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Sycamore Pictures
is an American
production
company founded by producers Ben Nearn and Tom Rice.
History
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The company was formed in 2011 with a focus on producing films with a "more redemptive tone"
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suitable for families. Nearn, formerly an investment banker who moved on to become COO and a minority investor in
Cross Creek Pictures
, maintains the company's Memphis offices; Rice, an independent film producer and writer, maintains the Los Angeles office.
[1]
The startup funds for Sycamore were raised by Nearn from investors both from the Memphis area and elsewhere, with a business model based on profit participation by actors, directors and creative personnel.
[1]
The company's first production,
The Way Way Back
, had its debut at the
Sundance Film Festival
in 2013, where distribution rights were purchased for
US$
9.75 million,
[2]
reportedly the largest distribution deal made at the festival that year.
[3]
Begin Again
(2014) has been described as "an old-fashioned, let’s-put-on-a-show movie musical disguised as an indie relationship drama" and as "that real rarity, a feel-good story of friendship ? not sexual love ? between a man and woman."
[4]
Merry Friggin' Christmas
, scheduled for release in late 2014, features
Robin Williams
in the last movie he made before his death in 2014.
[5]
Filmography
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Year
|
Film
|
Director
|
Other notes
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2013
|
The Way, Way Back
|
Nat Faxon
and
Jim Rash
|
co-production with The Walsh Company and
OddLot Entertainment
; distributed by
Fox Searchlight Pictures
; Sycamore's first film
|
Begin Again
|
John Carney
|
co-production with Exclusive Media,
Black Label Media
,
Likely Story
and
Apatow Productions
; distributed by
The Weinstein Company
|
2014
|
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
|
Tristram Shapeero
|
distributed by
Phase 4 Films
and
Entertainment One Films
|
2015
|
Mississippi Grind
|
Anna Boden
and
Ryan Fleck
|
co-production with Electric City Entertainment; distributed by
A24
,
DirecTV
(United States) and
Annapurna International
(international)
|
2016
|
The Hollars
|
John Krasinski
|
co-production with Groundswell Productions and
Sunday Night Productions
; distributed by
Sony Pictures Classics
|
Collide
|
Eran Creevy
|
co-production with
IM Global
,
DMG Entertainment
,
Silver Pictures
, Hands-on Producers GmbH, 42 and Automatik Entertainment; distributed by
Open Road Films
(United States) and
Universum Film
(Germany)
|
2017
|
Speech & Debate
|
Dan Harris
|
distributed by
Vertical Entertainment
|
Unicorn Store
|
Brie Larson
|
co-production with Rhea Films,
The District
, Rip Cord Productions, Hercules Film Fund and 51 Entertainment; distributed by
Netflix
|
2020
|
Greyhound
|
Aaron Schneider
|
co-production with
Sony Pictures Entertainment
,
Stage 6 Films
,
FilmNation Entertainment
,
Bron Creative
, Zhengfu Pictures and
Playtone
; distributed by
Apple TV+
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