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, Bob Cavallo and

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in 1995.

History

In 1990,

and partner Bob Cavallo formed Roven/Cavallo Entertainment. At the same time, wife

, who was formerly employee of

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formed Steel Pictures, and signed a deal with Walt Disney Studios to produce feature films. In 1995, they merged Roven/Cavallo Entertainment with Steel Pictures to create a new entity Atlas Entertainment, and it signed an exclusive feature film deal with

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. In 1997, Bob Cavallo left Atlas Entertainment to join Walt Disney Studios. Later that year,

, a manager in the company died. On July 29, 1999, Atlas Entertainment was merged with Gold/Miller Management to create

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. In 2008, Charles Roven split off their ties from Mosaic Media Group, and relaunched Atlas Entertainment with a first-look deal at

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. On May 6, 2014, Atlas promoted Curt Kanemoto from production executive to VP of production, joining Andy Horwitz and Jake Kurily, Topher Rhys-Lawrence from first assistant to creative executive, joining Rebecca Roven and Dan Wiedenhaupt, and promoted Patrick Blood from Atlas executive to VP of legal and business affairs. In December 2014, Atlas started its subsidiary, a management company called Atlas Artists, headed by Dave Fleming. Charles Roven and

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produced 2013 film '' American Hustle,'' for which both producers were nominated for

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. ''12 Monkeys'' episode “Mentally Divergent” was also nominated for Cinematography Awards. Atlas also produced the films '' The Whole Truth'' with Suckle, while ''

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'' (release date June 10, 2016) and '' Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'' (release date March 25, 2016) with Roven. ''

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'' was also produced by Atlas along with Arad Productions.

Filmography

Theatrical films

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Upcoming

Direct-to-video/streaming films

Television series

Television films

References

{{Authority control Film production companies of the United States Companies based in Los Angeles Mass media companies established in 1994 American companies established in 1994 1999 disestablishments in California Mass media companies established in 2008 Re-established companies