Courtney Solomon
Born (1970-09-01) September 1, 1970
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupations
Years active2000–present
EmployerAfter Dark Films

Courtney Solomon (Born September 1, 1970) is a film producer from Toronto, Ontario. He has been involved with production, marketing, and distribution of over 80 movies.[1][2] In 2000, at the age of 29, he produced and directed the critically panned Dungeons & Dragons film.

Life and career

At 19, he formed Sweetpea Entertainment to acquire the film rights to "Dungeons & Dragons". Dungeons & Dragons became his first production and direction project. It was a box office disappointment [3]

As owner of Sweetpea Entertainment, Solomon was looking to acquire the media rights to a science-fiction property that could be adapted into a television series or an MMORPG. In 1996, in exchange for the equity position and media rights to Traveller, Sweetpea advanced the money to get Imperium Games started as a company to be dedicated solely to Traveller.[4]: 330 

He later formed After Dark Films to produce horror, thriller, and action titles. He launched it with An American Haunting, which he wrote, produced, and directed. It is a story based on Tennessee's Bell Witch legend. It opened #2 in the US, staying in the top ten films for 6 weeks. This success resulted in a long-term distribution and co-production arrangement with Lionsgate Films. Today, After Dark owns its own film library of over 80 films.[5]

In 2014, Solomon partnered with Mark Canton on a number of films, including Cake. Other films were Mr. Church (Eddie Murphy), The Comedian (Robert DeNiro and Leslie Mann), The Yellow Birds (Tye Sheridan, Alden Ehrenreich, Jack Huston, Jennifer Aniston, and Toni Collette), and Burn Your Maps (Vera Farmiga and Jacob Tremblay).[6]

In 2018, he acquired the rights to and produced the first film based on the novel series After. The film of the same name was released in April 2019. The sequel, After We Collided, was released in 2020. In the same year, he also acquired the rights to the underground comic universe of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers created by Gilbert Shelton in 1968.[7]

He also has several films going into production, including Arthur The King starring Mark Wahlberg and Red Sonja, based on the character and comic book by Roy Thomas and Barry Smith.[8]

Filmography

Year Title Director Producer Writer
2000 Dungeons & Dragons Yes Yes No
2005 An American Haunting Yes Yes Yes
2013 Getaway Yes Yes No

Producer only

References

  1. ↑ Snyder, S. Jams (July 13, 2007). "Creating a Captive Audience". The New York Sun. Retrieved November 11, 2013. ...the 35-year-old founder of After Dark...
  2. ↑ Cieply, Michael (June 25, 2007). "Already Under Fire, a Producer Is Going Further". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Dungeons & Dragons (2000) - IMDb". IMDb.
  4. ↑ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  5. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (April 2, 2012). "Dark Castle, After Dark Cue Action Banner". Variety. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Team Page". 24 January 2019.
  7. ↑ https://freakbrothers.com/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ "Mark Wahlberg to Star in Dog Adventure Movie 'Arthur the King'". 26 July 2019.
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