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Larry Kasanoff
Larry
Kasanoff is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Threshold
Entertainment and Threshold Digital Research Labs (TDRL) and Chairman
of
Blackbelt TV.Kasanoff founded Threshold Entertainment in 1994, TDRL in 1997 and Blackbelt TV in 2001. He is the Producer of all Mortal Kombat non video game media including the two blockbuster films, the television series, the animated series, platinum selling soundtracks, home video, Internet, CD-Roms and the live tour. Threshold Entertainment is Hollywood’s leading intellectual property management and production company. TDRL is a groundbreaking worldwide digital animation and effects studio. Blackbelt TV is the first and only 24-hour digital martial arts network. Previously as President and Co-Founder of Lightstorm Entertainment, Mr. Kasanoff assembled a consortium of worldwide film and ancillary rights distributors who agreed to provide $500 million in financing for the company’s films. This unique structure gave the company complete creative control and 100% ownership of its films. Also in that capacity, Kasanoff supervised production, marketing, publicity and merchandising for the four time Academy Award winning hit “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.” This property has generated over a billion dollars in revenues, several hundred million of which came from non-film rights. Mr. Kasanoff Executive Produced the box-office smash “True Lies,” which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and was directed by James Cameron. Prior to the formation of Lightstorm in 1990, Mr. Kasanoff served as head of production and acquisitions for Vestron, Inc, producers of “Dirty Dancing.” He executive produced over 25 films and created “prebuy” financing and acquisition deals for over 200 additional films, including the 1986 Academy Award Best Picture “Platoon.” Mr. Kasanoff also co-founded Vestron’s original and music video programming divisions. In the music world, Mr. Kasanoff has packaged or produced video projects with several of the world’s biggest talent, including Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones and Dick Clark. He founded Lightstorm Records and Music Publishing (a partnership with Sony Music). For T2, he produced MTV’s 1991 top video “You Could Be Mine” with Gun’s ‘N Roses. Currently, Kasanoff is producing the next installment of Mortal Kombat entertainment franchise with the third movie. Kasanoff is also producing and directing FOODFIGHT!, a full-length digitally animated feature film. In addition, he is producing a romantic comedy called Only Love is Real based on the best-selling past-life regression book by Brian Weiss. To date, all of the films or film deals made under Mr. Kasanoff’s supervision are profitable. He has been involved with some of the most successful independent films in history. Mr. Kasanoff holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a BA from Cornell University. ©
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