Level 1 Entertainment

{{Short description|American film production company}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox company | name = Level 1 Entertainment LLC | logo = | logo_size = | type = Movie studio | industry = Entertainment | fate = | successor = | founder = Bill Todman, Jr.<br />Edward Milstein | products = Motion pictures | revenue = | owner = | num_employees = | divisions = | founded = {{Start date and age|2003|1}} | defunct = | hq_location = 9150 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California<ref name="Level1">[https://www.linkedin.com/company/level-1-entertainment-llc LEVEL 1 ENTERTAINMENT LLC | LinkedIn]</ref> | key_people = | website = {{URL|http://level1ent.com/|Level1Ent.com}} }} '''Level 1 Entertainment LLC'''<ref name="Level1" /> is an American film production company. It was founded in January 2003 by film producer Bill Todman, Jr. (the son of game show producer Bill Todman) and real estate and banking magnate Edward Milstein. Paul Schwake joined the company later that year as chief operating officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.moviepublicity.com/docs/rendition_prodnotes.doc|title = Mediapass}}</ref>

In 2006, Level 1 released their first film, the comedy ''Grandma's Boy'', through 20th Century Fox and in collaboration with Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions. They again worked with Happy Madison on the comedy ''Strange Wilderness'', which was released on February 1, 2008.

Level 1 also financed New Line Cinema's ''Rendition'', starring Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal. They were initially a financial partner on ''Star Trek'' along with Paramount Pictures and J. J. Abrams' production company, Bad Robot,<ref>[http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/05/paramount-updates-star-trek-credits-official-synopsis-adds-production-partner/ Paramount Updates Star Trek Credits & Official Synopsis + Adds Production Partner | TrekMovie.com]</ref> but were later replaced by Spyglass Entertainment.

== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;" ! Release date ! Title ! Director(s) ! Production partners ! Distributor(s) ! Budget ! Box office |- | January 6, 2006 | ''Grandma's Boy'' | Nicholaus Goossen | Happy Madison Productions | 20th Century Fox | $5 million<ref name="N1">[https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Grandmas-Boy Grandma's Boy (2006) - Financial Information]. ''The Numbers''. Retrieved February 28, 2021</ref> | $6.6 million<ref name="N1" /><ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=grandmasboy.htm Grandma's Boy (2006)]. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 28, 2021</ref> |- | October 19, 2007 | ''Rendition'' | Gavin Hood | Anonymous Content | New Line Cinema | $27.5 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Rendition|title=Rendition (2007) - Financial Information|publisher=The Numbers}}</ref> | $27 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rendition.htm|title=Rendition (2007) - Box Office Mojo|publisher=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> |- | February 1, 2008 | ''Strange Wilderness'' | Fred Wolf | Happy Madison Productions | Paramount Pictures | $20 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Strange-Wilderness|title=Strange Wilderness (2008) - Financial Information|website=The Numbers}}</ref> | $6.9 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl91391489/|title=Strange Wilderness|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> |- | March 23, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/film-review-detour-1200330773/|title=Film Review: 'Detour'|date=29 March 2013|publisher=|accessdate=25 May 2020}}</ref> | ''Detour'' | William Dickerson | Fishbowl Films | Gravitas Ventures | | |- | 2014 | ''The Grays'' | Henry Hobson | | | | |}

==See also== * Caravan Pictures * Spyglass Entertainment

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://level1ent.com/ Official website]

Category:Film production companies of the United States Category:Mass media companies established in 2003