Westlake Entertainment
Westlake Entertainment Incorporated is a fully integrated, independent entertainment distribution company. Primarily engaged in licensing and distributing feature films and television programs, Westlake specializes in bringing new release content to retail.
Westlake serves as a distributor for the following labels: Rigel Entertainment (theatical features), Lonely Seal Releasing (theatrical features) Red Bull USA (extreme sports) and Cineville Films (theatrical features). Westlake also sells its product to the overseas marketplace through its international arm, Cinema Management Group.
2006
Video vets Luke Stefanko and Larry Cohen quietly buy Westlake Entertainment with plans to turn the budget supplier of primarily public domain product into a significant supplier of first-run features.
2007
Independent film company Cineville and DVD distributor Westlake Entertainment are merging into an indie studio called Keystone.
New studio will bring together production and distribution, although both companies will continue to function as separate units under the Keystone umbrella.
Cineville founder Carl Colpaert is partnering with Lee Caplin and Westlake principals Larry Cohen and Luke Stefanko. Both companies will license their respective catalogs to the Keystone entity.
Cineville, founded in 1990, has produced more than 40 films; Westlake Entertainment, founded in 1993, has a catalog of more than 500.
October 2007
Life coach and infomercial guru Tony Robbins will make his first major push at retail next year through indie supplier Westlake Entertainment.
Reference: http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6485866.html
Titles
LEGEND OF SEVEN MONKS(2007)
RED BULL RAMPAGE RETROSPECTIVE (2007)
PILATES FOR THE SOUL (2007)
FALL INTO ME (2007)
MARIO'S STORY (2007)
MOTOCROSS ZOMBIES FROM HELL (2007)
Girl 27 (2007)
A COUPLE OF DAYS & NiGHTS (2007)
CHE: RISE AND FALL (2007)
MAX HAVOC: RING OF FIRE (2007)
BILL MEDLEY: [...] NEAR RIGHTEOUS (2007)
JOHN SCHNEIDER'S COLLIER & CO. HOT PURSUIT (2007)
RED BULL X-FIGHTERS (2007)
The Blue Rose (2007)
MODIFY (UNCENSORED EDition) (2007)
CHRISTOGA: FAITH IN FITNESS (2007)
EAST OF SUNSET (2006)
DREAM SLASHERS (2007)
CIUDAD JUAREZ TAN INFINITO COMO EL DESIERTO
TACTICAL PAINTBALL (2007)
DRIVE-IN HORROR SERIES (SAVAGE SPIRIT/THEY FEED) BOX SET (2007)
The Sixth Element (2006)
The affair (2006)
Spiff TV (2006)
630 Movie (2006)
MAX HAVOC(2007)
Black Fist(2005)
Final Reconing
References
imdb
PRESS RELEASE June 15, 2006 Titled "INDUSTRY VETERANS TO HEAD WESTLAKE ENTERTAINMENT"
Westlake Entertainment Website
Variety Business - variety.com - Article titled " Cineville, Westlake create Keystone Indies pair up to form studio" Video Business 2006 - New owners map plan for Westlake - http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6345486.
October 2007 - http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6485866.html