Alchemy

**Alchemy** (formerly **Millennium Entertainment** and **Millennium Films**) was an American independent global film distributor based in Los Angeles, California. The company acquired and distributed feature films, television series and specialty programming.[1] Its former staff includes marketing and distribution specialist Brooke Ford[2][3] and Andy Gruenberg.[3]

## Contents

* 1History
* 2Bankruptcy
* 3Releases
	+ 3.1TV series
	+ 3.2Animated
* 4Films
* 5Distributed lines
* 6References
* 7External links

## History[edit]

Millennium Entertainment was 60% owned by production company Nu Image. Exclusive Media Group owned 20% and Prentice Capital owned the remaining stock.[4] Following its formation in 2010, the company marked its first noteworthy theatrical release in 2011 with *Trust*, starring Academy Award nominees Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, and Viola Davis.[5] Alchemy owns and operates[1] a film library consisting of over 1,000 titles, including *Paris*, *Je’TAime*, *Transsiberian*, and *Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans*, as well as the recent titles *Elephant White*, starring Djimon Hounsou and Kevin Bacon; *Shadows and Lies*, starring James Franco; and *Blitz*, starring Jason Statham.

Millennium Entertainment logo

Television series released by Alchemy include *The Cosby Show*, *Baywatch*, and *A Different World*. First Look Studios originally released all eight seasons of *The Cosby Show*, *A Different World*, and other shows on DVD, but they eventually filed bankruptcy in 2010.[6][7] Millennium Entertainment acquired all of First Look Studios’ assets, and continued to release them in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, and other U.S. Territories.[8] In April 2013, it was announced that Millennium Entertainment would be sold, and an investment company, Salem Partners, would assist in the sale.[4] In August 2014 the company's library and distribution assets had been sold to a consortium consisting of its current management and Virgo Investment Group. The new owners renamed the company Alchemy in January 2015, finally cutting ties to its former sister company Millennium Films.[9]

In July 2015 Alchemy acquired the film distribution assets of ANconnect and the digital film and television distributor Anderson Digital, both divisions of Anderson Media Corporation.[10] The transaction will result in the addition of 40 new employees to the existent 70 and expand the company's catalogue to over 1,300 films and 3,000 TV episodes.[11] In December 2015 Bill Lee exited the company as CEO.[12]

## Bankruptcy[edit]

In February 2016 Alchemy laid off 40 employees, equaling 40% of the company's entire staff.[13][14] due to liquidity issues.[15] The company began selling off previously acquired films including *The Lobster*,[16] *Free Fire*,[17] and Mia Madre.[18] Lobster and Fire both sold to A24, while Madre was sold to Music Box Films.[19][20][21] Alchemy filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy on June 30, 2016.[22] All employees were released following the bankruptcy.[23][24]

## Releases[edit]

### TV series[edit]

* *Bethenny Ever After*
* *Baywatch*
* *The Cosby Show*
* *A Different World*[25]
* *Flipping Out*
* *Guy's Big Bite*
* *Hell's Kitchen*
* *The Invisible Man*
* *Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List*
* *McMillan & Wife*
* *Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles*
* *The Millionaire Matchmaker*
* *Pregnant In Heels*
* *The Rachel Zoe Project*
* *Tabatha Takes Over*
* *Unsolved Mysteries*

### Animated[edit]

* *Arthur! and the Square Knights of the Round Table*
* *Dinky Dog*
* *Drak Pack*
* *Khumba*
* *Wing Commander Academy*

## Films[edit]

* *Alpha Males Experiment*
* *The Babymakers*
* *Bernie*
* *Blitz*
* *Buck Wild*
* *Dead Awake*
* *Dead Sushi*
* *The Elephant in the Living Room*
* *Elephant White*
* *Elsa & Fred*
* *Faces in the Crowd*
* *Fake*
* *Hellboy*
* *High Road*
* *Hisss*
* *The Iceman*
* *Intruders*
* *Laddaland*
* *Life of a King'*
* *Linklater*
* *The Liquidator*
* *Little Birds*
* *A Little Bit of Heaven*
* *Love*
* *Moonwalkers*
* *Nightfur*
* *The Nocturnal*
* *Persecuted*
* *Playing Dirty*
* *Puncture*
* *Rampart*
* *Red Lights*
* *Rob the Mob*
* *The Runner*
* *Sacrifice*
* *Shadows & lies*
* *Skin Traffik*
* *So Undercover*
* *Spiders*
* *Stolen*
* *Straight A's*
* *Strangerland*
* *Stuck in Love*
* *Survivor*
* *The Taking of Deborah Logan*
* *Trespass*
* *Trust*
* *The Ultimate Yogi*
* *Upside Down*
* *The Wedding Weekend*
* *Welcome to Me*
* *What Maisie Knew*

## Distributed lines[edit]

* UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship
* Video Asia