Hasbro Entertainment

Hasbro Entertainment
Company typeDivision
IndustryEntertainment
Predecessors
FoundedAugust 16, 2023 (2023-08-16)
Founders
  • Olivier Dumont
  • Zev Foreman
  • Gabriel Marano
Headquarters,
United States
ProductsFilm production
Television series
Animated series
ParentHasbro
Subsidiaries
Websitecorporate.hasbro.com/en-us

Hasbro Entertainment is a production and distribution company owned and operated by American toy and multimedia company Hasbro and launched on August 16, 2023.[1] It succeeds Allspark, previously known as Hasbro Studios, as Hasbro's primary media production and distribution company and Entertainment One (or eOne for short). Hasbro acquired the latter on December 30, 2019,[2] had its family brands division absorbed into this division[3] and sold it to Lionsgate on December 27, 2023.[4] Lionsgate then rebranded Entertainment One as Lionsgate Canada on June 7, 2024 according to the Canadian publication, Playback.[5]

  1. ^ Otterson, Joe (August 16, 2023). "Hasbro Launches Entertainment Division Led by eOne Executives Olivier Dumont, Zev Foreman, Gabriel Marano". Variety. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference THR-19DEC30-eOneDealClosed was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Low, Elaine (August 22, 2019). "Hasbro Acquires Entertainment One in $4 Billion All-Cash Deal". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference eOneLionsgate was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Townsend, Kelly (June 7, 2024). "Entertainment One rebrands to Lionsgate Canada". Playback. Retrieved June 8, 2024.

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