Cinestate


Cinestate is a Dallas-based movie studio founded in 2016 by Dallas Sonnier. Cinestate has released four feature films: Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99, The Standoff at Sparrow Creek and Dragged Across Concrete. In 2017, the company acquired Fangoria magazine, relaunching it in 2018 as a print-only collectible under the editorial oversight of Phil Nobile Jr. In 2019, the company announced the launch of a Rebeller Media, an action label that will encompass a production company and lifestyle website to be managed by Washington Free Beacon journalist Sonny Bunch.

History

moved from Dallas, TX to California, attending USC and graduating with dual degrees in business and film. He launched Caliber Media and started managing writer and aspiring director, S. Craig Zahler. After acquiring the script for Bone Tomahawk from Zahler, Sonnier premiered the film through Caliber Media. In 2016, Sonnier moved back to Dallas where he partnered with Will Evans, owner of Deep Vellum Publishing, to form Cinestate.

Filmography

Other Ventures

Fangoria

In 2018, Cinestate acquired Fangoria magazine from the Brooklyn Company for an undisclosed price, with plans to re-launch the publication as a quarterly edition and additionally develop Fangoria into a brand for producing movies, books and podcasts. As part of the deal, Cinestate controls all material from over 300 issues of Fangoria magazine over 39 years.

Books

Cinestate released its first book, S. Craig Zahler's , alongside the announcement that Zahler would work with the Jim Henson Company to bring the title protagonist to life in an upcoming feature film. Additionally, Cinestate published The Megarothke, the debut novel from Robert Ashcroft. Its most recent novel released was Headcheese by Jess Hagemann.