Fireworks Entertainment
Parent | Content Media Corporation PLC |
Fireworks Entertainment (originally Skyvision Entertainment and Skyvision Partners) was an independent studio originally founded in 1991 by Brian K. Ross and later bought out by Jay Firestone in 1996 to produce, distribute and finance television shows and feature films.
History
Skyvision Entertainment was originally operating as a division of John Labatt Entertainment Group.[1]
In 1993,
In 1996, Skyvision Entertainment was purchased by Jay Firestone, former employee of Alliance Communications, and rebranded it to Fireworks Entertainment.[6] The first show under the new name was F/X: The Series, which they acquired from Orion Pictures in 1994.[7]
Fireworks was acquired by
In 1998, Peter Hoffman's Seven Arts Pictures formed an alliance with Fireworks to start out the Seven Arts International branding.[11] In 2000, CanWest Films merged with Seven Arts International, another Canwest subsidiary to start the Fireworks Pictures branding to produce theatrical motion pictures.[12] On October 2, 2001, Pliny Porter was hired as head of production and development for the Fireworks Pictures subsidiary, in order to make an effort to continue producing their own feature films.[13] In 2005, after ContentFilm had bought out Fireworks, the television library, through its subsidiary Fireworks Distributing Corp. to rival firm Alliance Atlantis.[14]
On March 14, 2011, Fireworks International was renamed as Content Television and its parent company, ContentFilm was also renamed as Content Media Corporation, which was later acquired by Canadian-based Kew Media Group in 2017 and after Kew Media's liquidation and collapse in 2020, its library was later acquired by Quiver Distribution via its Quiver Entertainment division.[15][16][17]
Court cases
The original company was sued by
Television shows (as Fireworks Entertainment)
TV shows filmed in widescreen
- 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
- 18 Wheels of Justice
- Adventure Inc.
- Andromeda (Gene Roddenberry)
- Black Hole High
- Caitlin's Way
- Even Stevens (co-produced by Disney Channel)
- F/X: The Series
- Highlander: The Raven
- Warner Bros. Television)
- Land's End (co-produced by Buena Vista Television)
- Mutant X
- Queen of Swords
- Relic Hunter
- RoboCop: The Series
- RoboCop: Prime Directives (TV miniseries)
- SCTV (distribution only; inherited from WIC during CanWest era)
- Zoe Busiek: Wild Card
- Young Dracula
Films (as Fireworks Pictures)
- A Wrinkle in Time
- An American Rhapsody
- Better Than Sex
- Coronado
- Faithless
- Greenfingers
- Hardball
- Innocence
- Interstate 60
- Me Without You
- Nola
- Passionada
- Raising Victor Vargas
- Rat Race
- Simon Magus
- Solas
- The Believer
- The Man from Elysian Fields
- Who Is Cletis Tout?
References
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- ^ Ayscough, Suzan (1993-04-29). "Orion signs 'RoboCop' series deal". Variety. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ^ "Rigel pacts for 'Robocop' series rights". Variety. 1993-08-31. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ^ Benson, Jim (1995-04-03). "BVTV aims high with new strips". Variety. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
- ^ Benson, Jim (1995-01-09). "Hours Lose Power In Syndie Market". Variety. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
- ^ Taylor, Julia. "Further Reading" (PDF).
- ^ Lowry, Brian (1994-04-04). "Rysher Ent. lands 'F/X,' will produce 2 web pilots". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ "News : Selected Press Clippings". ContentFilm. 2006-01-24. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ^ Kelly, Brendan (2000-07-28). "CanWest bags Endemol unit". Variety. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
- ^ Kelly, Brendan (2000-09-26). "Top Canuck webs up competish". Variety. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
- ^ Carver, Benedict (1998-09-25). "Hoffman, Firestone form distribbery". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ Harris, Dana (2000-07-25). "Seven Arts, CanWest explode as Fireworks". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ Dunkley, Cathy (2001-10-02). "Exec a match for Fireworks". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ Tillson, Tamsen (2005-10-04). "Fireworks blowout". Variety. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ "Content Media PLC retrieved 5 Nov 2011". Contentmediacorp.com. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ^ "Kew Media Group Acquires Six Companies, Including Content Media, for $104M". Deadline Hollywood. February 3, 2017.
- ^ Kanter, Jake (May 12, 2020). "Quiver Entertainment Swoops For Kew Media Distribution Library". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ Mark Litwak (2001-11-01). "Retrieved November 15, 2009". Marklitwak.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ^ "Retrieved February 21, 2010". Openjurist.org. Retrieved 2012-12-29.