# Level 1 Entertainment > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Level_1_Entertainment > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Level_1_Entertainment.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_1_Entertainment > Source revision: 1356797224 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Movie_studio) | industry = [Entertainment](/source/Entertainment) | fate = | successor = | founder = [Bill Todman, Jr.](/source/Bill_Todman%2C_Jr.)
Edward Milstein | products = [Motion pictures](/source/Film) | revenue = | owner = | num_employees = | divisions = | founded = {{Start date and age|2003|1}} | defunct = | hq_location = 9150 [Wilshire Boulevard](/source/Wilshire_Boulevard), [Beverly Hills, California](/source/Beverly_Hills%2C_California)[https://www.linkedin.com/company/level-1-entertainment-llc LEVEL 1 ENTERTAINMENT LLC | LinkedIn] | key_people = | website = {{URL|http://level1ent.com/|Level1Ent.com}} }} '''Level 1 Entertainment LLC''' is an American [film](/source/film) [production company](/source/production_company). It was founded in January 2003 by [film producer](/source/film_producer) [Bill Todman, Jr.](/source/Bill_Todman%2C_Jr.) (the son of game show producer [Bill Todman](/source/Bill_Todman)) and [real estate](/source/real_estate) and [banking](/source/banking) [magnate](/source/magnate) Edward Milstein. Paul Schwake joined the company later that year as [chief operating officer](/source/chief_operating_officer).{{Cite web|url=http://www.moviepublicity.com/docs/rendition_prodnotes.doc|title = Mediapass}} In 2006, Level 1 released their first film, the [comedy](/source/comedy_film) ''[Grandma's Boy](/source/Grandma's_Boy_(2006_film))'', through [20th Century Fox](/source/20th_Century_Fox) and in collaboration with [Adam Sandler](/source/Adam_Sandler)'s [Happy Madison Productions](/source/Happy_Madison). They again worked with Happy Madison on the comedy ''[Strange Wilderness](/source/Strange_Wilderness)'', which was released on February 1, 2008. Level 1 also financed [New Line Cinema](/source/New_Line_Cinema)'s ''[Rendition](/source/Rendition_(film))'', starring [Reese Witherspoon](/source/Reese_Witherspoon) and [Jake Gyllenhaal](/source/Jake_Gyllenhaal). They were initially a financial partner on ''[Star Trek](/source/Star_Trek_(2009_film))'' along with [Paramount Pictures](/source/Paramount_Pictures) and [J. J. Abrams](/source/J._J._Abrams)' production company, [Bad Robot](/source/Bad_Robot),[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] but were later replaced by [Spyglass Entertainment](/source/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](/source/Grandma's_Boy_(2006_film))'' | [Nicholaus Goossen](/source/Nicholaus_Goossen) | [Happy Madison Productions](/source/Happy_Madison_Productions) | [20th Century Fox](/source/20th_Century_Fox) | $5 million[https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Grandmas-Boy Grandma's Boy (2006) - Financial Information]. ''The Numbers''. Retrieved February 28, 2021 | $6.6 million[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=grandmasboy.htm Grandma's Boy (2006)]. [Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo). Retrieved February 28, 2021 |- | October 19, 2007 | ''[Rendition](/source/Rendition_(film))'' | [Gavin Hood](/source/Gavin_Hood) | [Anonymous Content](/source/Anonymous_Content) | [New Line Cinema](/source/New_Line_Cinema) | $27.5 million{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Rendition|title=Rendition (2007) - Financial Information|publisher=[The Numbers](/source/The_Numbers_(website))}} | $27 million{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rendition.htm|title=Rendition (2007) - Box Office Mojo|publisher=[Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo)}} |- | February 1, 2008 | ''[Strange Wilderness](/source/Strange_Wilderness)'' | [Fred Wolf](/source/Fred_Wolf_(writer)) | Happy Madison Productions | [Paramount Pictures](/source/Paramount_Pictures) | $20 million{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Strange-Wilderness|title=Strange Wilderness (2008) - Financial Information|website=The Numbers}} | $6.9 million{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl91391489/|title=Strange Wilderness|website=Box Office Mojo}} |- | March 23, 2013{{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}} | ''[Detour](/source/Detour_(2013_film))'' | William Dickerson | Fishbowl Films | [Gravitas Ventures](/source/ProSiebenSat.1_Media) | | |- | 2014 | ''The Grays'' | Henry Hobson | | | | |} ==See also== * [Caravan Pictures](/source/Caravan_Pictures) * [Spyglass Entertainment](/source/Spyglass_Entertainment) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://level1ent.com/ Official website] {{Authority control}} {{Memoryalpha}} Category:Film production companies of the United States Category:Mass media companies established in 2003 {{US-film-company-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Level 1 Entertainment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_1_Entertainment) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_1_Entertainment?action=history)). 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