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Roth/Kirschenbaum Films

American film production company

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 10, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Roth/Kirschenbaum Films is an American film and television production company based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in October 2007 by producer Joe Roth as Roth Films, and was renamed in 2015 following the addition of producer Jeff Kirschenbaum. The company is known for producing commercially successful films such as Alice in Wonderland (2010), Maleficent (2014), and entries in the Fast & Furious franchise. It has collaborated with major studios including Walt Disney Pictures, Sony Pictures, and Universal Pictures, and is primarily active in the fantasy, action, and family entertainment genres.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Roth/Kirschenbaum Films” as american film production company. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2007, 2015, 2010, 2014—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Roth, Kirschenbaum and Films can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as american film production company. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 10, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2007, 2015, 2010 and 2014.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Roth/Kirschenbaum Films” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.