Financiers & co-production partners
Investing in
family values film
FourBoys Entertainment develops and produces family-values film and television for theatrical, network, and streaming release. Founded by Patricia Heaton and David Hunt. Operating since 2001.
Why family film?
Family-values content performs because its audience is organized, loyal, and underserved relative to its size. The market data supports what the audience already demonstrates: when well-made and properly distributed, family-values content generates returns that mainstream genre pictures rarely achieve at the same budget level.
The content travels across theatrical, streaming, network, and home entertainment without friction. It does not require an R rating to find an audience. It generates minimal controversy and maximum word-of-mouth.
Recent market comparables
Sound of Freedom
Angel Studios · 2023
$250M+ global box office
$14.5M production budget
The King of Kings
Angel Studios · 2025
$19M opening weekend
Domestic theatrical
The FourBoys track record
Co-produced with Terrence Malick and Edward R. Pressman. Directed by Michael Apted. Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Gambon, Romola Garai, and Rufus Sewell. Historical drama about William Wilberforce and the abolition of the British slave trade.
Directed by the Erwin Brothers. Starring Sarah Drew, Sean Astin, Patricia Heaton, and Trace Adkins. A family comedy that found a loyal audience at the intersection of faith, parenthood, and mainstream humor.
Produced for CBS with Kapital Entertainment. Starring Patricia Heaton. Network-level production demonstrating the company's ability to build a series around Heaton's proven audience.
Directed by David Hunt. Starring Joseph Mazzello, Anna Camp, Neil Flynn, and Ryann Shane. Developed, directed, and produced entirely within FourBoys — the clearest demonstration of the company's in-house creative capability.
The team
Co-Founder
Patricia HeatonTwo-time Primetime Emmy Award winner. Best known for Everybody Loves Raymond and The Middle — two of the most durable family comedies in modern television history. Currently in active development at Fox through Kapital Entertainment. Heaton is not a passive name attachment: she has been a working producer and actor on every FourBoys project.
Co-Founder
David HuntTrained at The Juilliard School. Director of Unexpected. Producer across every FourBoys credit, including co-production of Amazing Grace alongside Terrence Malick and Edward R. Pressman. Acting credits include The Dead Pool, Mad Men, Homeland, and 24. Hunt is the operational and directorial backbone of FourBoys — the person responsible for bringing projects from development into production.
Production tax incentives
Independent film investors working with FourBoys can access production tax incentives, rebates, and credits available in most U.S. states and in international co-production markets. These incentives — which can return 20–35% of qualifying production spend in many states — materially affect net investment exposure and are a standard component of independent film financing structure.
FourBoys works with experienced entertainment attorneys and production accountants on every project to maximize incentive capture.
Get in touch
Financier and co-production inquiries are handled through the FourBoys management office.
connie@rebacklee.com