Mandeville Films

History

Film executive David Hoberman founded Mandeville Films in January 1995 as he exited Walt Disney Studios with a five-year, multi-picture production deal.

In 1999, Todd Lieberman became studio partner and as president. A week later, Hoberman and its employees both left Mandeville to form a self-financing outfit, Hyde Park Entertainment, with Ashok Amritraj (former founder of Franchise Pictures), with split deals at the Walt Disney Studios and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) as the company initially went inactive.

In 2002, Amritaj and Hoberman split their ties, and Hoberman himself reformed Mandeville Films with an exclusive five-year contract with Walt Disney Studios. Hoberman brought along fellow producer Todd Lieberman as a partner, who worked with Hoberman when he was senior vice president for international finance at Hyde Park Entertainment.

When Mandeville Films returned to the studios, it was scheduled to produce two films each for Touchstone and MGM: Walking Tall, Raising Helen, The Last Shot, and Beauty Shop. The studio itself went back to Disney in 2006 to co-produce Eight Below and The Shaggy Dog back-to-back.

Mandeville Films has an ongoing partnership with ABC; they renewed their contracts in July 2015 for two more years.

In May 2018, Mandeville Films ended its partnership with Disney to sign with Universal Pictures for a "first-look production agreement". In 2022, Todd Lieberman split off their ties from the production company. The group was later reformed as Hobie Films with a deal with Lionsgate on February 21, 2023.

Filmography

Feature films

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Upcoming

Television series

Made for television films

References

References

1. "About - Mandeville Films". MandFilms.com.
2. "About David Hoberman, UCLA Visiting Asst. Professor". UCLA.
3. (January 11, 1995). "Disney Live Action Film Chief Quits : Studios: Hoberman's departure is a further dismantling of the former Katzenberg team". Los Angeles Times.
4. Lyons, Charles. (1999-07-20). "Lieberman off Summit for Mandeville prod’n veep".
5. Carver, Benedict. (1999-07-26). "Amritraj, Hoberman set up shop".
6. Carver, Benedict. (1999-08-05). "Hyde Park splits pix with Disney, MGM".
7. (2002-08-01). "Hyde Park duo split".
8. Gardner, Chris. (2006-04-30). "Brand wagon".
9. (July 20, 2015). "ABC Extends Deal With Mandeville Films".
10. Esteves, Anthony. (May 4, 2018). "Producers of Beauty and The Beast Leave Disney For Universal Deal".
11. White, Peter. (2022-02-25). "Mandeville Films & Television’s David Hoberman & Todd Lieberman In Talks To Split & Pursue Separate Projects".
12. Grobar, Matt. (2023-02-21). "‘Shotgun Wedding’ Producer David Hoberman Launches Hobie Films Banner, Appoints Julie Meschko As VP".
13. Kit, Borys. (August 16, 2012). "'The Muppets' Producer Mandeville Re-Ups With Disney (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
14. D'Alessandro, Anthony. (2020-02-11). "Lionsgate & Mandeville Films Reteam For 'Undercover' With Zachary Levi & Cole Sprouse".
15. D'Alessandro, Anthony. (2019-12-12). "Lionsgate Closes Pic Rights On Ubisoft Video Game Series 'Rabbids' With Mandeville To Produce; Todd Strauss-Schulson In Talks To Direct".
16. D'Alessandro, Anthony. (October 2, 2019). "'Treasure Island': Dean DeBlois Set To Direct Take On Classic Novel For Universal & Mandeville Films".
17. (26 May 2020). "Universal, Mandeville Films Team for YA Fantasy 'Scholomance'".
18. (10 July 2020). "'Toy Story 4' Director Josh Cooley Tackling 'Little Monsters' for Universal (Exclusive)".
19. Pedersen, Erik. (2017-07-11). "Universal Pirouettes To 'Swan Lake' Pitch; 'Rogue One's Felicity Jones To Star".
20. Kroll, Justin. (2020-08-13). "Jessica Swale To Pen Universal's 'Swan Lake' Film Starring Felicity Jones".