Producer Mary Aloe is the force behind the creation, financing, and production of the film Mary, an Aloe Entertainment Production, that will premiere on Netflix on December 6, 2024. The film stars Anthony Hopkins and Noa Cohen (Silent Game, 8200) as Mary, directed by D.J. Caruso (Disturbia) and written by Timothy Michael Hayes. Link to the Trailer. Netflix media center.

This uplifting biblical epic follows Mary, Joseph, and their newborn son, Jesus, as they flee the relentless pursuit of King Herod, portrayed by two–time Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins.

Mary Aloe is considered one of the top independent packaging producers and film finance experts in Los Angeles.

Aloe has run two $50 million dollar funds, one equity fund and a revolving $50 million P&A fund.  A year ago, Aloe announced her new $50 million dollar fund: Food Heiress Gillian Hormel Launches Partners in Kind, With $50M Equity Fund To Jumpstart Projects With Social Impact; Mary Aloe To Head Film Production. Also, Aloe ran three independent studios, one in Vancouver, Savannah, and Pittsburgh.

Aloe has a roster of thirteen high-net-worth investors behind her and growing all of her investors. The finance focus and commitment are predominately equity and mezzanine financing allowing Aloe and her company to finance on an average of four to six films a year. Aloe specializes in packaging, financial structuring, analysis of the projects through ROIs, the pro forma, and forecasting domestic and international sales with studios, major, mini-major, streamers, and independents.

Aloe has produced and/or financed over 48 films including Worth, starring Michael Keaton and Stanley Tucci (Netflix) with Executive Producers Barack and Michelle Obama which premiered at Sundance, Flag Day (MGM) starring and directed by Sean Penn which premiered at Cannes 2023, Bruised starring and directed by Halle Berry (Netflix) which premiered at the AFI.  Battle In Seattle which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival starring Charlize Theron, Channing Tatum, Michelle Rodrigez, and Woody Harrelson, 55 Steps which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival starring Helena Bonham Carter and Hilary Swank for Sony, Breach, starring Bruce Willis, Wander which starred Aaron Eckhardt and Tommy Lee Jones, Marlowe starring Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger and Jessica Lang and Tin Soldier starring Robert De Niro and Jamie Fox.

Aloe’s film slate for 2024 includes Groove Tails, produced by, co-written, and starring, Alan Ritchson, Ludacris, Queen Cardi B, Halle Bailey and Laurence Fishburne. The Blacklist script winner  Untitled  Gal Gadot film, starring Gal Gadot and directed by Niki Caro, Couture written and directed by Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook), Freud’s Last Session starring Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode for Sony  Pictures Classics premiered at AFI and was released this year, and to be released this year Tin Solider starring Jamie Foxx and Robert De Niro, and Rumours starring Cate Blanchett and Alicia Vikander premiered at Cannes 2024 and a second movie just announced with Blanchett  producing and starring Alpha Gang,  along with Channing Tatum, Riley Keough, Zoe Kravitz, Dave Bautista and Lea Seydoux starts pre-production February 2025 in Budapest. HERSHEY, the movie partnered with the Hershey Corp, starts pre-production Q1 with director Mark Waters.

Aloe’s in-house projects include Armistice, just announced with partners of the Eisenhower family, and Birds Eye, starring Anthony Hopkins, Maria Bakalova, and Connie Neilsen. Aloe and her writing partner Timothy Michael Hayes just finished another script together about Bob Lazar called Lazar, the whistleblower Area 51. The writing team has also completed Armistice with the Eisenhower family and Birdseye – Birdseye starts production Q3 2025 starring Maria Bakalova.

Originally from North Carolina. Amanda joined Aloe Entertainment in 2017. She specializes in high level script coverage, development of in-house scripts and managing day to day tasks on behalf of founder Mary Aloe and assisting with all stages of feature film and television production including budgeting, financing, casting, film festivals as well as foreign and domestic distribution deals.

Sharon Paul is an LA-based screenwriter and producer and joined the Aloe Entertainment team in 2019. Originally from the UK, Sharon trained through LAMDA as an actor, before spending many years developing her craft as a screenwriter. She now specializes in writing and producing female-driven films. In addition to assisting Mary Aloe with in-house project development, Sharon also facilitates high-level strategic partnerships to promote and finance upcoming projects.

Jacob S. Sherman, an accomplished entrepreneur, and finance executive, serves as Aloe Entertainment’s CFO, where he oversees financial analysis for investor communications. Concurrently, Jake is a Managing Director for Xinyuan Real Estate’s (NYSE: XIN) tech division, leading their innovative Blockchain/RE Fractionalization initiative. Jake holds a BS in Finance from University of Pittsburgh and a Masters in RE Finance from New York University (NYU).

Carlos Espinoza joined Aloe Entertainment in 2007 for the production of “Battle In Seattle”, and has since supported Aloe’s feature films and documentary projects from concept to completion. Carlos is a broadcast Emmy winner and National Edward R. Murrow award-winner for best documentary. He has directed marketing and content operations at PBS, ABC and CBS media companies.

Jay Willick joined the development team of Aloe Entertainment in August of 2007 reviewing and covering all incoming projects. Jay currently supervises the development team and reports directly to founder Mary Aloe, assisting with all stages of feature film and television production including budgeting, financing, casting, film festivals as well as foreign and domestic distribution deals.