Legendary Pictures

Legendary Pictures, Inc. (also called Legendary Entertainment) is an American movie production company. The parent company is based in Burbank, California and was founded by Thomas Tull[1] in 2000. In 2005 the company made a 40-picture agreement to co-produce and co-finance with Warner Bros.

Legendary Pictures, Inc.
Private
IndustryMotion picture
Founded2000
FounderThomas Tull
Headquarters
Burbank, California
,
United States
Key people
  • Thomas Tull
  • (Founder and CEO)
  • Chris Hardwick
  • (Co-president of digital content)
  • Bob Schreck
  • (Editor-in-chief of Legendary Comics)
Owner
  • Thomas Tull (majority)
  • Fidelity Investments
  • Fortress Investment Group
Divisions
  • Digital
Subsidiaries
  • Legendary Comics, LLC
  • Legendary East Ltd. (40%)
  • Legendary Pictures, LLC
  • Nerdist Industries, LLC
Websitewww.legendary.com

By 2011 the company was reported to have been valued at more than $1 billion.[2] In September 2011, Chief Creative Officer Jon Jashni was appointed to the new position of President.[3]

Legendary Comics

In 2010, the company announced the launch of a comic book division called Legendary Comics, LLC. It is under the direction of editor-in-chief Bob Schreck.[4] The first graphic novel published by the company was Holy Terror by Frank Miller, which was released in 2011.[5]

Legendary Television

In 2011, the company announced the creation of Legendary Television, LLC. The division was headed by Jeremy Elice and a co-financing contract with Warner Bros. Television was signed.[6] In 2012, Legendary decided to delay its expansion into television and shut down the division. The contract with Warner Bros. was ended and Elice left the company.[7]

Filmography

Legendary Entertainment has co-produced 24 feature movies. The box office column shows the worldwide gross for the theatrical release of the movie in United States dollars.

Released
Year Title Director Co-production company(s) Distributor(s) Box office Ref.
2005 Batman Begins Christopher Nolan Syncopy Films Warner Bros. $372,710,015 [8]
2006 Superman Returns Bryan Singer Bad Hat Harry Productions / Peters Entertainment Warner Bros. $391,081,192 [9]
2006 Lady in the Water M. Night Shyamalan Blinding Edge Pictures Warner Bros. $72,785,169 [10]
2006 The Ant Bully John A. Davis Playtone / DNA Productions Warner Bros. $55,181,129 [11]
2006 Beerfest Jay Chandrasekhar Gerber Pictures / Cataland Films / Broken Lizard Warner Bros. $20,387,597 [12]
2006 We Are Marshall McG Thunder Road Films / Wonderland Sound and Vision Warner Bros. $43,545,364 [13]
2007 300 Zack Snyder Virtual Studios Warner Bros. $456,068,181 [14]
2008 10,000 BC Roland Emmerich Centropolis Warner Bros. $269,784,201 [15]
2008 The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan Syncopy Films Warner Bros. $1,001,921,825 [16]
2009 Watchmen Zack Snyder Lawrence Gordon Productions Warner Bros. / Paramount $185,258,983 [17]
2009 Observe and Report Jody Hill DeLine Pictures Warner Bros. $26,973,554 [18]
2009 The Hangover Todd Phillips Green Hat Films Warner Bros. $467,483,912 [19]
2009 Trick 'r Treat Michael Dougherty Bad Hat Harry Productions Warner Premiere — [20]
2009 Where the Wild Things Are Spike Jonze Playtone / Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. $100,086,793 [21]
2009 Ninja Assassin James McTeigue Dark Castle Entertainment / Anarchos Productions Warner Bros. $61,601,280 [22]
2010 Clash of the Titans Louis Leterrier Thunder Road Films / The Zanuck Company Warner Bros. $493,214,993 [23]
2010 Jonah Hex Jimmy Hayward Mad Chance / Weed Road Pictures Warner Bros. $10,903,112 [24]
2010 Inception Christopher Nolan Syncopy Films Warner Bros. $825,532,764 [25]
2010 The Town Ben Affleck GK Films / Thunder Road Films Warner Bros. $154,026,136 [26]
2010 Due Date Todd Phillips Green Hat Films Warner Bros. $211,780,824 [27]
2011 Sucker Punch Zack Snyder Cruel and Unusual Films Warner Bros. $89,792,502 [28]
2011 The Hangover Part II Todd Phillips Green Hat Films Warner Bros. $581,464,305 [29]
2012 Wrath of the Titans Jonathan Liebesman Thunder Road Films Warner Bros. $301,970,083 [30]
2012 The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan Syncopy Films Warner Bros. $1,011,011,261 [31]
Box office total: $7,204,565,175 —

In production
Year Title Director
2013 Jack the Giant Killer Bryan Singer
2013 42 Brian Helgeland
2013 Man of Steel Zack Snyder
2013 Pacific Rim Guillermo del Toro
2013 300: Battle of Artemisia Noam Murro[32][33]
2013 The Seventh Son Sergei Bodrov

In development
Year Title Director
2013 The Hangover Part III Todd Phillips[34]
2014 Godzilla Gareth Edwards[35]
TBD Gravel Tim Miller[36]
TBD The Lost Patrol Stephen Norrington[37]
TBD Gears of War adaptation TBD[38]
TBD Here There Be Monsters TBD[39]
TBD Kung Fu (E) TBD[40]
TBD Mass Effect adaptation TBD[41]
TBD Slayer TBD[42]
TBD Spectral TBD[43]
TBD Technotise: Edit & I adaptation TBD[44]
TBD Warcraft adaptation TBD[45]

References
  1. Brophy-Warren, Jamin (2009-02-27). "A Producer of Superheroes". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  2. Abrams, Rachel and Marc Graser (2011-04-15). "Legendary Pictures eyes new credit line". Variety. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  3. Weinstein, Joshua L. (2011-09-20). "Jon Jashni Promoted to President of Legendary Pictures". The Wrap. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  4. Eller, Claudia (2010-11-03). "Legendary Pictures forges into comic books". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  5. Boucher, Geoff (2011-06-30). "Frank Miller brings 'Holy Terror' to 9/11 anniversary: 'I hope it shakes people up'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  6. Andreeva, Nellie (2011-01-18). "Legendary Pictures Forms TV Division To Be Based At WBTV & Taps AMC's Jeremy Elice". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  7. Andreeva, Nellie (2012-08-22). "Legendary Pictures Closes TV Division, Ends Deal With Warner Bros. Television". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
  8. "Batman Begins (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  9. "Superman Returns (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  10. "Lady in the Water (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  11. "The Ant Bully (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  12. "Beerfest (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  13. "We Are Marshall (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  14. "300 (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  15. "10,000 B.C. (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  16. "The Dark Knight (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  17. "Watchmen (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  18. "Observe and Report (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  19. "The Hangover (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  20. "Trick 'r Treat (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  21. "Where the Wild Things Are (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  22. "Ninja Assassin (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  23. "Clash of the Titans (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  24. "Jonah Hex (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  25. "Inception (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  26. "The Town (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  27. "Due Date (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  28. "Sucker Punch (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  29. "The Hangover Part II (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  30. "Wrath of the Titans (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  31. "The Dark Knight Rises (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  32. Kit, Borys (2011-07-15). "Warner Bros. Chooses Noam Murro to Direct '300' Spin-Off (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  33. Warner, Kara (2012-08-21). "Gerard Butler 'Not Doing' The '300' Sequel". MTV. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  34. "'Hangover' threequel set for May 24, 2013". Variety. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
  35. Calautti, Katie (2012-07-17). "CCI: Gareth Edwards Offers First Look at 'Grounded' Godzilla". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  36. Fleming, Mike (2012-03-15). "VFX Wiz Tim Miller Digs In To Helm 'Gravel' For Legendary Pictures". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  37. Lang, Brent (2010-01-12). "Legendary Taps 'Blade' Director for 'The Lost Patrol'". The Wrap. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  38. "Legendary Pictures co-financing "Gears of War" movie". Variety. 2008-07-24. Archived from the original on 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  39. Weinstein, Joshua L. (2011-07-26). "Brian Helgeland to Write Warner/Legendary's 'Here There Be Monsters'". The Wrap. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  40. Fleming, Mike (2011-10-31). "Bill Paxton In Talks To Direct 'Kung Fu'". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  41. Graser, Mark (2010-05-24). "Legendary turning 'Mass Effect' into film". Variety. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  42. Sneider, Jeff (2012-03-20). "Legendary buys dragon spec 'Slayer'". Variety. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  43. Kit, Borys (2011-11-03). "Supernatural Action Project 'Spectral' Lands at Legendary Pictures (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  44. Kit, Borys (2011-03-09). "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Movie in the Works (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  45. Fritz, Ben and Pamela McClintock (2006-05-08). "Brave new 'World'". Variety. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.