SpringHill Company

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SpringHill Company
Company type Private
IndustryEntertainment
Predecessors
  • SpringHill Entertainment
  • Robot Company
  • Uninterrupted
Founded2020;4 years ago (2020)
Founder
Headquarters Hollywood, California, US
Key people
Products
  • Film
  • television
  • Audio
  • Consulting
  • Marketing
  • Storytelling
Website www.springhillcompany.com

SpringHill Company is an entertainment development and production company founded in 2020 by LeBron James and Maverick Carter. Its board of directors includes Serena Williams. [1] The company unites three earlier companies founded by James and Carter: SpringHill Entertainment, an entertainment production company founded in 2007, [2] the Robot Company, an integrated marketing agency and brand and culture consultancy founded by Carter and James together with Paul Rivera, the creator of the talk show The Shop , and Uninterrupted, founded in 2015 with the aim to empower athletes by providing a platform that allows them to share their stories. [3]

Contents

SpringHill Company signed a two-year scripted television deal with ABC Signature, a part of Disney Television Studios, in June 2020. [4] In September 2020, the company signed a four-year first-look deal with Universal Pictures. [5]

Like SpringHill Entertainment before, the company is named after the housing complex in Akron, where James was raised. [6]

In November 2024, it was announced that SpringHill Company would merge with Fulwell 73 by the end of the year with Maverick Carter and Leo Pearlman leading the combined company as co-CEOs. [7]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmDirectorDistributor
2019 What's My Name: Muhammad Ali Antoine Fuqua HBO
2021 Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street [8] Salima Koroma CNN
Space Jam: A New Legacy [9] Malcolm D. Lee Warner Bros. Pictures
2022 Hustle [10] Jeremiah Zagar Netflix
Fantasy Football Anton Cropper Paramount+
2023 House Party [11] Calmatic Warner Bros. Pictures
Shooting Stars [12] Chris Robinson [13] Peacock
Black Ice [14] Hubert Davis Bell Media, Elevation Pictures (Canada)
Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions (United States)
2024 Rez Ball [15] Sydney Freeland Netflix
TBABlood Count Peter Ramsey Paramount Pictures [16]
New Kid [17] Prentice Penny Universal Pictures
Weekend Warriors [18] Stephen Chbosky Apple Studios

Television

YearSeriesDistributor
2014–2017 Survivor's Remorse Starz
2016–present The Wall NBC
2018–2020Shut Up and Dribble Showtime
2018–present The Shop HBO/YouTube
2019 Million Dollar Mile CBS
2020 Self Made [19] Netflix
2021 The Playbook
2022–presentRecipe for Change [20] YouTube
2023 The Crossover Disney+
TBAFantasy Sports [21]

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