Rideback (production company)

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Rideback
FormerlyLin Pictures (2007–2018)
Company type Private
IndustryEntertainment
FoundedDecember 12, 2007;17 years ago (2007-12-12)
Founder Dan Lin
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Key people
Jonathan Eirich
Michael LoFaso (co-CEOs)
Nick Reynolds (vice president of film)
Lindsey Liberatore (EVP of television)
Courtney Tarantin (vice president of television)
Ryan Halprin (senior vice president of production)
Ciao Zhao (executive assistant, film)
ProductsMotion pictures
Television programs
Website rideback.com

Rideback (formerly Lin Pictures until 2018) is a film and television production company formed on December 12, 2007 by producer Dan Lin. Its notable films include The Lego Movie franchise.

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History

On December 12, 2007, Dan Lin announced that he would leave Warner Bros. as senior vice president of production, to launch his company Lin Pictures. [1]

In 2008, the studio hired Jon Silk as vice president of production and Stephen Gilchrist as director of development for film production. [2]

In 2011, they 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. [3]

In 2014, the studio was successful in the television industry when their first TV show Forever was picked up to series by ABC. [4] It even gained more success when the studio's second TV series Lethal Weapon by Fox and it ended up gaining more success. [5]

In 2017, they hired TriStar Television executive Lindsey Liberatore as senior vice president of its television unit. [6]

In 2018, the studio was renamed to Rideback, as a next generation company to focus on filmmaker collaboration. [7]

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. [8]

The company most recently signed a deal with Universal Pictures. [9]

In February 2024, Lin left Rideback to join Netflix as head of film, with Jonathan Eirich and Michael LaFaso being promoted to co-CEOs. Lin will continue to serve as a board member on the non-profit group Rideback Rise. [10]

Filmography

Theatrical films

2000s

YearTitleDirectorDistributorNotesBudgetGross
2009 Terminator Salvation McG Warner Bros. Pictures uncredited; co-production with Columbia Pictures, The Halcyon Company and Wonderland Sound and Vision $200 million$371.4 million
Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock Robert Rodriguez uncredited; co-production with Imagenation Abu Dhabi, Media Rights Capital and Troublemaker Studios $20 million$29 million
The Invention of Lying Ricky Gervais
Matthew Robinson
uncredited; co-production with Radar Pictures, Media Rights Capital, Universal Pictures and Lynda Obst Productions $18.5 million$32.7 million
The Box Richard Kelly uncredited; co-production with Darko Entertainment, Radar Pictures and Media Rights Capital $30 million$33.3 million
Sherlock Holmes Guy Ritchie uncredited; co-production with Silver Pictures, Wigram Productions and Village Roadshow Pictures $90 million$524 million

2010s

YearTitleDirectorDistributorNotesBudgetGross
as Lin Pictures
2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Guy Ritchie Warner Bros. Pictures uncredited; co-production with Silver Pictures, Wigram Productions and Village Roadshow Pictures $125 million$545.4 million
2013 Gangster Squad Ruben Fleischer co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures and Kevin McCormick Productions $60–75 million$105.2 million
2014 The Lego Movie Phil Lord and Christopher Miller co-production with Warner Animation Group, Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment and Animal Logic $60–65 million$468.1 million
2017 The Lego Batman Movie Chris McKay co-production with Warner Animation Group, DC Entertainment, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Lord Miller Productions, Vertigo Entertainment, and Animal Logic $80 million$312 million
It Andy Muschietti co-production with New Line Cinema, Vertigo Entertainment and KatzSmith Productions $35 million$701.8 million
The Lego Ninjago Movie Charlie Bean
Paul Fisher
Bob Logan
co-production with Warner Animation Group, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Lord Miller Productions, Vertigo Entertainment, and Animal Logic $70 million$123.1 million
as Rideback
2019 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Mike Mitchell Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with Warner Animation Group, Lego System A/S, Lord Miller Productions, Vertigo Entertainment, and Animal Logic $99 million$199.6 million
Aladdin Guy Ritchie Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures co-production with Walt Disney Pictures and Marc Platt Productions $183 million$1.051 billion
It Chapter Two Andy Muschietti Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with New Line Cinema, Vertigo Entertainment, Double Dream and Mehra Entertainment$79 million$473.1 million
The Two Popes Fernando Meirelles Netflix Netflix Original FilmsN/A$758,711

2020s

YearTitleDirectorDistributorNotesBudgetGross
2022 Easter Sunday Jay Chandrasekhar Universal Pictures co-production with DreamWorks Pictures and Amblin Partners [11] [12] $17 million$13.1 million
2023 Haunted Mansion Justin Simien Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures co-production with Walt Disney Pictures $150–157.8 million$114.5 million
Dear David John McPhail Lionsgate Films co-production with BuzzFeed Studios TBA

Upcoming

YearTitleDirectorDistributorNotes
2025 Lilo & Stitch Dean Fleischer Camp Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures co-production with Walt Disney Pictures [13]
TBA The Partner TBA Universal Pictures co-production with Billy17 [14]
Sherlock Holmes 3 Dexter Fletcher Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with Silver Pictures, Ritchie/Wigram Productions and Team Downey [15]
Untitled live-action/animated Lego film TBA Universal Pictures co-production with The Lego Group and Animal Logic [16]
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures co-production with Walt Disney Pictures [17]
Shots! Shots! Shots! Universal Pictures [18]

Direct-to-video/streaming films

2010s

YearTitleDirectorDistributorNotes
2017 Death Note Adam Wingard Netflix co-production with LP Entertainment and Vertigo Entertainment
2019 The Two Popes Fernando Meirelles Netflix Original Films

TV shows

2010s

Year(s)TitleCreatorsNetworkNotesSeasonsEpisodes
2014–2015 Forever Matt Miller ABC co-production with Good Session and Warner Bros. Television 122
2016–2019 Lethal Weapon based on Lethal Weapon by:
Shane Black
developed by:
Matt Miller
Fox 355
2016–2017 Frequency based on Frequency by:
Toby Emmerich
developed by:
Jeremy Carver
The CW co-production with Jeremy Carver Productions, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Television 113

2020s

YearTitleCreatorsNetworkNotesSeasonsEpisodes
2021–2024 Walker based on Walker, Texas Ranger by:
Albert S. Ruddy
Leslie Greif
Paul Haggis
Christopher Canaan
developed by:
Anna Fricke
The CW co-production with Stick to Your Guns Productions, Pursued by a Bear and CBS Studios 469
2022–2023 Walker: Independence Anna Frickeco-production with Pursued by a Bear, Stick to Your Guns Productions, Not This and CBS Studios113
2024–present Avatar: The Last Airbender Albert Kim Netflix co-production with Albert Kim Pictures and Nickelodeon Productions 38
2024 Interior Chinatown Charles Yu Hulu co-production with MSD Imaginary Machines, Waititi, Participant Media and 20th Television 110

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