Legendary Pictures

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Legendary Pictures is an American motion picture company based in Burbank, California. The company has a 5-year, 25-picture agreement to co-produce and co-finance with Warner Bros. starting in 2005. Their contract with Warner Bros. expires in 2010. Legendary Pictures' first full-length feature with Warner Bros was the comic book movie, Batman Begins, soon followed by another comic book adaptation, Superman Returns.

Legendary Pictures is the first company of its kind to pair major motion picture product with major Wall Street private equity and hedge fund investors and was subsequently named Media/Entertainment Deal of the Year by IDD Magazine.

Legendary Pictures investors include ABRY Partners, AIG Direct Investments, Bank of America Capital Investors, Columbia Capital, Falcon Investment Advisors and M/C Venture Partners.

[edit] Filmography

Released:

• Batman Begins (2005)
• Superman Returns (2006)
• Lady in the Water (2006)
• The Ant Bully (2006)
• Beerfest (2006)
• We Are Marshall (2006)
• 300 (2007)

In production:

• Kung Fu (TBA)
• The Dark Knight (2008)
• Superman: The Man of Steel (2008)
• Where the Wild Things Are (2008)
• Warcraft (TBA)
• 10,000 B.C. (2007)
• Paradise Lost (2007)

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Legendary Pictures at the Internet Movie Database