Emmett/Furla Oasis Films (EFO Films), previously known as Emmett/Furla Films and Oasis Ventures Entertainment separately, is an American film and television production and financing company founded by
Randall Emmett
Randall Emmett (born March 25, 1971) is an American film producer and television personality. He is the chairman and co-founder of production company Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films.
Emmett is best known as the producer of the films ''2 Guns'', ''Sil ...
and George Furla in 1998. It is notable for funding and producing the films ''
End of Watch
''End of Watch'' is a 2012 American action thriller film written and directed by David Ayer. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as Brian Taylor and Mike Zavala, two Los Angeles Police Department officers who work in South Central Los An ...
'', ''
2 Guns'' and ''
Lone Survivor
''Lone Survivor'' is a 2013 American biographical war film based on the 2007 nonfiction book of the same name by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. Set during the war in Afghanistan, it dramatizes the unsuccessful United States Navy S ...
''. To date, Emmett/Furla Oasis Films has produced more than 80 films which have grossed in excess of $1 billion box office ticket sales worldwide—an average of roughly $13 million per film.
History
The company was founded as Emmett/Furla Films by
Randall Emmett
Randall Emmett (born March 25, 1971) is an American film producer and television personality. He is the chairman and co-founder of production company Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films.
Emmett is best known as the producer of the films ''2 Guns'', ''Sil ...
and George Furla in 1998. The company was later joined by Dubai-based financier Oasis Ventures Entertainment on July 22, 2013. Emmett said, "We are excited about working with Oasis and really see tremendous synergy. We will continue financing our bigger budget studio co-productions and will be more aggressive than ever in our financing commitments." On June 3, 2014, Emmett/Furla Oasis Films signed a first-look deal with
Craig Piligian
Craig Piligian (born August 25, 1957) is an Armenian American television producer, and the President and CEO of Pilgrim Films & Television. As an Executive Producer, he is best known for creating ''The Ultimate Fighter'', ''American Chopper'' and ...
's
Pilgrim Studios Pilgrim Media Group (also known as Pilgrim Studios) is a television production company based in North Hollywood, California. It was founded in 1997 by Craig Piligian. It is best known for producing reality television shows for the Discovery Channel ...
to develop and produce docu-series and other unscripted shows.
Nemesis Finance had filed a lawsuit in June 2016 against Randall Emmett/George Furla Productions and also both of them as individuals for breach of contract, fraud and violating the RICO Act. The suit had claimed Nemesis faced losing $1.6 million after producers Randall Emmett and George Furla allegedly misrepresented the amount of debt owed to investors so that they could reduce the residuals reserve deposits required by the major guilds. The case was settled in September 2016. In a joint statement announcing the settlement, the parties said they have "amicably resolved the dispute…and look forward to continuing an ongoing business relationship."
On August 18, 2017, director Jonathan Baker filed a lawsuit against Emmett/Furla Oasis Films over breach of contract and fraudulent inducement over a two way co-finance and production deal. Jonathan Baker claims Randall Emmett told him if he agreed to ''
Inconceivable'' he'd return the favor by co-financing and producing a film of Baker's choosing. According to the agreements Baker and Emmett Furla entered into, the suit states, Baker was to be paid $125K for directing fee and it was later agreed that he would also have 49% of the copyright. The producing fee for Baker Entertainment was to be $425K and $550K for Emmett Furla. He entered into the agreement because he was told that in order to do his passion project ''Fate'', he would have to do one of their films first. However, the suit states, shortly after Baker put the $1M into escrow in exchange to become the only equity player, the filmmaker says in the suit that Emmett/Furla began paying themselves $650,000 (each) in producer fees, said Baker, and then brought in more equity players and paid them out first in breach of their initial contract. He is seeking at least $4.5M in damages and has asked for a jury trial. As of August 18, 2017, Martin Barab (attorney for Emmett/Furla) advised ''
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly larg ...
'' that Baker Entertainment had already been repaid half of its investment in the weeks since the film's June 30 release. He described the suit is "bogus and frivolous."
MoviePass Films
In May 2018,
Helios and Matheson Analytics
Helios and Matheson Analytics was a publicly traded data analytics company based in New York City, New York. The company became widely known during its final years for acquiring and subsequently operating MoviePass, which ultimately lead to the ...
, the parent company of
MoviePass
MoviePass, Inc. is an American subscription-based movie ticketing service owned by co-founder Stacy Spikes.
The service was launched in 2011 and allowed subscribers to purchase up to a movie ticket a day for a monthly fee. The service utilized ...
, acquired the option to purchase the assets of Emmett/Furla Oasis Films plus gain its executives' expertise in making films for a new subsidiary, MoviePass Films. The new company would be 51% owned by Helios and the remainder by EFO.
By early August 2018, Helios and Matheson completed the acquisition of Emmett Furla Oasis Films assets for the MoviePass subsidiary, MoviePass Films. The first film produced under the MoviePass Films was announced to be ''
10 Minutes Gone
''10 Minutes Gone'' is a 2019 crime thriller action film directed by Brian A. Miller. The film stars Bruce Willis and Michael Chiklis, and was released on September 27, 2019.
Plot
Expert bank robber Frank Sullivan (Michael Chiklis) never had a jo ...
'' starring
Bruce Willis
Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is a retired American actor. He achieved fame with a leading role on the comedy-drama series ''Moonlighting'' (1985–1989) and appeared in over a hundred films, gaining recognition as an action hero a ...
,
which the first of a three film pact with Willis.
In late September 2018, the company acquired equity stakes and co-distribution in two films distributed by Neon to be released soon.
In March 2019, The Boies/Schiller Film Group filed suit on Tuesday, accusing Emmett/Furla Oasis Films of breaching a deal to produce two ''Escape Plan'' sequels starring Sylvester Stallone. According to the suit, Boies/Schiller put up a $6 million loan for the $65 million project. The arrangement also gave Boies/Schiller rights to finance and produce the sequels, ''Escape Plan 2: Hades'' and ''Escape Plan: The Extractors''. Boies/Schiller alleges that Emmett/Furla Oasis Films breached that agreement, and did not allow Boies/Schiller to put up financing for the sequels. The suit claims Emmett/Furla also failed to pay an executive producing fee on each of the two movies.
Oasis Ventures Entertainment sued MoviePass Films on October 14, 2019 over the theft of films and for lack of consent from Oasis in making the deal with Helios and Matheson.
Today, MoviePass Films is the only company to bear the
MoviePass
MoviePass, Inc. is an American subscription-based movie ticketing service owned by co-founder Stacy Spikes.
The service was launched in 2011 and allowed subscribers to purchase up to a movie ticket a day for a monthly fee. The service utilized ...
name after MoviePass was shut down in 2020.
Films
* 2000 – ''
Escape to Grizzly Mountain
''The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams'' is a 1974 independent feature film produced by Charles E. Sellier Jr. and Raylan D. Jensen for Sun Classic Pictures. The film's popularity led to an NBC television series of the same name. The title char ...
''
* 2000 – ''Andrew Dice Clay: I'm Over Here Now''
* 2000 – ''
Held for Ransom''
* 2001 – ''
Ticker''
* 2001 – ''
Good Advice
''Good Advice'' is a 2001 comedy film starring Charlie Sheen, Angie Harmon, and Denise Richards. The film also features Jon Lovitz and Rosanna Arquette as a married couple in supporting roles.
Plot
Ryan Turner is a hotshot broker living an u ...
''
* 2002 – ''
Hard Cash''
* 2002 – ''Gentlemen of the Hunt''
* 2002 – ''
Narc''
* 2002 – ''
Shottas
''Shottas'' is a 2002 Jamaican crime film about two young men who participate in organized crime in Kingston and Miami. It stars Ky-Mani Marley, Spragga Benz, Paul Campbell and Louie Rankin and was written and directed by Cess Silvera. Despite ...
''
* 2002 – ''
The Badge
''The Badge'' is a 2002 mystery-thriller film directed by Robby Henson and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Patricia Arquette and William Devane.
Release
The Badge was originally intended to be distributed by Propaganda Films, but the production co ...
''
* 2002 – ''
Try Seventeen''
* 2003 – ''
Out for a Kill''
* 2003 – ''
Wonderland''
* 2003 – ''
Blind Horizon
''Blind Horizon'' is a 2003 American conspiracy mystery thriller film directed by Michael Haussman. The screenplay was co-written by F. Paul Benz and Steve Tomlin. The leading cast includes Val Kilmer, Neve Campbell, Sam Shepard, Amy Smart and ...
''
* 2003 – ''
Belly of the Beast
''Belly of the Beast'' is a 2003 American action film directed by Hong Kong film director Ching Siu-tung in his American directorial debut, and starring Steven Seagal, who also produced. The film co-stars Byron Mann, Monica Lo and Tom Wu. Se ...
''
* 2004 – ''
A Love Song for Bobby Long
''A Love Song for Bobby Long'' is a 2004 American psychological drama film directed and written by Shainee Gabel, based on the novel ''Off Magazine Street'' by Ronald Everett Capps. It stars John Travolta as the title character, an aging alcoho ...
''
* 2004 – ''
Control
Control may refer to:
Basic meanings Economics and business
* Control (management), an element of management
* Control, an element of management accounting
* Comptroller (or controller), a senior financial officer in an organization
* Controllin ...
''
* 2005 – ''
Edison''
* 2005 – ''
Submerged''
* 2005 – ''
Today You Die
''Today You Die'' is a 2005 American action film directed and shot by Don E. FauntLeRoy. The film stars Steven Seagal, who also producer with Randall Emmett, George Furla and Danny Lerner. It co-stars Treach, Sarah Buxton, Mari Morrow, Nick ...
''
* 2005 – ''
Before It Had a Name
''Before It Had a Name'' is a 2005 film directed by Giada Colagrande and co-written by her and husband Willem Dafoe. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was retitled as '' The Black Widow'' when it was released on DVD. It marked ...
''
* 2006 – ''
16 Blocks
''16 Blocks'' is a 2006 American crime-thriller film directed by Richard Donner and starring Bruce Willis, Mos Def, and David Morse. The film unfolds in the real time narration method. It marked the final directed film for Donner in addition to ...
''
* 2006 – ''
Mercenary for Justice''
* 2006 – ''
Lonely Hearts''
* 2006 – ''
The Wicker Man
''The Wicker Man'' is a 1973 British folk horror film directed by Robin Hardy and starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, and Christopher Lee. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer, inspired by David Pinner's 1967 ...
''
* 2006 – ''
The Contract
A contract is a legally binding agreement between at least two parties.
Contract may also refer to:
Film and television Film
* ''The Contract'' (1971 film), an Israeli comedy film
* ''The Contract'' (1972 film) or ''Caliber 9'', an Italian crime ...
''
* 2006 – ''
Home of the Brave''
* 2007 – ''
Klopka
''Klopka'' (English: The Trap, sr, Клопка / Klopka) is a 2007 psychological thriller directed by Srdan Golubović, based on the novel of the same name, written by Nenad Teofilović.
The film is a neo-noir piece that explores the age old ...
''
* 2007 – ''
King of California''
* 2007 – ''
88 Minutes
''88 Minutes'' is a 2007 thriller film directed by Jon Avnet and starring Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, William Forsythe, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, Neal McDonough and Benjamin McKenzie. In the film, famed forensic psychiatr ...
''
* 2007 – ''
Shortcut to Happiness
''Shortcut to Happiness'' is a 2007 film adaptation of the Stephen Vincent Benet classic 1936 short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster". It stars Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Anthony Hopkins. Baldwin also directed the film. Shot in ...
''
* 2007 – ''White Air''
* 2007 – ''
Borderland''
* 2007 – ''
Finding Rin Tin Tin
''Finding Rin Tin Tin'' is a 2007 Bulgarian–American family comedy film directed by Israeli filmmaker Danny Lerner. Based loosely on historical events, the film is the most recent in a long line that includes the character Rin Tin Tin.
Plot
Th ...
''
* 2008 – ''
Rambo
Rambo is a surname with Norwegian (Vestfold) and Swedish origins. It possibly originated with '' ramn'' + '' bo'', meaning "raven's nest". It has variants in French (''Rambeau'', ''Rambaut'', and ''Rimbaud'') and German (''Rambow''). It is now best ...
'' (uncredited)
* 2008 – ''
Day of the Dead
The Day of the Dead ( es, Día de Muertos or ''Día de los Muertos'') is a holiday traditionally celebrated on November 1 and 2, though other days, such as October 31 or November 6, may be included depending on the locality. It is widely obser ...
''
* 2008 – ''
Righteous Kill
''Righteous Kill'' is a 2008 American action thriller film directed by Jon Avnet and written by Russell Gewirtz. The film stars Robert De Niro and Al Pacino as New York City Police Department detectives on the hunt for a serial killer. It is the ...
''
* 2008 – ''
Major Movie Star
''Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous'' (also known as ''Major Movie Star'' in the United Kingdom) is a 2008 American comedy film starring Jessica Simpson. Simpson plays the title role of Megan Valentine, a down-on-her-luck actress who enlists i ...
''
* 2009 – ''
Thick as Thieves''
* 2009 – ''
Streets of Blood
''Streets of Blood'' is a 2009 direct-to-video action film directed by Charles Winkler and starring Val Kilmer, 50 Cent, Michael Biehn and Sharon Stone. It has a screenplay by Eugene Hess, based on a story by Hess and Dennis Fanning. The film was ...
''
* 2010 – ''
Once Fallen
''Once Fallen'' is a 2010 crime film starring Brian Presley, Taraji P. Henson, and Ed Harris. Filming took place in Los Angeles, California.
Plot
Chance (Brian Presley) returns home from a half decade in jail determined to change his life. He tri ...
''
* 2010 – ''Mercy''
* 2010 – ''
Gun
A gun is a ranged weapon designed to use a shooting tube (gun barrel) to launch projectiles. The projectiles are typically solid, but can also be pressurized liquid (e.g. in water guns/cannons, spray guns for painting or pressure washing, p ...
''
* 2011 – ''
Setup''
* 2011 – ''
Touchback
In American football, a touchback is a ruling which is made and signaled by an official when the ball becomes dead on or behind a team's own goal line (i.e., in their end zone) and the opposing team gave the ball the momentum, or impetus, to tra ...
''
* 2011 – ''
Catch .44''
* 2012 – ''
Lay the Favorite
''Lay the Favorite'' is a 2012 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by D.V. DeVincentis, and stars Bruce Willis, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Joshua Jackson. Based on Beth Raymer's 2010 memoir of the same n ...
''
* 2012 – ''
Playback''
* 2012 – ''
Freelancers
''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance ...
''
* 2012 – ''
Fire with Fire''
* 2012 – ''
End of Watch
''End of Watch'' is a 2012 American action thriller film written and directed by David Ayer. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as Brian Taylor and Mike Zavala, two Los Angeles Police Department officers who work in South Central Los An ...
''
* 2012 – ''
Alex Cross
''Alex Cross'' is a crime, mystery, and thriller novel series written by James Patterson. The series focuses on Metropolitan Police Department detective and father Alex Cross as he faces threats to his family and the city of Washington, D.C. ...
''
* 2013 – ''
Broken City
''Broken City'' is a 2013 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Allen Hughes and written by Brian Tucker. Mark Wahlberg stars as a police officer turned private investigator and Russell Crowe as the mayor of New York City who hires ...
''
* 2013 – ''
Empire State
The Empire State is a nickname for the U.S. state of New York, adopted in the 1800s. It has been incorporated into the names of several state buildings and events.
The source of the nickname is unknown and has puzzled many historians; as Americ ...
''
* 2013 – ''
The Frozen Ground
''The Frozen Ground'' is a 2013 American thriller film directed and written by Scott Walker, in his directorial debut, starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Vanessa Hudgens, Katherine LaNasa, Radha Mitchell, and 50 Cent. Based on the crimes of t ...
''
* 2013 – ''
Escape Plan''
* 2013 – ''
2 Guns''
* 2013 – ''
Lone Survivor
''Lone Survivor'' is a 2013 American biographical war film based on the 2007 nonfiction book of the same name by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. Set during the war in Afghanistan, it dramatizes the unsuccessful United States Navy S ...
''
* 2014 – ''
The Prince
''The Prince'' ( it, Il Principe ; la, De Principatibus) is a 16th-century political treatise written by Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli as an instruction guide for new princes and royals. The general theme of ''The ...
''
* 2015 – ''
Vice
A vice is a practice, behaviour, or habit generally considered immoral, sinful, criminal, rude, taboo, depraved, degrading, deviant or perverted in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character t ...
''
* 2015 – ''
The Last Witch Hunter
''The Last Witch Hunter'' is a 2015 American fantasy action film directed by Breck Eisner and written by Cory Goodman, Matt Sazama, and Burk Sharpless. The film stars Vin Diesel as an immortal witch hunter who must stop a plague from ravaging ...
'' (uncredited)
* 2015 – ''
90 Minutes in Heaven
''90 Minutes in Heaven'' is a 2004 Christian book written by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey. The book documents the author's death and resurrection experience in 1989. ''90 Minutes in Heaven'' remained on the '' New York Times Bestseller L ...
''
* 2015 – ''
Heist''
* 2015 – ''
Extraction''
* 2016 – ''
Exposed
Expose, exposé, or exposed may refer to:
News sources
* Exposé (journalism), a form of investigative journalism
* '' The Exposé'', a British conspiracist website
Film and TV Film
* ''Exposé'' (film), a 1976 thriller film
* ''Exposed'' (1932 ...
''
* 2016 – ''
Marauders''
* 2016 – ''
Silence
Silence is the absence of ambient audible sound, the emission of sounds of such low intensity that they do not draw attention to themselves, or the state of having ceased to produce sounds; this latter sense can be extended to apply to the c ...
''
* 2017 – ''
Arsenal''
* 2017 – ''
Aftermath
Aftermath may refer to:
Companies
* Aftermath (comics), an imprint of Devil's Due Publishing
* Aftermath Entertainment, an American record label founded by Dr. Dre
* Aftermath Media, an American multimedia company
* Aftermath Services, an America ...
''
* 2017 – ''
Inconceivable''
* 2017 – ''
First Kill''
* 2018 – ''
Acts of Violence''
* 2018 – ''
A Vigilante''
* 2018 – ''
Gotti''
* 2018 – ''
Escape Plan 2: Hades''
* 2018 – ''The Row''
* 2018 – ''
Reprisal
A reprisal is a limited and deliberate violation of international law to punish another sovereign state that has already broken them. Since the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions (AP 1), reprisals in the laws of war are extreme ...
''
* 2018 – ''
Backtrace
In computing, a stack trace (also called stack backtrace or stack traceback) is a report of the active stack frames at a certain point in time during the execution of a program. When a program is run, memory is often dynamically allocated in two p ...
''
* 2019 – ''
Escape Plan: The Extractors''
* 2019 – ''
10 Minutes Gone
''10 Minutes Gone'' is a 2019 crime thriller action film directed by Brian A. Miller. The film stars Bruce Willis and Michael Chiklis, and was released on September 27, 2019.
Plot
Expert bank robber Frank Sullivan (Michael Chiklis) never had a jo ...
''
* 2019 – ''
Trauma Center
A trauma center (or trauma centre) is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. A trauma center may also refer to an emergen ...
''
* 2020 – ''
Survive the Night''
* 2020 – ''
Force of Nature Forces of nature are literally natural phenomena.
Figuratively, the term is also used to describe a thing or person that exhibits qualities which appear to be beyond outside control.
Force or Forces of Nature may also refer to:
Science
*Fundamen ...
''
* 2020 – ''
Hard Kill''
* 2020 – ''
The War with Grandpa
''The War with Grandpa'' is a 2020 American family comedy film directed by Tim Hill, from a screenplay by Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember, based upon the novel of the same name by Robert Kimmel Smith. The film is about a young boy named Peter ( Oa ...
''
* 2021 – ''
Boss Level
''Boss Level'' is a 2020 American science fiction action film directed by Joe Carnahan and written by Carnahan and Chris and Eddie Borey, from a story by the Boreys. It stars Frank Grillo as a retired special forces soldier who tries to escape a ...
''
* 2021 – ''
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally''
* 2021 – ''
Out of Death''
* 2021 – ''
Midnight in the Switchgrass''
* 2021 – ''
Survive the Game''
* 2021 – ''
Fortress''
* 2022 – ''
Fortress: Sniper's Eye''
* 2022 – ''
Wash Me in the River''
* 2022 – ''
Wrong Place
''Wrong Place'' is a 2022 American action film directed by Mike Burns, from a script from Bill Lawrence, and produced by Randall Emmett and George Furla. It stars Ashley Greene and Bruce Willis.
''Wrong Place'' was released by Vertical Entert ...
''
* 2022 – ''
Wire Room
Racketeering is a type of organized crime in which the perpetrators set up a coercive, fraudulent, extortionary, or otherwise illegal coordinated scheme or operation (a "racket") to repeatedly or consistently collect a profit.
Originally and o ...
''
* 2022 – ''
Detective Knight: Rogue''
* 2022 – ''
Detective Knight: Redemption''
* 2023 – ''
Detective Knight: Independence''
Television
* 2013–14 – ''
SAF3''
* 2014–20 – ''
Power
Power most often refers to:
* Power (physics), meaning "rate of doing work"
** Engine power, the power put out by an engine
** Electric power
* Power (social and political), the ability to influence people or events
** Abusive power
Power may a ...
''
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External links
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Film production companies of the United States
Companies based in Los Angeles
Mass media companies established in 1998
1998 establishments in California
2018 mergers and acquisitions