Asylum Entertainment

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Asylum Entertainment Group LLC
Company type Subsidiary
Industry
Founded2003;21 years ago (2003)
FounderSteve Michaels
Key people
  • Steve Michaels (CEO)
  • Jodi Flynn (president and chief content officer)
  • Ben Binonti (chief creative officer)
Products
  • Feature films
  • Television shows
Parent Legendary Entertainment (2013–2018)
Endeavor (2023–present)
Divisions
  • Audity
  • Clovis Entertainment
  • The Content Group
Subsidiaries
  • 72 Steps Media
  • Big City TV
  • BreakLight Pictures
  • Collins Avenue Entertainment
  • Dare Entertainment
  • Done and Dusted
  • Ladywell Films (minority stake)
  • Moon&Back Media
  • Soho Studios Entertainment
  • Texas Crew Productions
Website www.asylument.com

Asylum Entertainment Group LLC is an American production company specialized in television and film production founded in 2003 by Steve Michaels. [1] The company was purchased by Legendary Entertainment for $100 million in 2013. [2] Steve Michaels purchased it from Legendary in 2018 and launched The Content Group within the company. [3] In 2023, Endeavor purchased a majority stake in the company. [4]

Contents

History

In 2019, Steve Michaels restored the Asylum Entertainment branding following his purchase of the company back from Legendary Entertainment through a restructuration that turned The Content Group into a division with Jodi Flynn joining as president, [5] launched its drama division Clovis Entertainment headed by former Sony Pictures Television executive Derek Stoops [6] as well as its audio division Audity [7] and hired former ITV and Fox executive Ronan Hand as part of its international expansion. [8]

In 2020, Asylum Entertainment Group acquired Collins Avenue Entertainment from Kew Media through its The Content Group division [9] and launched 72 Steps Media as a joint venture with longtime Bunim/Murray Productions executive Ben Salter. [10]

In 2022, Texas Crew Productions was acquired by Asylum Entertainment Group. [11]

In 2023, AEG bought a stake in the UK producer Moon&Back Films [12] and secured first-look production deals with The New York Post [13] and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello's company Comandante Productions. [14]

In 2024, the company acquired stakes in Soho Studios Entertainment, [15] Dare Entertainment, [16] Ladywell Films [17] and Done and Dusted. [18] In addition, Tyler Perry Studios has entered a production partnership with AEG. [19]

Filmography

TV series

YearSeriesDistributor
2024Zillow Gone Wild HGTV
2018–2021Eli Roth's History of Horror [20] AMC
2018In Ice Cold Blood Oxygen
2018To Rome for Love Bravo
2017 Origins: The Journey of Humankind NatGeo
2015 The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe [21] Lifetime
2013–2014Hollywood Scandals ReelzChannel
2013Urban Tarzan Spike
2012RV Kings Travel Channel
2012Travel Unraveled Travel Channel
2012–201410 Things You Didn't Know About History Channel
2011Two of a KindSelf-distributed
2011 The Kennedys [22] Warner Bros. Television Distribution
2008–2011The Locator [23] We TV
2006–2008 American Gangster BET
2001–2006 Beyond the Glory Fox Sports

Films

YearFilmDirector
2017 Cocaine Godmother Guillermo Navarro
2017 I Am Elizabeth Smart Sarah Walker
2017 Britney Ever After Leslie Libman
2015Manson's Lost Girls [24] Susanna Lo
2013 Ring of Fire Allison Anders

Shorts

YearFilmDirector
2018 Far Cry 5: Inside Eden’s Gate [25] Barry Battles

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  3. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2018-06-05). "Steve Michaels Buys Back Asylum Entertainment From Legendary, Launches The Content Group". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  4. ↑ White, Peter (2023-03-07). "Endeavor Acquires Majority Stake In Asylum Entertainment Group As Founder Steve Michaels Plans Major Non-Scripted M&A Drive". Deadline. Archived from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
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  6. ↑ White, Peter (2019-05-30). "Steve Michaels' Asylum Entertainment Group Launches Drama Label Clovis Entertainment With Former Sony Exec Derek Stoops". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  7. ↑ White, Peter (2019-09-24). "Steve Michaels' Asylum Entertainment Group Launches Audio Company Audity". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  8. ↑ White, Peter (2019-08-20). "Steve Michaels' Asylum Entertainment Group Plots Global Growth With Hire Of Former ITV Exec Ronan Hand". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  9. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2020-01-23). "Asylum's The Content Group Acquires 'Dance Moms' Producer Collins Avenue Entertainment from Kew Media". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
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  11. ↑ White, Peter (2022-09-06). "Asylum Entertainment Acquires 'Ripley's Believe It or Not!' Producer Texas Crew Productions". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
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  19. ↑ Schneider, Michael (2024-05-01). "Tyler Perry Studios Partners With Asylum Entertainment Group To Develop Unscripted Programming". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
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