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Facts on Pacts 2003 - Winter
| After several years of slashing, studios seem to have found pact levels
that work. The headcount remains virtually unchanged from six months ago. However, many new deals are firstlook lite, offering limited overhead. Other deals are designed to piggyback on current productions, thereby laying off costs. Among the missing in action are "The X-Files" creator Chris Carter, Bob Coopers Landscape, Spike Lee and Jane Campion. Although Revolution Studios generally disdains first-looks, it hired Team Todd's Jennifer and Suzanne Todd as inhouse producers and brought "Chicago" producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan of Storyline into the fold for two pictures. Sony has the most deals, with 36; Universal added the most, with seven; and New Line slashed the most, dropping four. |
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- Dana Harris
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| Red indicates a new deal since April. | |
| Blue indicates the company has co-financing capabilities. | |
| Equity partner: The studio has an investment in the production company. | |
| Distribution deal: The company may wholly finance some or all of
its films. |
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Paramount | Sony | Universal | Warner Bros. |
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| Beacon (Armyan Bernstein) | |
| Boxing Cat (Tim Allen) | |
| Jerry Bruckheimer | |
| FP Ventures (Joe Farrell, Catherine Paura) | |
| Gunn (Andrew Gunn) | |
| Harbour Pictures (Nick Barton, Suzanne Mackie) | |
| Hyde Park (Ashok Amritraj) second-look deal | |
| Junction (Jon Turteltaub,Christina Steinberg) | |
| Callie Khouri | |
| Live Planet (Ben Affleck,Matt Damon) | |
| Mandeville (David Hoberman) | |
| Garry Marshall | |
| Mayhem (Mark Ciardi,Gordon Gray) | |
| Offspring (Adam Shankman) | |
| Pandemonium (Bill Mechanic) | |
| Pfeffer (Rachel Pfeffer) | |
| Pioneer Pictures (Ed Decter,John Strauss) | |
| Positano (Debra Martin Chase) | |
| Rocket (Elton John) | |
| Rob Schneider | |
| Robert Simonds | |
| Vanguard (John H. Williams) animation | |
| Walden Media (Cary Granat) | |
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Paramount | Sony | Universal | Warner Bros. |
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| Aardman Animations (Nick Park) | |
| Apatow (Judd Apatow) | |
| Apostle (Denis Leary) | |
| "Created By" (Vince Geradis, Ralph Vicinanza) | |
| Bonnie Curtis | |
| Jake Eberts | |
| ImageMovers (Robert Zemeckis) | |
| Jinks-Cohen (Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen) | |
| Janusz Kaminski | |
| Sam Mendes | |
| Montecito (Tom Pollock,Ivan Reitman) | |
| Eddie Murphy | |
| Red Hour (Ben Stiller) | |
| Remote Control (Hans Zimmer) | |
| Standard (Todd Field) | |
| Kimberly Peirce | |
| Vadim Perelman | |
| Vanguard (John H. Williams) features | |
| Wild Child (Aimee Peyronnet) | |
| Wonderland Films (Bill Horberg) | |
| Zanuck (Richard Zanuck,Lili Fini Zanuck) | |
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Paramount | Sony | Universal | Warner Bros. |
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| Bazmark (Baz Luhrmann) | |
| Conundrum (Peter & Bobby Farrelly) | |
| Davis (John Davis) | |
| Everyman (Jay Roach) joint deal with Fox 2000 | |
| Firm (Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson) | |
| Icon (Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey) | |
| Barry Josephson | |
| David E. Kelley | |
| Lightstorm (James Cameron) | |
| Moore/Blum (John Moore, T. Alex Blum) | |
| New Regency (Arnon Milchan) equity partner with all Fox divisions | |
| Scott Free (Ridley & Tony Scott) | |
| Bryan Singer | |
| Underworld (Allen & Albert Hughes) | |
| Weekend (Trevor Albert) | |
| Ralph Winter (joint deal with Fox 2000) | |
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FOX 2000
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| Gil Netter | |
| Spiritdance (Forest Whitaker) | |
| State St. (George Tillman, Bob Teitel) | |
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FOX SEARCHLIGHT
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| Uberto Pasolini | |
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FOX ANIMATION
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| Lori Forte | |
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Paramount | Sony | Universal | Warner Bros. |
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| A Bird and a Bear (Cedric the Entertainer, Eric Rhone) | |
| Apartment 3B (Jennifer Klein) | |
| Atlantic Streamline (shared with UA) | |
| Danjaq (Michael Wilson, Barbara Broccoli) | |
| Hyde Park (Ashok Amritraj) | |
| Irish DreamTime (Pierce Brosnan, Beau St. Clair) | |
| Jacal (Arthur Sarkissian) | |
| David Ladd | |
| Mosaic Media/Atlas (Chuck Roven) | |
| Project X (Victor Salva, Nevin Densham) (shared with UA) | |
| Sidestreet (Michael Gruber) | |
| Trilogy (Pen Densham, John Watson, Neil Kaplan) | |
| Zide/Perry (Warren Zide, Craig Perry) | |
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UNITED ARTISTS
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| Crossroads (Dan Lindau, Cami Taylor) | |
| Fusion (Jon Taplin, Richard Kleller) | |
| Mr. Mudd (John Malkovich, Lianne Halfon, Russ Smith) | |
| Potboiler (Simon Channing-Williams) | |
| Revolution (Michael Winterbottom, Andrew Eaton) | |
| Single Cell (Michael Stipe, Sandy Stern) | |
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Paramount | Sony | Universal | Warner Bros. |
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| Hossein Amini | |
| Fragile Films (Barnaby Thompson, Uri Fruchtman) | |
| John Madden | |
| Quentin Tarantino | |
| Tapestry (Andrew Panay, Peter Abrams, Robert Levy) | |
| View Askew (Kevin Smith, Scott Mosier) | |
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DIMENSION
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| Craven/Maddalena (Wes Craven, Marianne Maddalena) | |
| Gentleman Pictures (Todd Phillips) | |
| Keystone (Robert Vince) distribution only | |
| Los Hooligans (Robert Rodriguez,Elizabeth Avellan) | |
| Craig Mazin | |
| Neo Art & Logic (Joel Soisson, Keith Border, Mike Leahy) | |
| Outerbanks (Kevin Williamson) | |
| Principato-Young (Peter Principato, Paul Young) | |
| Vertigo (Roy Lee, Doug Davison) | |
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Paramount | Sony | Universal | Warner Bros. |
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| Benderspink (Chris Bender, JC Spink) | |
| Chick Flicks (Sara Risher) | |
| Adam Fields | |
| Film Engine (AJ Dix) | |
| Maxim | |
| Rat (Brett Ratner, Jay Stern) | |
| Sandbox (Noah Emmerich) | |
| Sirius (Lynn Harris) | |
| Zentropa (Lars von Trier) | |
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Paramount | Sony | Universal | Warner Bros. |
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| Alphaville Prods. (Sean Daniel, Jim Jacks) | |
| Carsey-Werner-Mandabach (Marcy Carsey, Caryn Werner, Tom Mandabach) | |
| Bob Cort | |
| Crusader (Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin) | |
| C/W (Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner) | |
| De Line (Donald De Line) | |
| Di Bonaventura (Lorenzo di Bonaventura) | |
| Evans Entertainment Group (Robert Evans) | |
| First Light (Kathryn Bigelow) | |
| Kerner (Jordan Kerner) | |
| Klasky Csupo | |
| Lakeshore (Tom Rosenberg) | |
| Latham (Walter Latham) | |
| Lion Rock (John Woo) | |
| LRO (Lynda Obst) | |
| Manhattan Project (David Brown) | |
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MTV
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| Mutual (Gary Levinsohn, Don Granger) | |
| Nickelodeon | |
| Scott Rudin | |
| SNL Studios (Lorne Michaels) | |
| Tollin/Robbins (Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins) | |
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Paramount | Sony | Universal | Warner Bros. |
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| Allied Stars (Melissa Henning, Kelly Jones) | |
| Art Echo (Dennis Dugan, Sharon Dugan) | |
| John Calley | |
| Martin Campbell | |
| Circle of Confusion (Lawrence Mattis,David Alpert, David Engel, Jason Lust) | |
| Escape Artists (Jason Blumenthal,Todd Black, Steve Tisch, Patrick Wachsberger, Bob Hayward, David Alper) equity partner | |
| Wendy Finerman Prods. (Wendy Finerman, David Blackman) | |
| Flower (Nancy Juvonen, Drew Barrymore) | |
| Leonard Goldberg | |
| Gracie (James L. Brooks) | |
| Happy Madison (Adam Sandler) | |
| Heartburn (Nora Ephron) | |
| Konrad (Cathy Konrad) | |
| Tobey Maguire | |
| Laurence Mark | |
| Nancy Meyers | |
| Mace Neufeld | |
| Mark Gordon | |
| Nuyorican (Jennifer Lopez) | |
| Original (Neal Moritz) | |
| Out of the Blue (Sid Ganis) | |
| Overbrook (Will Smith, James Lassiter) | |
| Parkway (Penny Marshall, Amy Lemisch) | |
| Red Wagon (Lucy Fisher, Doug Wick) | |
| Ricochet (Ricky Strauss) | |
| Sprocketdyne (Rob Minkoff, Jason Clark) | |
| Spyglass (Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum) equity partner | |
| Tall Trees (Betty Thomas) | |
| Tehani (John Baldecchi) | |
| Irwin Winkler | |
| Wonderland (McG, Stephanie Savage) | |
| Laura Ziskin | |
| Revolution (Joe Roth) equity partner,
units deals include: Blue Star (William Sherak, Jason Shuman) Cheyenne (Bruce Willis, Arnold Rifkin) Red Om (Julia Roberts, Deborah Schindler) |
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Paramount | Sony | Universal | Warner Bros. |
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| Class V (Edward Norton, Stuart Blumberg) | |
| Depth of Field (Chris & Paul Weitz) | |
| Double Feature (Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher) | |
| Adam Herz | |
| Identity (Seann William Scott) | |
| Imagine (Brian Grazer, Ron Howard) | |
| Kennedy/Marshall (Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall) | |
| Larger Than Life (Gary Ross) | |
| Mandalay (Peter Guber) first look on co-financing | |
| Barry Mendel | |
| Misher (Kevin Misher) | |
| Morgan Creek (Jim Robinson) distribution only | |
| Mostow/Lieberman (Jonathan Mostow, Hal Lieberman) | |
| Steve Oedekerk | |
| Marc Platt | |
| Playtone (Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman) | |
| River Road (Bill Pohlad) first look on co-financing | |
| Shady Acres (Tom Shadyac, Michael Bostick) | |
| Shutt-Jones (Buffy Shutt, Kathy Jones) | |
| Casey Silver | |
| Sommers (Stephen Sommers, Bob Ducsay) | |
| Stratus (Bob Yari) first look on co-financing | |
| Strike (Marc Abraham) first look on co-financing | |
| Tribeca (Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal) | |
| Type A (Reese Witherspoon) | |
| Working Title (Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner) | |
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FOCUS
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| Anonymous Content (Steve Golin) | |
| Backlot (Glenn Williamson) | |
| Bona Fide (Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa) | |
| Elephant Walk (Doug McHenry) | |
| Liaison (Stephane Sperry) | |
| Mirabai Films (Mira Nair) | |
| Pretty Pictures (Neil LaBute, Gail Mutrux) | |
| This is that (Ted Hope, Anthony Bregman, Anne Carey) | |
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Paramount | Sony | Universal | Warner Bros. |
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| 1492 (Chris Columbus) | |
| Alcon (Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson) distribution deal | |
| AS (Adam Schroeder) | |
| Baltimore/Spring Creek (Barry Levinson, Paula Weinstein) | |
| Castle Rock (Martin Shafer) | |
| Di Novi (Denise Di Novi) | |
| Double Nickel (Jenette Kahn, Adam Richman) | |
| Franchise Pictures (Elie Samaha) distribution deal | |
| Fortis (Sandra Bullock) | |
| G4TV (Charles Hirshhorn) | |
| Furthur (Michael Douglas) | |
| Gaylord/Pandora (Hunt Lowry) distribution deal | |
| Gerber (Bill Gerber) | |
| Heyday (David Heyman) | |
| Industry (Keith Addis, Nick Wechsler) | |
| Killer (Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler) | |
| Mad Chance (Andrew Lazar) | |
| Magic Hallway Pictures (Magic Johnson, Paul Hall) | |
| Malpaso (Clint Eastwood) | |
| Maple Shade (Ed McDonnell) | |
| Plan B (Brad Grey, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston) | |
| Radiant (Wolfgang Petersen) | |
| Rickshaw (Ted Griffin) | |
| SDR (Steven Reuther) | |
| Section Eight (George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh) | |
| Dylan K. Sellers | |
| Shangri La (Steve Bing) distribution deal | |
| Jon Shestack | |
| Silver (Joel Silver) | |
| Village Roadshow (Bruce Berman) | |
| WBEZ Alliance (Ira Glass) | |
| Weed Road (Akiva Goldsman) | |
| Jerry Weintraub | |
| John Wells | |
| Wildwood (Robert Redford) | |
| Red indicates a new deal since April. | |
| Blue indicates the company has co-financing capabilities. | |
| Equity partner: The studio has an investment in the production company. | |
| Distribution deal: The company may wholly finance some or all of its films. | |
| COMPILED BY: | |
| Claude Brodesser, Cathy Dunkley, Marc Graser, Dana Harris, Nicole LaPorte, Dave McNary and Gabriel Snyder |
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