WARM BODIES Production Notes - Visual Hollywood

WARM BODIES (2013)PRODUCTION NOTESIn 1999 Hoberman utilized Hyde Park Entertainment's financing capabilities to co-finance and producethe features Antitrust, What's the Worst That Could Happen? and Bandits, all for MGM. Duringthis time Hoberman also began working with Todd Lieberman, who was then the senior vicepresident of international finance and production for Hyde Park.In 2002 Hoberman and Lieberman signed a first-look deal for Mandeville at Walt Disney Studios.Two years later Lieberman became a co-partner in the company.Mandeville has produced box-office hits such as Bringing Down the House, starring Steve Martinand Queen Latifah; Raising Helen, starring Kate Hudson and directed by Garry Marshall; WalkingTall, starring Dwayne Johnson; Beauty Shop, starring Queen Latifah, Djimon Hounsou, Kevin Baconand Alicia Silverstone; Eight Below, starring Paul Walker; The Shaggy Dog, starring Tim Allen,Robert Downey Jr. and Kristin Davis; Beverly Hills Chihuahua, directed by Raja Gosnell andstarring Piper Perabo and the voices of Drew Barrymore, Andy Garcia and George Lopez; Traitor,starring Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce; and Surrogates, starring Bruce Willis.Prior to forming Mandeville Films, Hoberman served as president of the Motion Picture Group ofWalt Disney Studios, where he was responsible for overseeing development and production for allfeature films released by Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures. DuringHoberman's tenure, Disney was often the No. 1 studio in domestic box-office grosses. In 1990 PrettyWoman, supervised by Hoberman, was the highest grossing film of the year and its soundtrackwas the top-selling soundtrack of the year.Hoberman was also behind the release of such notable films as Father of the Bride, What AboutBob?, Dead Poets Society, Crimson Tide, The Jungle Book, Ed Wood, Dangerous Minds, RuthlessPeople, Beaches, The Rocketeer, The Doctor, Sister Act, Alive, What's Love Got to Do With It, CoolRunnings, The Three Musketeers, Tin Men, Stakeout, When a Man Loves a Woman, Three Men anda Baby and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. While an executive at Disney, Hoberman championed thefirst-ever stop-motion animated feature, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.Hoberman started his career working in the mailroom at ABC and quickly ascended in the entertainmentbusiness. After working for Norman Lear's company Tandem/T.A.T. and becoming a talentagent at ICM, in 1985 he joined Disney.Today Hoberman is an associate professor with UCLA's graduate school in the producers program.He sat on the board of the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation for more than 10 years, sat onthe board of the Los Angeles Free Clinic for six years, and is currently a board member of the AnxietyDisorders Association of America.Hoberman is a member of both the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and the Academyof Television Arts & Sciences.TODD LIEBERMAN (Producer) is a highly respected figure in the entertainment industry and apartner at Mandeville Films and Television. Since its founding in 1995 Mandeville Films has producedfeatures grossing well over $1 billion in domestic box-office receipts. The company is amongthe most profitable and respected production labels in the entertainment industry today.Lieberman and Mandeville partner David Hoberman produced the critically hailed and AcademyAward®-winning feature The Fighter, directed by David O. Russell and starring Mark Wahlberg,© 2013 Summit Entertainment22