Odd Lot Entertainment, founded in 2001 by Gigi Pritzker and Deborah Del Prete, develops, finances, produces and arranges distribution for commercial film properties in the $5-$60 million range, with box office viability in both the domestic and international markets.  The company finances its activities through a combination of private equity, tax incentives, foreign sales, distribution and co-production structures, and various forms of debt.
Projects are acquired only after developing an individual strategic plan that focuses on financing, marketing and release elements. Odd Lot¹s long-term strategy is to build an asset-based company by owning and controlling its development process and actively growing its library of titles.

Currently, Odd Lot has the highly anticipated THE SPIRIT in post production.
The film is based on the comic series created by American graphic novelist Will Eisner. Written and directed by Frank Miller (SIN CITY, 300), the film stars Gabriel Macht as The Spirit, Samuel L. Jackson as his main nemesis The Octopus, Scarlett Johansson as the beautiful yet dangerous Silken Floss, and Eva Mendes as the colder-than-ice Sand Saref. THE SPIRIT is co-produced and co-financed by Lionsgate Entertainment, which will release it in the U.S., Canada and the UK.  Odd Lot International is handling foreign sales, and Sony has acquired multiple territories, including most of Europe, and plans a day-and-date release with Lionsgate January 16, 2009. Also currently in production in Louisiana and other parts of the South is writer/director Michael Meredith¹s THE OPEN ROAD, starring Oscar-nominated Jeff Bridges, Justin Timberlake, Kate Mara and Mary Steenburgen.

Recent films include SUBURBAN GIRL, Marc Klein¹s adaptation of Melissa Bank¹s best-selling short story collection The Girls¹ Guide to Hunting and Fishing, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alec Baldwin and Maggie Grace; BURIED ALIVE, starring Tobin Bell; the zombie comedy UNDEAD OR ALIVE with Chris Kattan and James Denton; creature feature LIVING HELL; GREEN STREET HOOLIGANS, directed by Lexi Alexander and winner of the Top Jury and Audience Awards at the 2005 SXSW Film Festival; Independent Spirit Award-winner MEAN CREEK; the hit Columbia comedy THE WEDDING PLANNER, starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey; and RICOCHET RIVER, a project which marked the film debut of Academy Award® nominee Kate Hudson.

Films in active development include THE LAVENDER HILL MOB, an action comedy remake of the classic Alec Guinness comedy, to be directed by Dean Parisot (FUN WITH DICK AND JANE); SENSE AND SENSIBILIDAD, a present-day Latino version of Jane Austen's classic novel, to be directed by Fina Torres (WOMAN ON TOP) from a script she wrote with Luis Alfaro; and THE CRIMSON VEIL, a supernatural thriller written by Irving Belateche, produced in partnership with Lawrence Bender Productions.

In April 2006 the company launched a foreign sales division, Odd Lot International.  Led by Brian O¹Shea, its mandate is to license and arrange worldwide distribution for films the company produces while representing theatrical films produced by third parties. Recent projects include the Nazi period drama GOOD starring Viggo Mortensen, which premieres at the 2008 Toronto Int¹l Film Festival; Freestyle Releasing¹s BOTTLE SHOCK with Alan Rickman, and action flick THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT; Odd Lot Entertainment¹s THE OPEN ROAD by writer/director Michael Meredith; the fantasy/adventure THE GREAT GHOST RESCUE and Magnolia¹s smash IRA & ABBY, which competed at the