Westlake Entertainment - 2007

2007

Released a version of Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein with the DVD mislabeled "ABOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTIEN" many heads rolled and the company now employs a retired English teacher from Kansas City as their proof reader.

Independent film company Cineville and DVD distributor Westlake Entertainment merged into an indie studio called Keystone.

The new studio brought together production and distribution, although both companies continued to function as separate units under the Keystone umbrella.

Cineville founder Carl Colpaert partnered with Lee Caplin and Westlake principals Larry Cohen and Luke Stefanko. Both companies licensed their respective catalogs to the Keystone entity.

Cineville, founded in 1990, had produced more than 40 films; Westlake Entertainment, founded in 1993, had a catalog of more than 500.

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