Founded in 2011, Lava Bear Films is a production and film financing company developing projects specifically designed for the global marketplace. Overseen by CEO David Linde

David Linde

David Linde is the CEO of Lava Bear Films as a film production and financing company developing projects specifically designed for the global marketplace...

, the company plans to produce two to four movies a year.

With Reliance Entertainment as its primary equity investor, Lava Bear has a production and distribution agreement with Universal Pictures. Lava Bear also maintains a network of direct output partnerships in several key territories around the globe with the following companies serving to complete its worldwide distribution platform:

• Entertainment One (eOne) for Canada, the UK and Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg)
• Italia Films for the Middle East, Greece and Turkey
• Nordisk Film for the Nordic Countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland)
• Revolutionary Releasing for Eastern Europe (excluding Russia)
• Sun Distribution for Latin America
• Tele München Group (Germany, Austria along with certain rights in Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein)

Films in Developement & Production

In October 2011, Lava Bear announced its first project, the Untitled Gil Kenan Project, a larger than life love story starring Shia LeBeouf and directed by Gil Kenan

Gil Kenan

Gil Kenan is a British-American-Israeli film director. Kenan received his MFA degree from the UCLA Film School in 2002.-Life and career:...

from a screenplay he wrote as well.