Production and Management

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Chris Bender and JC Spink opened Benderspink in November of 1998. They have maintained a successful first look deal at New Line Cinema since their first term in 1999 and while there they produced The Butterfly Effect, A History of Violence , Just Friends, and Monster-in Law. Their clients have worked on numerous New Line Cinema movies over the years, such as Final Destination .

Benderspink Management maintains a select group of both writer and actor clients and develops both internally (as with Just Friends) and with writers outside of their management roster (as with A History of Violence).

Successful in both the comedy and thriller genre, Benderspink movies tend to fall within the modest $25-60 million dollar budget range. Chris Bender and JC Spink have worked with numerous first-time directors as well as seasoned directors like Wes Craven and David Cronenberg.

JC's vast knowledge of comic book properties have led Benderspink to producing A History of Violence and setting up numerous projects such as DC Comics's Y: The Last Man at New Line Cinema and Pet Robots at Disney.

Feature Films

(1999) American Pie
Studio: Universal Studios
Budget: $11 m.
Domestic Gross: $132 m.
Foreign Gross: $133 m.
Director: Paul Weitz
Cast: Jason Biggs, Sean William Scott, Eugene Levy, Mena Suvari

(2001) American Pie 2
Studio: Universal Studios
Budget: $30 m.
Domestic Gross: $145 m.
Foreign Gross: $142 m.
Director: JB Rogers
Cast: Jason Biggs, Sean William Scott, Eugene Levy, Mena Suvari

(2001) Cats and Dogs
Studio: Warner Bros.
Budget: $60 m.
Domestic Gross: $93 m.
Foreign Gross: $107 m.
Director: Lawrence Guterman
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins

(2002) The Ring
Studio: DreamWorks
Budget: $48 m.
Domestic Gross: $129 m.
Foreign Gross: $120 m.
Director: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox

(2003) American Wedding
Studio: Universal Studios
Budget: $55 m.
Domestic Gross: $104 m.
Foreign Gross: $126 m.
Director: Jesse Dylan
Cast: Jason Biggs, Sean William Scott, Eugene Levy, Thomas Ian Nicholas


(2004) The Butterfly Effect
Studio: New Line Cinema
Budget: $13 m.
Domestic Gross: $58 m.
Foreign Gross: $38 m.
Director: Eric Bress
Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters

(2005) Just Friends
Studio:New Line Cinema
Budget: $18 m.
Domestic Gross: $32 m.
Foreign Gross: $18 m.
Director: Roger Kumble
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Amy Smart, Chris Klein

(2005) A History of Violence - Nominated for 2 Oscars & 2 Golden Globes
Studio: New Line Cinema
Budget: $32 m.
Domestic Gross: $31 m.
Foreign Gross: $29 m.
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Maria Bello, William Hurt

(2005) Red Eye
Studio: DreamWorks
Budget: $26 m.
Domestic Gross: $58 m.
Foreign Gross: $38 m.
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox

(2005) Monster-in-Law
Studio: New Line Cinema
Budget: $43 m.
Domestic Gross: $83 m.
Foreign Gross: $71 m.
Director: Robert Luketic
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Will Arnett, Wanda Sykes

(2005) The Ring Two
Studio: DreamWorks
Budget: $40 m.
Domestic Gross: $76 m.
Foreign Gross: $85 m.
Director: Hideo Nakata
Cast: Naomi Watts, Brian Cox, Sissy Spacek, Simon Baker

(2008) The Ruins
Studio: DreamWorks
Budget: $30 m.
Domestic Gross: N/A
Foreign Gross: N/A
Director: Carter Smith
Cast: Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Laura Ramsey

The Production Slate

Benderspink has forty active projects set up at studios and financiers. Below is a list of our most recent projects:

The $40,000 Dollar Man
Studio: New Line Cinema
Logline: A legendary astronaut finds himself horribly injured in a crash and is rebuilt by
the government to be a bionic man -- but on a budget of only $40,000.
Attachments: Terry Zwigoff (Writer/Director)

Y: The Last Man
Studio: New Line Cinema
Logline: A mysterious plague kills nearly all the world's male mammals overnight. One man named Yorick, a
magician, is curiously the only survivor among this group. With his male pet monkey, he sets out to find
what may have wiped out the world's male chromosomes. Based on the Eisner Award nominated, best-selling DC
comic book series.
Attachments: DJ Caruso (Director), Carl Ellsworth (Actor)

Torrente
Studio: New Line Cinema
Logline: An anti-hero private eye, despite being a self-centered drunkard, still manages to get the job done.
Based on the smash-hit Spanish language trilogy.
Attachments: Sacha Baron Cohen (Actor); Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, & David Mandel (Writers)

Sweep the Leg
Studio: Summit
Logline: Two former famous karate champs who were child stars in the '80s are now grown up. One is a drunk
washed-up sensei at a rundown dojo, while the other has bastardized karate into a Billy Blanks-style
fitness routine called "Karate Pilates" and become an infomercial star. The fitness star opens one of his
workout franchises across the street from the washed-up sensei's dojo, and challenges him to a rematch of
their famous 1984 fight.
Attachments: Woody Harrelson (Actor), Owen Wilson (Actor)

Burt Dickenson
Studio: New Line Cinema
Logline: Set in the world of rival Las Vegas magicians in which one member of a highly successful two-man team
dies in a risky stunt. The surviving team member must then rediscover his love for magic.
Attachments: Red Hour producing with Benderspink for Ben Stiller

Drafted
Studio: New Line Cinema
Logline: An alien race sends out a message to the citizens of Earth, warning them of an impending attack by a
different, hostile alien society, bent on destroying our planet. Humanity is forced to put aside differences of
ethnicity, gender, and class as they're drafted to fight alongside the peaceful aliens in an intergalactic war
to save the world. Based on the best-selling comic book series.

Boob Job
Studio: New Line Cinema
Logline: When a man offers to pay for his mild-mannered girlfriend's boob job, she's transformed into a wild
party girl, and his life begins to fall apart.
Attachments: Michelle McGrath (Writer)

All Boxed Up
Studio: New Line Cinema
Logline: When they decide to sell their house, a retired couple invites their grown children and their families
back to the house they grew up in to help pack up. While packing, the couple reveals that they're also
divorcing, which leads to other family secrets surfacing and challenging their relationship.

Mancation
Studio: New Line Cinema
Logline: Centers on two brothers (early 30's), one who is uptight and a week away from being married and the
other single with no intention of growing up, who plan the annual fantasy football draft weekend with
their friends. All hell breaks loose when the immature brother's bachelor party-like plans go awry.

Bob The Musical
Studio: Disney
Logline: A tough hustling real estate mogul's world is thrown upside down when he wakes up to find his life has
become a musical.
Attachments: Mark Waters

Pet Robots
Studio: Disney
Logline: When a toy factory worker brings home an experimental robotic pet to his son, the two find themselves
on the run from the government, after the robot uses his powers to help the boy make friends and get ahead at
school.

Golden Years
Studio: Disney
Logline: A group of kids do not find the treasure and as grown ups, come back to their home town to try one last
time.
Attachments: Adam Shankman (Producer)

Television Division

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In 2001, Benderspink set up over 30 client projects and entered a first-look production deal with 21st Century Fox Television. In 2004, Benderspink's first foray into scripted television resulted in the premiere of the sci-fi drama, Kyle XY. Airing June of 2006 on ABC Family, the program became the most watched original series premiere in the network's history. Now into it's 3rd season, Kyle XY is broadcast internationally in the UK.

Talent Management Division

Benderspink represents many successful actors, writers, and directors in it's talent division. Actors include Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Hanks, Monica Potter, and Broadway star Cheyenne Jackson. Writers and directors include Mike Bender, Eric Bress, Brian Lynch, and Ian Shorr.

References

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1. Official website
2. Red Eye
3. Just Friends
4. American Pie
5. American Pie 2