Shanghai-based investment firm launches film company, invests in Us production and distribution venture.
Shanghai-based investment firm Puji Capital has launched a film company, Puji Films, which is backing Mandalay Endurance Media Ventures (Memv), a joint venture headed by Peter Guber (pictured) and Steve Richards.
Memv is described as a film production, financing and international distribution platform with a focus on producing and distributing star-driven action, thriller and comedy films for a global audience.
The company’s shareholders also include Jeff Vinik, owner of the NHL Tampa Bay Lightning; Paul Schaeffer, vice chairman and COO of Mandalay Entertainment Group; and Peter Strauss, former chairman of Lionsgate Entertainment.
Guber was formerly chairman and CEO of Columbia Pictures Entertainment; chairman of Dick Clark Productions; and owner or co-owner of sports teams including the 2017 NBA Champions and Los Angeles Dodgers.
“We are at an interesting inflection with China’s film industry – we have China becoming the most important market globally coupled...
Shanghai-based investment firm Puji Capital has launched a film company, Puji Films, which is backing Mandalay Endurance Media Ventures (Memv), a joint venture headed by Peter Guber (pictured) and Steve Richards.
Memv is described as a film production, financing and international distribution platform with a focus on producing and distributing star-driven action, thriller and comedy films for a global audience.
The company’s shareholders also include Jeff Vinik, owner of the NHL Tampa Bay Lightning; Paul Schaeffer, vice chairman and COO of Mandalay Entertainment Group; and Peter Strauss, former chairman of Lionsgate Entertainment.
Guber was formerly chairman and CEO of Columbia Pictures Entertainment; chairman of Dick Clark Productions; and owner or co-owner of sports teams including the 2017 NBA Champions and Los Angeles Dodgers.
“We are at an interesting inflection with China’s film industry – we have China becoming the most important market globally coupled...
- 8/18/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Industry veterans Peter Guber and Steve Richards have partnered to launch Mandalay Endurance Media Ventures, a new film production, financing, and distribution platform with a focus on star-driven projects for the worldwide market.
Boutique Shanghai-based investment firm Puji Capital has come on board as an investor in the venture, while other major shareholders are said to include Jeff Vinik, owner of the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning; Peter Strauss, former chairman of Lionsgate Entertainment; and Paul Schaeffer, vice chairman of Guber's Mandalay Entertainment Group.
Late last year, Puji Capital made a strategic investment in Guber and Ted Leonsis' eSports ownership and...
Boutique Shanghai-based investment firm Puji Capital has come on board as an investor in the venture, while other major shareholders are said to include Jeff Vinik, owner of the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning; Peter Strauss, former chairman of Lionsgate Entertainment; and Paul Schaeffer, vice chairman of Guber's Mandalay Entertainment Group.
Late last year, Puji Capital made a strategic investment in Guber and Ted Leonsis' eSports ownership and...
- 8/18/2017
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mandalay Entertainment is venturing into indie film financing.
Mandalay Vision will be headed by former co-head of Plum Pictures Celine Rattray and focus on films budgeted at $15 million or less.
Rattray's Plum credits include work on "Lonesome Jim," "Grace Is Gone," "Trucker" and "New York, I Love You."
Mandalay touted Rattray's "ability to raise and deliver financing steadily over a number of years, despite the overall economic downturn as well as major changes in distribution opportunities for independent pictures."
She will report Mandalay's Peter Guber, Paul Schaeffer, Cathy Schulman and Peter Strauss. Based in New York, Rattray will begin staffing the new unit shortly.
Mandalay Vision's initial film development slate includes "Salvation Boulevard," based on a Larry Beinhart novel that Mandalay Pictures optioned in 2009. George Ratliff ("Joshua") will direct from a script by Ratliff and Douglas Stone.
Mandalay Vision has also come aboard "The Kids are All Right" -- directed...
Mandalay Vision will be headed by former co-head of Plum Pictures Celine Rattray and focus on films budgeted at $15 million or less.
Rattray's Plum credits include work on "Lonesome Jim," "Grace Is Gone," "Trucker" and "New York, I Love You."
Mandalay touted Rattray's "ability to raise and deliver financing steadily over a number of years, despite the overall economic downturn as well as major changes in distribution opportunities for independent pictures."
She will report Mandalay's Peter Guber, Paul Schaeffer, Cathy Schulman and Peter Strauss. Based in New York, Rattray will begin staffing the new unit shortly.
Mandalay Vision's initial film development slate includes "Salvation Boulevard," based on a Larry Beinhart novel that Mandalay Pictures optioned in 2009. George Ratliff ("Joshua") will direct from a script by Ratliff and Douglas Stone.
Mandalay Vision has also come aboard "The Kids are All Right" -- directed...
- 1/14/2010
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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