The Montecito Picture Company

The Montecito Picture Company, LLC
Company type	Public
Industry	Motion pictures
Predecessor	Northern Lights Entertainment
Founded	1998; 26 years ago
Founders	Tom Pollock; Ivan Reitman
Headquarters	10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California; U.S.
Key people	Amie Karp (president); Jason Reitman (COO)

The Montecito Picture Company, LLC is an American film production company founded in 1998 by film director Ivan Reitman and studio executive Tom Pollock.^[2] It is located on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, California, United States. Montecito is a city in California in Santa Barbara County.

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The company's predecessor was an entertainment production studio Northern Lights Entertainment, owned by Reitman.^[1] It originally started off with a deal at PolyGram Filmed Entertainment.^[3] Ultimately, the deal collapsed after Universal Pictures (which Pollock previously ran from 1986-1996) took control of PolyGram's assets^[2] and Montecito signed a first look deal with DreamWorks Pictures instead.^[4] On March 9, 2000, it extended its pact with writer/director Todd Phillips, after the success of the hit movie Road Trip.^[5]

After several years at DreamWorks, on February 18, 2009, the company signed a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures.^[6] The deal was ended on March 16, 2013;^[7] and in 2015 the company moved into offices on the Sony lot. Tom Pollock died in August 2020, and Ivan Reitman died in February 2022.

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Year	Title	Director	Co-produced by	Distributed by
2000	Road Trip	Todd Phillips		DreamWorks Pictures
2001	Evolution	Ivan Reitman		DreamWorks Pictures Columbia Pictures
2002	Killing Me Softly	Chen Kaige		Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (straight-to-video)
2003	Old School	Todd Phillips		DreamWorks Pictures
2004	EuroTrip	Jeff Schaffer		DreamWorks Pictures
2006	Trailer Park Boys: The Movie	Mike Clattenburg	Trailer Park Productions	Alliance Atlantis Screen Media Films
2007	Disturbia	D. J. Caruso	Cold Spring Pictures^[8]	DreamWorks Pictures
2009	Hotel for Dogs	Thor Freudenthal	Nickelodeon Movies/Cold Spring Pictures/The Donners Company
	The Uninvited	The Guard Brothers	Cold Spring Pictures/Vertigo Entertainment
	I Love You, Man	John Hamburg	De Line Pictures
	Post Grad	Vicky Jenson	Fox Atomic/Cold Spring Pictures	20th Century Fox
	Up in the Air	Jason Reitman	Cold Spring Pictures	Paramount Pictures
	Chloe	Atom Egoyan		Sony Pictures Classics StudioCanal
2011	No Strings Attached	Ivan Reitman	Cold Spring Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment	Paramount Pictures
2012	Hitchcock	Sacha Gervasi	Cold Spring Pictures	Fox Searchlight Pictures
2014	Draft Day	Ivan Reitman	OddLot Entertainment	Summit Entertainment
2016	Ghostbusters	Paul Feig	Village Roadshow Pictures/LStar Capital/Pascal Pictures/Feigco Entertainment	Columbia Pictures
2017	Baywatch	Seth Gordon	Uncharted/Contrafilm/Vinson Pictures/Flynn Picture Company/Seven Bucks Productions^[9]	Paramount Pictures
2017	Father Figures	Lawrence Sher	Alcon Entertainment^[9]	Warner Bros. Pictures
2020	A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting	Rachel Talalay	Walden Media	Netflix
2020	Godmothered	Sharon Maguire	Walt Disney Pictures	Disney+
2021	Ghostbusters: Afterlife	Jason Reitman	Ghost Corps/Bron Creative	Columbia Pictures
TBA	Untitled film	Lulu Wang	Atlas Entertainment	Universal Pictures

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Year	Title	Creator(s) / Developer(s)	Co-produced by	Network
2001–2002	Alienators: Evolution Continues^[10]	Louis Gassin	DIC Entertainment, L.P./DreamWorks Television/Columbia TriStar Television/Dentsu, Inc.	Fox Kids

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[1]
Britton, Bonnie. "Director of 'Junior' has delivered plenty of hits." The Indianapolis Star (November 25, 1994).
[2]
Carver, Benedict (1999-03-09). "Reitman, Pollock settle U dispute". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
[3]
Madigan, Nick (1998-02-17). "PFE adds to stable". Variety. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
[4]
Hindes, Andrew (1999-06-16). "Montecito gets new home at Dreamworks". Variety. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
[5]
Duke, Paul F. (2000-03-10). "Montecito signs Phillips to 2-year deal". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
[6]
Siegel, Tatiana (2009-02-18). "Paramount, Montecito extend pact". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
[7]
McNary, Dave (2013-03-16). "Studios Re-Rack Production Pacts". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
[8]
"Executive Suite: Tom Pollock and Ivan Reitman". The Hollywood Reporter. 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
[9]
"Film releases". Variety Insight. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
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"Alienators: Evolution Continues" Year of the Genus (TV Episode 2002) - Company credits - IMDb, retrieved 2023-07-24

IMDb Credits

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Britton, Bonnie. "Director of 'Junior' has delivered plenty of hits." The Indianapolis Star (November 25, 1994).

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Carver, Benedict (1999-03-09). "Reitman, Pollock settle U dispute". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-28.

[3] [3]
Madigan, Nick (1998-02-17). "PFE adds to stable". Variety. Retrieved 2021-05-16.

[4] [4]
Hindes, Andrew (1999-06-16). "Montecito gets new home at Dreamworks". Variety. Retrieved 2021-05-16.

[5] [5]
Duke, Paul F. (2000-03-10). "Montecito signs Phillips to 2-year deal". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-12.

[6] [6]
Siegel, Tatiana (2009-02-18). "Paramount, Montecito extend pact". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-12.

[7] [7]
McNary, Dave (2013-03-16). "Studios Re-Rack Production Pacts". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-12.

[8] [8]
"Executive Suite: Tom Pollock and Ivan Reitman". The Hollywood Reporter. 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2014-01-25.

[insight-9] [9]
"Film releases". Variety Insight. Retrieved 2016-12-26.

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"Alienators: Evolution Continues" Year of the Genus (TV Episode 2002) - Company credits - IMDb, retrieved 2023-07-24

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