Rideback (formerly Lin Pictures) is a film production company formed on December 12, 2007 by producer Dan Lin which produced the 2019 live-action remake of Aladdin for Disney.
History[]
On December 12, 2007, Dan Lin announced that he would be leaving Warner Bros. as senior vice president of production to launch his company Lin Pictures. In 2008, the studio hired Jon Silk as vice president of production and Stephen Gilchrist as director of development for film production. In 2011, the company launched its own roots into television, signing a deal with Warner Bros. Television to produce TV shows and hired Jennifer Gwartz to run the new television division with Dan Lin. In 2014, the studio was successful in the television industry when their first TV show Forever was picked up by ABC.
It even gained more success when the studio's second TV series Lethal Weapon by Fox and it ended up gaining more success. In 2017, they hired TriStar Television executive Lindsey Liberatore as senior vice president of its television unit. In 2018, the studio was renamed to Rideback, as a next generation company to focus on filmmaker collaboration. In 2019, the studio and Media Rights Capital decided to launch the Rideback TV Incubator and kick off with the inaugural class of writers and mentors for the TV incubator. The company most recently signed a deal with Universal Pictures.
External links[]
- Official website
- Lin Pictures on the Internet Movie Database
- Rideback on the Internet Movie Database
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