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The District (production company)

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The District
TypePrivately held company
IndustryMotion pictures
Television
FoundedJune 24, 2014; 7 years ago (2014-06-24)
FounderRuben Fleischer
David Bernad
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, United States

The District is a film and television company started in 2014 by film director Ruben Fleischer and former Rip Cord Productions employee David Bernad.

History

The District was started on June 24, 2014 by film director Ruben Fleischer and Rip Cord Productions employee David Bernard, and it will kick off with a two-year overall deal at Universal Television, allowing it to produce comedies and dramas.[1]

The studio's first production, Superstore, was picked up to series by NBC on May 7, 2015.[2] It eventually become a hit series.[3] Its next project was The Bold Type, which was picked up by Freeform on January 10, 2017.[4]

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Ruben Fleischer

Ruben Fleischer

Ruben Samuel Fleischer is an American film director, film producer, television producer, music video director, and commercial director who lives in Montclair, New Jersey. He is best known as the director of Zombieland (2009), his first feature film, and its sequel Zombieland: Double Tap (2019). He has also directed the films 30 Minutes or Less, Gangster Squad, Uncharted, and 2018's Venom featuring the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Prior to features, he directed television commercials for such brands as Cisco, Eurostar, ESPN, and Burger King, and music videos for such artists as M.I.A., Electric Six, DJ Format and Gold Chains.

Universal Television

Universal Television

Universal Television LLC is an American television production company that is a subsidiary of Universal Studio Group, a division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. It serves as the network television production arm of NBC; a predecessor of the company previously assumed such functions, and a substantial portion of the company's shows air on the network. It was formerly known by various names, including Revue Studios, Universal Pictures Television Department, Universal-International Television, Studios USA Television LLC, Universal Studios Network Programming, Universal Network Television, Universal Domestic Television, NBC Universal Television Studio, and Universal Media Studios. Re-established in 2004, both NBC Studios and the original Universal Television are predecessors of the current Universal Television, formerly known as NBC Universal Television Studio and Universal Media Studios.

Superstore (TV series)

Superstore (TV series)

Superstore is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from November 30, 2015, to March 25, 2021. The series was created and produced by Justin Spitzer. Starring America Ferrera and Ben Feldman, Superstore follows a group of employees working at Cloud 9, a fictional big-box chain store in St. Louis, Missouri. The ensemble cast includes Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nico Santos, Nichole Sakura, Mark McKinney, and Kaliko Kauahi. A Spanish-language adaptation, titled Supertitlán, debuted on the Mexican television network Azteca 7 on 30 May 2022.

The Bold Type

The Bold Type

The Bold Type is an American comedy-drama television series created by Sarah Watson and produced by Universal Television for Freeform. It is inspired by the life and career of former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine Joanna Coles, who is executive producer of the series. Filmed in Toronto, Montreal, and New York City, the series chronicles the lives of three millennial women, portrayed by Katie Stevens, Aisha Dee, and Meghann Fahy, all of whom are employed at a fictional global publication called Scarlet in New York City.

Freeform (TV channel)

Freeform (TV channel)

Freeform is an American basic cable channel owned and operated by ABC Family Worldwide, a sub-division of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. Freeform primarily broadcasts programming geared toward teenagers and young adults – with some skewing toward young women – in the 14–34 age range, a target demographic designated by the channel as "becomers". Its programming includes contemporary off-network syndicated reruns and original series, feature films, and made-for-TV original movies.

Productions

Film

Year Title Director Distributor Notes
2017 Unicorn Store Brie Larson Netflix co-production with Rip Cord Productions, Rhea Films, Sycamore Pictures, Hercules Film Fund and 51 Entertainment
2021 Bad Trip Kitao Sakurai Netflix co-production with Bron Creative, Orion Pictures, Gorilla Flicks and Helo

Television

Years Title Creator Network Notes
2015–2021 Superstore Justin Spitzer NBC co-production with Miller Green Broadcasting (season 5), Spitzer Holding Company, and Universal Television
2017–2021 The Bold Type Sarah Watson Freeform co-production with Sarah Watson Productions and Universal Television
2019–2020 Stumptown Jason Richman
based on Stumptown by: Greg Rucka, Matthew Southworth, Justin Greenwood
ABC co-production with Don't Tell Mom and ABC Studios
2021–present The White Lotus Mike White HBO co-production with Pallogram and Rip Cord Productions
2022 The White House Plumbers Alex Gregory and Peter Hyuck HBO co-production with wiip and Crash&Salvage

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Brie Larson

Brie Larson

Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers, known professionally as Brie Larson, is an American actress. Known for her supporting roles in comedies as a teenager, she has since expanded to leading roles in independent films and blockbusters. Larson is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.

Netflix

Netflix

Netflix, Inc. is an American media company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it operates the over-the-top subscription video on-demand service Netflix brand, which includes original films and television series commissioned or acquired by the company, and third-party content licensed from other distributors. Netflix is a member of the Motion Picture Association—having become the first streaming company to become a member.

Bad Trip (film)

Bad Trip (film)

Bad Trip is a 2021 American hidden camera comedy film directed by Kitao Sakurai. The film follows two best friends who take a road trip from Florida to New York City so one of them can declare his love for his high school crush, all the while being chased by the other's criminal sister, whose car they have stolen for the trip.

Bron Studios

Bron Studios

Bron Studios is a Canadian motion picture company based in British Columbia owned by Bron Media Corporation. Bron's notable productions include Joker, Bombshell, Queen & Slim, Greyhound, Judas and the Black Messiah, The Mule, Henchmen, Roman J. Israel, Esq., Rudderless, Welcome to Me, The Addams Family, The Willoughbys, and Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

Orion Pictures

Orion Pictures

Orion Pictures is an American film production and distribution company owned by Amazon through its Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) subsidiary. In its original operating period, the company produced and released films from 1978 until 1999 and was also involved in television production and syndication throughout the 1980s until the early 1990s. It was formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and three former senior executives at United Artists. From its founding until its buyout by MGM in the late 1990s, Orion was considered one of the largest mini-major studios.

Justin Spitzer

Justin Spitzer

Justin Spitzer is an American television and film writer, producer, and series creator whose credits include Scrubs and Courting Alex. He worked as a writing assistant on Queer as Folk and Grounded for Life prior to serving as a writer on The Office for seven years. He is the creator of, and an executive producer on, the NBC sitcom Superstore, and served as the series' showrunner for its first three seasons.

NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are located at Comcast Building in New York City. The company also has offices in Los Angeles at 10 Universal City Plaza and Chicago at the NBC Tower. NBC is the oldest of the traditional "Big Three" American television networks, having been formed in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America. NBC is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network," in reference to its stylized peacock logo, introduced in 1956 to promote the company's innovations in early color broadcasting.

Freeform (TV channel)

Freeform (TV channel)

Freeform is an American basic cable channel owned and operated by ABC Family Worldwide, a sub-division of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. Freeform primarily broadcasts programming geared toward teenagers and young adults – with some skewing toward young women – in the 14–34 age range, a target demographic designated by the channel as "becomers". Its programming includes contemporary off-network syndicated reruns and original series, feature films, and made-for-TV original movies.

Stumptown (TV series)

Stumptown (TV series)

Stumptown is an American crime drama television series that premiered on ABC on September 25, 2019. The series is based on the comic book series of the same name, created by Greg Rucka, Matthew Southworth and Justin Greenwood and adapted for television by writer-producer Jason Richman. The title Stumptown is a nickname for the city of Portland, where the series is set. In October 2019, ABC issued a full season order.

Stumptown (comics)

Stumptown (comics)

Stumptown is an American comic book limited series and later ongoing, written by Greg Rucka with art by Matthew Southworth. The first series launched by Oni Press on November 4, 2009 and ran for four issues. A second miniseries began in September 2012 and ran for five issues and a third volume, this time ongoing, began in September 2014.

Greg Rucka

Greg Rucka

Gregory Rucka is an American writer known for the series of novels starring his character Atticus Kodiak, the creator-owned comic book series Whiteout, Queen & Country, Stumptown and Lazarus, as well as lengthy runs on such titles as Detective Comics, Wonder Woman and Gotham Central for DC Comics, and Elektra, Wolverine and The Punisher for Marvel. He has written a substantial amount of supplemental material for a number of DC Comics' line-wide and inter-title crossovers, including "No Man's Land", "Infinite Crisis" and "New Krypton". Rucka made his debut as a screenwriter with the screenplay for the 2020 film The Old Guard, based on his comic book series of the same name.

Matthew Southworth

Matthew Southworth

Matthew Southworth is a comic artist living in Seattle, Washington whose works frequently incorporate locations around the city. He's most well known for Stumptown, a modern noir series written by Greg Rucka and published by Oni Press. The series was turned into an ABC show on which Southworth served as Executive Producer.

Source: "The District (production company)", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, May 19th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_District_(production_company).

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References
  1. ^ Friedlander, Whitney (June 24, 2014). "'Gangster Squad' Director Signs Overall with Universal Television". Variety. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 7, 2015). "Suzanne Martin Comedy 'Crowded', Justin Spitzer's 'Superstore' Get NBC Pickups". Deadline. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "How 'Superstore' created a legion of superfans". Los Angeles Times. July 19, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (January 10, 2017). "Freeform Greenlights Cosmopolitan Magazine-Inspired Series 'The Bold Type'". Variety. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
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