not to be confused with motion picture association of america . motion picture corporation of america industry motion pictures founded 1986 founders brad krevoy steve stabler headquarters century city los angeles california united states key people brad krevoy products motion pictures website mpcafilm.com motion picture corporation of america mpca is an american film production company founded by brad krevoy in 1986 . contents 1 history 1.1 reorganized 2 awards and nominations 2.1 academy awards 2.2 golden globes 2.3 primetime emmy awards 3 references 4 external links history edit motion picture corporation of america was founded in 1986 by brad krevoy and steve stabler out of college . mpca made 60 films with low budget and young talent . they had three big sucesses threesome dumb and dumber and kingpin rysher . 1 the duo then sought funding for larger movies and met john kluge in november 1995 . 1 in july 1996 citation needed mpca was acquired by kluge s metromedia international group and operated as part of metromedia s orion pictures corporation . 1 krevoy and stabler managed orion pictures operations as executive vice president . 1 both received a six picture put picture distribution deal as a part of their contracts . 2 in july 1997 metromedia shareholders approved the sale of orion as well as samuel goldwyn entertainment and motion picture corporation of america library to metro goldwyn mayer . this led to the dismissal of 85 employees including krevoy and stabler . 1 mgm inherited the duo s put picture distribution deal . 2 krevoy and stabler retained the right to the motion picture corporation of america name and their three top movies . 1 reorganized edit the mpca duo had mgm release rumor of angels a vanessa redgrave drama and the comedy 3 strikes . with the orion originated put picture deal about to expire stabler sold his put picture slots to other producers . 2 since its reorganization in january 1998 mpca has produced over 20 motion pictures acquired a library of nearly 200 motion pictures and negotiated financing and studio distribution arrangements . mpca s productions include a love song for bobby long riding the bullet second in command the hard corps and moondance alexander . for her work in a love song for bobby long scarlett johansson received a golden globe nomination for best actress . brad krevoy also co produced the 1999 peabody award winning and emmy nominated abc television musical annie for abc s wonderful world of disney . along with feature films mpca is involved in financing producing and selling television projects . the company partnered with the hallmark channel on when calls the heart a frontier series based on the novels by international bestseller janette oke . the first season garnered a viewership of 2.7 million people . production on season two begins this fall . mpca is also producing and financing a reboot of the saint the spy thriller of the 1960s originally starring former bond roger moore . 3 4 writers chris lunt and ed whitmore have been commissioned to write the script . mpca recently produced the drama taking chance starring kevin bacon for hbo films which premiered on hbo to the highest ratings of any original film in the past five years . the film was nominated for 10 emmys winning one pga wga dga asc ace and sag awards as well as two golden globes best film and winning for best actor kevin bacon . mpca s other recent productions include a royal christmas the christmas spirit the sweeter side of life arena beverly hills chihuahua 2 meeting evil a princess for christmas and dumb and dumber to mpca is currently in development on multiple projects . in partnership with dreamworks mpca will remake the japanese cult hit yomigaeri . academy award winning screenwriter bruce joel rubin will write the script tentatively titled resurrection . 5 previously screenwriters dana stevens and joel siberling contributed work to the script . also on the slate is an english language adaptation of okuribito retitled departures for american audiences . the japanese drama was the recipient of the 2009 academy award for best foreign language film and the grand prix des am riques at the 32nd montreal world film festival . mpca is also prepping a remake of the 80s martial arts film best of the best and a reboot of the classic horror franchise pumpkinhead . awards and nominations edit academy awards edit year film category nominee s result 1997 prisoner of the mountains best foreign language film sergey bodrov carolyn cavallero boris giller and eduard krapivsky nominated 1998 ulee s gold best actor in a leading role peter fonda nominated golden globes edit year film category winner nominee s result 2000 annie best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a series mini series or motion picture made for television kathy bates nominated 2010 taking chance best actor miniseries or television film kevin bacon won best mini series or motion picture made for television fred berger lori keith douglas ross katz brad krevoy frank schaeffer william teitler and cathy wischner sola nominated primetime emmy awards edit year film category winner nominee s result 2009 taking chance outstanding single camera picture editing for a miniseries or a movie lee percy and brian a. kates won outstanding directing for a miniseries movie or a dramatic special ross katz nominated outstanding main title design michael riley dan meehan and bob swensen nominated outstanding music composition for a miniseries movie or a special marcelo zarvos nominated outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or a movie kevin bacon nominated outstanding television movie brad krevoy cathy wischner sola ross katz william teitler and lori keith douglas nominated outstanding sound mixing for a miniseries or a movie t.j. o mara and rick ash nominated outstanding writing for a miniseries movie or a dramatic special michael strobl and ross katz nominated outstanding art direction for a miniseries or movie dan leigh james donahue ron von blomberg and hbo nominated outstanding sound editing for a miniseries movie or a special frank gaeta rickley w. dumm david grant tim boggs johnny caruso catherine harper christopher moriana and hbo nominated year film category winner nominee s result 2000 annie outstanding choreography rob marshall won outstanding music direction paul bogaev won outstanding art direction for a miniseries movie or a special stephen hendrickson edward l. rubin and archie d amico nominated outstanding casting for a miniseries movie or a special marcia turner rosalie joseph and valorie massalas nominated outstanding cinematography for a miniseries or movie ralf d. bode nominated outstanding costumes for a miniseries movie or a special shay cunliffe and patricia mclaughlin nominated outstanding directing for a miniseries movie or a dramatic special rob marshall nominated outstanding single camera picture editing for a miniseries or a movie scott vickrey nominated outstanding hairstyling for a miniseries or a movie matthew kasten mishell chandler and natasha ladek nominated outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or a movie kathy bates nominated outstanding television movie craig zadan neil meron chris montan marykay powell and john whitman nominated outstanding sound mixing for a miniseries or a movie edward l. moskowitz terry o bright and keith rogers nominated references edit a b c d e f weiner rex july 11 1997 . mgm ends orion orbit . variety . retrieved jun 10 2016 . a b c horn john february 21 2005 . coming soon to very few theaters . los angeles times . retrieved june 10 2016 . http www.digitalspy.com british tv news a567911 the saint new tv series being developed by preys chris lunt.html orhwzy7uwgfni5 http www.denofgeek.com tv the saint 30314 prey writer tackling reboot of the saint http www.dreamworksstudios.com news oscar winner to adapt resurrection external links edit motion picture corporation of america at the internet 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