coproduction

noun co·pro·duc·tion \ (ˌ)kō-prə-ˈdək-shən , -prō- \

variants: or co-production

Updated on: 31 Mar 2018

Definition of coproduction

plural coproductions or co-productions

1 : the act or process of coproducing something

Already firmly entrenched in the coal business, most of the larger utilities have turned to optimizing the use of coal, and one means is coproduction of gaseous fuels …
—Joseph Haggin

2 : something (such as a show or movie) that is coproduced

A coproduction with the BBC, Rome recently kicked off its twelve-episode first season, a seductively lurid mix of real history … and racy potboiler …
—Celia Wren

Recent Examples of coproduction from the Web

If Jade King Carroll’s direction still needs fine tuning, this coproduction by Marin Theatre Company and TheatreWorks nonetheless makes kings and queens out of characters the rest of the world might regard as factory cogs.

— chronicle staff report, San Francisco Chronicle, "Theater capsule reviews and listings, week of March 25," 22 Mar. 2018
The new release date now pits Padmaavat against Sony’s Bollywood coproduction PadMan which also opens Jan. 25 during a coveted holiday time frame given Jan. 26 is India’s Republic Day.

— nyay bhushan, The Hollywood Reporter, "Viacom’s Bollywood Epic ‘Padmaavat’ to Open Against Sony’s ‘PadMan’," 15 Jan. 2018
The show, a coproduction with Long Beach Opera, opened COT’s 45th season on Saturday night and plays through next weekend at the Studebaker Theater in downtown Chicago.

— john von rhein, chicagotribune.com, "Racette's searing performance elevates melodramatic hokum of COT's 'The Consul'," 5 Nov. 2017
Wesley Cayabyab directs the coproduction by Southern Railroad Theatre Company, 3 Girls Theatre Company and Entropy Productions.

— lily janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, "Lily Janiak’s theater pick, Nov. 5," 2 Nov. 2017
Taking as its starting point two notorious real life massacres from the final days of World War II, the Israeli-Austrian coproduction bowed in the Orizzonti section at Venice.

— neil young, The Hollywood Reporter, "'The Testament' ('Ha'Edut'): Film Review | Venice 2017," 18 Sep. 2017
Max Truax directs a Theatre Y-Red Tape Theatre coproduction using a new adaptation and songs based on Lorca's poems.

— tony adler, Chicago Reader, "Ten best bets for fall theater," 15 Sep. 2017

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