Legendary Entertainment logo | |
Type | Private |
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Industry | Motion picture |
Founded | 2000 |
Founder(s) | Thomas Tull |
Headquarters | Burbank, California, United States |
Key people | Template:Ubl |
Owner(s) | Template:Ubl |
Divisions | Template:Ubl |
Subsidiaries | Legendary East (40%) |
Website | Template:URL |
Legendary Pictures (also referred to as Legendary Entertainment) is an American film production company, whose parent company, is based in Burbank, California and was founded by Thomas Tull in 2004. In 2005 the company concluded a 40-picture agreement to co-produce and co-finance with Warner Bros.
History[]
Thomas Tull founded Legendary Entertainment after raising $500 million from private equity firms.[1] It was one of the first companies of its kind to pair major motion picture production with major Wall Street private equity and hedge fund investors, including ABRY Partners, AIG Direct Investments, Bank of America Capital Investors, Columbia Capital, Falcon Investment Advisors, and M/C Venture Partners.[2] The company was incorporated in California in 2000[3] and in 2005 it signed a seven-year agreement with Warner Bros. to co-produce and co-finance 40 films over seven years.[2] In 2010 Tull and two other investors, Fidelity Investments and Fortress Investment Group, bought all the shares of the original investors. Following the transaction, Tull became the largest shareholder, thus enabling him to more easily direct the company's operations.[4] 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.[5]
Divisions and ventures[]
In addition to producing American feature films, Legendary Entertainment has announced various other business endeavors, which are currently in the early stages of development.
In 2009, the company announced the establishment of a digital division, to be headed by Kathy Vrabeck, that would primarily focus on game development, a move which surprised many industry analysts because of the film industry's previous disengagement with the video game industry.[6]
In 2010, the company announced the launch of a comic book division called Legendary Comics under the direction of editor-in-chief Bob Schreck.[7] The first graphic novel published by the company was Holy Terror by Frank Miller, which was released in 2011.[8]
In 2011, the company announced the creation of Legendary Television to focus on developing television productions. The division will be headed by Jeremy Elice and a co-financing contract with Warner Bros. Television was reported to be under consideration.[9]
In 2011, the company also announced the formation of Legendary East, a joint venture film production company based in Hong Kong. Half of the company will be owned by the shell corporation Paul Y. Engineering Group (which will be partially owned by Kelvin Wu, who will be Legendary East's CEO), 40% will be owned by Legendary Entertainment, and 10% will be owned by the Chinese film distributor Huayi Brothers International.[10] Starting in 2013 Legendary East is slated to produce one to two globally marketed English-language films per year and could finance a quarter of the production of an additional two films per year. Because the company will be based in China, it will be able to circumvent the quota on theatrically released foreign films.[10] The company hoped to raise $220.5 million (USD) through the sale of stock of Paul Y. Engineering Group on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange by the end of 2011.[11] However, because financing did not meet the targeted goal, Legendary East is planning to continue its efforts to secure financing in 2012.[11] The first film announced by the company is The Great Wall.[12]
Filmography[]
Legendary Entertainment has co-produced 23 feature films. In addition, the company is also in the process of producing an additional six films and is developing various other projects. Of the 23 feature films produced, 22 have had theatrical releases and one has had a direct-to-video release. All films that were theatrically released were distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures (except for Watchmen which was distributed by both Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures) and the direct-to-video film was distributed by Warner Premiere. Note that in all cases the distributor or distributors are also co-producers. Also, in all cases the film listed is a work of Legendary Pictures, unless the film's name is followed by a subscript "E", indicating that Legendary East is the production company. The box office column reflects the worldwide gross for the theatrical release of the film in United States dollars.
Released[]
Year | Title | Director | Co-production company(s) | Distributor(s) | Box office | Ref. |
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2005 | Batman Begins | Christopher Nolan | Syncopy Films | Warner Bros. | $372,710,015 | [13] |
2006 | Superman Returns | Bryan Singer | Bad Hat Harry Productions / Peters Entertainment | Warner Bros. | $391,081,192 | [14] |
2006 | Lady in the Water | M. Night Shyamalan | Blinding Edge Pictures | Warner Bros. | $72,785,169 | [15] |
2006 | The Ant Bully | John A. Davis | Playtone / DNA Productions | Warner Bros. | $55,181,129 | [16] |
2006 | Beerfest | Jay Chandrasekhar | Gerber Pictures / Cataland Films / Broken Lizard | Warner Bros. | $20,387,597 | [17] |
2006 | We Are Marshall | McG | Thunder Road Films / Wonderland Sound and Vision | Warner Bros. | $43,545,364 | [18] |
2007 | 300 | Zack Snyder | Virtual Studios | Warner Bros. | $456,068,181 | [19] |
2008 | 10,000 BC | Roland Emmerich | Centropolis | Warner Bros. | $269,784,201 | [20] |
2008 | The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan | Syncopy Films | Warner Bros. | $1,001,921,825 | [21] |
2009 | Watchmen | Zack Snyder | Lawrence Gordon Productions | Warner Bros. / Paramount | $185,258,983 | [22] |
2009 | Observe and Report | Jody Hill | DeLine Pictures | Warner Bros. | $26,973,554 | [23] |
2009 | The Hangover | Todd Phillips | Green Hat Films | Warner Bros. | $467,483,912 | [24] |
2009 | Trick 'r Treat | Michael Dougherty | Bad Hat Harry Productions | Warner Premiere | — | [25] |
2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Spike Jonze | Playtone / Village Roadshow Pictures | Warner Bros. | $100,086,793 | [26] |
2009 | Ninja Assassin | James McTeigue | Dark Castle Entertainment / Anarchos Productions | Warner Bros. | $61,601,280 | [27] |
2010 | Clash of the Titans | Louis Leterrier | Thunder Road Films / The Zanuck Company | Warner Bros. | $493,214,993 | [28] |
2010 | Jonah Hex | Jimmy Hayward | Mad Chance / Weed Road Pictures | Warner Bros. | $10,903,112 | [29] |
2010 | Inception | Christopher Nolan | Syncopy Films | Warner Bros. | $825,532,764 | [30] |
2010 | The Town | Ben Affleck | GK Films / Thunder Road Films | Warner Bros. | $154,026,136 | [31] |
2010 | Due Date | Todd Phillips | Green Hat Films | Warner Bros. | $211,780,824 | [32] |
2011 | Sucker Punch | Zack Snyder | Cruel and Unusual Films | Warner Bros. | $89,792,502 | [33] |
2011 | The Hangover Part II | Todd Phillips | Green Hat Films | Warner Bros. | $581,464,305 | [34] |
2012 | Wrath of the Titans | Jonathan Liebesman | Thunder Road Films | Warner Bros. | $300,954,435 | [35] |
Box office total: | $6,192,538,266 | — |
In production[]
Year | Title | Director |
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2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Christopher Nolan |
2013 | Jack the Giant Killer | Bryan Singer |
2013 | 42 | Brian Helgeland[36] |
2013 | Man of Steel | Zack Snyder |
2013 | Pacific Rim | Guillermo del Toro |
2013 | The Seventh Son | Sergei Bodrov |
In development[]
Year | Title | Director |
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2013 | The Hangover Part III | Todd Phillips[37] |
2013 | 300: Battle of Artemisia | Noam Murro[37][38] |
2014 | Godzilla | Gareth Edwards[39] |
TBD | Gravel | Tim Miller[40] |
TBD | The Great Wall (E) | Edward Zwick[12] |
TBD | The Lost Patrol | Stephen Norrington[41] |
TBD | Gears of War adaptation | TBD[42] |
TBD | Here There Be Monsters | TBD[43] |
TBD | Kung Fu (E) | TBD[44] |
TBD | Mass Effect adaptation | TBD[45] |
TBD | Slayer | TBD[46] |
TBD | Spectral | TBD[47] |
TBD | Technotise: Edit & I adaptation | TBD[48] |
TBD | Warcraft adaptation | TBD[49] |
Bibliography[]
Legendary Comics has published one graphic novel. An additional five are in development.
Released[]
Year | Title | Writer | Principle artist | Ref. |
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2011 | Holy Terror | Frank Miller | Frank Miller | [50] |
In development[]
Year | Title | Writer | Principle artist | Ref. |
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2012 | The Tower Chronicles: Specterhawk | Matt Wagner | Simon Bisley | [51] |
2012 | The One Trick Rip-Off + Deep Cuts | Paul Pope | Paul Pope | [52] |
2012 | PulpHope | Paul Pope | Paul Pope | [53] |
TBD | The Tower Chronicles: Grimstalker | Matt Wagner | Simon Bisley | [51] |
TBD | The Tower Chronicles: Wraithquest | Matt Wagner | Simon Bisley | [51] |
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