007-10-23). "Hyde Park, Adlabs deal begins with 'End'". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
12. Frater, Patrick (2008-05-15). "Hyde Park sets up Asian fund". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
13. Liza Foreman (2008-05-15). "Hyde Park ups Asia ops with $74 mil". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
14. Jaafar, Ali (2008-11-03). "Imagenation, Amritraj pact for pics". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
15. Lodderhose, Diana (2011-07-19). "Hyde Park, Imagenation pact with China's Angel Wings". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
16. McNary, Dave (2011-12-22). "Nat Geo links with Image Nation, Hyde Park". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
17. Fleming, Mike Jr. (2011-12-22). "National Geographic Joins Forces With Hyde Park/Image Nation". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
18. D'Alessandro, Anthony (2022-03-10). "Hyde Park, Warner Music & Film Independent Name Sari Arambulo Inaugural Winner of Asian Women Fellowship". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
19. D'Alessandro, Anthony (2019-08-22). "Hyde Park Entertainment Asia Launches With Multicultural Film & TV Slate". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-04-23.

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• American companies established in 1999
• Mass media companies established in 1999
• 1999 establishments in California
• Film production companies of the United States
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