Lakeshore Entertainment, LLC was an American independent film production, finance, and former international sales and distribution company[1] founded in 1994 by Tom Rosenberg and Ted Tannebaum,[2] after Rosenberg sold a stake in Beacon Communications.[3] Lakeshore Entertainment is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.[4]
The company produced over 60 films, including the Academy Award-winning Million Dollar Baby (2004).[5] Sigurjón Sighvatsson was the company's first president and served from its founding until 1998.[6] He was replaced by producer Gary Lucchesi.[7]
In 2013, Lakeshore launched a television division,[8] and in 2015, they launched a digital studio, Off the Dock, that targets the YouTube demographic.[9] The company also had a record label division, Lakeshore Records.
In March 2019, Lakeshore placed its film library up for sale. The library includes 300 titles, such as the New World Pictures library (which Lakeshore acquired in 1996).[10] In October 2019, Lakeshore sold its library and international operation to Vine Alternative Investments for roughly $200 million.[11]
In July 2024, Vine Alternative Investments sold their portfolio (excluding Village Roadshow Entertainment Group and EuropaCorp) to Shamrock Capital.[12]
Selected filmography
1990s
- Bandwagon (1996)
- Box of Moonlight (1996)
- Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
- Going All the Way (1997)
- 'Til There Was You (1997)
- Murder in Mind (1997)
- The Real Blonde (1997)
- Homegrown (1998)
- Polish Wedding (1998)
- Phoenix (1998)
- 200 Cigarettes (1999)
- Runaway Bride (1999)
- Arlington Road (1999)
- Animal Farm (1999)
2000s
- The Gift (2000)
- Autumn in New York (2000)
- The Next Best Thing (2000)
- Passion of Mind (2000)
- The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
- Bulletproof Monk (2003)
- Underworld (2003)
- The Hunted (2003)
- The Human Stain (2003)
- Purpose (2003)
- Singing Behind Screens (2003)
- Suspect Zero (2004)
- Wicker Park (2004)
- Madhouse (2004)
- The Keys to the House (2004)
- Million Dollar Baby (2004)
- The Cave (2005)
- Undiscovered (2005)
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
- Æon Flux (2005)
- Underworld: Evolution (2006)
- She's the Man (2006)
- Half Light (2006)
- Crank (2006)
- The Covenant (2006)
- The Last Kiss (2006)
- The Dead Girl (2006)
- Blood & Chocolate (2007)
- Feast of Love (2007)
- Elegy (2007)
- The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
- Untraceable (2008)
- Kamasutra Nights (2008)
- Henry Poole Is Here (2008)
- Pathology (2008)
- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
- Crank: High Voltage (2009)
- The Ugly Truth (2009)
- Gamer (2009)
- Fame (2009)
2010s
- Trollhunter (2010)
- The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
- Underworld: Endless War (2011)
- Underworld: Awakening (2012)
- One for the Money (2012)
- Gone (2012)
- Stand Up Guys (2012)
- I, Frankenstein (2014)
- Walk of Shame (2014)
- The Vatican Tapes (2015)
- The Age of Adaline (2015)
- The Boy (2016)
- American Pastoral (2016)
- Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
- Cover Versions (2018)
- Adrift (2018)
- A-X-L (2018)
- Peppermint (2018)
- The Wedding Year (2019)
2020s
- Brahms: The Boy II (2020)
Television programs
- Heathers (Paramount Network) (2018) (co-production with Gyre & Grill Productions and Underground Films)
Lakeshore Records
Lakeshore Records is a soundtrack record label, originally founded as the independent music division of Lakeshore Entertainment. It had begun as Will Records, which was founded by Skip Williamson in the early 1990s.[13]
As Will Records they released albums by artists such as Grandaddy (starting with their debut A Pretty Mess by This One Band). In 2000, Will Records acquired the catalogue of recently closed Loosegroove Records (a catalogue that included the debut full-length album by Queens of the Stone Age).
Will Records and Lakeshore Entertainment partnered to form Lakeshore Records.[13] In 2011, it signed a home video deal with Image Entertainment.[14]
In February 2020, it was announced that Lakeshore Records had been sold to Cutting Edge Group.[15]
- Artists
- Candiria
- College
- DJ Swamp
- Grandaddy
- Thelonious Monster
- Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
- Logan Nelson[16]
- Soundtracks
- The Gift
- Napoleon Dynamite
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Superbad
- Tropic Thunder
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Drive
- Swiss Army Man
- Moonlight
- Stranger Things
- Mandy
- The Predator
- Missing Link
- Rambo: Last Blood
- We Summon the Darkness
- Epic Movie
- Crank
- The Spiderwick Chronicles
- The Last Airbender
- D.E.B.S.
- Red, White & Royal Blue
- Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
- Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie (US Distribution)
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off[17]
- Terminator Zero
- Winter Spring Summer or Fall
References
- 'Lakeshore Entertainment retrieved April 14, 2020^
- Claude Brodesser. Lakeshore's Tannebaum dies Variety, March 7, 2002, retrieved April 12, 2015^
- Variety Staff. Lakeshore tide swells under Sighvatsson Variety, May 15, 1995, retrieved July 28, 2025^
- Film equity players Variety, May 8, 2009, retrieved April 12, 2015^
- Pete Hammond. 'Million Dollar' march Variety, December 15, 2005, retrieved May 27, 2015^
- Andrew Hindes. Sighvatsson ankles Lakeshore Variety, July 24, 1998, retrieved April 12, 2015^
- Benedict Carver. Lucchesi pacts atop Lakeshore Variety, October 12, 1998, retrieved April 12, 2015^
- A. J. Marechal. Lakeshore Entertainment Launches TV Division Headed by Chad Hoffman Variety, October 9, 2013, retrieved May 27, 2015^
- Dave McNary. Lakeshore Launches Digital Studio With Justin Chon-Kevin Wu Comedy Variety, March 26, 2015, retrieved May 27, 2015^
- Lakeshore Entertainment Shops Film Library, Eyes Expansion into Television (EXCLUSIVE) March 8, 2019^
- Vine Buys Lakeshore Entertainment Library & Int'l Sales Ops, Bringing Under Same Roof as Village Roadshow October 23, 2019^
- Shamrock Capital Advisors LLC. Shamrock Capital Acquires Premium Content Portfolio from Vine Alternative Investments www.prnewswire.com, retrieved September 23, 2024^
- Celebritywonder.com Pathology: about the filmmakers^
- Dave McNary. Image inks deal with Lakeshore Variety, April 26, 2011, retrieved November 7, 2020^
- Jon Burlingame. Cutting Edge Group Acquires Soundtrack Label Lakeshore Records (EXCLUSIVE) Variety, February 24, 2020, retrieved November 7, 2020^
- Nothing Lasts Forever (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Presto Music, retrieved October 3, 2024^
- Germain Lussier. Rock Out With Scott Pilgrim Takes Off on Vinyl Gizmodo, December 14, 2023, retrieved December 18, 2023^