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]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmDirectorDistributor
2019 What's My Name: Muhammad Ali Antoine Fuqua HBO
2021 Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street [7] Salima Koroma CNN
Space Jam: A New Legacy [8] Malcolm D. Lee Warner Bros. Pictures
2022 Hustle [9] Jeremiah Zagar Netflix
Fantasy Football Anton Cropper Paramount+
2023 House Party [10] Calmatic Warner Bros. Pictures
Shooting Stars [11] Chris Robinson [12] Peacock
Black Ice [13] Hubert Davis Bell Media, Elevation Pictures (Canada)
Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions (United States)
TBABlood Count Peter Ramsey Paramount Pictures [14]
New Kid [15] Prentice Penny Universal Pictures
Rez Ball [16] Sydney Freeland Netflix

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 [17] Netflix
2021 The Playbook
2022-presentRecipe for Change [18] YouTube
2023 The Crossover Disney+
TBAFantasy Sports [19]

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