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{{Infobox company
| name = Cinestate
| logo = CINESTATE (Movie Studio's Logo).jpg
| logo_alt = A letter C inside three circles, two creating a top-and-bottom Venn diagram and the third surrounding them.
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| founder = [[Dallas Sonnier]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|2016}}▼
| location_city = [[Dallas]], [[Texas|TX]]▼
| defunct = June 2020<ref name="MAGA Movies" />
| fate = Shut down<ref name="MAGA Movies" />
| successor = Bonfire Legend<ref name="MAGA Movies" />
| location_country = United States
| area_served = Worldwide
| industry = [[Movie industry|Motion
| genre =
| services = {{unbulleted list|[[Filmmaking#Production|Movie
| owner = [[Dallas Sonnier]]
| divisions = {{unbulleted list|''Fangoria'' (
| website = {{url|cinestate.com}}
▲| foundation = {{start date and age|2016}}
}}
'''Cinestate'''
|title=Cinestate's #MeToo Scandal and the Upheaval of the Dallas Film Scene|date=2020-01-08|website=D Magazine|language=en|access-date=2020-10-06}}</ref> Rebeller was shut down<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=SonnyBunch |number=1270788950257545216 |date = 10 June 2020 |title=Sonny Bunch's Announcement of Rebeller Shutting Down }}</ref> and ''Fangoria'' sold,<ref>{{Cite web |last=McMillan |first=Graeme |date=2020-08-27 |title=‘Fangoria’ Eyes Relaunch as Multimedia Studio Following Purchase |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/fangoria-eyes-relaunch-as-multimedia-studio-following-purchase-4051525/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=John |date=2020-08-27 |title=Fangoria Again Re-Animated With New Owners and Multimedia Plans |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3629386/fangoria-re-animated-new-owners-multimedia-plans/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Bloody Disgusting! |language=en-US}}</ref> all Cinestate social media and websites went dormant, the company was closed and its entire staff laid off.{{cn|date=February 2022}}
Two films produced by Cinestate under the "Fangoria Presents" and "Rebeller" labels, ''The Seventh Day'' and ''South of Heaven,'' respectively, were sold to distributors and released following the company's closure under the [[ad hoc]] label "Swiss Avenue Productions," named for the street where the company headquarters were once located.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Swiss Avenue Pictures Production Company Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/production-company/Swiss-Avenue-Pictures |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=The Numbers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-18 |title=Dallas-based Cinestate forges its extreme entertainment path far from Hollywood |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/architecture/2019/01/18/dallas-based-cinestate-forges-its-extreme-entertainment-path-far-from-hollywood/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Dallas News |language=en}}</ref>
▲'''Cinestate''' is a Dallas-based movie studio founded in 2016 by [[Dallas Sonnier]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/arts/2019/01/18/dallas-based-cinestate-forges-extreme-entertainment-path-far-hollywood|title=Dallas-based Cinestate forges its extreme entertainment path far from Hollywood|date=2019-01-18|website=Dallas News|language=en|access-date=2019-06-07}}</ref> Cinestate has released four feature films: ''[[Bone Tomahawk]]'', ''[[Brawl in Cell Block 99]]'', ''[[The Standoff at Sparrow Creek]]'' and ''[[Dragged Across Concrete]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/from-texas-movies-for-americans-hollywood-left-behind-1526400385|title=Making Movies in the Trump Era for the Audience Hollywood Ignored|date=2018-05-15|website=Wall Street Journal|language=en|access-date=2019-06-13}}</ref> In 2017, the company acquired ''[[Fangoria]]'' magazine, relaunching it in 2018 as a print-only collectible under the editorial oversight of [[Phil Nobile Jr]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/02/fangoria-magazine-new-owner-management-1202289951/|title=Cinestate Acquires Fangoria Magazine, Installs New Management And Strategy|last=Busch|first=Anita|date=2018-02-15|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2019-06-07}}</ref> In 2019, the company announced the launch of a Rebeller Media, an action label that will encompass a production company and lifestyle website to be managed by [[Washington Free Beacon]] journalist [[Sonny Bunch]]. In 2020, following the arrest of producer Adam Donaghey for sexual assault and a [[Daily Beast]] article alleging misconduct on Cinestate sets, Rebeller was shut down and Fangoria sold, and all Cinestate social media and websites went dormant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2020/august/cinestate-metoo-abuse-scandal-dallas-sonnier/
A successor company,<ref name="MAGA Movies">{{Cite news |last=Barshad |first=Amos |date=February 17, 2022 |title=MAGA Movies Are Here. Does Anybody Care? |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/akv4ye/the-daily-wire-maga-conservative-movies-are-here-does-anybody-care |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217184902/https://www.vice.com/en/article/akv4ye/the-daily-wire-maga-conservative-movies-are-here-does-anybody-care |archive-date=February 17, 2022 |access-date=May 18, 2024 |work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]}}</ref> '''Bonfire Legend''', was launched by Sonnier in early 2021 to carry on the company mission of the Rebeller Media label,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/dallas-filmmakers-arranged-the-shooting-of-a-deer-for-a-scene-in-run-hide-fight-11980825|title = Did Bonfire Legend Go Too Far by Shooting a Live Deer for Run Hide Fight?}}</ref> in partnership with the ''[[Daily Wire]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/daily-wire-film-tv-run-hide-fight-shooter-right-wing-website-developing-two-tv-series-1234664288/|title=The Daily Wire Makes First Foray into Film & TV with School Shooting Movie 'Run Hide Fight'; Right-Wing Site Developing Two TV Series|date=4 January 2021}}</ref>
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== History ==
[[Dallas Sonnier]] moved from [[Dallas|Dallas, TX]] to [[California]], attending [[University of Southern California|USC]] and graduating with dual degrees in business and film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/will-cinestate-pave-the-road-for-a-film-industry-in-dallas-8857945|title=Will Cinestate Pave the Road for a Film Industry in Dallas?|last=North|first=Caroline|date=2016-11-21|website=Dallas Observer|access-date=2019-06-07}}</ref> He launched Caliber Media<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/visual-arts/2016/10/15/filmmaker-dallas-sonnier-even-murder-ones-parents-can-keep-good-man|title=For Dallas filmmaker, home is where the sadness is, but
== Filmography ==
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!Movie
!Director
!Production Label
!Release Date
|-
|''[[Bone Tomahawk]]''
|[[S. Craig Zahler]]
|Caliber Media (retroactively Cinestate)
|September 25, 2015
|-
|''[[Brawl in Cell Block 99]]''
|[[S. Craig Zahler]]
|Cinestate
|October 6, 2017
|-
|''[[Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich]]''
|Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund
|Fangoria Presents
|-
|''[[The Standoff at Sparrow Creek]]''
|Henry Dunham
|Cinestate
▲|September 9, 2018
|January 18, 2019
|-
|''[[Satanic Panic (film)|Satanic Panic]]''
|[[Chelsea Stardust]]
|Fangoria Presents
|May 31, 2019
|-
|''[[Dragged Across Concrete]]''
|[[S. Craig Zahler]]
|Cinestate
|March 22, 2019
|-
|''[[VFW (film)|VFW]]''
|[[Joe Begos]]
|Fangoria Presents
|February 14, 2020
|-
|''[[Castle Freak (2020 film)|Castle Freak]]''
|[[Tate Steinsiek]]
|Fangoria Presents
|December 4, 2020
|-
|''[[Run Hide Fight]]''
|[[Kyle Rankin]]
|Bonfire Legend (originally Rebeller)
|January 14, 2021
|-
|''[[The Seventh Day (2021 film)|The Seventh Day]]''
|Justin P. Lang
|Swiss Avenue Pictures (originally Fangoria Presents)
|March 26, 2021
|-
|''[[South of Heaven (film)|South of Heaven]]''
|[[Aharon Keshales]]
|Swiss Avenue Pictures (originally Rebeller)
|October 8, 2021
|}
== Other
=== ''Fangoria'' ===
In 2018, Cinestate acquired ''[[Fangoria]]'' magazine from the Brooklyn Company for an undisclosed price, with plans to re-launch the publication as a quarterly edition and additionally develop [[Fangoria]] into a brand for producing movies, books and podcasts. As part of the deal, Cinestate
Following the 2020 Daily Beast article about misconduct on Cinestate sets, the staff of ''Fangoria'' staged a [[walkout]] in protest, resulting in the brand being sold.
=== Books ===
Cinestate released its first book, [[S. Craig Zahler]]'s ''[[Hug Chickenpenny: The Panegyric of an Anomalous Child]]'', alongside the announcement that Zahler would work with the [[The Jim Henson Company|Jim Henson Company]] to bring the title protagonist to life in an upcoming feature film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/jim-henson-company-buys-screen-rights-to-hug-chickenpenny-the-next-cinestate-film-10188822|title=Jim Henson Co. Will Make Puppets for the Next Film by Dallas Movie Studio Cinestate|last=Gallagher|first=Danny|date=2017-12-21|website=Dallas Observer|access-date=2019-06-07}}</ref> Additionally, Cinestate published ''The Megarothke'', the debut novel from Robert Ashcroft. Its most recent novel released under the Cinestate label was ''Headcheese'' by Jess Hagemann.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/286727/third-novel-published-by-cinestate-headcheese-is-now-available/|title=Third Novel Published by Cinestate HEADCHEESE is Now Available|last=Millican|first=Josh|date=2018-12-18|website=Dread Central|language=en|access-date=2019-06-07}}</ref> In 2020, a new ''Rebeller'' literary imprint was launched; a single title, [[Natasha Tynes]]' ''They Called Me Wyatt'', was released shortly before the company shut down.
== See also ==
* [[A24]]
* [[Annapurna Pictures]]
* [[Neon (distributor)|Neon]]
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