Introduction and details of Legendary Pictures.

Company Profile Legendary Pictures was established in 2007, and is committed to film investment, film culture education, dissemination and exchange. In 2008, Legendary Pictures established the Newcomer Film Festival to introduce outstanding young directors.

The company LOGO Legendary Pictures has reached cooperation agreements with many embassies in China to promote film cultural exchanges, such as the French Embassy Film Center in China, the French Film Alliance, the Spanish Cultural Center in China, the Italian Cultural Center in China, the Polish Cultural Center in China, the Czech Cultural Center in China, and the Colombian Cultural Center in China. Legendary Pictures is a growing international film culture company.

Legendary Pictures has invested in many films, such as The Comfortable Life (also called Our Life) and Peacock Eye (co-produced). At the same time, Legendary Pictures has reached film copyright cooperation agreements with many film and television organizations, such as Gomon Film Company of France, C ***+ Film Distribution Company of France, Cervantes Cultural Communication Company of Spain, etc. ...

Thomas Tull founded Legendary Entertainment after raising $500 million from private equity firms. She was also one of the first companies of its kind to compete with large film companies supported by Wall Street private shareholders and hedge fund investors.

Investors of these funds in Legendary Pictures include: ABRY Partners, AIG Direct Investments, Bank of Capital Investors, Columbia Capital, Falcon Investment Advisors and M/C Venture Partners.

In 2005, Legendary Pictures signed a 7-year cooperation agreement with Warner Bros., stipulating that the two sides will jointly contribute to the production of 40 film and television works in the next 7 years.

20 10 Thomas Toole and two other investment companies, Fidelity Investments and Fortress Investment Group, bought all the shares of the original investors. After the successful transaction, Tal became the largest shareholder, making it easier to take charge of the company's management.

By 20 1 1 year, the estimated total assets of the company have exceeded $65,438 billion. 20 1 1 In September, jon jashni, director of the company's creative department, was appointed as the new chairman of the company.

In 20 14, Softbank announced that it would invest 250 million US dollars in Legendary Pictures, and the two sides will also set up a joint venture to expand the global digital content business, with a view to developing the China and Indian markets. Aurora will join Legendary Pictures's board of directors.

In addition to making American movies, Legendary Pictures also announced that he is trying some other businesses, which are in the early stage of development. As early as 2009, the company announced that it would set up a digital department led by Kathy Vrabeck, whose primary focus was game development. Since the film industry is independent from the original video game industry, this decision surprised many industry analysts.

In 20 10, the company announced that it started a comic book department named "Legendary Comics" under the traction of the editor-in-chief: Bob Shrek. The company announced that the first comic novel "Holy Fear" created by Frank Miller will be released in the autumn of 2065.

20 1 1, the company announced that the TV creative department will focus on developing TV production. The TV production department will be jointly led by Jeremy Elice and a deputy financial officer of Warner Bros. It is reported that TV projects are being planned.

20 1 1, the company announced the establishment of a new legendary oriental film and television production company in Hong Kong. 50% of the shares of the new company will be held by the shell company Jianye Group (Kelvin Wu, CEO of Legendary Oriental, will hold part of the shares), 40% will be held by Legendary Entertainment, and the remaining 65,438+00% will be held by the film publisher Huayi Brothers International.

From 20 13, Legendary Oriental will produce 1-2 English films every year for the global market, and raise funds for the production of two more films every quarter. Because the company is based on China culture, it gives her the right to evade some foreign film distribution quotas. Legendary Orient is listed and traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with an initial market value of US$ 4,465,438+0 million. The first step is to name the film The Great Wall.

Legendary Entertainment has produced 22 film and television works. In addition, the company is making four other films and developing some other projects. Of all these 22 films, 2 1 has been shown in cinemas, and 1 is released directly on DVD. All the movies shown in the cinema were released by Warner Bros. Pictures (except Watcher, which was jointly released by Warner and Paramount), and the DVD was also released by Warner (after August of 20 13, Warner's contract with Legend expired, and Legend turned to cooperate with NBC Universal).

Inception has been released:

Batman in 2005: Time of War

In 2006, superman returns, lady in the water, let the ants go, Oktoberfest and we are Marshall.

There were 300 Spartans in 2007.

Ten thousand years of prehistory and the dark knight in 2008.

In 2009, Watcher, Supervisor, Report, Hangover 1, Let Children Go, Beast Home, Ninja Assassin.

20 10 battle of titans, heroes of the west: jonah hex, Inception, thieves in the city, due date.

20 1 1 Hangover 2 and American Girl Agents

20 12 wrath of the gods and the rise of the dark knight

20 13 jack and the giant, superman: superman: the body of steel, Pacific rim, hangover part iii, legend no.42

20 14 300: the rise of empire and Godzilla

20 15 seventh son, scarlet peak, hacker confrontation, Jurassic World, straight out of Compton and Jobs.

20 16 Warcraft and the Great Wall

Hole 20 17: Skull Island and Pacific Rim 2

20 18 Godzilla 2

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Under development:

Lost patrol, the last patrol of heaven. Iremake, War Machine, Quality Effect, Quality Effect, Trillion.

Company event 2065438+65438 in06+6543810 +02, the signing ceremony of the merger between Wanda Group and Legendary Pictures Company was held in Beijing. Wanda Group announced that it will merge with Legendary Pictures Company of the United States with a cash of no more than 3.5 billion US dollars (about 23 billion yuan), which is by far the largest cultural acquisition of China enterprises overseas. Thomas Tull, Chairman and CEO of Legendary Pictures, will remain in charge of the day-to-day operation of the company.

20/kloc-in July, 2006, Legendary Pictures won the film adaptation right of Pokemon GO, a popular mobile game released by Nintendo, and will co-shoot the first live-action movie Pokémon Detective Pikachu with Poké mon.

20 17 65438+ 10/7 American media The Hollywood Reporter reported that Thomas Tull's resignation was not voluntary, but was forced by Wanda. Wanda is not satisfied with his management level and ability to operate the Great Wall, Pacific Rim 2 and other projects. 20 17 65438+ 10/9, Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd. issued a statement saying that there have been online media reports recently that Thomas, the legendary American CEO, resigned due to the poor performance of the Great Wall. The report is unsubstantiated and seriously inaccurate. 2017 65438+1On October 20th, Thomas Tull, founder, chairman and CEO of Legendary Pictures, announced his resignation.