Amasia Entertainment

Amasia Entertainment is a Los Angeles based entertainment company founded in 2012 by Michael A. Helfant and Bradley Gallo. It specializes in film and television production.

Amasia Entertainment

Company type	Private
Industry	Entertainment
Founders	Michael A. Helfant Bradley Gallo
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California , U.S.
Key people	Michael A. Helfant Bradley Gallo
Services	Film Production Television Production
Number of employees	8[1]
Website	amasiaentertainment.com

Prior to Amasia Entertainment, both Helfant and Gallo were a part of the production company Troika Pictures, where the two first started working together. Previously, Michael Helfant served as President/COO of Marvel Studios overseeing live-action and animation productions and helped to launch the first slate of Marvel self-financed films including Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. Bradley Gallo began his career as an independent filmmaker with the comedy-drama Magic Rock. After graduating from Columbia University he went on to work at CNN and produced such shows as Anderson Cooper 360 and American Morning before getting hired at Troika Pictures as the Head of Production and Development.^[2][3]

History

Founding

Amasia Entertainment was founded in 2012 by film veteran Michael A. Helfant and Bradley Gallo. They hired Josh Sathre as production executive in 2016^[2] and in February 2017, Amasia Entertainment announced that it would start a television division led by Tracy Mercer.^[4]

Film

Amasia marked its first theatrical release with the Halle Berry thriller, The Call. In 2016, the company financed and produced the action-comedy film Mr. Right.^[5] Their following non-theatrical releases included Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum's Careful What You Wish For, Vincent Masciale's "Fear, Inc," and David Gleeson's Don't Go. In August 2017, it was announced that Amasia Entertainment would co-produce Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage's drama Them That Follow with Gerard Butler's production company, G-Base.^[6] The film stars Alice Englert, Walton Goggins, Thomas Mann, Olivia Colman, Lewis Pullman, Jim Gaffigan and Kaitlyn Dever. It made its world premiered to favorable reviews in the Dramatic Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

Television

In September 2019, Amasia began development on Dark Shadows: Reincarnation, a follow-up to the 1960s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, with Mark B. Perry as writer.^[7]

Future Projects

In March 2017, Amasia Entertainment obtained the film adaptation rights to Emil Ferris' graphic novel My Favorite Thing Is Monsters for Columbia Pictures.^[8]

In September 2019, filming began on the Amasia Entertainment produced feature drama, Wild Mountain Thyme, with John Patrick Shanley as director. The film stars Emily Blunt and is currently in post-production.^[9]

In January 2020, Amasia acquired the rights to produce The Green Hornet reboot, and on April 16, 2020, Universal Pictures agreed to distribute the film.^[10][11]

Filmography

Released

Motion pictures from Amasia Entertainment, listed by theatrical release date

Year	Film	Director	Release date	Gross box office (USD)
2013	The Call	Brad Anderson	March 14, 2013	$68.5 million[12]
2015	The Road Within	Gren Wells	April 17, 2015	$41,760[13]
2016	Mr. Right	Paco Cabezas	April 7, 2016	$607,595[14]
2016	Careful What You Wish For	Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum	June 10, 2016	Video On Demand
2016	Zedd: True Colors	Susan Bonds Alex Lieu	June 2, 2016	Video On Demand
2016	Fear, Inc.	Vincent Masciale	October 21, 2016	Video On Demand
2018	Don't Go	David Gleeson	October 26, 2018	Video On Demand
2019	Them That Follow	Britt Poulton Dan Madison Savage	August 2, 2019	$172,952[15]
2020	Wild Mountain Thyme	John Patrick Shanley	December 11, 2020	$5.5 million[9]

Upcoming films

Motion pictures from Amasia Entertainment, In development

Year	Film	Director	Release date	Ref
TBA	Breakout	RZA		[16]
	Fate	Brad Anderson		[17]
	The Green Hornet and Kato			[10][11]
	My Favorite Thing Is Monsters			[8][18]

Television

Television series by Amasia Entertainment, listed by initial air date or in development

Year	Name	Air date	Number of seasons	Number of episodes	Network
TBA	Dark Shadows: Reincarnation[7]	TBA	TBA	TBA	The CW

See also

• Companies portal

• STX Entertainment
• Neon
• Studio 8
• Annapurna Pictures
• Blumhouse Productions

References

1. "Amasia Entertainment". LinkedIn. April 23, 2020.
2. "Amasia Entertainment Team". Amasia Entertainment. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
3. Kay, Jeremy (2011-04-28). "Troika Pictures hires Bradley Gallo as head of production and development". Screen. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
4. Petski, Denise (February 14, 2017). "Amasia Entertainment Launches TV Division; Tracy Mercer To Helm". Variety. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
5. Fleming, Mike Jr. (May 5, 2014). "Sam Rockwell & Anna Kendrick Team For Max Landis-Scripted 'Mr Right'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
6. Fleming, Mike Jr. (August 17, 2017). "Olivia Colman, Alice Englert, Thomas Mann Set For 'Them That Follow'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
7. Busch, Anita (September 9, 2019). "'Dark Shadows' Gets New Blood With Sequel Series In the Works At the CW From Writer Mark B. Perry". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
8. Fleming, Mike Jr. (March 30, 2017). "Graphic Novel 'My Favorite Thing Is Monsters' Sells To Sony". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
9. Ritman, Alex (September 3, 2019). "Emily Blunt, Jon Hamm Joining Jamie Dornan in 'Wild Mountain Thyme'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
10. Boucher, Geoff (January 29, 2020). "'The Green Hornet': Amasia Chief Is All Abuzz About Superhero Acquisition". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
11. D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 16, 2020). "Universal & Amasia Entertainment Team Up For 'The Green Hornet And Kato' Feature". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
12. "The Call". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
13. "The Road Within". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
14. "Mr. Right". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
15. "Them That Follow". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
16. Lowe, Kinsey (September 13, 2015). "RZA Set To Direct Prison 'Breakout' Tale For Amasia Entertainment". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
17. Fleming, Mike Jr. (September 16, 2016). "Brad Anderson Set To Direct Gary Whitta-Scripted 'FATE'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
18. Fleming, Mike Jr. (April 4, 2017). "Sam Mendes In Early Talks For 'My Favorite Thing Is Monsters'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 23, 2020.

External links

• Official website