Ex-HBO Max and Legendary Execs Launch Twin Pines Entertainment, Studio Focused on Pro-Sports Movies and Series for America’s ‘Overlooked’ Heartland

Founders Clint Kisker, Sean Kisker and Jason Kander taps producer Todd Lieberman as adviser

By Todd Spangler

Todd Spangler

NY Digital Editor

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The founders of Twin Pines Entertainment see an opportunity to make movies and TV shows geared around professional sports teams aimed at the millions of people in America’s heartland — which they argue are often dismissed by Hollywood.

Twin Pines was founded by twin brothers Clint Kisker (a Legendary Entertainment alum) and Sean Kisker (a former HBO Max exec) alongside Jason Kander, a former Secretary of State for Missouri. They’re each Midwestern natives — the Kiskers grew up in St. Louis — with backgrounds spanning entertainment, sports and public leadership.

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