ABOUT LIFETIME Celebrating 40 years of entertaining audiences, Lifetime is a premier entertainment destination for women dedicated to offering the highest quality original programming spanning award-winning movies, high-quality limited series and breakout non-fiction series and documentaries. Lifetime has an impressive legacy in public affairs, bringing attention to social issues that women care about with initiatives such as the long-running Stop Breast Cancer for Life, Stop Violence Against Women, and Broader Focus, a major global initiative dedicated to supporting and hiring female directors, writers and producers, including women of color, to make its content. Lifetime Television®, LMN®, Lifetime Real Women® and Lifetime Digital™ are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A+E Networks. A+E Networks is a joint venture of the Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation. Follow Lifetime on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Tik Tok ABOUT DAVIS ENTERTAINMENT Davis Entertainment is a film and television production company, founded by John Davis, that has produced over 130 feature films and television series, with various projects at networks and cable broadcasters, streaming platforms, major studios, and independent distributors. Upcoming Davis Entertainment releases include Lionsgate’s FLIGHT RISK starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, and Topher Grace; Paramount Pictures’ VERTIGO produced alongside Robert Downey Jr.’s Team Downey banner; Universal Pictures’ BLOOD RUNS COAL an adaption of Mark A. Bradley’s book of the same name and starring Academy Award winner Cillian Murphy; and Sony’s ON YOUR FEET!, a feature adaptation of the Broadway musical telling the story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, written and directed by Lissette Feliciano. Upcoming television projects also include the half-hour Peacock comedy “Laid” starring and Executive Produced by Academy Award-nominee Stephanie Hsu, and created by Nahnatchka Khan; and “Rear Window,” a reimagining of the Alfred Hitchcock classic, also for Peacock. Davis’s recent productions include the Predator origin movie PREY directed by Dan Trachtenberg for 20th Century Studios and Hulu, which was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie, among various other awards. Other notable Davis Entertainment projects include the science-fiction film UGLIES, starring Joey King and Laverne Cox; family fantasy HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, starring Zachary Levi and Zooey Deschanel; JUNGLE CRUISE starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, based on the Disney ride; DOLEMITE IS MY NAME, the Eddie Murphy starter which was nominated for Best Comedy at the 77th Golden Globe Awards and won the Critics Choice Award for Best Comedy; and the action comedy GAME NIGHT, starring Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams and Kyle Chandler. ABOUT BLUE BUTTERFLY Grammy Award winner and Academy Award nominee, Mary J. Blige, created her production company Blue Butterfly to develop and produce television and feature films as an extension of her worldwide brand. Blue Butterfly is a female-centric, inspiring powerhouse just like Mary herself – translating and expanding her stories and message for scripted and unscripted content. Some of their past works include Mary’s documentary, My Life, for Amazon and a wheel of movies based on Mary’s extensive music catalog for Lifetime. Blue Butterfly launched and produced Mary’s talk show, The Wine Down, hosted by Mary J. herself. It is a celebrity talk show that “brings together the hottest, most outspoken, highly sought-after people in entertainment, sports, social media, and politics” for “raw, provocative, insightful, and real conversations” over a glass of wine. They also launched the “Strength of a Woman Festival” which held its third annual summit this past spring in NYC. Blue Butterfly continues to focus on uplifting female stories and marginalized voices for all audiences. |
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