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Westbrook Inc. is an American multimedia and entertainment venture company founded by actor Will Smith and his wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith. The company was founded in 2019, in order to execute the Smith Family's global content with Will Smith's production company Overbrook Entertainment becoming one of its subsidiaries.[2] It is headquartered in Calabasas, California, with 80 employees as of March 2021.[3]
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Company type | Joint venture |
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Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | July 10, 2019 |
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Headquarters | , United States |
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Products | Motion picture, television production |
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Number of employees | 80 (2021) |
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Website | www |
In August 2021, the company announced that they signed a first-look deal with National Geographic and will produce their productions with National Geographic.[4]
Westbrook's debut film, King Richard, garnered widespread acclaim and earned numerous awards including six nominations (including Best Picture; the first nomination for this company) at 94th Academy Awards and four nominations at the 79th Golden Globe Awards (including Best Motion Picture – Drama), winning Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for Smith.
In January 2022, Candle Media announced that they purchased a strategic minority investment 10% stake in Westbrook, Inc.[5] Two days later in that month, Westbrook announced that they launched their own international division and had acquired Germany-based film and television distribution sales company Telepool and its division Global Screen, marking Westbrook's first international expansion.[6]
However two years later on May 8 2024, Westbrook announced that their selling its German international sales unit Telepool to French-based European production studio Vuelta Group and the latter merged Telepool with their Munich-based producer and distributor subsidiary SquareOne Entertainment.[7]
Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Notes |
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2021 | King Richard | Reinaldo Marcus Green | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Star Thrower Entertainment |
2022 | Emancipation | Antoine Fuqua | Apple TV+ | co-production with Apple Studios, McFarland Entertainment, Escape Artists and Apple Original Films.[8][9] |
2024 | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | Adil & Bilall | Sony Pictures Releasing | co-production with Columbia Pictures, 2.0 Entertainment and Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films[10] |
2025 | Karate Kid | Jonathan Entwistle | Sony Pictures Releasing | co-production with Columbia Pictures and Sunswept Entertainment[11] |
TBA | Canto | TBA | TBA | [12] |
Clean Air | TBA | Amazon MGM Studios | co-production with Kick The Habit Productions and NASCAR[13] | |
Fast & Loose | David Leitch | Netflix | co-production with 87North Productions and STXfilms[14] Netflix has placed this project on hold until further notice[15] | |
Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun | TBA | Netflix | Co-production with Yoruba Saxon[16] | |
Planes, Trains and Automobiles | TBA | Paramount Pictures | co-production with Hartbeat Productions[17] | |
Redd Zone | Matthew A. Cherry | Netflix | [18] | |
Soul Superhero | TBA | TBA | [19] | |
Summertime | Peter Saji | Sony Pictures Releasing | co-production with Screen Gems and Davis Entertainment[20] | |
The Alchemist | Kevin Frakes | TBA | co-production with Netter Films and PalmStar[21] | |
The Elephant's Back | TBA | TBA | co-production with Akimoto Project[22] | |
Untitled I Am Legend sequel | TBA | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Outlier Society and Weed Road Pictures[23] |
Years | Title | Creator | Network | Notes |
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2018–present | Cobra Kai | Josh Heald Jon Hurwitz Hayden Schlossberg |
YouTube Red (season 1) YouTube Premium (season 2) Netflix (season 3–present) |
continued from Overbrook Entertainment; co-production with Hurwitz & Schlossberg Productions (seasons 1–2), Heald Productions (season 2), Counterbalance Entertainment (season 3–present) and Sony Pictures Television |
Red Table Talk | Syndication | Facebook Watch | co-production with Very Tall Productions | |
2021 | Welcome to Earth | TBA | Disney+ | co-production with National Geographic Partners |
Amend: The Fight for America | TBA | Netflix | ||
2022 | Bel-Air | Morgan Cooper | Peacock | co-production with Arbolada Roads, Ra Shines Inc., Cooper Films, The 51, and Universal Television[24] |
Women of the Movement | Marissa Jo Cerar | ABC | co-production with Two Drifters, Roc Nation, and Kapital Entertainment | |
TBA | Bright Young Things | Samantha Stratton | Amazon Freevee | [25] |
Untitled The Inheritance Trilogy series | N. K. Jemisin | TBA | co-production with Searchlight Television[26] | |
Phatty Patty | India Sage Wilson | TBA | [27] | |
The Amazing Mr. X | TBA | TBA | co-production with Emanata Studios[28] | |
This Joka | TBA | Roku Channel | [29]
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