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Film production company
Beacon Pictures (aka Beacon Communications, LLC
[2] ) is an American film and television production and international sales company founded in 1990 by
Armyan Bernstein ,
[3] who is also its chairman.
[4] The company produces motion pictures for studios such as
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures ,
Universal Pictures and
Sony Pictures Entertainment . In 1996, it struck a first look deal with Universal.
[5]
Beacon was acquired in 1994 by
COMSAT , who a year later put the company under its Ascent Entertainment Group division. By early 1999, Ascent was about to be broken up due to financial problems, mostly stemming from building the
Pepsi Center in
Denver .
[6] Bernstein and venture capitalist Kevin O Donnell, son of Kennedy administration special assistant and appointments secretary
Kenny O'Donnell , purchased Beacon back, restoring its independent company status.
[7]
[8]
Films
The Commitments (1991) With
20th Century Fox
A Midnight Clear (1992) With
InterStar Releasing and A&M Films
A Life in the Theatre (1993) With
TNT
Sugar Hill (1993) With
20th Century Fox
Princess Caraboo (1994) With
TriStar Pictures
The Road to Wellville (1994) With
Columbia Pictures
The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) With
Columbia Pictures and
Scholastic
The Van (1996) With
Fox Searchlight Pictures and
BBC Films
Air Force One (1997) With
Columbia Pictures and
Touchstone Pictures
A Thousand Acres (1997) With
Touchstone Pictures ,
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and
Propaganda Films
Playing God (1997) With
Touchstone Pictures
Disturbing Behavior (1998) With
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , Hoyts Distribution and
Village Roadshow Pictures
Trippin' (1999) With
Rogue Pictures
For Love of the Game (1999) With
Universal Pictures , Tig Productions and
Mirage Enterprises
The Hurricane (1999) With
Universal Pictures
End of Days (1999) With
Universal Pictures
Duets (2000) With
Hollywood Pictures and Seven Arts Pictures
The Family Man (2000) With
Universal Pictures and
Saturn Films
Bring It On (2000) With
Universal Pictures
Thirteen Days (2000) With
New Line Cinema
Spy Game (2001) With
Universal Pictures , Kalima Productions Gmbh & Co. kg,
Red Wagon Entertainment and Toho-Towa
Tuck Everlasting (2002) With
Walt Disney Pictures and
Scholastic
The Emperor's Club (2002) With
Universal Pictures ,
Fine Line Features and
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Open Range (2003) With
Touchstone Pictures and Tig Productions
Ladder 49 (2004) With
Touchstone Pictures and
Casey Silver Productions
Bring It On Again (2004) With
Universal Pictures
Raising Helen (2004) With
Touchstone Pictures ,
Mandeville Films and
Hyde Park Entertainment
A Lot like Love (2005) With
Touchstone Pictures
Bring it on: All or Nothing (2006) With
Universal Pictures
Firewall (2006) With
Warner Bros. Pictures ,
Village Roadshow Pictures and
Thunder Road Pictures
The Guardian (2006) With
Touchstone Pictures and
Flash Film Works
Children of Men (2006) With
Universal Pictures ,
Strike Entertainment and Toho-Towa
Pu-239 (2006) With
HBO Films and
Section Eight Productions
Uncle P (2007) With
New Line Cinema
Bring It On: In It to Win It (2007) With
Universal Pictures
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007) With
Columbia Pictures ,
Revolution Studios and
Walden Media
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish (2009) With
Universal Pictures
Mardi Gras: Spring Break (2011) With
Samuel Goldwyn Films and
Screen Gems
Grey Lady (2015) With Broadvision Pictures and
Anchor Bay Films
Bring It On: Worldwide Cheersmack (2017) With
Universal Pictures
Bring It On: Cheer or Die (2022) with
Universal 1440 Entertainment and
Syfy
Television
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