SpringHill Company
{{Short description|Media production company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = SpringHill Company
| logo = SpringHill Company logo orange.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| image =
| num_employees =
| type = Private
| industry = Entertainment
| predecessors = {{ubl|SpringHill Entertainment|Robot Company|Uninterrupted}}
| founded = {{start date and age|2020}}
| founder = {{ubl|LeBron James|Maverick Carter}}
| hq_location = Hollywood, California, US
| area_served =
| key_people = {{unbulleted list|LeBron James}}
| products = {{ubl|Film|Television|Audio|Consulting|Marketing|Storytelling}}
| owner =
| parent = Fulwell Entertainment (2025–present)
| website = {{URL|https://www.springhillcompany.com/}}
}}
SpringHill Company is an entertainment development and production company founded in 2020 by LeBron James and Maverick Carter. Its board of directors includes Serena Williams.{{cite news |title=LeBron James secures $100m for media company |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53186472 |access-date=6 June 2021 |publisher=BBC News |date=25 June 2020}} The company unites three earlier companies founded by James and Carter: SpringHill Entertainment, an entertainment production company founded in 2007,{{cite web |title=Lebron James & Maverick Carter's Springhill Entertainment Signs New ABC Deal |author=D.L. Chandler |url=https://hiphopwired.com/884460/lebron-james-springhill-entertainment-abc-studios/ |publisher=Hip-Hop Wired |date=June 27, 2020 |accessdate=June 11, 2021}} the Robot Company, an integrated marketing agency and brand and culture consultancy founded by Carter and James together with Paul Rivera, the creator of the talk show The Shop, and Uninterrupted, founded in 2015 with the aim to empower athletes by providing a platform that allows them to share their stories.{{cite magazine |author=Eoin Connolly |title=Uninterrupted conversation: Maverick Carter and LeBron James get the stars to tell stories |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/from-the-magazine/uninterrupted-lebron-james-maverick-carter-devin-johnson-interview |magazine=SportsPro |date=November 1, 2019}}
SpringHill Company signed a two-year scripted television deal with ABC Signature, a part of Disney Television Studios, in June 2020.{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2020-06-26|title=LeBron James' SpringHill Entertainment Inks Overall Deal With ABC Studios For Scripted Series|url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/lebron-james-maverick-carters-springhill-entertainment-inks-overall-deal-disneys-abc-studios-scripted-series-1202970851/|access-date=2021-06-12|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} In September 2020, the company signed a four-year first-look deal with Universal Pictures.{{Cite magazine|last=Caron|first=Emily|title=Release date set for 'Space Jam 2' feat. LeBron James|url=https://www.si.com/nba/2019/02/22/space-jam-2-release-date-lebron-james-bugs-bunny-springhill-entertainment|access-date=2021-06-12|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=21 February 2019 |language=en-us}}
Like SpringHill Entertainment before, the company is named after the housing complex in Akron, Ohio, where James was raised.{{cite news |title=LeBron James Gets $100 Million Investment to Build Media Empire |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-06-25/lebron-james-maverick-carter-s-springhill-to-be-a-media-empire |access-date=6 June 2021 |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |date=25 June 2020}}
In November 2024, it was announced that SpringHill Company would merge with Fulwell 73 with Leo Pearlman and Maverick Carter as co-CEOs of the merged company.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/global/lebron-james-springhill-ben-winston-fulwell-73-merge-1236212558/|title=Fulwell 73 and SpringHill Co. Join Forces to Grow in Film, TV, Documentary, Live Events and Branded Content|first=Cynthia|last=Littleton|website=Variety|date=2024-11-18}} The merger was finalized on February 2025, with both companies placed under the Fulwell Entertainment umbrella.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/fulwell-entertainment-springhill-co-deal-closing-1236293519/|title=Fulwell 73 and SpringHill Co. Close Deal, Unite Under Fulwell Entertainment Umbrella|first=Cynthia|last=Littleton|website=Variety|date=February 1, 2025|access-date=February 22, 2025}}
Filmography
=Films=
=Television=
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Series !Distributor |
| 2014–2017 |
| 2016–present
|NBC |
| 2018–2020
|Shut Up and Dribble |
| 2018–present |
| 2019
|CBS |
| 2020
|Self Made{{Cite web|title='Self Made': Octavia Spencer Says Now Is the Time to Tell Madam C.J. Walker's Story (Exclusive) {{!}} Entertainment Tonight|url=https://www.etonline.com/octavia-spencer-and-self-made-cast-on-why-now-is-the-time-to-tell-madam-cj-walkers-story-exclusive|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.etonline.com|language=en-US}} |rowspan="2" | Netflix |
| 2021 |
| 2022–present |
| 2023
| rowspan="2" |Disney+ |
| TBA |
Further reading
- {{cite magazine |author=Jeff Beer and Nicole Laporte |title= How LeBron James and Maverick Carter's SpringHill Company became the envy of Hollywood |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90600374/springhill-most-innovative-companies-2021 |magazine=Fast Company |date=Aug 3, 2021}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{official website|https://www.springhillcompany.com/}}
{{LeBron James}}
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Category:Mass media companies established in 2020
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