Vertigo Entertainment
Vertigo Entertainment is an American film and television production company based in Los Angeles, founded in 2001 by Roy Lee and Doug Davison.
 Logo used since 2017 | |
| Industry | Film production Television production |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Roy Lee Doug Davison |
| Headquarters | , United States |
History
Logo used from 2015 to 2019
In 2001, after leaving BenderSpink, Roy Lee started Vertigo Entertainment with partner Doug Davison.[1][2]
Originally, Vertigo Entertainment signed a first-look deal with Dimension Films to produce its feature films for three years.[3]
In 2004, Vertigo signed a deal with Universal Pictures to produce many films per year.[4] The deal was later terminated in 2008 during the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike.[5] In 2007, the studio signed a deal with Lionsgate Television to produce shows for television.[6]
In 2010, Vertigo signed a first-look deal with Warner Bros. to produce films.[7][8][9]
In March 2013, Vertigo signed a two-year first-look deal with Fox 21 to develop projects for cable.[10]
In December 2015, Vertigo expanded their partnership with Warner Bros. to include a two-year exclusive deal for drama and comedy series.[11]
In November 2017, Vertigo signed a multi-year first-look deal with Sony Pictures Television, including drama, comedy and unscripted programs for network, cable and streaming.[12]
In 2020, Vertigo signed a deal with Lionsgate to produce films.[13]
Filmography
2000s
| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Notes | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Ring | Gore Verbinski | DreamWorks Pictures | uncredited; co-production with BenderSpink and MacDonald/Parkes Productions | $48 million | $249.3 million |
| 2004 | The Grudge | Takashi Shimizu | Sony Pictures Releasing | uncredited; co-production with Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures | $10 million | $187.2 million |
| 2005 | The Ring Two | Hideo Nakata | DreamWorks Pictures | uncredited; co-production with BenderSpink and Parkes/MacDonald Productions | $50 million | $164 million |
| Dark Water | Walter Salles | Buena Vista Pictures | first credited film; co-production with Touchstone Pictures and Pandemonium | $30 million | $49.4 million | |
| 2006 | Eight Below | Frank Marshall | uncredited; co-production with Spyglass Entertainment, Mandeville Films and The Kennedy/Marshall Company | $40 million | $120.5 million | |
| The Lake House | Alejandro Agresti | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures | $115 million | ||
| The Departed | Martin Scorsese | co-production with Plan B Entertainment, Initial Entertainment Group and Media Asia Films | $90 million | $291.5 million | ||
| The Grudge 2 | Takashi Shimizu | Sony Pictures Releasing | uncredited; co-production with Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures | $20 million | $70.7 million | |
| 2007 | The Invasion | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures and Silver Pictures | $65–80 million | $40.2 million |
| 2008 | The Eye | David Moreau Xavier Palud |
Lionsgate | co-production with Paramount Vantage and Cruise/Wagner Productions | $12 million | $56.96 million |
| Shutter | Masayuki Ochiai | 20th Century Fox | co-production with Regency Enterprises | $8 million | $48 million | |
| The Strangers | Bryan Bertino | Rogue Pictures | co-production with Intrepid Pictures and Mandate Pictures | $9 million | $82.4 million | |
| My Sassy Girl | Yann Samuell | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | co-production with CJ Entertainment; direct-to-video | N/A | N/A | |
| Quarantine | John Erick Dowdle | Sony Pictures Releasing | co-production with Screen Gems, Andale Pictures and Filmax | $12 million | $41.3 million | |
| 2009 | The Uninvited | The Guard Brothers | Paramount Pictures | co-production with Cold Spring Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company, Parkes/MacDonald Productions, Goldcrest Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures | N/A | $41.6 million |
| Assassination of a High School President | Brett Simon | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | co-production with Yari Film Group | $11 million | $6 million | |
| The Grudge 3 | Toby Wilkins | uncredited; co-production with Stage 6 Films and Ghost House Pictures | N/A | N/A | ||
| The Echo | Yam Laranas | Image Entertainment | co-production with QED International and RightOff Entertainment | $5 million | $1.5 million |
2010s
| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Notes | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Possession | Joel Bergvall Simon Sandquist |
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | co-production with Yari Film Group and Spitfire Pictures | N/A | $682,713 |
| 2011 | The Roommate | Christian E. Christiansen | Sony Pictures Releasing | co-production with Screen Gems | $1 million | $52.5 million |
| Quarantine 2: Terminal | John Pogue | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | co-production with Third Street Pictures, RCR Media Group, Stage 6 Films and Andale Pictures | N/A | N/A | |
| Abduction | John Singleton | Lionsgate | co-production with Quick Six Entertainment and Tailor Made Productions | $35 million | $90.1 million | |
| Asylum Blackout | Alexandre Courtes | IFC Films | co-production with Artemis Productions, Marquis Productions and Wy Productions | $500,000 | $98,201 | |
| 2012 | The Woman in Black | James Watkins | CBS Films | uncredited; co-production with Alliance Films, Hammer Films, UK Film Council, Cross Creek Pictures, Tailsman Films, Exclusive Media Group and Film i Vast | $15 million | $129 million |
| 2013 | Oldboy | Spike Lee | FilmDistrict | co-production with Good Universe and 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks | $30 million | $4.8 million |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Phil Lord & Christopher Miller | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Village Roadshow Pictures, LEGO A/S, Lin Pictures and Animal Logic | $60–65 million | $468.1 million |
| The Voices | Marjane Satrapi | Lionsgate | co-production with 1984 Private Defense Contractors, Babelsberg Studio and Mandalay Vision | $11 million | $444,196 | |
| The Woman in Black: Angel of Death | Tom Harper | Relativity Media | uncredited; co-production with Entertainment One and Hammer Films | $15 million | $48.9 million | |
| 2015 | Run All Night | Jaume Collet-Serra | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment and Energy Entertainment | $50–61.6 million | $71.6 million |
| Poltergeist | Gil Kenan | 20th Century Fox | co-production with Fox 2000 Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ghost House Pictures and TSG Entertainment | $35 million | $95.4 million | |
| Hidden | The Duffer Brothers | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Primal Pictures | N/A | $310,273 | |
| 2016 | The Boy | William Brent Bell | STX Entertainment | co-production with Lakeshore Entertainment and Huayi Brothers Pictures | $10 million | $64.1 million |
| Flight 7500 | Takashi Shimizu | Lionsgate | co-production with CBS Films and Ozla Pictures | N/A | $2.8 million | |
| Blair Witch | Adam Wingard | co-production with Snoot Entertainment and Room 101 | $5 million | $45.2 million | ||
| In the Shadow of Iris | Jalil Lespert | Netflix | uncredited; co-production with Wy Productions, Universal Pictures International, Nexus Factory, uFund, uMedia, France Televisions, Canal+, Cine+, Cofinova 12, Cofinova 13, Indefilms and Cofimage 27 | N/A | $1.5 million | |
| 2017 | Sleepless | Baran bo Odar | Open Road Films | co-production with Riverstone Pictures | $30 million | $32.9 million |
| Rings | F. Javier Gutierrez | Paramount Pictures | uncredited; co-production with Parkes + MacDonald Image Nation | $25 million | $83.1 million | |
| The Lego Batman Movie | Chris McKay | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, DC Entertainment, RatPac Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Animal Logic, Lin Pictures and Lord Miller | $80 million | $312 million | |
| Death Note | Adam Wingard | Netflix | $40–$50 million | N/A | ||
| It | Andy Muschietti | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Lin Pictures, KatzSmith Productions and New Line Cinema | $35 million | $701.8 million | |
| The Lego Ninjago Movie | Charlie Bean Paul Fisher Bob Logan |
co-production with Lego System A/S, Lin Pictures, Lord Miller Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Animal Logic and RatPac Entertainment | $70 million | $123.1 million | ||
| The Disaster Artist | James Franco | A24 | uncredited; co-production with Point Grey Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Good Universe and Rabbit Bandini Productions | $10 million | $29.8 million | |
| 2018 | Extinction | Ben Young | Netflix | uncredited; co-production with Good Universe and Mandeville Films | N/A | N/A |
| 2019 | Polaroid | Lars Klevberg | Vertical Entertainment | co-production with Dimension Films, Benderspink and Eldorado Film | N/A | $2.4 million |
| The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | Mike Mitchell | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Rideback, Lord Miller, Animal Logic, Lego System A/S and Warner Bros. Pictures Animation | $99 million | $192.3 million | |
| It Chapter Two | Andy Muschietti | co-production with Double Dream, Rideback and New Line Cinema | $79 million | $473.1 million | ||
| Doctor Sleep | Mike Flanagan | co-production with Intrepid Pictures | $45 million | $72.3 million |
2020s
| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Notes | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Grudge | Nicolas Pesce | Sony Pictures Releasing | uncredited; co-production with Screen Gems, Stage 6 Films and Ghost House Pictures | $10–14 million | $49.5 million |
| The Turning | Floria Sigismondi | Universal Pictures | co-production with DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment and Chislehurst Entertainment | $14 million | $18.6 million | |
| Brahms: The Boy II | William Brent Bell | STXfilms | uncredited; co-production with Lakeshore Entertainment | $10 million | $20.3 million | |
| His House | Remi Weekes | Netflix | co-production with Regency Enterprises, BBC Films and Starchild Pictures | N/A | N/A | |
| 2022 | Barbarian | Zach Cregger | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | co-production with 20th Century Studios, Regency Enterprises, Almost Never Films and BoulderLight Pictures | $10.5 million | $45.4 million |
| Don't Worry Darling | Olivia Wilde | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with New Line Cinema | $20–35 million | $87.6 million | |
| 2023 | The Mother | Niki Caro | Netflix | co-production with Nuyorican Productions | N/A | N/A |
| Nimona | Nick Bruno Troy Quane |
uncredited; co-production with Annapurna Pictures[14] | N/A | N/A | ||
| Cobweb | Samuel Bodin | Lionsgate | co-production with Point Grey Pictures[15] | N/A | $8.1 million | |
| Woman of the Hour | Anna Kendrick | Netflix | co-production with Let's Go Again, AGC Studios and BoulderLight Pictures | N/A | N/A | |
| Boy Kills World | Moritz Mohr | Lionsgate Roadside Attractions |
co-production with Raimi Productions, Nthibah Pictures and Hammerstone Studios | N/A | N/A | |
| Five Nights at Freddy's | Emma Tammi | Universal Pictures | uncredited; co-production with Blumhouse Productions, KatzSmith Productions, and Scott Cawthon Productions[16] | $25 million | $293.9 million | |
| 2024 | Ordinary Angels | Jon Gunn | Lionsgate | co-production with Kingdom Story Company, Stampede Ventures, Stolen Sky Productions and Green Hummingbird Entertainment[17] | $12–13 million | $8.7 million |
Upcoming
| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Strangers: Chapter 1 | Renny Harlin[18][19][20] | Lionsgate | uncredited; co-production with Fifth Element Productions and Frame Film |
| 2025 | Minecraft | Jared Hess[21][22][23] | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Legendary Entertainment, Mojang Studios and Domain Entertainment |
| TBA | BioShock | Francis Lawrence | Netflix | co-production with 2K[24] |
| Weapons | Zach Cregger | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with New Line Cinema and BoulderLight Pictures | |
| Companion | Drew Hancock | |||
| Salem's Lot | Gary Dauberman | Max | co-production with New Line Cinema and Atomic Monster | |
| Mice and Mystics | Alexandre Aja | Universal Pictures | co-production with DreamWorks Animation[25] | |
| Untitled Lego Movie film | Aaron Nee Adam Nee |
co-production with Universal Animation Studios, Lego System A/S, Rideback, Lord Miller Productions and Animal Logic[26] | ||
| The Sims | Kate Herron | TBA | co-production with LuckyChap Entertainment and Electronic Arts[27] | |
| Until Dawn | David F. Sandberg | Sony Pictures Releasing | co-production with Screen Gems, PlayStation Productions, Coin Operated and Mangata[28] | |
| Reborn | Chris McKay | Netflix | co-production with Fortis Films[29] | |
| The Witch Boy | Minkyu Lee | [30] |
2000s
| Year | Title | Creator | Network | Notes | Seasons | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | I'm from Rolling Stone | Shari Brooks | MTV | co-production with Maverick Films, Rolling Stone and Yolo Films | 1 | 10 |
2010s
| Year | Title | Creator | Network | Notes | Seasons | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–2014 | Bates Motel | based on characters from Psycho by: Robert Bloch developed by: Carlton Cuse Kerry Ehrin Anthony Cipriano |
A&E | uncredited; seasons 1–2; co-production with American Genre (season 1), Kerry Ehrin Productions, Carlton Cuse Productions (season 2) and Universal Television | 2 | 20 |
| 2016 | The Exorcist | Jeremy Slater based on The Exorcist by: William Peter Blatty |
Fox | uncredited; season 1; co-production with New Neighborhood, Morgan Creek Productions and 20th Century Fox Television | 1 | 10 |
| 2017–2020 | Unikitty! | based on The Lego Movie by: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller developed by: Ed Skudder Lynn Wang |
Cartoon Network | uncredited; co-production with The Lego Group and Warner Bros. Animation | 3 | 104 |
2020s
| Year | Title | Creator | Network | Notes | Seasons | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2021 | The Stand | based on The Stand by: Stephen King developed by: Josh Boone Ben Cavell |
CBS All Access | co-production with Mosaic Media Group and CBS Studios | 1 | 9 |
| 2021–present | Them | Little Marvin | Amazon Prime Video | co-production with Sony Pictures Television, Amazon Studios, Hillman Grad Productions and Odd Man Out | 2 | 18 |
| 2024–present | Hop | Marc Brown | Max CBC Kids |
co-production with Epic Story Media, Loomi Animation and Marc Brown Studios | 1 | 26 |
Upcoming
| Year | Title | Creator | Network | Notes | Seasons | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | Horizon | based on Horizon Zero Dawn by: Mathijs de Jonge developed by: Steve Blackman Michelle Lovretta |
Netflix | co-production with Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, Guerrilla Games and Irish Cowboy Productions | 1 | TBA |
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