Pantheon Media Group

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Pantheon Media Group LLC
Company type Subsidiary
Industry
FounderSteve Michaels
Key people
  • Steve Michaels (Chairman)
  • Jennifer O'Connell (CEO)
Products
  • Feature films
  • Television shows
Parent Legendary Entertainment (2013–2018)
Endeavor (2023–present)
Subsidiaries
  • 45Live
  • Asylum Entertainment
  • Audity
  • Big City
  • Breaklight Pictures
  • DARE Pictures
  • Done and Dusted
  • Film45
  • Ladywell Films (minority stake)
  • Large Eyes
  • Moon&Back Media
  • Pantheon Studios
  • Pantheon Studios International
  • Soho Studios Entertainment
  • Texas Crew Productions
  • Tyler Perry Studios Unscripted
Website www.pantheonmedia.com

Pantheon Media Group LLC (formerly known as Asylum Entertainment Group LLC) is a production company that has produced Emmy and Peabody award winning productions. [1] [2] The company operates several labels around the globe and specializes in unscripted television, film, and content production.

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History

Founded as Asylum Entertainment in 2003 by Steve Michaels, [3] Legendary Entertainment purchased the company for $100 million in 2013. [4]

In 2018, Michaels bought the company back and re-launched it as The Content Group. [5]

In 2019, Michaels restored the Asylum Entertainment brand forming new parent company, Asylum Entertainment Group LLC. [6] That year, the company partnered with veteran executive producer Lori Rothschild Ansaldi to launch Big City TV and also launched audio division Audity. [7]

In 2020, Asylum Entertainment Group acquired Dance Moms' producer Collins Avenue Entertainment from Kew Media [8] and launched Breaklight Pictures with veteran producer Dan Johnstone. [9]

In 2022, they acquired Texas Crew Productions. [10]

In 2023, the company bought a stake in the UK producer Moon&Back Media [11] and secured first-look production deals with The New York Post [12] and Comandante Productions, led by Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello. [13]

In 2023, Endeavor purchased a majority stake in the company. [14]

In early 2024, the company announced a series of new partnerships and acquisitions including a partnership with director Scott Weintrob's Large Eyes Entertainment [15] an investment in UK-based production company Soho Studios Entertainment, [16] an acquired stake in British production company, DARE Entertainment, [17] a minority stake in independent production house Ladywell Films—founded by The Tinder Swindler filmmakers Bernadette Higgins and Felicity Morris— [18] as well as a joint venture with Tyler Perry Studios. [19]

At the end of July 2024, Asylum Entertainment Group announced that they also acquired a significant stake in British-American live and unscripted production company Done and Dusted. [20]

In addition, in December 2024, Asylum Entertainment Group announced that they had rebranded as Pantheon Media Group, hiring veteran unscripted executive producer Jennifer O’Connell as their new CEO with founder Steven Michaels becoming chairman of the rebranded company. [21]

Filmography

TV series

YearSeriesDistributor
2025 Ruby & Jodi: A Cult of Sin and Influence Investigation Discovery
2025 Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie Investigation Discovery
2024Zillow Gone Wild HGTV
2018–2021Eli Roth's History of Horror [22] AMC
2018In Ice Cold Blood Oxygen
2018To Rome for Love Bravo
2017 I Am Elizabeth Smart Lifetime
2017 Origins: The Journey of Humankind NatGeo
2015 The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe [23] Lifetime
2014–2015 Hollywood Hillbillies Reelz
2013–2014Hollywood Scandals
2013 Owner's Manual AMC
2013 Urban Tarzan Spike
2012RV Kings Travel Channel
2012Travel Unraveled
2012–2014 10 Things You Don't Know About History Channel
2011Two of a KindSelf-distributed
2011 The Kennedys [24] Warner Bros. Television Distribution
2008–2009 World's Wildest Vacation Videos TruTV
2008–2011The Locator [25] We TV
2006–2008 American Gangster BET
2001–2006 Beyond the Glory Fox Sports

Films

YearFilmDirector
2025New York Post Presents: Luigi Mangione Monster or Martyr? New York Post
2017 Cocaine Godmother Guillermo Navarro
2017 I Am Elizabeth Smart Sarah Walker
2017 Britney Ever After Leslie Libman
2015Manson's Lost Girls [26] Susanna Lo
2013 Ring of Fire Allison Anders

Shorts

YearFilmDirector
2018 Far Cry 5: Inside Eden’s Gate [27] Barry Battles

References

  1. ↑ "30 For 30". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
  2. ↑ "The Kennedys". Television Academy. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
  3. ↑ White, Peter (2019-08-20). "Steve Michaels' Asylum Entertainment Group Plots Global Growth With Hire Of Former ITV Exec Ronan Hand". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  4. ↑ Graser, Marc (2013-12-09). "Legendary Entertainment Acquires Asylum Entertainment". Variety. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  5. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2018-06-05). "Steve Michaels Buys Back Asylum Entertainment From Legendary, Launches The Content Group". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  6. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2019-01-24). "Steve Michaels Restores Asylum Entertainment Brand In Restructuring, Hires Jodi Flynn As Content Group Prez". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  7. ↑ White, Peter (2019-09-24). "Steve Michaels' Asylum Entertainment Group Launches Audio Company Audity". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Exclusive: The Content Group, Dan Johnstone launch Breaklight Pictures" . Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  10. ↑ White, Peter (2022-09-06). "Asylum Entertainment Acquires 'Ripley's Believe It or Not!' Producer Texas Crew Productions". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  11. ↑ White, Peter (2023-09-07). "Asylum Entertainment Group Buys Stake In UK Producer Moon&Back Media". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  12. ↑ White, Peter (2023-02-23). "New York Post Plots TV Path With Asylum Entertainment Group In First-Look Deal". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  13. ↑ Franklin, McKinley (2023-05-15). "Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello Rocks New First-Look Deal With Asylum Entertainment Group (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ White, Peter (2024-01-18). "Asylum Entertainment Group Strikes Partnership With Scott Weintrob & Large Eyes Entertainment". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  16. ↑ White, Peter (2024-02-08). "Endeavor-Backed Asylum Entertainment Group Invests In British Producer Soho Studios Entertainment". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  17. ↑ Carson, Lexi (2024-04-08). "Asylum Entertainment Group Strikes Deal To Invest In DARE Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  18. ↑ Dunn, Jack (2024-05-29). "Asylum Entertainment Group Invests in Ladywell Films (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  19. ↑ Schneider, Michael (2024-05-01). "Tyler Perry Studios Partners With Asylum Entertainment Group To Develop Unscripted Programming". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  20. ↑ White, Peter (2024-07-31). "Oscar & Emmys Producer Done+Dusted Scores Investment From Endeavor-Backed Asylum Entertainment Group". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  21. ↑ "Asylum Entertainment Group rebrands, names Jennifer O'Connell CEO". C21Media. December 20, 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  22. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2019-01-24). "Steve Michaels Restores Asylum Entertainment Brand In Restructuring, Hires Jodi Flynn As Content Group Prez". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  23. ↑ Lowry, Brian (2015-05-28). "TV Review: 'The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe'". Variety. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  24. ↑ Gardner, Eriq (2013-12-09). "Legendary Entertainment Acquires 'Kennedys' Producer Asylum". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  25. ↑ Rose, Lacey (2013-09-17). "Asylum Entertainment Taps Stephanie Lydecker as Senior VP Development". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  26. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2015-07-01). "Lifetime Greenlights Charles Manson Girls Movie; MacKenzie Mauzy Leads Cast". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  27. ↑ Far Cry 5: Inside Eden's Gate (Short 2018) - IMDb , retrieved 2022-05-03
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