DMG Entertainment

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DMG Entertainment
TypeProduction Company
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1994
FounderDan Mintz
HeadquartersBeverly Hills, CA,
United States
Products
Divisions
  • DMG Film
  • DMG TV
  • DMG Interactive
  • Live Entertainment
Websitewww.dmg-entertainment.com

DMG Entertainment is a global media and entertainment company with holdings and operations across motion pictures, television, comic book publishing, gaming, next-gen technology and location-based entertainment. The studio's most recognizable films include Looper (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013) and Bloodshot (2020).

History[]

Founded by Filmmaker Dan Mintz and Producer Bing Wu, DMG started in commercial production for such brands as Volkswagen, Budweiser, and J&J, etc winning awards. They later grew a full-service Advertising Agency which included strategy, creative development, media placement, live events, and digital.

Mintz’s vast knowledge and expertise of China allowed him insights that proved valuable to both them and their partners. This paid off as they grew their international film distribution division with titles such TWILIGHT, KNOWING, and RED

In 2012 DMG would start co-producing and financing major motion pictures with Tri-Star, Sony and Marvel Studios. Their first picture Looper (Director Ryan Johnson), starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt and Emily Blunt, would generate 177 million dollars on a 30 million dollar budget.

After Looper, DMG would go on to produce Iron Man 3 with Marvel Studios, directed by Shane Black and starring Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Gwenyneth Paltrow, Guy Pierce and John Favreau) which would later become the most successful of all the Iron Man movies grossing over $1.2 billion in worldwide box office revenue.

DMG would then go on to produce Transcendence (starring Johnny Depp – Warner Brothers), Point Break (Warner Brothers), Chappaquiddick , Collide (Anthony Hopkins, Nicholas Holt, Felicity Jones, and Ben Kingsley) , Blockers (Leslie Mann- Universal Pictures) and Bloodshot (Vin Diesel – Sony Pictures) .  

DMG Interactive[]

In 2017, DMG Entertainment launched DMG VR, a new division focused on immersive storytelling. As part of a new project, DMG introduced Arcturus, a DMG subsidiary firm developing interactive VR technologies.[1]

In 2016 DMG also acquired the VR rights to Hasbro’s Transformers franchise, a live-action attraction and a theme park for Transformers Universe featuring its most notable characters Optimus Prime and Bumble Bee in an interactive environment using VR technologies. The first "digital theme park" opened in spring 2017 in Shanghai.

Valiant Entertainment[]

DMG Entertainment was majority shareholder of the books and comics publisher Valiant Comics since 2014, allowing it to have a significant impact on the company's recent development.

Following the full acquisition of comic publisher Valiant Entertainment in 2018, DMG added two new divisions - Books & Comics and Video Games, that gave DMG control over Valliant's interactive library, the third largest Universe of over 2,000 superhero characters including “X-O Manowar” and “Bloodshot”.

In September 2019, it was announced that Paramount Pictures announced they would produce the Harbinger movie from with Neal Moritz and Dan Mintz attached as producers.

DMG’s Valiant Entertainment most recently produced Bloodshot with Sony Pictures

Filmography[]

References[]

  1. ^ Variety: DMG Entertainment Gets Into Virtual Reality
  2. ^ "James Cameron, DMG Partner for 'Terminator 2' 3D Rerelease Targeting China (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  3. ^ "Leslie Mann, John Cena, Ike Barinholtz to Star in Comedy 'The Pact' (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  4. ^ Newsweek: WHO IS BLOODSHOT? NEW TRAILER INTRODUCES VIN DIESEL AS VALIANT COMICS SUPERHERO

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