Codeblack Films

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American entertainment company

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| name = Codeblack Films | logo = CodeBlackFilmsLogo.png | type = Private | founder = Jeff Clanagan | foundation = 2005 | location_city = Santa Monica, California, United States | key_people = {{plainlist|

  • Jeff Clanagan (CEO)
  • Quincy Newell (EVP)
  • Candice Wilson (Acquisitions & Development Executive Director) | industry = Entertainment | products = Motion pictures | parent = | homepage =

Codeblack Films is an American entertainment company. Codeblack focuses on films targeting African-American audiences.

History

Codeblack Enterprises was founded by Jeff Clanagan in 2005, who became CEO of the company. Originally focused on direct-to-video releases, Codeblack entered into an agreement with 20th Century Fox for film distribution. The multi-picture deal with Fox Faith was to produce six original films targeting the African-American faith-based market. The first two productions were film adaptations of the 1980s Off-Broadway gospel musical hit Mama, I Want to Sing! and the popular play, A Good Man is Hard to Find.

Codeblack Enterprises entered a distribution deal with Lionsgate in 2012 forming Codeblack Films under Lionsgate.

In 2013, Codeblack acquired the rights to produce films from the Flyy Girl book trilogy by Omar Tyree. It was later announced that Sanaa Lathan would be starring as Tracy Ellison in the movie adaptation written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher and Nicole Jefferson-Asher and produced by Effie T. Brown. Codeblack released Why We Laugh: Funny Women, a film about female comedians narrated and produced by Joan Rivers, in 2013. That same year, it acquired Frankie & Alice, a drama starring Halle Berry, after its delayed release.

Codeblack released Repentance, a psychological thriller about a life coach who is abducted by one of his clients, in February 2014. The film was directed by Philippe Caland, who wrote the script alongside Shintaro Shimosawa and worked with Nina Yang Bongiovi to produce the film. The film Addicted was released by Codeblack in 2014. It was shown on a limited 846 screens. Codeblack signed an agreement with Times Media Films in October 2014 to distribute its films to South Africa.

In March 2015, Lionsgate's Codeblack Films entered an agreement with distributor Eagle Films to distribute all films produced or co-produced by Codeblack in the Middle East and North Africa. That same month, Codeblack produced a game show series on Instagram similar to "The Newlywed Game" called "The Perfect Match" before the release of the film, The Perfect Match.

In April 2017, the first trailer was released for All Eyez on Me, a biopic about rapper Tupac Shakur distributed by Codeblack which would be released in June on what would have been his 46th birthday. The movie was featured as the closing film at the 2017 American Black Film Festival.

On January 11, 2019, Lionsgate announced the end of the partnership with Codeblack Films, while also being separated from the former company and continue to operated independently.

References

References

  1. (April 16, 2012). "'Woman Thou Art Loosed' off to strong box-office start". LA Times.
  2. (July 17, 2013). "Lionsgate's Codeblack Films Acquires Rights To Omar Tyree's 'Flyy Girl' Trilogy".
  3. Etan Vlessing. (June 17, 2015). "Lionsgate's Codeblack Taps Sanaa Lathan for 'Flyy Girl' Movie Adaptation".
  4. Dave McNary. (June 17, 2015). "Sanaa Lathan Starring in 'Flyy Girl' Movie Adaptation".
  5. Denise Petski. (February 25, 2015). "'Dear White People's Effie Brown To Produce Omar Tyree's 'Flyy Girl' For Codeblack Films".
  6. Tambay A. Obenson. (March 22, 2013). "Trailer: CodeBlack-Produced 'Why We Laugh: Funny Women' (Whoopi Goldberg, Kim Wayans, Others)". Indie Wire.
  7. Dominic Patten. (May 15, 2013). "Lionsgate's Codeblack Films Acquires Sundance Pic 'The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister And Pete'".
  8. Dave McNary. (January 15, 2014). "Forest Whitaker's 'Repentance' Set for Feb. 28 Launch in U.S.".
  9. Brent Lag. (October 12, 2014). "'Addicted': How Lionsgate and CodeBlack Created a Low Budget, Micro-Targeted Hit".
  10. Dave McNary. (September 20, 2016). "La La Anthony's 'Love Playbook' Movie in Development With Queen Latifah, Codeblack (EXCLUSIVE)".
  11. Dave McNary. (April 6, 2017). "'All Eyez on Me': Intense New Trailer Delves Into Tupac Shakur's Story".
  12. Gail Mitchell. (April 4, 2017). "Tupac Biopic 'All Eyez on Me' to Close 2017 American Black Film Festival".
  13. Faughnder, Ryan. (January 11, 2019). "Lionsgate lays off 25 at movie studio and ends Codeblack Films initiative".
  14. Patrick Frater. (March 10, 2015). "Lionsgate's Codeblack Films Strikes Middle East Output Deal With Eagle".
  15. Brant Lang. (July 2020). "Codeblack Films Signs South Africa Output Deal". Post Publishing Buzz.
  16. Sahil Patel. (March 10, 2016). "Movie marketers get creative on Instagram to promote new releases".
  17. (July 18, 2013). "Codeblack Films Acquires Rights to Flyy Girl Novels". BET.
  18. Camille Travis. (September 25, 2013). "Codeblack Films nabs 'Frankie & Alice' starring Halle Berry, Phylicia Rashead". Centric.
  19. Stephen Sairo. (July 1, 2013). "With "Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain," Codeblack Entertainment Expands Their Spotlight on Indie Films". The Moveable Fest.
  20. Lucas Shaw. (October 10, 2013). "Can CodeBlack Change Hollywood's 'Cliched' Approach to Black Viewers?". The Wrap.
  21. Angela Burgin Logan. (November 16, 2015). "Jeff Clanagan's Game Changing Entertainment Career". Uptown Magazine.
  22. Melissa Hunter Davis. (30 January 2013). "Codeblack Films Acquires Free Angela and All Political Prisoners". Sugarcane Magazine.
  23. "Lionsgate Pacts With CodeBlack CEO Jeff Clanagan".
  24. (June 16, 2007). "Codeblack Entertainment announces licensing agreement with TurnerPatterson". Target Market News.
  25. James Shotwell. (October 23, 2012). "Stand-up Tuesdays: Shaquille O'Neal Presents All Star Comedy Jam". Under The Gun Review.
  26. Dave McNary. (March 31, 2016). "Kevin Hart Partners With Lionsgate on Laugh Out Loud Streaming Service".

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