Atlas Entertainment
American film financing and producing company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American film financing and producing company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Atlas Entertainment, LLC is an American film financing and production company, started by Charles Roven, Bob Cavallo and Dawn Steel in 1994.[1] Its logo features the Greek god Atlas, which was the basis for the company's name.
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film |
| Predecessors | Roven/Cavallo Entertainment Steel Pictures |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Founders | Charles Roven Bob Cavallo Dawn Steel |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
| Products | Motion Pictures Production and Financing |
| Subsidiaries | Atlas Artist Mosaic Media Group |
In 1990, Charles Roven and partner Bob Cavallo formed Roven/Cavallo Entertainment.[2] At the same time, wife Dawn Steel, who was formerly employee of Columbia Pictures formed Steel Pictures, and signed a deal with Walt Disney Studios to produce feature films.[3]
In March 1994, they merged Roven/Cavallo Entertainment with Steel Pictures to create a new entity Atlas Entertainment, and it signed an exclusive feature film deal with Turner Pictures, with international backers, including TF1.[4][5]
In 1997, Bob Cavallo left Atlas Entertainment to join Walt Disney Studios.[6] Later that year, Dawn Steel, a manager in the company, died.[7]
On July 29, 1999, Atlas Entertainment was merged with Gold/Miller Management to create Mosaic Media Group.[8]
In 2008, Charles Roven split off their ties from Mosaic Media Group, and relaunched Atlas Entertainment with a first-look deal at Sony Pictures.[9]
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.[10] In December 2014, Atlas started its subsidiary, a management company called Atlas Artists, headed by Dave Fleming.[11]
Charles Roven and Richard Suckle produced 2013 film American Hustle, for which both producers were nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture.[12] 12 Monkeys episode “Mentally Divergent” was also nominated for Cinematography Awards.[13][14] Atlas also produced the films The Whole Truth with Suckle, while Warcraft (release date June 10, 2016) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (release date March 25, 2016) with Roven.[11][15][16] Uncharted was also produced by Atlas along with Arad Productions.[17] Atlas co-produced the 2023 film Oppenheimer with Syncopy Inc., which won multiple accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Picture for Roven, Emma Thomas and director Christopher Nolan.
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes | Budget | Gross (worldwide) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Angus | New Line Cinema | co-production with Turner Pictures and the BBC | $1.5 million | $4.8 million |
| 12 Monkeys | Universal Pictures | co-production with Classico | $29.5 million | $168.8 million | |
| 1998 | Fallen | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Turner Pictures | $46 million | $25.2 million |
| City of Angels | co-production with TaurusFilm and Regency Enterprises | $55 million | $198.7 million | ||
| 1999 | Three Kings | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, Village-A.M. Film Partnership and Coast Ridge Films | $48 million | $107.7 million |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Rollerball | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | co-production with Helkon Media KG, Mosaic Media Group, Toho-Towa and Yorktown Productions | $70 million | $25.9 million |
| Scooby-Doo | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Mosaic Media Group | $84 million | $275.7 million | |
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm | Dimension Films | co-production with Mosaic Media Group, Daniel Bobker Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $80–88 million | $105.3 million |
| 2006 | Idlewild | Universal Pictures | co-production with Forensic Films, HBO Films and Mosaic Media Group | $10 million | $12.6 million |
| 2008 | Get Smart | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, Mosaic Media Group, Mad Chance and Callahan Filmworks | $80 million | $230.7 million |
| 2009 | The International | Sony Pictures Releasing | co-production with Columbia Pictures and Relativity Media | $50 million | $60.2 million |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Wonder Woman 1984 | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with DC Films and The Stone Quarry | $200 million | $188.1 million |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad | co-production with DC Films and The Safran Company | $185 million | $167.4 million | |
| 2022 | Uncharted | Sony Pictures Releasing | co-production with Columbia Pictures, Arad Productions and PlayStation Productions | $120 million | $384.7 million |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Universal Pictures | co-production with Syncopy Inc. | $100 million | $958 million |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vicious | Paramount Pictures | under Atlas Independent |
| Mercy | Amazon MGM Studios | co-production with Bazelevs Company |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Live! | Vivendi Entertainment | co-production with Vivendi |
| 2019 | Triple Frontier | Netflix | co-production with Netflix Original Films |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | HBO Max | co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, Access / Dune Entertainment and The Stone Quarry |
| 2024 | The Killer | Peacock | co-production with Entertainment One, A Better Tomorrow Films and Taewon Entertainment |
| Years | Title | Network | Notes | Seasons | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-2018 | 12 Monkeys | Syfy | co-production with Division Street (seasons 3–4) and Universal Cable Productions | 4 | 47 |
| 2018–2020 | Dirty John | Bravo (season 1) USA Network (season 2) |
co-production with Universal Cable Productions (season 1), Universal Content Productions (season 2- ), Los Angeles Times Studios and Nutmegger | 2 | 16 |
| 2019 | What/If | Netflix | co-production with Page Fright, Compari Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television | 1 | 10 |
| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster | Cartoon Network | co-production with Warner Premiere, Telvan Productions and Nine/8 Entertainment |
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