Courtney Solomon

{{Infobox person

| name = Courtney Solomon

| image = Courtney Solomon by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption = Solomon at the 2024 WonderCon

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|9|1}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| occupation = {{Flat list|

| years_active = 2000–present

| employer = After Dark Films

}}

Courtney Solomon (born September 1, 1970) is a film producer from Toronto, Ontario. He has been involved with production, marketing, and distribution of over 80 movies.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nysun.com/arts/creating-a-captive-audience/58420/ |title=Creating a Captive Audience |last=Snyder |first=S. Jams |date=July 13, 2007 |website=The New York Sun |access-date=November 11, 2013 |quote=...the 35-year-old founder of After Dark...}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/25/movies/25horr.html |title=Already Under Fire, a Producer Is Going Further |last=Cieply |first=Michael |date=June 25, 2007 |website=The New York Times |access-date=November 11, 2013}} In 2000, at the age of 29, he produced and directed the critically panned Dungeons & Dragons film.

Career

At 19, Solomon formed Sweetpea Entertainment to acquire the film rights to "Dungeons & Dragons". Dungeons & Dragons became his first production and direction project. It was both a box office and critical disappointment {{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190374/?ref_=fn_ft_tt_2|title = Dungeons & Dragons (2000) - IMDb| website=IMDb }}

As owner of Sweetpea Entertainment, Solomon sought to acquire media rights for potential adaptation into television series or MMORPGs. In 1996, in exchange for the equity position and media rights to Traveller, Sweetpea advanced the funds to establish Imperium Games, a company dedicated solely to Traveller.{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}}{{rp|330}}

He later formed After Dark Films to produce horror, thriller, and action titles. He launched it with An American Haunting, which he wrote, produced, and directed. It is a story based on Tennessee's Bell Witch legend. It opened #2 in the US, staying in the top ten films for 6 weeks. This success resulted in a long-term distribution and co-production arrangement with Lionsgate Films. Today, After Dark owns its own film library of over 80 films.{{Cite web |url=https://www.variety.com/2012/film/news/dark-castle-after-dark-cue-action-banner-1118052200/ |title=Dark Castle, After Dark Cue Action Banner |last=Sneider |first=Jeff |date=April 2, 2012 |website=Variety |access-date=November 11, 2013}}

In 2014, Solomon partnered with Mark Canton on a number of films, including Cake. Other films were Mr. Church (Eddie Murphy), The Comedian (Robert De Niro and Leslie Mann), The Yellow Birds (Tye Sheridan, Alden Ehrenreich, Jack Huston, Jennifer Aniston, and Toni Collette), and Burn Your Maps (Vera Farmiga and Jacob Tremblay).{{Cite web |url=https://cinelou-films.com/team/|title=Team Page|work=Cinelou Films |date=24 January 2019}}

In 2018, he acquired the rights to and produced the first film based on the novel series After. The film of the same name was released in April 2019. The sequel, After We Collided, was released in 2020. In the same year, he also acquired the rights to the underground comic universe of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers created by Gilbert Shelton in 1968.

Filmography

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Year ! Title ! Director ! Producer ! Writer
2000 \|Dungeons & Dragons \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{no}}
2005 \|An American Haunting \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}}
2013 \|Getaway \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{no}}

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Year

! Title

! Director

! Producer

! Writer

2000

|Dungeons & Dragons

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

2005

|An American Haunting