Legendary Pictures

Legendary Pictures, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryMotion picture
Founded2000
FounderThomas Tull
Headquarters
Burbank, California
,
United States
Key people
Owner
Divisions
  • Digital
Subsidiaries
  • Legendary Comics, LLC
  • Legendary East Ltd. (40%)
  • Legendary Pictures, LLC
  • Nerdist Industries, LLC
Websitewww.legendary.com

Legendary Pictures, Inc. (also called Legendary Entertainment) is an American movie production company. The parent company is based in Burbank, California and was founded by Thomas Tull[1] in 2000. In 2005 the company made a 40-picture agreement to co-produce and co-finance with Warner Bros.

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.[3]

Legendary Comics

In 2010, the company announced the launch of a comic book division called Legendary Comics, LLC. It is under the direction of editor-in-chief Bob Schreck.[4] The first graphic novel published by the company was Holy Terror by Frank Miller, which was released in 2011.[5]

Legendary Television

In 2011, the company announced the creation of Legendary Television, LLC. The division was headed by Jeremy Elice and a co-financing contract with Warner Bros. Television was signed.[6] In 2012, Legendary decided to delay its expansion into television and shut down the division. The contract with Warner Bros. was ended and Elice left the company.[7]

Filmography

Legendary Entertainment has co-produced 24 feature movies. The box office column shows the worldwide gross for the theatrical release of the movie in United States dollars.

Released

Year Title Director Co-production company(s) Distributor(s) Box office Ref.
2005 Batman Begins Christopher Nolan Syncopy Films Warner Bros. $372,710,015 [8]
2006 Superman Returns Bryan Singer Bad Hat Harry Productions / Peters Entertainment Warner Bros. $391,081,192 [9]
2006 Lady in the Water M. Night Shyamalan Blinding Edge Pictures Warner Bros. $72,785,169 [10]
2006 The Ant Bully John A. Davis Playtone / DNA Productions Warner Bros. $55,181,129 [11]
2006 Beerfest Jay Chandrasekhar Gerber Pictures / Cataland Films / Broken Lizard Warner Bros. $20,387,597 [12]
2006 We Are Marshall McG Thunder Road Films / Wonderland Sound and Vision Warner Bros. $43,545,364 [13]
2007 300 Zack Snyder Virtual Studios Warner Bros. $456,068,181 [14]
2008 10,000 BC Roland Emmerich Centropolis Warner Bros. $269,784,201 [15]
2008 The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan Syncopy Films Warner Bros. $1,001,921,825 [16]
2009 Watchmen Zack Snyder Lawrence Gordon Productions Warner Bros. / Paramount $185,258,983 [17]
2009 Observe and Report Jody Hill DeLine Pictures Warner Bros. $26,973,554 [18]
2009 The Hangover Todd Phillips Green Hat Films Warner Bros. $467,483,912 [19]
2009 Trick 'r Treat Michael Dougherty Bad Hat Harry Productions Warner Premiere — [20]
2009 Where the Wild Things Are Spike Jonze Playtone / Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. $100,086,793 [21]
2009 Ninja Assassin James McTeigue Dark Castle Entertainment / Anarchos Productions Warner Bros. $61,601,280 [22]
2010 Clash of the Titans Louis Leterrier Thunder Road Films / The Zanuck Company Warner Bros. $493,214,993 [23]
2010 Jonah Hex Jimmy Hayward Mad Chance / Weed Road Pictures Warner Bros. $10,903,112 [24]
2010 Inception Christopher Nolan Syncopy Films Warner Bros. $825,532,764 [25]
2010 The Town Ben Affleck GK Films / Thunder Road Films Warner Bros. $154,026,136 [26]
2010 Due Date Todd Phillips Green Hat Films Warner Bros. $211,780,824 [27]
2011 Sucker Punch Zack Snyder Cruel and Unusual Films Warner Bros. $89,792,502 [28]
2011 The Hangover Part II Todd Phillips Green Hat Films Warner Bros. $581,464,305 [29]
2012 Wrath of the Titans Jonathan Liebesman Thunder Road Films Warner Bros. $301,970,083 [30]
2012 The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan Syncopy Films Warner Bros. $1,011,011,261 [31]
Box office total: $7,204,565,175 —

In production

Year Title Director
2013 Jack the Giant Killer Bryan Singer
2013 42 Brian Helgeland
2013 Man of Steel Zack Snyder
2013 Pacific Rim Guillermo del Toro
2013 300: Battle of Artemisia Noam Murro[32][33]
2013 The Seventh Son Sergei Bodrov

In development

Year Title Director
2013 The Hangover Part III Todd Phillips[34]
2014 Godzilla Gareth Edwards[35]
TBD Gravel Tim Miller[36]
TBD The Lost Patrol Stephen Norrington[37]
TBD Gears of War adaptation TBD[38]
TBD Here There Be Monsters TBD[39]
TBD Kung Fu (E) TBD[40]
TBD Mass Effect adaptation TBD[41]
TBD Slayer TBD[42]
TBD Spectral TBD[43]
TBD Technotise: Edit & I adaptation TBD[44]
TBD Warcraft adaptation TBD[45]

References

  1. ↑ Brophy-Warren, Jamin (2009-02-27). "A Producer of Superheroes". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  2. ↑ Abrams, Rachel and Marc Graser (2011-04-15). "Legendary Pictures eyes new credit line". Variety. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  3. ↑ Weinstein, Joshua L. (2011-09-20). "Jon Jashni Promoted to President of Legendary Pictures". The Wrap. Archived from the original on 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  4. ↑ Eller, Claudia (2010-11-03). "Legendary Pictures forges into comic books". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  5. ↑ Boucher, Geoff (2011-06-30). "Frank Miller brings 'Holy Terror' to 9/11 anniversary: 'I hope it shakes people up'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  6. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2011-01-18). "Legendary Pictures Forms TV Division To Be Based At WBTV & Taps AMC's Jeremy Elice". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  7. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2012-08-22). "Legendary Pictures Closes TV Division, Ends Deal With Warner Bros. Television". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
  8. ↑ "Batman Begins (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  9. ↑ "Superman Returns (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  10. ↑ "Lady in the Water (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  11. ↑ "The Ant Bully (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  12. ↑ "Beerfest (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  13. ↑ "We Are Marshall (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  14. ↑ "300 (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  15. ↑ "10,000 B.C. (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  16. ↑ "The Dark Knight (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  17. ↑ "Watchmen (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  18. ↑ "Observe and Report (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  19. ↑ "The Hangover (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  20. ↑ "Trick 'r Treat (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  21. ↑ "Where the Wild Things Are (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  22. ↑ "Ninja Assassin (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  23. ↑ "Clash of the Titans (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  24. ↑ "Jonah Hex (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  25. ↑ "Inception (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  26. ↑ "The Town (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  27. ↑ "Due Date (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  28. ↑ "Sucker Punch (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  29. ↑ "The Hangover Part II (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  30. ↑ "Wrath of the Titans (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  31. ↑ "The Dark Knight Rises (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  32. ↑ Kit, Borys (2011-07-15). "Warner Bros. Chooses Noam Murro to Direct '300' Spin-Off (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  33. ↑ Warner, Kara (2012-08-21). "Gerard Butler 'Not Doing' The '300' Sequel". MTV. Archived from the original on 2012-08-23. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  34. ↑ "'Hangover' threequel set for May 24, 2013". Variety. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
  35. ↑ Calautti, Katie (2012-07-17). "CCI: Gareth Edwards Offers First Look at 'Grounded' Godzilla". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  36. ↑ Fleming, Mike (2012-03-15). "VFX Wiz Tim Miller Digs In To Helm 'Gravel' For Legendary Pictures". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  37. ↑ Lang, Brent (2010-01-12). "Legendary Taps 'Blade' Director for 'The Lost Patrol'". The Wrap. Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  38. ↑ "Legendary Pictures co-financing "Gears of War" movie". Variety. 2008-07-24. Archived from the original on 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  39. ↑ Weinstein, Joshua L. (2011-07-26). "Brian Helgeland to Write Warner/Legendary's 'Here There Be Monsters'". The Wrap. Archived from the original on 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  40. ↑ Fleming, Mike (2011-10-31). "Bill Paxton In Talks To Direct 'Kung Fu'". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  41. ↑ Graser, Mark (2010-05-24). "Legendary turning 'Mass Effect' into film". Variety. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  42. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (2012-03-20). "Legendary buys dragon spec 'Slayer'". Variety. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  43. ↑ Kit, Borys (2011-11-03). "Supernatural Action Project 'Spectral' Lands at Legendary Pictures (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  44. ↑ Kit, Borys (2011-03-09). "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Movie in the Works (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  45. ↑ Fritz, Ben and Pamela McClintock (2006-05-08). "Brave new 'World'". Variety. Retrieved 2011-07-05.