Imagine Entertainment, formerly Imagine Films Entertainment, also known simply as Imagine (stylized in all caps as IMAGINE), is an American film and television production company founded in November 1985 by producer Brian Grazer and director Ron Howard.The feature-film division has participated in over sixty productions and is associated with Universal Pictures, [1] which has distributed many of Imagine's productions, some with other studios. Erica Huggins was hired as senior vice president of motion picture production and was elevated to executive vice president in 2006, and later to co-president of production in 2010. [2] Its television division, Imagine Television Studios (formerly Imagine Television), was founded in November 1985 by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, around the same time when the company was founded. It has participated in at least twenty productions and has been frequently associated with 20th Century Fox Television.
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Like Father Like Son | First film | ||
| 1988 | Willow | With Lucasfilm | ||
| Vibes | ||||
| Clean and Sober | ||||
| 1989 | The 'Burbs | Universal Pictures | [3] | |
| The Dream Team | ||||
| Parenthood | [4] |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Cry-Baby | Universal Pictures | ||
| Opportunity Knocks | With Brad Grey Productions and The Meledandri-Gordon Company | |||
| Kindergarten Cop | [3] | |||
| Problem Child | With Robert Simonds Productions | [3] | ||
| 1991 | The Doors | With Carolco Pictures | ||
| Closet Land | Universal Pictures | |||
| Backdraft | With Trilogy Entertainment Group | |||
| Problem Child 2 | With Robert Simonds Productions | |||
| My Girl | ||||
| 1992 | Far and Away | Universal Pictures | [3] | |
| Housesitter | ||||
| Boomerang | With Eddie Murphy Productions | |||
| 1993 | CB4 | Universal Pictures | Uncredited | |
| Cop and a Half | ||||
| For Love or Money | ||||
| 1994 | My Girl 2 | |||
| Greedy | Universal Pictures | |||
| The Paper | ||||
| The Cowboy Way | ||||
| 1995 | Apollo 13 | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2023 | ||
| 1996 | Sgt. Bilko | |||
| Fear | ||||
| The Nutty Professor | With Eddie Murphy Productions | [5] | ||
| Ransom | With Touchstone Pictures; uncredited | |||
| The Chamber | Universal Pictures | With Davis Entertainment | ||
| 1997 | Liar Liar | |||
| Inventing the Abbotts | ||||
| 1998 | Mercury Rising | Universal Pictures | ||
| Psycho | ||||
| 1999 | EDtv | |||
| Life | ||||
| Bowfinger | ||||
| Beyond the Mat | [6] |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Rebuilding Paradise | Under Imagine Documentaries | [15] | |
| Breakthrough: Virus Fighters | Under Imagine Documentaries; with National Geographic Studios, Lincoln Square Productions, DDCD & Partners, Inc., Asylum Entertainment and General Electric | [16] | ||
| D. Wade: Life Unexpected | Under Imagine Documentaries | [17] [18] | ||
| 2021 | Julia | Under Imagine Documentaries; with CNN Films and Storyville Films | [19] | |
| Paper & Glue | Abromarama and MSNBC Films | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Impact Partners, TIME Studios and Shark Island Productions | [20] | |
| 2022 | Thirteen Lives | With Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Bron Creative, Magnolia Mae Films and Storyteller Productions | [21] | |
| 2023 | Carlos | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Sony Music Entertainment | [22] | |
| 2025 | Eden | With AGC Studios, Library Pictures International and Medan Productions | [23] | |
| After the Hunt | Amazon MGM Studios | With Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Frenesy Film Company and Big Indie Pictures; international distribution by Sony Pictures Releasing International | [24] |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | How to Rob a Bank | With Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and 87North Productions | [25] [26] | |
| Whalefall | With 3 Arts Entertainment | |||
| 2027 | Spaceballs 2 | With Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Brooksfilms | [27] | |
| TBA | Zero | With Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Animal Logic | [28] | |
| Untitled Friday Night Lights film | Universal Pictures | [29] | ||
| Fear | [30] | |||
| Scar Tissue | [31] | |||
| Rainbow Serpent | Paramount Pictures | With Paramount Animation and Animal Logic | [32] | |
| Muttnik | With Paramount Animation | [33] | ||
| Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell | TBA | With Wattpad Webtoon Studios | [34] | |
| Untitled 24 film | [35] | |||
| Rager | [36] | |||
| Pyongyang Home Video | TBA | With Desert Bloom Pictures | [37] | |
| Dangerously Funny | TBA | With Good Walk Entertainment | [38] | |
| Alone at Dawn | Amazon MGM Studios | With The Hideaway Entertainment and Thruline Entertainment | [39] | |
| The Last Letter | With Full Measures | [40] |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! | With Universal Animation Studios |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | With Universal 1440 Entertainment and Universal Animation Studios | |
| 2016 | Kindergarten Cop 2 | With Universal 1440 Entertainment and Where's Arnold Productions | [4] | |
| 2017 | Cop and a Half: New Recruit | With Universal 1440 Entertainment, Everywhere Studios and 50 Degrees North Productions | ||
| 2019 | Backdraft 2 | With Universal 1440 Entertainment, Rafaella Productions, Nexus Factory, uMedia and Title Media | ||
| Curious George: Royal Monkey | With Universal 1440 Entertainment and Universal Animation Studios | |||
| Inside Man: Most Wanted | With Universal 1440 Entertainment | |||
| Undercover Brother 2 | With Universal 1440 Entertainment and Hal Lieberman Company |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 | Under Imagine Documentaries; with DHX Media and Tremolo Productions | [41] |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Dads | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Dove Men + Care and Nine Muses Entertainment | [42] | |
| Curious George: Go West Go Wild | With Universal 1440 Entertainment and Universal Animation Studios | |||
| Hillbilly Elegy | ||||
| John Bronco | With Gifted Youth | [43] | ||
| 2021 | The Day Sports Stood Still | Under Imagine Documentaries; with HBO Documentary Films, Waffle Iron Entertainment, Hill District Media and Ohh Dip!!! Productions | [44] | |
| Who Are You, Charlie Brown? | Under Imagine Documentaries; with WildBrain Studios, Peanuts Worldwide and Schulz Studio | [45] | ||
| John Bronco Rides Again | With Gifted Youth | |||
| Curious George: Cape Ahoy | With Universal 1440 Entertainment and Universal Animation Studios | |||
| Tick, Tick... Boom! | With 5000 Broadway Productions | [46] | ||
| Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker | Under Imagine Documentaries; with MTV Documentary Films and Delirio Films; short documentary | [47] [48] | ||
| 2022 | Downfall: The Case Against Boeing | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Moxie Films | ||
| Lucy and Desi | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Amazon Studios, White Horse Pictures, Paper Kite Productions and Diamond Docs | [49] | ||
| We Feed People | Under Imagine Documentaries; with National Geographic Documentary Films | [50] | ||
| Leave No Trace | Under Imagine Documentaries; with ABC News Studios and Vermilion Films | [51] | ||
| Thirteen Lives | With Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Bron and Amazon Studios | [21] [52] | ||
| Wedding Season | With Jax Media and Samosa Stories | |||
| Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Polygram Entertainment | |||
| The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Appian Way and Moxie Films | [53] | ||
| 2023 | Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming, with Dave Letterman | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Tremolo Productions and Worldwide Pants Productions | [54] | |
| Judy Blume Forever | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Amazon Studios | [55] | ||
| The Beanie Bubble | With Apple Studios | [56] | ||
| Candy Cane Lane | With Amazon MGM Studios, Bubble Pictures and Big Indie Pictures | [57] | ||
| 2024 | Frida | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Amazon MGM Studios, Time Studios and Storyville Films | [58] | |
| Stormy | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Apatow Productions and Carr Lot Productions | [59] | ||
| Jim Henson Idea Man | Under Imagine Documentaries; with The Jim Henson Company, Disney Original Documentary, Diamond Docs and Fifth Season | [60] [61] | ||
| Music by John Williams | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Lucasfilm Ltd., Amblin Documentaries and Nedland Media | [62] | ||
| The Lost Children | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Grain Media, Caracol Televisión, Teletigre and One Day's Walk | [63] | ||
| 2025 | Pets | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Nine Muses Entertainment | [64] | |
| Stewart 27 | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Andscape, Rockstar Energy Drink, PepsiCo Content Studio | [65] | ||
| Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything | Under Imagine Documentaries, with ABC News Studios and Latchkey Films | [66] |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | Mosquito Bowl | with Film 44 | [67] | |
| The Shrinking of Treehorn | With Animal Logic, Paramount Animation and Paramount Pictures | [68] |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Personality Crisis: One Night Only | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Showtime Documentary Films and Sikelia Productions | ||
| The Slumber Party | Under Imagine Kids+Family; with Jax Media | [69] |
| Year(s) | Title | Network/Channel | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986–87 | Gung Ho | First television series; with Four Way Productions and Paramount Television | ||
| 1987–88 | Ohara | With M'ass Production and Warner Bros. Television | ||
| 1987 | Take Five | With Empire City Presentations and Tri-Star Television | ||
| 1989 | Knight & Daye |
| Year(s) | Title | Network/Channel | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–91 | Parenthood | With Universal Television | ||
| My Talk Show | Syndication | With Second City Entertainment and MCA TV | ||
| 1997–98 | Hiller and Diller | With Touchstone Television | ||
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | |||
| 1998–2000 | Sports Night | With Touchstone Television | ||
| 1998–2002 | Felicity | |||
| 1999–2001 | The PJs | With The Murphy Company, Will Vinton Studios, Touchstone Television (seasons 1–2) and Warner Bros. Television (season 3) |
| Year(s) | Title | Network/Channel | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Wonderland | With Touchstone Television | ||
| Rat Bastard | Pilot; with Epoch Ink | |||
| 2001 | The Beast | With Touchstone Television | ||
| 2001–10 | 24 | With Real Time Productions, Teakwood Lane Productions, and 20th Century Fox Television | [4] | |
| 2003 | Miss Match | With Darren Star Productions and 20th Century Fox Television | ||
| 2003–06 2013–19 | Arrested Development | With The Hurwitz Company and 20th Century Fox Television | [70] | |
| 2004 | The Big House | With 20th Century Fox Television | ||
| 2004–05 | Quintuplets | With Mark Reisman Productions and 20th Century Fox Television | ||
| 2005 | The Inside | With Reamworks and 20th Century Fox Television | ||
| 2006 | Saved | With Sarabande Productions and Fox 21 | ||
| 2006–15 2021–22 | Curious George | Credited as Imagine Entertainment; seasons 1–9, 12 and 14–15; with WGBH Boston (seasons 1–9 and 12), Universal 1440 Entertainment (seasons 12, 14–15) and Universal Animation Studios | ||
| 2006 | Treasure Hunters | With Magical Elves, Inc., Madison Road Entertainment and NBCUniversal Television Studio | ||
| 2006–08 | Shark | With Deforestation Services and 20th Century Fox Television | ||
| 2006–11 | Friday Night Lights | With Film 44 and Universal Television | [70] | |
| 2008 | 24: Redemption | With Teakwood Lane Productions and 20th Century Fox Television | ||
| 2009–11 | Lie to Me | With Pagoda Pictures, Samuel Baum Productions, MiddKid Productions, and 20th Century Fox Television |
| Year(s) | Title | Network/Channel | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–15 | Parenthood | NBC | With True Jack Productions, Open 4 Business Productions and Universal Television | |
| 2011 | Friends with Benefits | With Big Kid Pictures, Pickle Films, and 20th Century Fox Television | ||
| The Playboy Club | With Alta Loma Entertainment, Storyland Entertainment, and 20th Century Fox Television | |||
| 2012 | The 84th Academy Awards | With The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | [71] | |
| The Great Escape | With Profiles Television Productions, The Hochberg Ebersol Company, and Fox Television Studios | |||
| 2013 | How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) | With Hot Lava Girl Productions and 20th Century Fox Television | ||
| 2014 | Those Who Kill | With One Two One Three Pictures, Miso Film, and Fox 21 | ||
| 24: Live Another Day | With Teakwood Lane Productions and 20th Century Fox Television | |||
| Gang Related | With Chris Morgan Productions, Skeeter Rosenbaum Productions, and 20th Century Fox Television | |||
| 2015–20 | Empire | With Lee Daniels Entertainment, Danny Strong Productions, Little Chicken Inc., and 20th Century Fox Television | [4] | |
| 2015 | The Bastard Executioner | With Sutter Ink, FX Productions, and Fox 21 Television Studios | ||
| 2015–present | Breakthrough | [16] | ||
| 2016–18 | Mars | With RadicalMedia | [72] | |
| 2017 | 24: Legacy | With Coto/Katz Productions, Teakwood Lane Productions and 20th Century Fox Television | [73] | |
| Shots Fired | With Undisputed Cinema and 20th Century Fox Television | |||
| 2017–2024 | Genius | With Paperboy Productions, OddLot Entertainment, EUE/Sokolow and 20th Television | [74] | |
| 2019–21 | Why Women Kill | With Black Lamb, Acme Productions, Cherry Productions and CBS Studios | ||
| 2019–23 | Wu-Tang: An American Saga | With RZA Productions, Minute Drill Productions and 20th Television (seasons 2–3) |
| Year(s) | Title | Network/Channel | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 68 Whiskey | With yes Studio, Little City and CBS Television Studios | ||
| Filthy Rich | With Wyolah Films and Fox Entertainment | |||
| 2020–21 | The Astronauts | Under Imagine Kids+Family; with UnMovies and Nickelodeon Productions | [75] [76] | |
| 2020 | On Pointe | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Downtown Community Television Center | ||
| 2021 | We Are: The Brooklyn Saints | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Disarming Films | [77] | |
| Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel | Under Imagine Documentaries; with RadicalMedia and Third Eye Motion Picture Company | [78] | ||
| Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Rolling Stone and Lightbox | [78] [79] | ||
| Gossip | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Showtime Documentary Films | |||
| The Lost Symbol | With Dworkin/Beattie, Universal Television and CBS Studios | |||
| Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer | Under Imagine Documentaries; with RadicalMedia and Third Eye Motion Picture Company | [78] | ||
| 2021–23 | Swagger | With Undisputed Cinema, Thirty Five Ventures and CBS Studios | ||
| 2021–present | The Ms. Pat Show | With Lee Daniels Entertainment, DAE Light Media and BET Original Productions | ||
| 2022 | Under the Banner of Heaven | Credited as Imagine Television; with Hungry Jackal Productions, Aggregate Films and FXP | ||
| Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Luminant Media | |||
| 2022–25 | Light & Magic | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Lucasfilm and Kasdan Pictures (season 1) | [80] | |
| 2022 | Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields | Under Imagine Documentaries; with RadicalMedia and Third Eye Motion Picture Company | [78] | |
| 2022–25 | The Tiny Chef Show | Under Imagine Kids+Family; with Factory (season 1), ShadowMachine (season 2), Dunshire Productions, Tiny Chef Productions and Nickelodeon Animation Studio | [81] | |
| 2023 | Murf the Surf | With This Machine Filmworks | ||
| 2023–24 | Bossy Bear | Under Imagine Kids+Family; with Renegade Animation and Nickelodeon Animation Studio | [82] | |
| 2023 | The Super Models | Under Imagine Documentaries; with One Story Up | [83] | |
| Taiwan Crime Stories | With CalFilms Asia and Sixty Percent Productions | [84] | ||
| 2024 | Choir | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Blumhouse Television and Maniac Productions | [85] | |
| The Truth About Jim | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Investigation Discovery and Freak Magnet | [86] | ||
| The Dynasty: New England Patriots | Under Imagine Documentaries | [87] | ||
| I Am Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders | Under Imagine Documentaries; with HBO Documentary Films and Carr Lot Productions | [88] | ||
| Churchill at War | Under Imagine Documentaries | [89] | ||
| 2025 | Faces the Music | Under Imagine Documentaries; with Mazu films, Sephora and Digitas Pictures | [90] | |
| Harlem Ice | Under Imagine Documentaries | [91] | ||
| David Blaine: Do Not Attempt | Under Imagine Documentaries | [92] | ||
| Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series | Under Imagine Documentaries; with This Machine Filmworks, Cap 2 Productions and MLB | [93] [94] | ||
| Earnhardt | Under Imagine Documentaries; with NASCAR Studios, Everyone Else and Dirty Mo Media | [95] | ||
| Gringo Hunters | With The Washington Post, Woo Films and Redrum | [96] |
| Year(s) | Title | Network/Channel | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | Untitled musical comedy | With Amazon MGM Studios | [97] | |
| Fear | With Universal Television | [98] | ||
| The 'Burbs | With Hear Tell, Fuzzy Door Productions and Universal Content Productions | [99] |