Animal Kingdom (company)
Animal Kingdom is a Brooklyn-based film production company that was founded in 2012 by producers Joshua Astrachan and David Kaplan alongside Wall Street veteran Frederick W. Green.[1][2] The group is responsible for a catalog of American independent films that have premiered at and received accolades from a range of international film festivals — from Sundance to Toronto to main competition in Cannes.[3][4][5]
The first film produced under the Animal Kingdom banner was Short Term 12, created by writer/director Destin Daniel Cretton and starring Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever, Rami Malek and Lakeith Stanfield. The film premiered at South by Southwest in 2013, where it received the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature, and went on to have an international premiere at Locarno.[6]
Animal Kingdom’s subsequent films have featured actors such as Adam Driver, Vanessa Kirby, Isabelle Huppert, Gabriel Byrne, Jesse Eisenberg, Rachel Brosnahan, Joel Edgerton, Steve Buscemi, Selena Gomez, Bill Murray, Chloë Sevigny,[7][8][9][10][11] and Academy Award winners Mahershala Ali and Tilda Swinton.[12][13] The company's films have been distributed by A24, Focus Features, Netflix, Amazon, NEON and The Orchard.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
In 2016, Animal Kingdom began development on its first project for television, an adaptation of David Carr's memoir The Night of the Gun, starring Bob Odenkirk.[21]
Animal Kingdom inked a two-year first-look deal with studio partner Focus Features in 2015.[22] In 2018, the company announced the closing of a capital investment from Vancouver-based BRON Ventures, a division of Bron Studios.[23]
Filmography[edit]
| YEAR | FILM | DIRECTOR | DISTRIBUTOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Short Term 12 | Destin Daniel Cretton | Cinedigm |
| 2014 | It Follows | David Robert Mitchell | RADiUS-TWC |
| 2015 | Partisan | Ariel Kleiman | Well Go USA |
| 2015 | Louder Than Bombs | Joachim Trier | The Orchard |
| 2016 | Kicks | Justin Tipping | Focus Features |
| 2016 | Trespass Against Us | Adam Smith | A24 |
| 2016 | Paterson | Jim Jarmusch | Amazon Studios |
| 2016 | Tramps | Adam Leon | Netflix |
| 2017 | It Comes at Night | Trey Edward Shults | A24 |
| 2017 | Beach Rats | Eliza Hittman | NEON |
| 2019 | The Dead Don't Die | Jim Jarmusch | Focus Features |
Television[edit]
| YEAR | SERIES | AIR DATE | # OF SEASONS | # OF EPISODES | DISTRIBUTOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | Night of the Gun | TBA | 1 | TBA | FX |
References[edit]
- ↑ Barker, Andrew. "10 Producers to Watch: David Kaplan". Variety.com. Variety Media. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ↑ Saito, Stephen (April 18, 2017). "Interview: Producer Joshua Astrachan on Cooking Up Something Special with "Tramps"". moveablefeast.com. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ↑ "'Beach Rats': Film Review | Sundance 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ Macaulay, Scott. "TIFF 2016: Five Questions for Tramps Writer/Director Adam Leon". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ Buder, Emily; Buder, Emily (2015-09-29). "5 Reasons 'It Follows' Became the Surprise Indie Hit of the Year". IndieWire. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ Hopewell, John (August 11, 2013). "Memento Rolls Out 'Short Term 12' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.com. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ↑ Jaafar, Ali; Jaafar, Ali (2016-01-12). "Adam Driver To Star In Jim Jarmusch's 'Paterson', Amazon And K5 To Co-Finance". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ Wiseman, Andreas; Wiseman, Andreas (2019-03-06). "Vanessa Kirby, Adam Leon Wrap Drama In New York City". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ Debruge, Peter; Debruge, Peter (2015-05-17). "Film Review: 'Louder Than Bombs'". Variety. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ Gleiberman, Owen; Gleiberman, Owen (2017-05-15). "Film Review: 'It Comes at Night'". Variety. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ McNary, Dave; McNary, Dave (2018-07-13). "Jim Jarmusch Is Making a Zombie Movie With Bill Murray and Selena Gomez". Variety. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ Ellingson, Annlee (September 9, 2016). "Why producer David Kaplan picked up 'Kicks,' a film many viewed as too ambitious". www.bizjournals.com. American City Business Journals. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ↑ "Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton to Star in Jim Jarmusch's Zombie Comedy 'The Dead Don't Die'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ Erbland, Kate; Erbland, Kate (2017-06-09). "'It Comes at Night': Why A24 Took a Gamble on a New Filmmaker's Ambitious Horror Vision". IndieWire. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ Jaafar, Ali; Jaafar, Ali (2014-12-16). "'Trespass Against Us' Finds Home With A24". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ "Jim Jarmusch Begins Production on New Zombie Comedy The Dead Don't Die". Focus Features. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ Kenny, Glenn (2017-04-14). "With 'Tramps,' Netflix Digs Deeper for Original Films". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ Jaafar, Ali; Jaafar, Ali (2016-01-12). "Adam Driver To Star In Jim Jarmusch's 'Paterson', Amazon And K5 To Co-Finance". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ Winfrey, Graham; Winfrey, Graham (2017-01-29). "Neon Acquires Teen Drama 'Beach Rats' — Sundance 2017". IndieWire. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ Setoodeh, Ramin; Setoodeh, Ramin (2015-05-23). "Cannes: The Orchard Acquires Jesse Eisenberg's 'Louder Than Bombs' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ Hipes, Patrick (June 6, 2016). "'The Night Of The Gun' Miniseries In Works At AMC With Bob Odenkirk As David Carr". Deadline. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ↑ Setoodeh, Brent Lang,Ramin; Lang, Brent; Setoodeh, Ramin (2015-09-10). "Focus Features, Animal Kingdom Enter First-Look Deal (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ Hipes, Patrick; Hipes, Patrick (2018-10-04). "BRON Launches BRON Ventures, Sets First Deal With Animal Kingdom". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
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