Beloved Pictures
Beloved Pictures is a film production company that specializes in the development and production of motion picture and television content.
In 2010, Beloved secured the motion picture rights to the best-selling children's fantasy trilogy, 100 CUPBOARDS. Recently featured on The Today Show, and hailed by the Washington Post as "a must-read series", the 100 Cupboards trilogy, published by Random House and penned by Idaho author N.D. Wilson, is a mythic American counterpoint to the phenomenally successful Harry Potter and The Chronicles of Narnia franchises. But, like its American precursor, The Wizard of Oz, the magic begins in the land of wheat, baseball, and big, red barns. Beloved is developing the trilogy with producing partner, Andrew Panay, and his Disney-based production shingle Panay Films. Daniel Pyne (Any Given Sunday, Manchurian Candidate) is attached to adapt the script while David Bowers (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Roderick Rules, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) is attached to direct. Neil Moritz and his Sony-based production company, Original Film, is also attached to the project.
Beloved has also teamed with Mpower Pictures to develop and produce the highly anticipated adaptation of, THE GREAT DIVORCE, written by renowned author C.S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia, Screwtape Letters). Bestselling author and screenwriter N.D. Wilson has been tapped to adapt the script. Stephen McEveety, producer of such masterpieces as The Passion of the Christ, Braveheart and We Were Soldiers is leading the production team.
Additionally, Beloved is producing DEAR ELEANOR, a period drama centered around two teenage girls who travel across America in 1962. Isabelle Fuhrman (Hunger Games, Orphan ) and Joel Courtney (Super 8) are both attached. Susan Johnson (Eye of the Hurricane, The Healer) is attached to direct the project.
Beloved is also developing several other book-to-film projects to include The Daring Book for Girls, and Ashtown Burials #1: The Dragon's Tooth.
Beloved has also focused its efforts on a strong slate of high concept television content. The first project, THE SPIRITUAL, will be produced with U.K. based production company, Antix Productions, and follows internationally acclaimed paranormal investigator Yvette Fielding as she uncovers supernatural stories of hope, transformation, and truth.
MISSION/VISION
Beloved Pictures strives to produce films with global significance, films that seek to transport, transform, and inspire; to find the brilliant heart of every story, to unyieldingly attain creative excellence.
Michael Ludlum
CEO
Michael Ludlum is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Beloved Pictures.
After graduating summa cum laude from Baylor University with a B.A. in Film, Michael went on to earn his post-graduate diploma in Acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He acted in professional theatre for a number of years, playing diverse roles from Gaston in Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' to the tortured Osvald in Henrik Ibsen's 'Ghosts' to the homicidal Duke of Cornwall in 'King Lear.'
Known as a strong business leader, his 15 years of business experience have included serving as Acquisitions and Business Development Director for a successful commercial real estate developer, during which time he structured various financial packages for development projects, interfaced with major national retailers, and assisted with every phase of the development process.
Mr. Ludlum volunteers with various organizations.
Caleb Applegate
President
Caleb Applegate is co-founder and president of Beloved Pictures, a Los Angeles based film Production Company that specializes in the development and production of motion picture and television content.
Most recently Caleb developed the vision for, financed, and marketed Beloved’s first project, Notes from the Tilt-a-whirl, an innovative film series with Random House best-selling author, N. D. Wilson. Within three months of the film’s release, Beloved was responsible for moving the film’s first 20,000 units cultivating strategic partnerships with organizations including Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU), Westminster Theological Seminary, and Youth With A Mission (YWAM).
In addition to overseeing Beloved Pictures, Caleb currently consults on a limited basis with various for-profit and non-profit initiatives, publishers and media entities.
Caleb began his career working with The CW television network where he scripted, developed and produced commercials and other regional CW programming.
In addition to creative and business development with The CW television network, Caleb also has a background in commercial real estate. During his tenure as a real estate asset manager, Caleb was in charge of managing a portfolio of high net-worth properties, reconciling financial statements for landlords and tenants, as well as overseeing the administration of multiple lease agreements for national tenants such as Starbucks, Regal Cinemas, Subway and Jamba Juice.
Alongside his experience in real estate development, Caleb has also been involved with capital campaign fundraising and consultation for various for-profit and non-profit institutions.
Mr. Applegate holds a B.A. from California State University, Sacramento. He also attended Southern Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
Robert Abramoff
Legal
Bob Abramoff handles all legal for Beloved Pictures.
Bob began his career in the film industry in 1987 producing his first feature, Red Scorpion, starring Dolph Lundgren. Since then, Bob has gone on to produce several features as well as handle legal for many other major motion pictures. To date, his most recent projects include the Will Ferrell film, Everything Must Go, the Robert Duvall and Bill Murray film, Get Low, produced by Dean Zanuck and distributed by Sony Classics, and Dino Mom, the $16 Million animated children’s adventure film produced by Myriad Pictures.
In 2007, Bob executive produced two of Showtime Network’s highest rated specials of that year, The Latin Divas of Comedy and The Payaso Comedy Slam. Prior to producing, Bob worked in the Business Affairs department at Warner Brothers Television. He graduated from Boston University, and subsequently earned his J.D. from the University of Southern California.
Bob is licensed by the State Bar of California, and is currently a partner in the law firm of Burgee & Abramoff, where he consults on a limited basis with entertainment industry clients.
