UnbeliEVAble Entertainment

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UnbeliEVAble Entertainment
Company type Private
Industry Production company
Founded2005;19 years ago (2005)
Founder Eva Longoria
Headquarters Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Key people
Eva Longoria (CEO)
OwnerHyphenate Media Group

UnbeliEVAble Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded in 2005 by actress, producer, and director Eva Longoria. It is known for producing the film John Wick (2014), and the television series Ready for Love , Telenovela , and Grand Hotel .

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History

The company's founder Eva Longoria in 2006 Actress Eva Longoria.jpg
The company's founder Eva Longoria in 2006

UnbeliEVAble Entertainment was founded in 2005 in California, United States by American actress, producer, and director Eva Longoria. [1] [2] In 2012, the company signed a first-look development deal with Universal Television. [3]

In August 2016, the company signed a two-year first-look deal with Universal Pictures from 2016 to 2018. [4] Also in August 2016, Will Rack joined the company as vice president. Before joining the company, Rack was an associate producer at 21 Laps Entertainment. [4] Rack left the company in March 2020. [5]

In September 2020, the company signed a three-year first-look deal with 20th Television. [6] In April 2021, Adriana Martínez Barrón joined the company as vice president of film, [7] until January 2022. [8] In April 2022, Sandra Condito joined the company as president of television and film, [1] succeeding Ben Spector who left the company also in April 2022. [9] Before joining the company, Condito was the senior vice president of International Production and Development at Sony Pictures.

In March 2022, the company partnered with My Cultura Podcast Network, a iHeartMedia owned podcast network, to create multiple scripted and unscripted podcasts. Podcasts launched through the partnership include: Connections With Eva Longoria, a guests based podcast hosted by Longoria, Sisters of the Underground, a podcast that follows the true story of the Mirabal sisters, and Hungry for History with Eva Longoria and Maite Gomez-Rejón, a food podcast hosted by Longoria and American author Maite Gomez-Rejón. [10] [11]

In September 2022, the company partnered with short-form video social network TikTok, and media company MACRO, to create a content creator incubator called the "Latinx Creatives Grant", which helps selected Latinx content creators on TikTok financially, and with "educational programming and networking opportunities". [12]

In October 2023, the company was acquired by Hyphenate Media Group, a company co-founded by Longoria and chairman of Americas of Banijay, Cris Abrego. Longoria will serve as Hyphenate's co-founder and chief creative officer, and Abrego will serve as co-founder and CEO. Banijay also has a strategic investment in the company. [13] [14]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorGross (worldwide)NotesRef.
2014 John Wick Chad Stahelski [lower-alpha 1] $86 millionwith Summit Entertainment, Thunder Road Films, 87Eleven Productions, MJW Films, DefyNite Films, and Company Films [16]
2018 Reversing Roe Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg —with Lincoln Square Productions and Break Thru Films [17]
2021 Burros Jefferson Stein —with Ten to the Six Pictures and Artless Media [18]
2022 La Guerra Civil Eva Longoria Bastón —with DAZN Originals [19]
In Production

Television

YearTitleNetworkNotesRef.
2013 Ready for Love NBC
NBC.com/Hulu 		with Renegade 83 Entertainment and Universal Television [22]
2015–2016 Telenovela NBC with Tall and Short Productions and Universal Television [23]
2019 Grand Hotel ABC with BT's Fishing Team and ABC Studios [24]
2021Let's Get Merried VH1 with Blue Ice Pictures and MTV Entertainment Studios [25]
2022 Gordita Chronicles HBO Max with Osprey Productions, Cinestar, Bons Mots Emporium Inc., Sony Pictures Television, and HBO Max Originals [26]
Upcoming
In Production

Podcasts

YearTitleHost(s)ProviderGenreNotesRef.
2022–presentConnections with Eva Longoria Eva Longoria My Cultura Network/iHeartMedia Guest, society, culture [10] [11]
2022–presentSisters of the Underground—My Cultura Network/iHeartMedia History with School of Humans Audio Productions [36]
2022–presentHungry for History with Eva Longoria and Maite Gomez-RejónEva Longoria and Maite Gomez-RejónMy Cultura Network/iHeartMedia Food [37] [11]

Notes

  1. ↑ Stahelski co-directed the film with David Leitch, but the Directors Guild of America awarded sole directorial credit to Stahelski; Leitch is instead listed as a producer. [15]

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