MarVista Entertainment

MarVista Entertainment, LLC

Company type	Private
Industry	Film and television production and distribution
Founded	2003
Founder	Fernando Joseph Szew, Michael Jacobs
Headquarters	Westwood, Los Angeles, California , United States
Products	Made-for-television movies, direct-to-SVOD releases, television series
Parent	Fox Corporation

MarVista Entertainment, LLC is a U.S.-based production company located in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. The company focuses on funding and producing original projects, with an emphasis on made-for-television movies and direct-to-SVOD releases. Its content is distributed through a variety of platforms including Lifetime—notably with the film A Deadly Adoption—as well as Netflix, Ion Television, Hulu, Crackle, Disney Channel, and Hallmark Channel.

History

Established in 2003 by Fernando Joseph Szew (CEO) and Michael Jacobs, MarVista initially operated as a commission-driven distributor of externally produced programming. By 2015, its content library had grown significantly from 250 to more than 2,500 hours of licensed material, which was circulated across 125 international markets via television broadcasters and digital outlets such as VOD and SVOD through its digital arm, MarVista Digital Entertainment (MVDE).

MVDE was inaugurated in 2014 to oversee digital content licensing and distribution within North America. Beginning in 2011, with the infusion of capital, MarVista broadened its scope to include original television programming and feature film production.

In 2016, MarVista collaborated with Elijah Wood’s SpectreVision to co-develop four horror and thriller feature films over a two-year span, thereby strengthening its presence in genre entertainment.

Fox Corporation completed the acquisition of MarVista Entertainment in December 2021. This move aligns with Fox’s strategy to generate proprietary content for its ad-supported streaming platform Tubi while continuing to distribute third-party programming.

In January 2024, Fox and MarVista unveiled Tideline Entertainment, a niche label dedicated to diverse storytelling across multiple platforms. The thriller Ponyboi was announced as Tideline’s inaugural project, marking a strategic effort to broaden MarVista’s production slate.

Feature films

• Sand Castles (2014)
• Consumed (2015)
• Characterz (2016)
• Sightless (2020)
• Hunter Hunter (2020)
• Frankie Meets Jack (2023)

Television films

• 16 Wishes (2010)
• A 2nd Chance (2011)
• Last Hours in Suburbia (2012)
• Radio Rebel (2012)
• If I Had Wings (2013)
• Stonados (2013)
• House of Versace (2013)
• Betrayed (2014)
• 8 Days (2014)
• Fatal Acquittal (2014)
• Grantham & Rose (2014)
• Zapped (2014)
• From the Rough (2014)
• 10.0 Earthquake (2014)
• 10,000 Days (2014)
• Sex Ed (2014)
• A Christmas Kiss II (2014)
• Caught (2015)
• Cyber Case (2015)
• A Sort of Homecoming (2015)
• The Saver (2015)
• A Teacher's Obsession (2015)
• A Deadly Adoption (2015)
• 16 and Missing (2015)
• Perfect Match (2015)
• Rodeo & Juliet (2015)
• The Spirit of Christmas (2015)
• Accidentally Engaged (2016)
• Accidental Switch (2016)
• The Cheerleader Murders (2016)
• 911 Nightmare (2016)
• Raising the Bar (2016)
• Her Dark Past (2016)
• Her Last Will (2016)
• Hidden Truth (2016)
• Honeymoon from Hell (2016)
• Jessica Darling's It List (2016)
• A Mother's Escape (2016)
• Nightmare Nurse (2016)
• Runaway (2016)
• Unwanted Guest (2016)
• 'The Watcher' (2016)
• 'Give Me My Baby', 'The Wrong Car', and 'The Swap' all released in 2016
• Between 2017 and 2018: Deadly Detention, Boyfriend Killer, The Other Mother, The Twin, My Daughter Is Missing, Cradle Swapping, Heartthrob, 12 Feet Deep, Stage Fright, The Good Nanny, The Year of the Spectacular Man, Off the Rails, Toxic Shark, Rip Tide, Bitch, House of the Witch, Deadly Detention, A Woman Deceived, Tiny Christmas
• In 2018: Dangerous Company, Frenzy, Deadly Matrimony, Room for Murder, Silencer, The Work Wife, The Truth About Christmas, Christmas Camp
• From 2019 to 2020: Only Mine, In Bed with a Killer, Deadly Switch, Hidden in Plain Sight, Back of the Net, Secrets in a Small Town, The Husband, Anniversary Nightmare
• Released in 2019: Next Level, Deviant Love
• During 2021–2022: Under Wraps, Under Wraps 2, The Curious Case Of Dolphin Bay

Television series

• Mustard Pancakes (2005–2007)
• Beyond the Break (2006–2009)
• Power Rangers Samurai (2011)
• Power Rangers Super Samurai (2012)
• Power Rangers Megaforce (2013)
• Julius Jr. (Non-US; 2013–2015)
• Digimon Fusion (Non-US; 2014–2016)
• Power Rangers Super Megaforce (2014)
•  Best Worst Weekend Ever’’ (2018)