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Company type | Private |
Industry | Production company |
Founded | 2000 |
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Divisions | Berlanti-Schechter Films |
Berlanti Productions (formerly known as Berlanti-Liddell Productions) is an American film and television production company founded by screenwriter, producer and filmmaker Greg Berlanti and producer Mickey Liddell.
The company was founded in 2000 as Berlanti-Liddell Productions by screenwriter, producer and filmmaker Greg Berlanti and producer Mickey Liddell. [1]
In March 2003, the company signed a three-year deal with Warner Bros. Television. [1] In February 2006, the company signed a three-year overall deal with Touchstone Television. [2] In August 2006, Liddell left the company, and the company was renamed to Berlanti Television. [3] In July 2008, the company re-signed its overall deal with ABC Studios (formally Touchstone Television) for an additional five-year deal. [4] In March 2011, the company signed a four-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Television, ending its overall deal with ABC Studios two years early. The company also changed its name to Berlanti Productions to reflect its television and film divisions combining together. [5]
In February 2014, Sarah Schechter became the company's president, overseeing the development and production of the company's television and film projects. [6] Before joining the company, Schechter was a senior production vice president at Warner Bros. [6]
In June 2018, the company entered a six-year overall development and production deal with Warner Bros. Television Group until 2024. [7]
In February 2020, David Madden joined the company as its new president, taking over from the company's former president Sarah Schechter. [8] Schechter moved to the newly created positions of chairwoman and partner. [8] Before joining the company, Madden was the former president of AMC Networks and Fox Broadcasting Company. [8]
In August 2021, Dannah Shinder joined the company as executive vice president of television. Before joining the company, Shinder was senior vice president of television at Elizabeth Banks' Brownstone Productions. [9] In January 2022, Suzanne Gomez joined the company as chief marketing officer, and head of talent relations. Gomez was previously senior vice president of publicity at The CW, a position she held since the inception of the network in 2006. [10]
In January 2023, the company signed a four-year exclusive overall deal for Berlanti Productions to remain at the Warner Bros. studio for its television operations into the year 2027 with Warner Bros. Television Group. [11] [12]
Year | Title | Director | Gross (worldwide) | Distributor | Notes | Ref. |
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2015 | Pan | Joe Wright | $128.4 million | Warner Bros. Pictures | with RatPac-Dune Entertainment | [13] |
2020 | Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons: The Movie | Sung Jin Ahn | — | Warner Bros. Home Entertainment | with Blue Ribbon Content, DC Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Animation | [14] |
2021 | Free Guy | Shawn Levy | $331.5 million | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | with 20th Century Studios, 21 Laps Entertainment, Maximum Effort, Lit Entertainment Group, and TSG Entertainment | [15] |
Year | Title | Network | Notes | Ref. |
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2018–present | All American | The CW | with April Blair's Company (season 1), CBS Studios, and Warner Bros. Television | [16] |
You | Lifetime Netflix | with Man Sewing Dinosaur, Alloy Entertainment, A&E Studios, Warner Horizon Television (seasons 1–2), and Warner Bros. Television (season 3–present) | [17] | |
2023–present | Found | NBC | with Rock My Soul Productions, Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television | [18] |
2024–present | Brilliant Minds | with 1107 Productions, 72nd Street, Fabel Entertainment, The Imaginarium, Universal Television and Warner Bros. Television | [19] [20] |
Year | Title | Website / Network | Notes | Ref. |
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2015–2016 | Vixen | CW Seed | with Blue Ribbon Content, DC Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Animation | |
2017–2018 | Freedom Fighters: The Ray | |||
2018–2019 | Constantine: City of Demons | with Phantom Four Films, Digital eMation, Blue Ribbon Content, DC Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Animation | ||
2020 | Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons | with Blue Ribbon Content, DC Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Animation |
Berlanti-Schechter Films was founded in 2020 by Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter, and is a subsidiary of Berlanti Productions. In July 2021, the company signed a first-look feature film deal at Netflix. [54]
Year | Title | Director | Gross (worldwide) | Distributor | Notes | Ref. |
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2020 | Unpregnant | Rachel Lee Goldenberg | — | HBO Max | with Picturestart and Warner Max | [55] |
2022 | Moonshot | Chris Winterbauer | — | with Good Universe, Entertainment 360, Warner Bros. Pictures, and New Line Cinema | [56] | |
My Policeman | Michael Grandage | — | Amazon Studios | with Independent Film Company, and MGC | [57] | |
2023 | Red, White & Royal Blue | Matthew Lopez | — | Amazon Prime Video | with Amazon Studios | [58] |
2024 | Atlas | Brad Peyton | — | Netflix | with Safehouse Pictures, ASAP Entertainment and Nuyorican Productions | [59] |
Fly Me to the Moon | Greg Berlanti | — | Columbia Pictures (through Sony Pictures Releasing) | with Apple Studios and These Pictures | [60] |
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