Courtney Solomon

Producer

Birthday September 1, 1970

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Age 53 years old

Nationality Canada

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1968

In the same year, he also acquired the rights to the underground comic Universe of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers created by Gilbert Shelton in 1968.

He also has several films going into production, including Arthur The King starring Mark Wahlberg and Red Sonja, based on the character and comic book by Roy Thomas and Barry Smith.

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1970

Courtney Solomon (Born September 1, 1970) is a film producer from Toronto, Ontario.

He has been involved with production, marketing, and distribution of over 80 movies.

1996

In 1996, in exchange for the equity position and media rights to Traveller, Sweetpea advanced the money to get Imperium Games started as a company to be dedicated solely to Traveller.

He later formed After Dark Films to produce horror, thriller, and action titles.

He launched it with An American Haunting, which he wrote, produced, and directed.

It is a story based on Tennessee's Bell Witch legend.

It opened #2 in the US, staying in the top ten films for 6 weeks.

This success resulted in a long-term distribution and co-production arrangement with Lionsgate Films.

Today, After Dark owns its own film library of over 80 films.

2000

In 2000, at the age of 29, he produced and directed the critically panned Dungeons & Dragons film.

At 19, Solomon formed Sweetpea Entertainment to acquire the film rights to "Dungeons & Dragons".

Dungeons & Dragons became his first production and direction project.

It was a box office disappointment

As owner of Sweetpea Entertainment, he was looking to acquire the media rights to a science-fiction property that could be adapted into a television series or an MMORPG.

2014

In 2014, Solomon partnered with Mark Canton on a number of films, including Cake.

Other films were Mr. Church (Eddie Murphy), The Comedian (Robert DeNiro and Leslie Mann), The Yellow Birds (Tye Sheridan, Alden Ehrenreich, Jack Huston, Jennifer Aniston, and Toni Collette), and Burn Your Maps (Vera Farmiga and Jacob Tremblay).

2018

In 2018, he acquired the rights to and produced the first film based on the novel series After.

2019

The film of the same name was released in April 2019.

2020

The sequel, After We Collided, was released in 2020.