Overbrook Entertainment

Overbrook Entertainment

Type	Private
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	Beverly Hills, California, USA
Headquarters	Beverly Hills, California, USA
Key people	Will Smith (Co-founder) James Lassiter (Co-founder) Miguel Mendez (President) Ken Stovitz (Co-partner) Guy Primus (COO)
Products	Motion pictures, Music, Home entertainment, Talent management, Television production
Website	http://www.overbrookent.com/

Overbrook Entertainment is an American entertainment company based in Beverly Hills, California, USA.^[1] The production company was started by Will Smith between 1997 and 1999, about the same time the production for Wild Wild West (1999) was underway.

The name "Overbrook" is derived from Will Smith's neighborhood in West Philadelphia, Overbrook (Philadelphia).

The company produces music, films, and television shows. Will Smith is claimed in a TV show to have started the company in order to serve as producer and find roles. He uses his role in the company to help unknown artists record music and also records music for some of his movies in Overbrook.

Overbrook is credited to the following:^[2]

As Production Company

1. Wild Wild West (1999)
2. Ali (2001)
3. Showtime (2002) (uncredited)
4. All of Us (2003)
5. Saving Face (2004)
6. I, Robot (2004)
7. Hitch (2005/I)
8. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
9. ATL (2006)
10. I Am Legend (2007)
11. I Am Legend: Awakening - Story 3: Isolation (2007)
12. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
13. The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
14. Seven Pounds (2008)
15. Lakeview Terrace (2008)
16. Hancock (2008)
17. The Human Contract (2008)
18. The Karate Kid (2010)

For soundtrack:

1. Wild Wild West (1999)
2. Love & Basketball (2000)
3. Men in Black II (2002)

As distributor:

1. The 7th Commandment (2005) (DVD)

References

1. ^ "Overbrook Entertainment". Kftv.com. http://www.kftv.com/company-5400522.html. 
2. ^ "Overbrook Entertainment". Variety. http://www.variety.com/profiles/Company/main/2008218/Overbrook+Entertainment.html?dataSet=1&query=overbrook+entertainment. ^{[dead link]}