Screen Media
{{Short description|American-Canadian media company (2001–2024)}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Screen Media Ventures, LLC
| logo = File:Screen Media.png
| type = Subsidiary
| foundation = {{start date and age|2001}}
| dissolved = {{end date and age|2024|7|11}}
| fate = Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation by parent company
| parent = Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
| founder =
| subsid =
| location = New York City, United States
Toronto, Canada
| industry = Film distribution
| homepage = {{Website defunct|screenmediafilms.net}}
}}
Screen Media Ventures, LLC was an American-Canadian distribution company founded in 2001 and owned by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment since 2017 alongside its subsidiary Popcornflix.{{cite web | title=Screen Media Ventures, LLC: Private Company Information | website=Bloomberg | date=March 5, 2014 | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=30841093 | access-date=September 20, 2017}}{{cite web | title=Sean Bean's 'Drone' Lands at Screen Media Films | website=Variety | url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/sean-bean-drone-screen-media-films-1202dis028527/ | access-date=September 20, 2017}}{{cite web | title=Screen Media Films | website=Variety | url=https://variety.com/t/screen-media-films/ | access-date=September 20, 2017}}{{cite web | title=Screen Media Films Entering 'Temple' (Exclusive) | website=Bloody Disgusting! | date=May 26, 2017 | url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3439390/screen-media-films-entering-temple-exclusive/ | access-date=September 20, 2017}}{{cite web | last=Kit | first=Borys | title=Sundance: 'Ten Thousand Saints' Sells to Screen Media Films | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=January 30, 2015 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sundance-ten-thousand-saints-sells-768259 | access-date=September 20, 2017}}{{Cite web| title = Popcornflix acquired by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment| work = Digital TV Europe| access-date = 2019-06-22| date = 2017-11-07| url = https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2017/11/07/popcornflix-acquired-by-chicken-soup-for-the-soul-entertainment/}} In 2008, Screen Media selected The Creative Coalition as its exclusive nonprofit partner in launching the Spotlight Initiative. The partnership permits the pursuit of active outreach efforts for issues showcased in Screen Media produced and distributed motion pictures. While the Spotlight Initiative serves as a strategic business component that will create unique marketing, branding, and advertising opportunities as well as value for mass marketers, it also enhances America's cultural connection to the stories and social agendas of our times.{{cite web | title=The Creative Coalition and Screen Media Films Announce Spotlight Initiative: Independent Films Making a Difference | website=The Creative Coalition | date=January 8, 2008 | url=http://www.thecreativecoalition.org/2008/01/08/the-creative-coalition-and-screen-media-films-announce-spotlight-initiative-independent-films-making-a-difference/ | access-date=September 20, 2017}}
On April 23, 2024, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment announced a $636.6 million loss in 2023, and warned that without any options to generate additional financing, the company may be forced to liquidate or pause operations, and seek a potential Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/chicken-soup-reports-dollar637-million-loss-for-2023-preps-investors-for-bankruptcy|title=Chicken Soup Reports $637 Million Loss for 2023, Preps Investors for Bankruptcy|date=April 23, 2024|access-date=April 23, 2024|website=NextTV|language=en}} On June 29, 2024, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after missing a week of paying its employees and failing to secure financing.{{cite web |last1=Hayes |first1=Dade |title=Redbox Owner Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/redbox-chicken-soup-for-the-soul-entertainment-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-1235997730/ |website=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 29, 2024 |access-date=June 29, 2024 }} In July 2024, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment was placed in Chapter 7 liquidation, which instigated the cessation of its subsidiaries, including Screen Media.{{cite web | last=Harding | first=Scharon | title=DVDs are dying right as streaming has made them appealing again | website=Ars Technica | date=2024-07-11 | url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/dvds-are-dying-right-as-streaming-has-made-them-appealing-again/ | access-date=2024-07-12}}
Selected films
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- Kevin of the North (2001, DVD release 2003 as Chilly Dogs)
- Noel (2004, DVD release)
- Intimate Affaires (2002, DVD release 2007)
- Shaka Zulu: The Citadel (2005)
- Pitcher and the Pin-Up (2005)
- Spin (2005)
- Shallow Ground (2005)
- Strange Bedfellows (2005)
- The Foursome (2006)
- Big Bad Wolf (2006)
- Christmas Is Here Again (2007)
- Spy School (2008)
- Smother (2008)
- Dog Gone (2008)
- (Untitled) (2009, DVD release 2010)
- The City of Your Final Destination (2009, released 2010)
- The Tender Hook (2008, DVD release 2011 as The Boxer and the Bombshell)
- Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber (2005 TVM, DVD release)
- Sweatshop (2009, DVD release 2011)
- Jack and the Beanstalk (2010, DVD release)
- La Mission (2010)
- Kalamity (2010)
- The Key Man (2011)
- Stonerville (2011, DVD release)
- FUBAR 2 a.k.a. FUBAR: Balls to the Wall (2010, 2011 DVD and Blu-ray release)
- Ghost from the Machine (2011)
- Dog Jack (2012)
- About Fifty (2012)
- [https://www.amazon.com/Daddy-Cant-Dance-Pete-Vinal/dp/B00CLNZSXI Daddy Can't Dance] (2012)
- Inkubus (2012)
- Young Ones (2014)
- Ride (2014){{cite web|last1=Fleming|first1=Mike Jr.|title=Helen Hunt's 'Ride' Gets Screen Media Deal|url=https://deadline.com/2014/09/helen-hunts-ride-gets-screen-media-deal-831939/|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=14 May 2015|date=9 September 2014}}
- United Passions (2014)
- Alex of Venice (2014)
- 7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
- Ten Thousand Saints (2015)
- Darling (2015){{cite web | last=Sharf | first=Zach | title=Screen Media Films Picks Up Fantastic Fest Hit 'Darling' | website=Indiewire | date=September 29, 2015 | url=https://www.indiewire.com/2015/09/screen-media-films-picks-up-fantastic-fest-hit-darling-57347/ | access-date=May 2, 2018}}
- The Bet (2016)
- The Bad Batch (2016){{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/the-bad-batch-movie-toronto-screen-media-films-distribution-rights-release-date-1201820360/|title=Screen Media Films Picks U.S. Rights To 'The Bad Batch' – Toronto|last=Busch|first=Anita|date=September 15, 2016|website=Deadline|access-date=April 30, 2018}}
- The Void (2016)
- Temple (2017)
- Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017)
- Drone (2017)
- ''Ripped (2017){{cite web | last=Pedersen | first=Erik | title=Screen Media Twists Up 'Ripped,' Sets June Bow For Russell Peters-Faizon Love Stoner Pic | website=Deadline | date=May 4, 2017 | url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/ripped-screen-media-russell-peters-faizon-love-stoner-comedy-1202084019/ | access-date=April 29, 2018}}
- Curvature (2017){{cite web | last=Roxborough | first=Scott | title=AFM: Screen Media Buys 'Curvature' for North America (Exclusive) | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=November 1, 2017 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/afm-screen-media-buys-curvature-north-america-1053129 | access-date=April 29, 2018}}
- Literally, Right Before Aaron (2017){{cite web | last=Czachor | first=Mae | title=Screen Media Nabs Rights to Ryan Eggold's 'Literally, Right Before Aaron' | website=Variety | date=May 24, 2017 | url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/literally-right-before-aaron-ryan-eggold-release-1202443264/ | access-date=April 29, 2018}}
- Teleios (Beyond the Trek) (2017){{cite web | last=Vasseur | first=Richard | title=RICH REVIEWS: Beyond the Trek (movie review) | website=First Comics News | date=August 26, 2017 | url=https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/rich-reviews-beyond-the-trek/ | access-date=April 29, 2018}}
- Josie (2018){{cite web | last=Linden | first=Sheri | title='Josie': Film Review | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=March 16, 2018 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/josie-1094062 | access-date=April 29, 2018}}
- Blue Iguana (2018)
- Bel Canto (2018){{cite web|date=2018|title=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/markets-festivals/bel-canto-with-julianne-moore-ken-watanabe-sells-to-screen-media-exclusive-1202800859/}}
- Change in the Air (2018)
- Elliot the Littlest Reindeer (2018){{cite web|date=2018|title=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/josh-hutcherson-elliot-the-littlest-reindeer-release-date-1202919591/}}
- The Mercy (2018)
- You Might Be the Killer (2018)
- Adult Life Skills (2019)
- Patrick (2019)
- The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2019){{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/man-who-killed-don-quixote-acquired-by-screen-media-terry-gilliam/|title=Terry Gilliam's Long-Delayed 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote' Acquired by Screen Media|website=The Wrap|first=Brian|last=Welk|date=December 17, 2018|access-date=December 17, 2018}}
- Clara (2019)
- A Violent Separation (2019)
- Wonders of the Sea 3D (2019)
- Deep Murder (2019)
- Luz (2019)
- Liam Gallagher: As It Was (2019){{cite web |last1=Scheck |first1=Frank |title='Liam Gallagher: As It Was': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/liam-gallagher-as-it-was-1238693/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=14 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117015327/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/liam-gallagher-as-it-was-1238693/ |archive-date=17 January 2025 |date=10 September 2019 |url-status=live}}
- Corporate Animals (2019)
- Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)
- Crown Vic (2019)
- Grand Isle (2020)
- The Sonata (2020)
- The Jesus Rolls (2020)
- Robert the Bruce (2020)
- Hope Gap (2020)
- Blood and Money (2020)
- Exit Plan (2020)
- The Outpost (2020)
- Blackbird (2020)
- Cagefighter: Worlds Collide (2020)
- Girl (2020)
- Willy's Wonderland (2021)
- Skyfire (2021)
- Senior Moment (2021)
- Eat Wheaties! (2021)
- Off the Rails (2021)
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
- The Birthday Cake (2021)
- One Shot (2021)
- Stoker Hills (2022)
- 9 Bullets (2022)
- Monstrous (2022)
- Jeepers Creepers: Reborn (2022)
- Helen's Dead (2023)
- Saint Clare (2024)
- Fight or Flight (2025; posthumous film release)
- Blood Knot (TBA) (Posthumous Film release)
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Category:Film distributors of Canada
Category:Film distributors of the United States
Category:American film studios
Category:Film production companies of the United States
Category:Entertainment companies based in New York (state)
Category:Entertainment companies based in Ontario
Category:Entertainment companies established in 2001
Category:Entertainment companies disestablished in 2024
Category:Companies based in New York City
Category:Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment subsidiaries
Category:2017 mergers and acquisitions
Category:Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024
Category:Companies that filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2024