Facts

DISNEY FOX 2000 Olive Bridge Ent. Penguin Vertigo

Will Gluck Random House Roy Lee
Boxing Cat Films Color Force Peter Gethers
Tim Allen Nina Jacobson Original Film Village Roadshow

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Neal Moritz Marc Platt Prods. Bruce Berman
Buenos Aires Prods. Holden Glass* Marc Platt (co-financier only)
Mario Iscovich John Green Overbrook Ent.

Pacts
Will Smith, Scholastic* Weed Road
Infinitum Nihil The Jackal Group James Lassiter Akiva Goldsman
Johnny Depp, Gail Berman Secret Hideout
Christi Dembrowski Amy Pascal Alex Kurtzman Wychwood
State Street David Yates
Junction Ent. Pictures Scott Rudin Prods. Silvertongue Films*
Jon Turteltaub George L. Tillman Jr., Scott Rudin Deborah Forte
Robert Teitel Joe and Anthony Skybound NEW LINE
Lucamar Prods.
John DeLuca, Sunswept Russo Entertainment*
Robert Kirkman, Atomic Monster
Rob Marshall Entertainment Safehouse James Wan
Karen Rosenfelt David Alpert
Mandeville Films Joby Harold,
Tory Tunnell Working Title Films Benderspink
David Hoberman, Chris Bender,
Todd Lieberman Tim Bevan,
Smoke House JC Spink
Studio-producer deals retreat Mayhem Pictures
PARAMOUNT George Clooney,
Eric Fellner
Flynn Picture Co.
Grant Heslov
as Sony, Warners pull back Gordon Gray Bad Robot
J.J. Abrams Studio 8
Beau Flynn
Secret Machine WARNER BROS. Spring Hill Prods.*
Justin Springer Broadway Video Jeff Robinov
DAVE McNARY LeBron James,

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Lorne Michaels (distribution only) Alcon Ent.
@variety_dmcnary Taylor Made Maverick Carter
Film Prods. Jerry Bruckheimer Matt Tolmach Andrew Kosove,
MID THE MASSIVE challenges Broderick Johnson Wrigley Pictures
Brigham Taylor Films John Rickard
Jerry Bruckheimer (distribution only)
facing Hollywood, the six Whitaker Ent.
Jim Whitaker Ian Bryce Prods. SONY PICTURES Appian Way
major studios pared back ANIMATION Leonardo DiCaprio
Ian Bryce ALCON
slightly to 135 their number Berlanti Prods.
Di Bonaventura Frederator Kira Davis
of producer deals, six fewer FOX Pictures Fred Seibert Greg Berlanti
than a year ago. Lorenzo di (includes consulting) Denis Villeneuve
Bad Hat Harry Block
Prods. Bonaventura Michelle Raimo Entertainment*
Warner Bros. led the way with 35,
Bryan Singer Dichotomy Kouyate (Bill Block)
two fewer than a year ago, ending AMBLIN
Boom! Studios Creative Group* Genndy Cruel and PARTNERS
longtime pacts with Steve Carell and Ross Richie, Adam Goodman Tartakovsky Unusual
Stephen Christy Zack Snyder, Kennedy/Marshall
Morgan Freeman. Disruption Ent. Kathleen Kennedy,
Mary Parent Deborah Snyder
There were a pair of notable addi- Chernin Ent. Frank Marshall
Peter Chernin UNIVERSAL De Line Pictures
tions — basketball superstar LeBron Robert Evans Co.
Robert Evans Donald De Line
Davis Ent. Aggregate Films
James at New Line, and veteran indie John Davis Jason Bateman Di Novi Pictures BOLD FILMS
Hasbro*
financier-producer Bill Block. Brian Goldner, Denise Di Novi Nine Stories*
DreamWorks Apatow Prods.
Though Block isn’t as famous as Animation Stephen Davis Judd Apatow Executive Options Jake Gyllenhaal
James, he’s racked up a formidable array (distribution only) Hello Junior Tom Hardy Red Hour Films*
Bluegrass Films
Epic Magazine Johnny Knoxville Scott Stuber, Gerber Pictures Ben Stiller
of credits, including “Dirty Grandpa,”
Josh Bearman, Platinum Dunes Dylan Clark Bill Gerber
A Long Fall David Ayer’s “Fury,” Neill Josh Davis Michael Bay, Blumhouse Prods. Getaway Pictures BROAD GREEN
The total Blomkamp’s “District 9” Brad Fuller,
number of Feigco Jason Blum Rob Lorenz
and “Elysium” and Oliver Paul Feig Andrew Form Matt Alvarez*
producer Brownstone Prods. Gulfstream
pacts with Saw Mill Prods.* (exclusive
Stone’s “W.” The first proj- Film Rites Elizabeth Banks, Mike Karz, production deal)
studios and Steve Zaillian Josh Appelbaum, Max Handelman Bill Bindley
minimajors ect under his new deal is Andre Nemec (co-financier) Storyscape*
this year is 151, Sam Raimi’s “World War 3.” Flitcraft Captivate Bob Cooper,
down from a Scott Frank Sikelia Prods. Entertainment Heyday Richard Saperstein
high of 292 As part of the produc- Martin Scorsese Jeffrey Weiner, David Heyman
in 2000. Genre Films Ben Smith
tion deal, Block has closed Simon Kinberg Skydance Langley Park
a multimillion-dollar private develop- David Ellison, Dana Michael De Luca Kevin McCormick LIONSGATE
Noah Hawley, Goldberg (includes Prods.*
ment fund to acquire and develop proj- John Cameron* co-financing) Michael De Luca Life’s Too Short Allison Shearmur
Chuck Lorre Prods.
ects with global distribution potential Lightstorm Fake Empire Allison Shearmur
James Cameron Josh Schwartz, Lin Pictures
for packaging. Dan Lin
New Regency
SONY Stephanie Savage
“It’s a privilege to be at Warner Bros., MGM
Arnon Milchan Arad Prods. Gold Circle Mad Chance
and it’s sort of a natural evolution for (equity partner with Avi Arad Entertainment Andrew Lazar
all Fox divisions) Caryn
me, since my other films have gone out Elizabeth Cantillon
Paul Brooks Malpaso Mandabach*
through the majors,” Block noted. Oddball Illumination Clint Eastwood
Entertainment* Escape Artists Whalerock
Sony has four fewer deals, with 25 Entertainment Chris McKay Lloyd Braun
Wes Ball Todd Black, Chris Meledandri
overall, as pacts with Todd Garner, Bar- Jason Blumenthal, Pearl Street
Hutch Parker Ent. Steve Tisch ImageMovers Ben Affleck, NEW REGENCY
ry Josephson, Simon Cowell and Dana Hutch Parker Robert Zemeckis, Matt Damon
DeVon Franklin Jack Rapke,
Brunetti/Kevin Spacey’s Trigger Street Scott Free Blind Wink Prods.
Ridley Scott Free Association Steve Starkey Phantom Four Films
went away. Paramount was the only stu- David Goyer Gore Verbinski
Channing Tatum, Imagine
dio to see a net gain in pacts over last 6th & Idaho Reid Carolin David Fincher
Matt Reeves Entertainment Todd Phillips-
year, going from 13 to 14, including a Ghost Corps* Ron Howard, Bradley Cooper Plan B
Temple Hill Ent. Dan Aykroyd, Brian Grazer Entertainment
deal with Hasbro. Disney stayed stable, Wyck Godfrey, Polymorphic
Ivan Reitman Polly Johnsen Brad Pitt,
Marty Bowen Legendary
with 10. Thomas Tull Dede Gardner,
Happy Madison Rat-Pac Ent. Jeremy Kleiner
Notable new deals included Ghost 21 Laps Adam Sandler (includes co-
Shawn Levy financing/ Brett Ratner
Corps at Sony with Dan Aykroyd and (includes animation) (includes Protozoa Pictures
distribution) Darren Aronofsky
Walden Media Immersive Pictures co-financing
Ivan Reitman, “Fifty Shades of Grey” with Rat-Pac
(co-financing) Josh Bratman Little Stranger Inc.*
producer Michael De Luca at Universal Tina Fey Dune Ent.)
T.D. Jakes SKYDANCE
and author John Green at Fox. Chris Morgan Prods. Guy Ritchie,
Among the notable deals at new play- FOX Kevin James Chris Morgan Lionel Wigram Laeta Kalogridis,
SEARCHLIGHT Patrick Lussier
ers: Broad Green Pictures with “Straight Laurence Mark One Race Films Roserock Films
Court 13 Prods. Vin Diesel, Hunt Lowry Marti Noxon*
Outta Compton” producer Matt Alvarez; Benh Zeitlin Laurence Mark Samantha Vincent Team Downey *INDICATES NEW DEAL SINCE
and Bold Films pacts with Jake Gyllen- Decibel Films Mosaic Will Packer Prods. Robert Downey Jr., THE 2015 EDITION. UNLESS
NOTED, THE DEALS ARE
haal and Ben Stiller. Danny Boyle Jimmy Miller Will Packer Susan Downey FIRST-LOOK

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