Problem Entertainment

Problem Entertainment was originally founded in 2008 by Shawn Martin as Joseph James Pictures and was created to self-distribute his own films. In November 2011, the company released their first film, Chest Pain, a short film by Shawn Martin on the internet and later released on DVD in January 2012 which also featured the experimental short film, Drip. In early 2012, the company released Retaliate, an action thriller short film starring John Addison MacKinnon and David Horton to the internet in March 2012 and on DVD in December 2012 and also features the experimental short film, Drip 2: Drip Harder as a bonus. Later that year, John Houston joined the team and took over 50% of the company and was announced as the vice president. In 2013, the company picked up it's first outside project, a script from Ryan Gallant titled I Promise. The film was directed by company John Houston and was released on the internet in May 2013 and later released on the Short Film Collection DVD in November 2013. In the summer of 2013, the company started production on The Bench, which was originally planned to be released in 2010 but had to cancel due to various issues. The film was released in January 2014 on DVD, digital download and limited edition Blu-ray. In late 2015, the company changed its name to Joseph James Enertainment where it holds brand names it uses for each proper ocassion. In 2017, the company rebranded as Problem Entertainment, a company it founded in 2015.