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==History==
 
Brightlight Pictures is an award-winning production company. Brightlight's Chairman, [[Shawn Williamson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://variety.com/exec/shawn-williamson|title=Shawn-Wlliamson|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>, has produced more than 90 productions in the last 15 years and over 35 productions since launching Brightlight in 2001, including ''[[White Noise (film)|White Noise]]'' starring [[Michael Keaton]], which has grossed over $100 million since its worldwide theatrical release in 2005. Recently, Williamson has worked as a producer on the feature film ''[[Horns (film)|Horns]]'' starring [[Daniel Radcliffe]], for [[Mandalay Pictures]] and [[Red Granite Pictures]]; ''[[50/50 (2011 film)|50/50]]'' starring [[Seth Rogen]] and [[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]]; and ''[[The Company You Keep (film)|The Company You Keep]]'', a [[Sony Pictures Classics]] release for spring 2013 directed by [[Robert Redford]] and starring Redford and [[Shia LaBeouf]].
 
Brightlight also developed, packaged and produced ''Mr. Hockey, The [[Gordie Howe]] Story'' in partnership with Inferno Pictures and Balwin Entertainment for the [[CBC Television|CBC]] and [[Hallmark Channel]]. Other feature producing credits include ''[[The Possession (film)|The Possession]]'' starring [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]] and [[Kyra Sedgwick]] for [[Mandate Pictures]] and [[Lions Gate Films]]; ''[[White Noise 2: The Light]]'' starring [[Nathan Fillion]] and [[Katee Sackhoff]] with [[Gold Circle Films]]; ''[[In the Name of the King]]'' starring [[Jason Statham]]; ''[[88 Minutes]]'' starring [[Al Pacino]]; ''[[The Wicker Man (2006 film)|The Wicker Man]]'' starring [[Nicolas Cage]] for [[Nu Image]]/[[Millennium Films]] and [[Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films|Emmett/Furla Films]]; ''[[Slither (2006 film)|Slither]]'' with Gold Circle Films and [[Universal Studios|Universal]] and ''[[Apollo 18 (film)|Apollo 18]]'' for [[The Weinstein Company]]. Brightlight also produced ''[[Possession (2009 film)|Possession]]'' starring [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]] for the [[Yari Film Group]]; ''[[Passengers (2008 film)|Passengers]]'' starring [[Anne Hathaway]] for Mandate Pictures and the feature film ''[[Far Cry (film)|Far Cry]]'', based on the video game of the same name.