Threshold Entertainment
| Industry | Film industry |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder | Larry Kasanoff |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, United States |
Key people | Larry Kasanoff (CEO) |
| Website |
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Threshold Entertainment Group, also known as Threshold Entertainment and formerly known as Amalgamated Widgets, is an intellectual property company.[1] Its animation subsidiary, Threshold Animation Studio, produces films,[2] and its television channel subsidiary Blackbelt TV provides Martial Arts programming. In mid-2012, Larry Kasanoff became the company's chief executive officer (CEO) after previously serving as president for Lightstorm Entertainment, a company he co-founded with entrepreneur and filmmaker James Cameron.[3]
Threshold Entertainment has become Threshold Entertainment Group which makes "Film, Television and Location-Based Entertainment (LBE) largely based on brands including SPIDER-MAN, MORTAL KOMBAT, JUSTICE LEAGUE, LEGO, STAR TREK and STAR WARS. They have made over 250 films, including TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY, PLATOON, MORTAL KOMBAT, DIRTY DANCING and TRUE LIES. The company has been profiled in THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WALL ST. JOURNAL, USA TODAY, TIME MAGAZINE, WIRED, MAXIM and PLAYBOY and has been featured on CNN, FOX NEWS, ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT, CNBC, THE HOWARD STERN SHOW and more."[4]
Threshold Animation Studios
Threshold Animation Studios has produced several CGI projects:
Theme park films
- DC Comics' Justice League (still in production)
- Star Trek 4D – Las Vegas Hilton
- Armageddon – Les Effets Speciaux – Disneyland Paris
- Mission: Space – Walt Disney World's Epcot Resort
- Hershey's Really Big 3D Show - Hershey's Chocolate World
- Bob the Builder 4D – Legoland
- Marvel Super Heroes 4D – Madame Tussauds
- Justice League: Alien Invasion 3D - animations for the amusement ride at Warner Bros. Movie World[5]
Television specials
- Lego Star Wars – Cartoon Network
- Lego: Atlantis – Cartoon Network
- The Afterlife – animated comedy pilot for Fox
Films
- Foodfight! - released on DVD in the United States in May 2012
- Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers – released by Universal Studios in 2010
- Bionicle: The Legend Reborn – released on home video by Universal Studios in September 2009
- Hero Factory's Rise of the Rookies – premiered on Nickelodeon, released on DVD by Warner Home Video
- Mortal Kombat: Annihilation - released in the United States in November 21, 1997
- Mortal Kombat (film) - released in the United States in August 18, 1995
Contributions to Other media
- Spider-Man 2
- Win a Date with Tad Hamilton
- Mortal Kombat Annihilation
- Scary Movie
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
- Faculty
- Dogma
- Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
- Ace Ventura Pet Detective
- Highlander: Endgame
- Gen Y Cops
- Impostor
- Weight of Water
- From Dusk 'til Dawn 3
References
- ↑ Staff (2012). "Threshold Entertainment". Threshold Entertainment. Threshold Entertainment. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ↑ Rossen, Jake (9 August 2013). "Placing Products? Try Casting Them". New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
The company’s chief executive and chairman, Larry Kasanoff, proclaimed the project, featuring a voice cast led by Charlie Sheen and Eva Longoria, would help make Threshold’s animation arm 'the next-generation Pixar.'
- ↑ PRNewswire (13 March 2002). "Mortal Kombat Producers Acquire 'Ninja Scroll' for Next Martial Arts Franchise" (Press release). PR Newswire - United Business Media. PR Newswire Association LLC. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ↑ "Threshold Entertainment Group About". Threshold Entertainment Group. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ↑ Mayné, François (26 June 2012). "New Sally Corporation 3D interactive dark ride set for Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia". NewsParcs. Retrieved 27 June 2012.