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Relativity Media (sometimes written as RelativityMedia and Relativity) is an American film studio located in West Hollywood, California which acquires, develops, produces, and distributes films and produces television programming. Founded in 2004 by Ryan Kavanaugh.

History[link]

Investments and transactions[link]

On January 4, 2009, Relativity Media acquired the genre label Rogue Pictures from Universal, for a $150 Million.^[4] Relativity oversaw Rogue’s 2009 film offerings, which consisted of Last House On The Left, The Unborn, Come Out Fighting, and My Soul to Take, as well as more than 30 projects in development. The deal also included the Rogue film library, featuring such films as Assault On Precinct 13 and The Strangers.^[5][6] On August 14, 2011, it was reported that Relativity was investing in SkyLand Film & Television Cultural Development Ltd, a China-based production company, signaling new opportunities in the Chinese market. One of the first arrangements was that the movie 21 and Over was partially filmed in Dongshigu, China.^[7] On May 18, 2012, it was reported that Relativity was in talks to buy German producer-distributor Senator Entertainment.^[8]

Pay-TV[link]

On July 6, 2010, Relativity and Netflix announced a long term Pay-TV deal. The first two movies to stream on Netflix, was The Fighter and Skyline ^[9]

Distribution[link]

On July 23, 2010 Relativity acquired the 45-person marketing and distribution staff of Starz’ Overture Films, making it a "Mini-Major". And Relativity, also distributed the final three film for Overture Films.^[10] The studio distributed it's first film on December 3, 2010. The Warrior's Way was directed by Sngmoo Lee and starring Jang Dong Gun, Geoffrey Rush and Kate Bosworth. On May 20, 2012, it was reported that Relativity and EuropaCorp ink, a co-production and co-financing deal on two movies, (Malavita and Three Days to Kill; both under working titles) and Relativity will distribute in U.S.^[11][12]

Financial troubles and Executive turnover[link]

2011 was a terrible year with financial bombs at the U.S. Box office with The Warrior's Way, Season of the Which, Take Me Home Tonight, Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer, Shark Night 3D and Machine Gun Preacher as well as some of there co-financed films And with executives Peter Adee,^[13] Geoffrey Ammer,^[14] Steve Hutensky,^[15] Michael Joe,^[16] Bill Sutman,^[16] Brian Edwards and Joe Matukewicz^[17] all leaving the studio. On May 12, 2011 Elliot Capital Management hired former Relativity President Michael Joe, to watch there Investment, in which Elliot Capital Management put hundreds of millions in to the Studio.^[18] In late-May 2011 Ryan Kavanaugh began trying to sell Elliot Capital Management stake in Relativity, but Elliot Capital Management said there stake is not for sell.^[19] as of June first, Elliot Capital Management was only investing a small amount in to Relativity. After taking over Beverly 2, which was a vast majority of the money they had invested in the Company.^[20]

Ron Burkle[link]

On November 27, 2011 it was reported Ron Burkle Loan $200 million to Ryan Kavanaugh and Relativity, for Immortals and Mirror Mirror.^[21] On January 23, 2012, Ron Burkle, purchasing a large equity stake in Relativity Media from Elliot Capital Management (which was the second largest shareholder after Ryan Kavanaugh) for $800 million or more.^[22][23] On May 31, 2012 Relativity and Ron Burkle announced they have raised $350 Million in funding, for films and expansion. Ron Burkle will all so join the newly created board of Relativity, along with Jason Colodne, and Jason Beckman who are partners at Colbeck Capital.^[24][25]

Filmography[link]

Distributor[link]

2010[link]

• Jack Goes Boating
• Cost of a Soul^{[citation needed]}
• Stone
• Let Me In
• The Warrior's Way (Distributed by Rogue)

2011[link]

2012[link]

2013[link]

2014[link]

Films In-Development[link]

• Hack/Slash ^[51]

• The Crow (Remake) ^[52]

• Ness/Capone ^[53]

• Voltron: Defender of the Universe ^[54]

• Timeless ^[55]

• Goliath ^[56]

• The Bible Code ^[57]

• Afterburn ^[58]

• Ecstasia ^[59]

• The Most Wonderful Time^[60]

• Wright Girls^[61]

• Three Days to Kill (currently titled)

Highest grossing films[link]

Production Company[link]

2006[link]

• RV (with Columbia Pictures and InterMedia Films)
• The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (with Universal Pictures and Original Film)
• Monster House (with Columbia Pictures, DiBonaventura Productions, ImageMovers and Amblin Entertainment)
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby(with Columbia Pictures and Apatow Productions)
• All the King's Men (with Columbia Pictures and Phoenix Pictures)
• Gridiron Gang (with Columbia Pictures and Original Film)
• Catch and Release (with Columbia Pictures)
• The Holiday (with Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures)
• Smokin' Aces (with Universal Pictures)
• The Pursuit of Happyness (with Columbia Pictures and Overbrook Entertainment)

2007[link]

• Full of It (with New Line Cinema)
• Ghost Rider (with Columbia Pictures, Crystal Sky Pictures and Marvel Comics)
• Reign Over Me (with Columbia Pictures)
• Mr. Brooks (with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
• Evan Almighty (with Universal Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment)
• I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (with Universal Pictures and Happy Madison Productions)
• 3:10 to Yuma (with Lions Gate Films)
• The Kingdom (with Universal Pictures)
• Atonement (with Universal Pictures, Focus Features, Working Title Films and StudioCanal)
• American Gangster (with Universal Pictures and Scott Free Productions)
• Charlie Wilson's War (with Universal Pictures)
• Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (with Columbia Pictures and Apatow Productions)

2008[link]

• Vantage Point (with Columbia Pictures, DiBonaventura Productions and Original Film)
• The Other Boleyn Girl (with Columbia Pictures, Focus Features and BBC films)
• The Bank Job (with Lions Gate Films and Mosaic Media Group)
• 21 (with Columbia Pictures)
• The Forbidden Kingdom (with Lions Gate Films and The Weinstein Company)
• Baby Mama (with Universal Pictures)
• Made of Honor (with Columbia Pictures)
• Changeling (with Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Malpaso Productions)
• You Don't Mess with the Zohan (with Columbia Pictures and Happy Madison Productions)
• Wanted (with Universal Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment)
• Hancock (with Columbia Pictures and Overbrook Entertainment)
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army (with Rogue Pictures and Dark Horse Entertainment)
• Mamma Mia! (with Universal Pictures and Playtone)
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (with Universal Pictures and Alphaville)
• Step Brothers (with Columbia Pictures, Apatow Productions and Gary Sanchez Productions)
• Pineapple Express (with Columbia Pictures and Apatow Productions)
• Wild Child (with Universal Pictures, Working Title Films and StudioCanal)
• Death Race (with Universal Pictures, Cruise/Wagner Productions and Impact Pictures)
• The House Bunny (with Columbia Pictures and Happy Madison Productions)
• Burn After Reading (with Focus Features)
• Eve (Short film)
• The Express (with Universal Pictures and Davis Entertainment)
• Frost/Nixon (with Universal Pictures, Working Title Films, Imagine Entertainment and StudioCanal)
• Role Models (with Universal Pictures and New Regency Productions)
• Yes Man (with Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, Heyday Films and The Zanuck Company)
• The Tale of Despereaux (with Universal Pictures)
• Seven Pounds (with Columbia Pictures and Overbrook Entertainment)

2009[link]

• Paul Blart: Mall Cop (with Columbia Pictures and Happy Madison Productions)
• The Unborn (with Rogue Pictures)
• The International (with Columbia Pictures and DiBonaventura Productions)
• Duplicity (with Universal Pictures)
• Fast & Furious (with Universal Pictures and Original Film)
• State of Play (with Focus Features)
• Fighting (with Rogue Pictures)
• The Taking of Pelham 123 (with Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
• Land of the Lost (with Universal Pictures)
• Public Enemies (with Universal Pictures)
• The Ugly Truth (with Columbia Pictures and Lakeshore Entertainment)
• Funny People (with Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Productions and Apatow Productions)
• A Perfect Getaway (with Rogue Pictures)
• 9 (with Focus Features)
• A Serious Man (with Focus Features, StudioCanal, Working Title Films and Mike Zoss Productions)
• Love Happens (with Universal Pictures)
• Zombieland (with Columbia Pictures and Pariah)
• Couples Retreat (with Universal Pictures)
• Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (with Universal Pictures)
• Nine (with Lions Gate Films)
• Brothers (with Lions Gate Films)
• It's Complicated (with Universal Pictures)
• Did You Hear About the Morgans? (with Columbia Pictures and Castle Rock Entertainment)

2010[link]

• The Invited
• The Spy Next Door (with Lions Gate Films)
• Dear John (with Screen Gems)
• The Wolfman (with Universal Pictures)
• Green Zone (with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Working Title Films)
• MacGruber (with Rogue Pictures)
• The Bounty Hunter (with Columbia Pictures and Original Film)
• Repo Men (with Universal Pictures)
• Nanny McPhee Returns (with Universal Pictures, Working Title Films and StudioCanal)
• Robin Hood (with Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Scott Free Productions)
• Get Him to the Greek (with Universal Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment and Apatow Productions)
• Grown Ups (with Columbia Pictures and Happy Madison Productions)
• Salt (with Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Original Film and DiBonaventura Productions)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (with Universal Pictures and Big Talk Films)
• Charlie St. Cloud (with Universal Pictures)
• The Social Network (with Columbia Pictures)
• My Soul to Take
• Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (US distibution only; produced by Globo Filmes and Touchstone Pictures)
• Skyline
• The Fighter (with Paramount Pictures; US distribution only)^[65]
• Little Fockers (with Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures)

2011[link]

• Season of the Witch
• Sanctum (with Universal Pictures and Wayfare Entertainment)
• Paul (with Universal Pictures, Working Title Films and Big Talk Films)
• Limitless
• Battle: Los Angeles (with Columbia Pictures and Original Film)
• Hop (with Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment)
• Fast Five (with Universal Pictures and Original Film)^{[citation needed]}
• Bridesmaids (with Universal Pictures and Apatow Productions)
• Cowboys & Aliens (with Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Imagine Entertainment, DiBonaventura Productions and Platinum Studios)
• The Change-Up (with Universal Pictures and Original Film)
• Tower Heist (with Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment)
• Johnny English Reborn (with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Working Title Films)
• Anonymous (with Columbia Pictures and Centropolis Entertainment)
• Immortals

2012[link]

• Mirror Mirror
• Haywire
• 21 and Over
• House at the End of the Street
• Contraband (co-production with Universal Pictures and Working Title Films)
• The Amazing Spider-Man (co-production with Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios and Laura Ziskin Productions)^{[citation needed]}
• 21 Jump Street (co-production with Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Original Film)
• Total Recall (co-production with Columbia Pictures and Original Film)^{[citation needed]}
• Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Osama Bin Laden film (co-production with Columbia Pictures)^{[citation needed]}
• Wanderlust (co-production with Universal Pictures and Apatow Productions)^{[citation needed]}
• Safe House (co-production with Universal Pictures)^{[citation needed]}
• Ten Year (co-production with Anchor Bay Films)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Relativity Media at the Internet Movie Database

Skylar Astin
Born	Skylar Lipstein (1987-09-23) September 23, 1987 (age 24) New York, NY  United States

Skylar Astin (born Skylar Lipstein; September 23, 1987) is an American actor, best known for his performance as Georg in the Tony Award-winning musical, Spring Awakening.

Early life and education[link]

Astin grew up in Rockland County, New York.^[1] He was raised Jewish.^[2] Having graduated from Clarkstown High School North, Astin attended Stagedoor Manor summer camp. He was also a student at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, but took a leave of absence after being cast in Spring Awakening.^[3][4]

Career[link]

Theater[link]

Astin's final performance in Spring Awakening was July 19, 2008, along with his costars Phoebe Strole, Remy Zaken, Brian Charles Johnson and Lilli Cooper.^[5][6][7]

Astin took on the role of Mark Cohen in a production of Rent, directed by Neil Patrick Harris, at the Hollywood Bowl from August 6–8, 2010.^[8]

Film[link]

Astin played Rand Posin in the movie Hamlet 2.^[9][10] He sang "Raped in the Face" on the soundtrack along with Strole, who was his co-star in the film, and the film's star, Steve Coogan. Screenings of the film at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival led to Astin, in his feature debut, signing on with United Talent Agency.^[11]

Astin has joined the cast of the 2009 Adam Carolla sitcom Ace in the Hole on CBS, which has since not picked.^[12][13]

Television[link]

Astin guested starred as Ben in the July 2011 episode of Love Bites entitled Boys to Men and Matt Kornstein in the May 2012 episode of Girls entitled Hannah's Diary. He also played the role of a sick patient in the series finale of "House" during episode 22 of season 8, in May 2012.

Stage[link]

• Rent - Mark Cohen

• Spring Awakening - Georg

Filmography[link]

• Stagedoor (2006)
• Hamlet 2 (2008)
• Ace in the Hole (2009) (TV)
• Taking Woodstock (2009)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Skylar Astin at the Internet Movie Database
• Skylar Astin at the Internet Broadway Database
• Boston Herald (April 23, 2008), "Skylar Astin, Broadway to Hamlet 2"
• Spring Awakening Official website
• Skylar Astin articles at Broadway.com

Christian Serratos
Christian Serratos attending "Susan G. Komen's 8th Annual Fashion for the Cure" event - Hollywood, CA on Sept. 24, 2009
Born	Christian Marie Serratos (1990-09-21) September 21, 1990 (age 21) Pasadena, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present

Christian Marie Serratos^[1] (born September 21, 1990) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Angela Weber in Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse, which are based on the Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer.

Early life[link]

Serratos was born in Pasadena, California and raised in Los Angeles.^{[2][dead link][citation needed][1]} She began figure skating when she was three, and continued competitively for 10 years, saying, "My coaches were talking about the Olympics and it was really crazy. Now, I just do it for fun."^[2]

Career[link]

She portrayed Angela Weber in the movie Twilight, which won her the "Young Supporting Actress" award in the Best Performance in a Feature Film category at the 30th Young Artist Awards. Serratos reprised the role in Twilight's sequels, The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.^[3] In 2011 she appeared in The Black Keys video for their song "Howlin' for You".

She ranked at number 65 on Maxim's "Hot 100" list for 2010.^[4]

Personal life[link]

Serratos posed for PETA's campaign in November 2009.^[5][6]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Christian Serratos

• Christian Serratos at the Internet Movie Database
• Christian Serratos on Twitter
• MTV.com interview

Cassie Scerbo
Born	Cassandra Lynn Scerbo (1990-03-30) March 30, 1990 (age 22) Long Island, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, singer, dancer
Years active	2005–present
Website
cassiescerbo.com

Cassandra Lynn "Cassie" Scerbo (born March 30, 1990) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is best known for her roles in Bring It On: In It to Win It as Brooke and Make It or Break It as Lauren Tanner.

Music career[link]

Scerbo was formerly part of the girl group, Slumber Party Girls (SPG). She was chosen as one of five out of over a thousand applicants. Their debut album Dance Revolution was released October 3, 2006 but failed to chart. The band hosted KOL Secret Slumber Party every weekend on CBS which began September 16, 2006 but ended shortly after. Throughout the 2006-2007 season music from their debut album was featured on the show Dance Revolution.

In 2007, she signed a solo album recording contract with Geffen Records. Betcha Don't Know, Sugar and Spice and Top Of The World were released on to iTunes throughout 2008.

Acting career[link]

In 2008, it was announced Scerbo had signed on as Brooke in Bring It On: In It to Win It, the fourth installment of the Bring It On. The film was released Straight-to-DVD December 12, 2007 to mixed reviews. She also, in 2007, appeared in another Straight-to-DVD film Natural Born Komics and was cast as a lead in the television series Arwin! but was not picked up by any broadcasters. She also voiced Kimmy Meisner in the Cartoon Network television show Sym-Bionic Titan.

In 2008, she appeared in Soccer Mom as Tiffany. The film co-starring Emily Osment and Missi Pyle was released Straight-to-DVD September 30, 2008.

In 2009, she was cast in the television series in the role of Lauren Tanner in ABC Family's Make It or Break It which was picked up for the 2009-2010 season.

In mid-April 2010, Scerbo (as Hillary Swanson) and her MIOBI co-star Chelsea Hobbs (as Courtney Haywood) guest starred on CSI: Miami in episode "Spring Breakdown".

In late April 2010, Scerbo and her MIOBI co-star Josie Loren guest starred as their MIOBI characters (Lauren and Kaylie) on 10 Things I Hate About You in episode "The Winner Takes All".

In 2011 she was cast to be in the new ABC Family movie Teen Spirit playing Amber Pollock, a mean popular high school senior. It premiered on ABC Family on August 7, 2011.

Filmography[link]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• 2006: Dance Revolution

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cassie Scerbo

• Official Website
• Cassie Scerbo at the Internet Movie Database
• Record Labels Artist site
• Official Music Myspace

Miles Teller (born February 20, 1987) is an American actor. Teller was nominated for the Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor at the Chlotrudis Awards 2011 and the Discovery Award at the Savannah Film Festival for his role as Jason in the 2010 film Rabbit Hole.^[1]

Life and career[link]

Teller was born in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. His parents, Merry (Flowers) and Mike Teller, were both from Carneys Point, New Jersey.^[2][3] He lived in several places as a child, because of his father's career as a nuclear plant engineer,^[4] spending time in Citrus County, Florida after moving from Cape May, New Jersey with his family.^[5] He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.^[6]

Teller appeared in the stage musical Footloose.^[7] This led to being cast in the film remake of Footloose, in which he played the same character as in the stage musical.^[8] In 2011, he was cast in 21 and Over, written and directed by The Hangover writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, and Project X.^[9]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Miles Teller at the Internet Movie Database

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