Westlake Entertainment

Westlake Entertainment Incorporated is a fully integrated, independent entertainment distribution company. Primarily engaged in licensing and distributing feature films and television programs, Westlake specializes in bringing new release content to retail. [ [http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6345486 Video Business 2006 - New owners map plan for Westlake] ]

Westlake serves as a distributor for the following labels: Rigel Entertainment (theatical features), Lonely Seal Releasing (theatrical features) Red Bull USA (extreme sports) and Cineville Films (theatrical features). Westlake also sells its product to the overseas marketplace through its international arm, Cinema Management Group.

2006

Video vets Luke Stefanko and Larry Cohen quietly buy Westlake Entertainment with plans to turn the budget supplier of primarily public domain product into a significant supplier of first-run features.

2007

Independent film company Cineville and DVD distributor Westlake Entertainment are merging into an indie studio called Keystone.

New studio will bring together production and distribution, although both companies will continue to function as separate units under the Keystone umbrella.

Cineville founder Carl Colpaert is partnering with Lee Caplin and Westlake principals Larry Cohen and Luke Stefanko. Both companies will license their respective catalogs to the Keystone entity.

Cineville, founded in 1990, has produced more than 40 films; Westlake Entertainment, founded in 1993, has a catalog of more than 500.

October 2007

Life coach and infomercial guru Tony Robbins will make his first major push at retail next year through indie supplier Westlake Entertainment. [ [http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6485866.html Robbins makes move on retail] ]

Titles

*"Good Chemistry" (2008)
*"Call Back" (2008)
*"Impaler" (2007)
*"" (2007)
*"Legend of Seven Monks" (2007)
*"Red Bull Rampage Retrospective" (2007)
*"Pilates for the Soul" (2007)
*"Fall Into Me" (2007)
*"Mario's Story" (2007)
*"Motocross Zombies From Hell" (2007)
*"Girl 27 (2007)
*"A Couple of Days & Nights" (2007)
*"" (2007)
*"" (2007)
*"" (2007)
*"John Schneider's Collier & Co. Hot Pursuit" (2007)
*"Red Bull X-Fighters" (2007)
*"The Blue Rose" (2007)
*"Modify" (2007)
*"" (2007)
*"Drive-In Horror Series": "Savage Spirit"/"They Feed" (2007)
*"East of Sunset" (2006)
*"Dream Slashers" (2006)
*"Cuidad Juarez Tan Infinito Como El Desierto" (2006)
*"Tactical Paintball" (2006)
*"The Sixth Element (2006)
*"The Affair (2006)
*"Spiff TV (2006)
*"630 Movie (2006)
*"Black Fist" (2005)
*"" (2004)

References

External links

* [http://www.Westlakeent.com Westlake Entertainment]
* [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/DVDs/Labels/Westlake_Entertainment/ IMDb]