Walden Media

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Walden Media is a film production company. Their projects tend to be based on notable classic or award-winning children's literature, though their library includes biographies and documentaries as well.

The company originally came to prominence with the release of a movie based on Louis Sachar's Holes, and recently released , based on the tale by C. S. Lewis, and Hoot based on the novel by Carl Hiaasen. Currently in development are movies based on Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia, Lewis' and Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series.

Walden Media is owned by conservative billionaire Philip F. Anschutz. Schein, Amy. "Walden Media, LLC." Hoover's. 23 Apr 2006 . Anschutz is known for his financial support of various causes central to the Christian right Berkowitz, Bill. "The movie, the media, and the conservative politics of Philip Anschutz." Media Transparency. 02 Dec 2005. 23 Apr 2006 . including the Discovery Institute and its intelligent design campaign. The Discovery Institute cites the Christian apologetics of C.S. Lewis as its touchstone. Anschutz Film Group CEO David Weil, in a 2006 Entertainment Weekly article, claims that Anschutz's religious views did not affect their films.Jensen, Jeff. "The Family Business." Entertainment Weekly, 28 April 2006: 58-61.

Walden Media is named after Henry David Thoreau's Walden. Its logo is a rock skipping across a pond.

Filmography

• (2002) Domestic Box office Gross: $10,035,114
• Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) Domestic Box Office Gross: $17,040,871
• Holes (2003) Domestic Box Office Gross: $67,406,573
• Around the World in 80 Days (2004) Domestic Box Office Gross: $24,008,137
• I Am David (2004) Domestic Box Office Gross: $288,552
• Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) Domestic Box Office Gross: $32,647,042
• Aliens of the Deep (2005) Domestic Box Office Gross: $7,850,497
• (2005) Domestic Box Office Gross: $291,790,957 Walt Disney Pictures
• Hoot (2006) Domestic Box Office Gross as of May 29, 2006: $8,117,637
• How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)
• Charlotte's Web (2006)
• (2008) with Walt Disney Pictures

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