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Genre Films
Genre Films, usually credited as Kinberg Genre, is a production company founded by screenwriter-producer-director Simon Kinberg. History Genre Films in April 2010 signed a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox, which gave Fox "direct access" to ideas by Kinberg. Aditya Sood became president of production, and Josh Feldman became director of development. In December 2013, Genre Films renewed its deal with Fox for three additional years. In 2016, the studio made its first leap onto television when ABC picked up ''Designated Survivor In the United States, a designated survivor (or designated successor) is a named individual in the presidential line of succession, chosen to stay at an undisclosed secure location, away from events such as State of the Union addresses and pre ...'' to series. In July 2019, it was announced that Kinberg and his production company Genre Films is leaving Fox after 20 years. Filmography Film 2010s 2020s Television 2010s Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Kinberg
Simon David Kinberg (born August 2, 1973) is a British-born American filmmaker. He is best known for his work on the 20th Century Fox ''X-Men'' film franchise, and has also written such films as '' Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' and ''Sherlock Holmes''. He has served as a producer on others including ''Cinderella'' and '' The Martian'', the latter which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. His production company Genre Films had a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox. Kinberg made his directorial debut in the 2019 X-Men film ''Dark Phoenix'' from a script he also wrote. Early life Kinberg was born in Hammersmith, London, England to American parents Monica Menell-Kinberg and Jud Kinberg, a New York City-born writer and producer. From age six, he was raised in Los Angeles, California. He is Jewish. Kinberg graduated from Brentwood High School, and then from Brown University, Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude; in 2003 received his MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Simonds
Robert Bruce Simonds Jr. (born 1964) is an American film producer, entrepreneur, and the founder & chairman of STX Entertainment, which creates, produces, distributes, finances, and markets film (as STXfilms), television (as STXtelevision), digital media (as STXdigital), and live events as well as virtual reality (as STXsurreal). The company bridges the gap between China and the US, with additional partnerships around the globe (as STXinternational). According to ''The Wall Street Journal'' in its first four years, Simonds more than tripled the company's valuation to an estimated US$3.5 billion.Wayne Ma and Julie Steinberg"'Bad Moms' Movie Studio Plans Hong Kong IPO,"''Wall Street Journal'', September 27, 2017.Anita Busch"STX To Launch IPO On Hong Kong Stock Exchange In 2018,"Deadline.com, September 27, 2017. In September 2017, it was reported that STX was close to an initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK), and in April 2018, the company announced it had fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSG Entertainment
TSG Entertainment Finance LLC ( d.b.a. TSG Entertainment) is an American film financing entity which primarily funds live action films. TSG stands for parent company The Seelig Group. TSG was established after the U.S. theatrical release of '' Parental Guidance'' to replace Dune Entertainment as a result of Dune not renewing their deal with 20th Century Fox. Fox was looking for a new long term co-financing arrangement and made a deal with TSG Entertainment. The financing entity was founded by former Dune partner Chip Seelig with majority funding from Magnetar Capital with additional funding from Seelig and others. Seelig had left Dune in May 2011 to launch a new funding company. TSG was also looking for some ($300–400 million) debt financing from banks at this time. In November 2015, Bona Film Group, a Chinese film studio, invested $235 million in TSG. Because of The Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox (sans certain units) on March 20, 2019, Disney inherit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Singer
Bryan Jay Singer (born September 17, 1965) is an American filmmaker. He is the founder of Bad Hat Harry Productions and has produced almost all of the films he has directed. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Singer directed his first short film, '' Lion's Den'' (1988). On the basis of that film, he received financing for his next film, '' Public Access'' (1993), which was a co-winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. In the mid-1990s, Singer received critical acclaim for directing the neo-noir crime thriller ''The Usual Suspects'' (1995). He followed this with another thriller, ''Apt Pupil'' (1998), an adaptation of a Stephen King novella about a boy's fascination with a Nazi war criminal. In the 2000s, he became known for big budget superhero films such as ''X-Men'' (2000), for which Singer won the 2000 Saturn Award for Best Direction, its sequel '' X2'' (2003), and ''Superman Returns'' (2006). He then directed the World Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Days Of Future Past
"Days of Future Past" is a storyline in the Marvel Comics comic book ''The Uncanny X-Men'' issues #141–142, published in 1981. It deals with a dystopian future in which mutants are incarcerated in internment camps. An adult Kate Pryde transfers her mind into her younger self, the present-day Kitty Pryde, who brings the X-Men to prevent a fatal moment in history that triggers anti-mutant hysteria. The storyline was produced during the franchise's rise to popularity under the writer/artist team of Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin. The dark future seen in the story has been revisited numerous times, and was the basis for the 2014 similarly titled feature film '' X-Men: Days of Future Past'', wherein Wolverine is sent back in time. In 2001, fans voted the first issue of this storyline the 25th greatest Marvel comic. The ''Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes 2005'' gave the numerical designation for the original "Days of Future Past" timeline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
QED International
QED International is a Los Angeles-based independent film production studio, financier and international distributor. It is best known for financing and producing District 9, Fury, and Dirty Grandpa. History Bill Block formed QED International in 2002 as CEO. The company is Los Angeles-based. Previously Bill Block was president at Lionsgate predecessor, Artisan Entertainment and overseer of West Coast operations for ICM. Paul Hanson was Chief Operating Officer in the time of the founding who was charge of film financing, production, and distribution.'''' In 2006 John Friedberg joined as Vice President of International sales. Under the executive management's oversight, the team at QED International from its founding as an indie film player to a slate partner in the 2010s decade, produced acclaimed films for the motion pictures industry including Neill Blomkamp's ''District 9'', Oliver Stone's ''W.'' and John Turturro's ''Fading Gigolo.'' One of the acclaimed QED International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MRC (company)
MRC II Distribution Company L.P., doing business as MRC (formerly Media Rights Capital), is an American film and television studio. Founded by Mordecai (Modi) Wiczyk and Asif Satchu, the company funds and produces film and television programming. The company's divisions include MRC Film, MRC Non-Fiction, and MRC Television. In 2018, the company merged with Todd Boehly's media assets under Valence Media, with the company as a whole taking on the MRC name in 2020; this included Dick Clark Productions (briefly known as MRC Live & Alternative), audience data firm Luminate,, and the entertainment industry publications ''Billboard'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter''. Boehly (through Eldridge Industries) re-acquired most of these assets in August 2022. The company's most notable productions have included the Netflix series ''House of Cards'' and ''Ozark,'' and the films '' Baby Driver'', ''Knives Out'', and ''Ted''. History Early history MRC's investors include Guggenheim Partners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TriStar Pictures
TriStar Pictures, Inc. (spelled as Tri-Star until 1991) is an American film studio and production company that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, part of the multinational conglomerate Sony. It is a corporate sibling of Sony studio Columbia Pictures. TriStar Pictures was established on March 2, 1982, and founded by Victor Kaufman as Nova Pictures. History Early era (1982–1987) The concept for Tri-Star Pictures can be traced to Victor Kaufman, a senior executive of Columbia Pictures (then a subsidiary of the Coca-Cola Company), who convinced Columbia, HBO, and CBS to share resources and split the ever-growing costs of making movies, leading to the creation of a new joint venture on March 2, 1982. On May 16, 1983, it was given the name Tri-Star Pictures (when the new company was formed and did not have an official name, the press used the code-name "Nova", but the name could not be obtained as it was being used as the title for the PBS science series). Tri-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Pictures Releasing
Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group (commonly known as Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, formerly known as the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group until 2013, and abbreviated as SPMPG) is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment to manage its motion picture operations. It was launched in 1998 by integrating the businesses of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. and TriStar Pictures, Inc. History The Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group was launched in 1998 as the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, as a current division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, owned by Sony. It has many of Sony Pictures' current motion picture divisions as part of it. Its divisions at that time were Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Triumph Films, Sony Pictures Classics, and Sony Pictures Releasing. On December 8, 1998, SPE resurrected its former animation and television division Screen Gems as a film division of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neill Blomkamp
Neill Blomkamp (; born 17 September 1979) is a South African filmmaker. He employs a documentary-style, Hand-held camera, hand-held, cinéma vérité technique, blending naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated imagery, computer-generated effects, and his films often deal with themes of xenophobia and social segregation. He is best known as the co-writer and director of the critically acclaimed and financially successful science fiction action film ''District 9'', for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He directed another dystopian science fiction action film ''Elysium (film), Elysium'', which garnered moderately positive reviews. He is known for his collaborations with actor Sharlto Copley. ''Time (magazine), Time'' named Blomkamp as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2009. A 2011 article in ''Forbes'' named him as the 21st most powerful celebrity from Africa. Early life Blomkamp was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elysium (film)
''Elysium'' is a 2013 American dystopian science fiction action film written, produced, and directed by Neill Blomkamp. It was Blomkamp's second directorial effort. The film stars Matt Damon and Jodie Foster alongside Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura, and William Fichtner. The film takes place on both a ravaged Earth and a luxurious artificial world (Stanford torus design, one of the proposed NASA designs) called Elysium. The film itself offers deliberate social commentary that explores political and sociological themes such as immigration, overpopulation, transhumanism, health care, worker exploitation, the justice system, and social class issues. The film was released on , 2013, by Sony Pictures Releasing through the TriStar Pictures label, in both conventional and IMAX Digital theaters. It received positive reviews, but critics considered it to be disappointing after Blomkamp's first film, ''District 9''. It grossed $286 million and was released on DVD an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Burton Productions
Tim Burton Productions is an American film production company, founded by Tim Burton in the late 1980s. Denise Di Novi once headed the banner from 1989 to 1996. The company was not usually credited on films directed or produced by Burton. Filmography * ''Beetlejuice'' (1988) * ''Edward Scissorhands'' (1990) * ''Batman Returns'' (1992) * '' Family Dog'' (1993; TV series) * ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993) * ''Cabin Boy'' (1994) * ''Batman Forever'' (1995) * ''James and the Giant Peach'' (1996) * ''Mars Attacks!'' (1996) * '' Stainboy'' (2000) * ''Big Fish'' (2003) * ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2005) * ''Corpse Bride'' (2005) * '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (2007) * '' 9'' (2009) * ''Alice in Wonderland'' (2010) * ''Dark Shadows'' (2012) * '' Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'' (2012) * '' Frankenweenie'' (2012) * ''Big Eyes'' (2014) * ''Alice Through the Looking Glass'' (2016) * ''Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'' (2016) * ''Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
