Under Wagner’s leadership, 2929 Entertainment produces and
finances movies through two production companies:
2929 Productions, which produces films in the $10 - $40 million
budget range, and HDNet Films, which produces smaller-budget
movies shot exclusively in high definition. Through its acquisition of Rysher, 2929 Entertainment owns syndication rights to
television shows such as “Hogan’s Heroes,” “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” and “Star Search.”

Wagner is also a significant investor in HDNet, the leading high-definition national television network co-founded by Cuban. HDNet’s two 24/7 general entertainment networks, HDNet and HDNet Movies, are currently available on Adelphia Communications, Charter Communications, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Insight Communications, Time Warner Cable and more than 40 other cable affiliates.

Current 2929 Productions projects include two films with George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh’s Section Eight Productions - “The Jacket,” starring Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley, and “Criminal, a con movie starring John C. Reilly, Diego Luna and Maggie Gyllenhaal” - with 2929 and Warner Bros. acting as co-financiers on both projects. 2929 is also in pre-production on “Goodnight. And Good Luck,” directed by and co-starring Clooney, and “Akeelah and the Bee,” starring Lawrence Fishburne.” 2929 Productions’ first major film was the 2004 thriller “Godsend,” a co-production with Lions Gate starring Robert De Niro, Greg Kinnear, and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos.

HDNet Films’ first release, “ENRON: The Smartest Guys in the Room,” has been officially selected at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival in the Documentary Competition. HDNet Films is also in production on “Over the Mountains,” a contemporary political drama written by Joseph Castelo; “Quid Pro Quo,” a dark comedy written and directed by Carlos Brooks; and “All Fall Down,” a drama to be directed by Matt Tauber.

Wagner recently launched 2929 International to handle foreign sales on select films from HDNet Films and 2929 Productions. 2929 International will distribute “Goodnight. And Good Luck.”

Landmark Theatres is the nation's largest art-house chain, with 57 theaters in more than 20 cities across the U.S. Magnolia Pictures Distribution is an independent distribution company that in 2003 distributed the Academy-award nominated “Capturing the Friedmans.” Other recent and upcoming releases include “Control Room,” “Woman, Thou Art Loosed,” and “Ong Bak,” featuring the new action superstar Tony Jaa.

Wagner has been executive producer for ABC’s “The Benefactor” and “Star Search” on CBS.

In 2000, Wagner created the Todd Wagner Foundation, dedicated to improving the lives of at-risk children and inner-city entrepreneurs. He serves on the National Board of Directors of the After-School All-Stars (formerly Inner-City Games), a foundation championed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger that provides year-round technology, academic, sports and cultural programs for children in the nation's inner cities. Wagner's commitment to the After-School All-Stars earned him the distinguished honor of Man of the Year in 2000. In July 2001, Wagner launched the All-Stars program in Dallas, the 15th city to join this national organization.

In conjunction with After-School All-Stars, he is also developing the breakthrough MIRACLES technology program, a groundbreaking initiative to provide a comprehensive after-school program for inner-city children that is currently in eight cities across the country. Wagner also provides funding and resources to minority-owned, technology-focused businesses based in Dallas through a Minority Technology Fund, and sponsored bringing a KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) charter school to Dallas in 2003.

Todd Wagner co-founded Broadcast.com in September of 1995, and as CEO led the company to becoming the leading destination for audio and video programming on the Internet. After broadcast.com was acquired by Yahoo! for 5.7 billion dollars in 1999, Wagner led the division as Yahoo! Broadcast until May 2000, when he declined an offer to become Yahoo!’s Chief Operating Officer to focus on his current interests.

Wagner was recently appointed to the Board of Trustees of the American Film Institute and the Tribeca Film Institute. He received the Trailblazer Award at the 2004 Dallas Film Festival and was named national Kappa Sigma 2003 Man of the Year for his philanthropic efforts. He has delivered speeches at dozens of business and technology conferences, has appeared on CNBC and CNN and has been profiled in leading publications including the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, New York Times, Business Week and Variety.

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