Spyglass Entertainment is an American film production company, co-founded by Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum in 1998.The studio was founded with an investment from European media conglomerates Kirch Group and Mediaset, and a five-year distribution deal with The Walt Disney Company.It is currently owned by Cerberus Capital Management.

 

Barber and Birnbaum serve as co-CEOs, while Jonathan Glickman serves as the current President of Production. Jeffrey Chernov was once a production executive at Spyglass Entertainment.

 

On December 20, 2010, the founders of Spyglass Entertainment, Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, became co-Chairs and co-CEOs of the holding company of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which had recently at that time emerged from bankruptcy. Since then, Spyglass' operation has been scaled back, though Barber and Birnbaum will continue to operate it through the handling of its library.



UK distributors

• Buena Vista International (2002–2005)

• Optimum Releasing (2009–2011)

• StudioCanal UK (2011–present)

 

Production filmography

1990s

• Instinct (1999) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)

• The Sixth Sense (1999) (co-production with Hollywood Pictures, Blinding Edge Pictures and The Kennedy/Marshall Company)

• The Insider (1999) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)

 

2000s

• Mission to Mars (2000) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)

• Keeping the Faith (2000) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures, Koch Co., Blumberg/Norton Porudctions and Triple Threat Talent)

• Shanghai Noon (2000) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)

• Out Cold (2001) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)

• The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)

• Dragonfly (2002) (co-production with Universal Pictures)

• Abandon (2002) (co-production with Paramount Pictures)

• Reign of Fire (2002) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)

• The Recruit (2003) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)

• Shanghai Knights (2003) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)

• Bruce Almighty (2003) (co-production with Universal Pictures, Shady Acres Entertainment and Pit Bull Productions)

• Seabiscuit (2003) (co-production with Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures)

• Connie and Carla (2004) (co-production with Universal Pictures)

• Mr. 3000 (2004) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures, Dimension Films and The Kennedy/Marshall Company)

• The Pacifier (2005) (co-production with Walt Disney Pictures)

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures and Hammer and Tongs)

• The Legend of Zorro (2005) (co-production with Columbia Pictures and Amblin Entertainment)

• Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) (co-production with Columbia Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures and Red Wagon Productions)

• Eight Below (2006) (co-production with Walt Disney Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, and Mandeville Films)

• Stay Alive (2006) (co-production with Hollywood Pictures, Endgame Entertainment and Wonderland Sound and Vision)

• Stick It (2006) (co-production with Touchstone Pictures)

• The Lookout (2007) (co-production with Miramax Films)

• The Invisible (2007) (co-production with Hollywood Pictures)

• Evan Almighty (2007) (co-production with Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Shady Acres Entertainment and Original Film)

• Underdog (2007) (co-production with Walt Disney Pictures and Classic Media)

• Balls of Fury (2007) (co-production with Rogue Pictures and Intrepid Pictures)

• 27 Dresses (2008) (co-production with Twentieth Century Fox)

• Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) (co-production with Universal Pictures)

• The Ruins (2008) (co-production with DreamWorks Pictures and Red Hour Films)

• The Happening (2008) (co-production with Twentieth Century Fox, Blinding Edge Pictures and UTV Motion Pictures)

• The Love Guru (2008) (co-production with Paramount Pictures)

• Wanted (2008) (co-production with Universal Pictures)

• Ghost Town (2008) (co-production with DreamWorks Pictures)

• Flash of Genius (2008) (co-production with Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment)

• Four Christmases (2008) (co-production with New Line Cinema)

• Star Trek (2009) (co-production with Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot Productions)

• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) (co-production with Paramount Pictures, Hasbro and di Bonaventura Pictures)

• Invictus (2009) (co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures, Malpaso Productions, and Revelations Entertainment)

 

2010s

• Leap Year (2010) (co-production with Universal Pictures and Benderspink)

• Get Him to the Greek (2010) (co-production with Universal Pictures, Relativity Media and Apatow Productions)

• Dinner for Schmucks (2010) (co-production with Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Parkes + MacDonald, Everyman Pictures, Reliance ADA Group and Reliance BIG Pictures)

• The Tourist (2010) (co-production with Columbia Pictures and GK Films)

• The Dilemma (2011) (co-production with Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Wild West Picture Show Productions)

• No Strings Attached (2011) (co-production with Paramount Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company and Cold Spring Pictures)

• Footloose (2011) (co-production with Paramount Pictures and MTV Films)

• The Vow (2012) (co-production with Screen Gems) (Is the last film by Spyglass Entertainment, before MGM took over)