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Kevin Hart’s companies, Lough Out Loud and Hartbeat Productions, are in discussions with potential investors, Deadline has confirmed. The development adds to a growing list of companies seeking deals. The M&A climate continues to be vibrant amid favorable economic conditions and a wave of private equity interest in…

EXCLUSIVE: HartBeat Productions, Kevin Hart's production company, has made a round of promotions and new hires across its film and TV divisions. Additionally, HBP expands its corporate suite roster to bring on a COO, SVP of Finance & Operations and a co-CEO alongside Hart.  As the company grows, the new leadership…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline learned this morning that Netflix has closed a long-term pact to be the creative home on the film side for Kevin Hart and his HartBeat Productions. The exclusive partnership calls for Hart to be the star of at least four films he’ll produce, with a first-look film producing deal also part of the…

After enjoying the $20.4M No. one box office opening of The Upside starring Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston, STXfilms is putting two more Kevin Hart comedy projects into its development pipeline. This comes after Deadline exclusively reported last week on Hart’s next film, Fatherhood which he will do for Sony after he…

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Hart-founded HartBeat Productions, which recently signed a first-look deal with Nickelodeon to produce TV content, has brought on Tiffany Brown as manager of television. Brown, who will report to Hart and HartBeat film/TV president, John Cheng, comes with a background in comedy having worked on…

EXCLUSIVE: John Cheng, most recently Head of Development at RatPac Entertainment, has moved to become President of Film at Kevin Hart’s HartBeat Productions. He also will also help spearhead the TV aspirations at HartBeat, which just inked a first-look production deal at Universal. In addition to Cheng, HartBeat has…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal has pre-empted the action comedy spec package My Own Worst Enemy, and is eyeing a summer start date for a film that will star Kevin Hart and be directed by Tim Story. This is a big commitment by the studio to the film, Hart and Story, and also Universal has cemented its relationship to make Hart a…