[1] Originally focused on direct-to-video releases, Codeblack entered into an agreement with 20th Century Fox for film distribution.

[2] The multi-picture deal with Fox Faith was to produce six original films targeting the African-American faith-based market.

[8] In 2013, Codeblack acquired the rights to produce films from the Flyy Girl book trilogy by Omar Tyree.

[9][10] It was later announced that Sanaa Lathan would be starring as Tracy Ellison in the movie adaptation written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher and Nicole Jefferson-Asher and produced by Effie T.

[11][12][13] Codeblack released Why We Laugh: Funny Women, a film about female comedians narrated and produced by Joan Rivers, in 2013.

[16] Also in 2013, Codeblack released the film The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete, a story of two children on their which have been abandoned by their drug-addicted caretaker.

[25][26] On January 11, 2019, Lionsgate announced the end of the partnership with Codeblack Films, while also being separated from the former company and continue to operated independently.