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17-569: On August 21, 1998, Gary Barber , former vice chairman and COO of Morgan Creek Productions , together with Roger Birnbaum , co-founder and former head of Caravan Pictures , founded Spyglass Entertainment. The startup company signed a five-year distribution agreement with the Walt Disney Studios , which took an equity stake . Birnbaum previously left Caravan at the prompting of then Disney studio chief Joe Roth ; with Disney cutting its yearly production output, Roth recommended forming

34-555: A first-look deal with the studio. Spyglass was involved on August 1, 2019, in a potential purchase of part of Miramax but dropped out in two weeks. Spyglass's first greenlit film since its revival is a revival of the Hellraiser franchise announced on May 6, 2019. With the company winning the rights to Stephen King 's The Institute book in November 2019, Jack Bender and David E. Kelley were paired to development and produce

51-644: A new comedy joint-venture Artists Road, and it focuses on financing and producing mid-budgeted commercial comedy movies. On July 15, 2021, Lionsgate acquired 200 films from The Weinstein Company 's film library for $ 191.4 million, which until then had been owned by Spyglass, with Lionsgate getting an 18.9% equity stake in Spyglass and Spyglass getting a first look TV deal with Lionsgate Television . In November 2023, Spyglass fired Melissa Barrera from Scream VII , as she showed support to Palestinians caught in

68-743: A self-financing production firm similar to New Regency Productions . After Caravan's remaining three films were released, Caravan went inactive. Its slate of film projects and an initial financial advance of $ 10 million to $ 20 million against future overages were also contributed by Disney. Spyglass's operations were formed and based at the Disney lot in Burbank . On October 29, 1998, European media conglomerates Kirch Group and Mediaset invested in theatrical, video and television distribution rights to between 15 and 25 films in Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland and

85-401: A television division, and it was focused on small screen projects. One of its projects was the short-lived series Miracles . That same year, it attempted to merge with smaller independent distributor Intermedia , but it failed. In December 2003, Spyglass ended its deal with Disney and agreed to a four-year first-look non-exclusive co-financing and production deal with DreamWorks . This deal

102-645: A trip to the Arlington Million horse race in Illinois. In the same year, he moved to the United States, where his brother Cecil had been living since 1979. In the mid-1980s, Barber became a U.S. citizen. In 1998, he and Roger Birnbaum founded Spyglass Entertainment in Los Angeles . His highest-grossing film as producer was The Tourist (2010), which grossed close to US$ 280 million at

119-768: Is also co-founder of Spyglass Media Group . Barber was born to a Jewish family in Johannesburg , South Africa . He was educated at King David School, Linksfield , in Johannesburg. He then received an accounting degree from the University of the Witwatersrand , also in Johannesburg. He later worked as a Chartered Accountant and Certified Public Accountant in South Africa and the United States, both with Price Waterhouse . In 1982, he won

136-488: The Israel–Hamas war , and their allegations that posts she made in support were antisemitic. Her co-star Jenna Ortega departed the film shortly after due to scheduling conflicts with Wednesday , forcing a recasting with Neve Campbell returning as the film's lead. Gary Barber Gary Barber (born 1957) is a South African and American film producer. Barber was the chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . He

153-548: The holding company of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), which had at that time recently emerged from bankruptcy. The original plan had the Spyglass library being added to MGM, but it was later removed from the plan. On March 13, 2019, Barber and Lantern Entertainment revived the company as Spyglass Media Group, bringing in Eagle Pictures and Cineworld as investors. Lantern made a majority investment and also transferred its film library and rights to Miramax film sequels to

170-777: The Grade I Woodbine Mile at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto , Canada. In 2014, his filly Lexie Lou won the Queen's Plate and was named the Canadian Horse of the Year . His horse War of Will won the 2019 Preakness Stakes . Executive Producer Producer Special thanks First-look deal Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

187-499: The Spyglass. Barber owns the Spyglass trademark and the sequel and remake rights to the old Spyglass library, which he has contributed. The company plans to produce content for all platforms. Spyglass closed the former Lantern Entertainment/ TWC office in New York City while laying off 15 staff members across divisions. Unlike Spyglass Entertainment, Birnbaum is not the co-founder of Spyglass Media Group (though Birnbaum served as

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204-460: The book as a mini-series. Also, Bender was signed by Spyglass to a television first-look deal. MGM President of Physical Production Peter Oillataguerre was appointed President of Production for Spyglass Media Group reporting to Barber. He left in September 2023 for Amazon MGM Studios . On October 28, 2020, Spyglass teamed up with Propagate Content, Artists First and Off-Road Productions to form

221-538: The former Soviet Union for over five years. M. Night Shyamalan 's The Sixth Sense (released 1999), Spyglass's second film after Instinct , grossed $ 661 million at the global box office. By May 23, 2000, Disney took a 10% equity stake in Spyglass, along with Svensk Filmindustri of Scandinavia and Lusomundo of Portugal. On March 7, 2003, Spyglass Entertainment agreed to a four-year distribution output deal with Village Roadshow for Australia, New Zealand and Greece. On August 6, 2002, Spyglass Entertainment launched

238-403: The producer of Eli Roth 's Thanksgiving (released 2023)). On April 1, 2019, Lauren Whitney, the president of television for Miramax, took on the same position for Spyglass. Damien Marin followed Barber from MGM to be appointed Spyglass president of worldwide distribution and acquisitions on September 3, 2019. On April 16, 2019, Warner Bros. bought an equity stake in Spyglass, which signed

255-522: The worldwide box office. In December 2010, Barber became Chief Executive Officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Under his leadership, MGM together with Eon Productions and Sony Pictures financed the successful James Bond film Skyfall , which grossed US$ 1,1 billion. MGM then also financed The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), 21 Jump Street (2012) and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013). MGM then moved forward with remakes of RoboCop and Poltergeist . In March 2018, Barber

272-510: Was never finalized and the relationship was not working well. Thus on September 23, 2003, Spyglass instead made a similar deal with Sony Pictures . Spyglass did not move to the Sony lot, but to Murdoch Plaza in Westwood, Los Angeles . By March 25, 2010, Spyglass was acquired by Cerberus Capital Management . On December 20, 2010, Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum became co-chairmen and CEOs of

289-644: Was ousted from MGM, coming five months after the renewal of his contract with the studio to 2022; he received a $ 260M settlement. Barber has three daughters and lives in Los Angeles . Barber is also a Thoroughbred racehorse owner. The Deputy, owned in partnership with Team Valor , won the 2000 running of the Grade II Santa Catalina Stakes and the Grade I Santa Anita Derby at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California . In 2006, Becrux, also owned in partnership with Team Valor, won

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