EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm on Friday introduced its signing of Umbrelic Entertainment, the L.A. and Detroit-based movie finance and manufacturing firm based and operated by Thomas Zambeck and Brian Katz. Umbrelic can be repped inside Paradigm’s Content Group division by Nick LoPiccolo and Babacar Diene.

Since its 2018 founding, Umbrelic Entertainment has constructed a pipeline of non-coastal, non-traditional monetary capital by demystifying the movie business for brand new traders and pairing them with business initiatives, producing or financing over a dozen movies. Recent releases embrace the Chris Sivertson-directed horror thriller Monstrous, starring Christina Ricci, and the crime thriller American Murderer, starring Tom Pelphrey and Ryan Phillippe.

Forthcoming releases from Umbrelic embrace the sci-fi thriller Share with Bradley Whitford and Alice Braga, the motion thriller Hellfire toplined by Stephen Lang and Harvey Keitel, and director Adam Sigal’s darkish comedy Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose, starring Simon Pegg, Minnie Driver and Christopher Lloyd. The firm can be in submit on the Emile Hirsch starrer Helen’s Dead, in addition to Deep Six, starring Tom Welling and Cam Gigandet, and is in growth on quite a lot of different initiatives quickly to be introduced.

Umbrelic additionally operates OutPostX, a full-service post-production arm, providing post-supervision, mastering, high quality management and supply providers, by which it supplies an extra layer of safety and peace of thoughts to its traders and helps subsidize post-workflows for indie filmmakers.

A 15-year post-production veteran who has shepherded over 1,500 initiatives to international supply, Umbrelic co-founder Zambeck has beforehand held roles at Starz, Sony, Post Haste Digital and Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Co-founder Katz is a gross sales skilled with over 20 years of expertise within the expertise, manufacturing and personal fairness fields, who along with Umbrelic, is lively with The Children’s Center, a non-profit serving to abused youngsters residing under the poverty line. He beforehand served as a volunteer with the AmeriCorps NCCC program.

Umbrelic continues to be represented by Goodloe Law and the Detroit-based Dizik, Faber, and Kaplan.