21 Laps Entertainment

21 Laps Entertainment
Industry Film
Television
Founded 2005[1]
Founder Shawn Levy
Area served
 Worldwide
Products Motion pictures, television programs

21 Laps Entertainment is an American film and television production company run by director-producer Shawn Levy.[2] 21 Laps produces content in multiple genres and along with Levy, the company’s leadership includes Dan Levine (President) and Dan Cohen (Senior Vice President).

One of the company’s most recent television projects, Stranger Things, premiered on Netflix in July 2016 and achieved tremendous critical acclaim, earning a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes with 55 out of 58 reviews being positive.[3] The show's first season was also one of Netflix's most watched series, averaging 14.07 million adults 18-49 in its first 35 days.[4] Along with producing the series, Levy directed two of the premiere season’s episodes;[5] a third season has recently been announced.[6]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Director Notes
2005 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Adam Shankman
2006 Night at the Museum Shawn Levy
2008 What Happens in Vegas Tom Vaughan
The Rocker Peter Cattaneo
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Shawn Levy
2010 Date Night
2011 Real Steel
2012 The Watch Akiva Schaffer
2013 The Internship Shawn Levy
The Spectacular Now James Ponsoldt
2014 This Is Where I Leave You Shawn Levy
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Miguel Arteta
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Shawn Levy
2016 Arrival[7] Denis Villeneuve Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
Why Him? John Hamburg
2017 Fist Fight[7] Richie Keen
Table 19 Jeffrey Blitz
2018 Kodachrome Mark Raso
The Darkest Minds Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Kin Jonathan Baker and Josh Baker [8][9]

Television

Year Title Network Notes
2011-2017
2018-present		 Last Man Standing ABC
Fox
2016-present Stranger Things Netflix
2017 Imaginary Mary ABC

References

  1. ↑ "Fox Animation Acquires Film Rights to Sanrio's Mr. Men Little Miss Properties". Business Wire.
  2. ↑ Breznican, Anthony. "Shawn Levy to produce 'Man Made' book about toughened-up dad". EW.com.
  3. ↑ "Stranger Things - Season 1 Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes.
  4. ↑ Holloway, Daniel. "'Stranger Things' Ratings: Where Series Ranks Among Netflix's Most Watched". Variety.com.
  5. ↑ Guerrasio, Jason. "How the man behind Netflix hit 'Stranger Things' is taking over Hollywood". Business Insider.
  6. ↑ "Netflix US on Twitter". Twitter.
  7. 1 2 Barnes, Brooks (25 November 2016). "A Filmmaker's Belief in Himself Pays Off". New York Times. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  8. ↑ McNary, Dave (August 30, 2016). "James Franco, Zoe Kravitz, Jack Reynor to Star in Sci-Fi Film 'Kin'". Variety Magazine. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  9. ↑ Busch, Jenna (November 30, 2017). "Lionsgate Announces Release Dates for Hellboy and Kin". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
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