CBS Films
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| Type | Division[1] |
|---|---|
| Industry | Motion pictures |
| Predecessor(s) |
CBS Theatrical Films Cinema Center Films |
| Founded | March 2007[2] |
| Founder(s) | Leslie Moonves[1] |
| Headquarters | Brentwood, Los Angeles[1], United States |
| Products | films |
| Services | distribution |
| Employees | 41 (2009)[3] |
| Parent | CBS Corporation |
| Website | cbsfilms.com |
CBS Films is an American film production and distribution company founded in 2007 as a division of CBS Corporation[3]
CBS Films will distribute, develop and produce four to six $50 million budget movies a year.[2]
Background
The original CBS Films was the television syndication unit of CBS that was founded in 1952. New FCC rules (later repealed) forced CBS to spin off CBS Films into a separate company called Viacom in 1971.
CBS made a brief move into film production in 1967, creating Cinema Center Films[4] and closed in 1972 as an unprofitable unit.[5] In 1979 CBS launched a new theatrical films division, which was officially named CBS Theatrical Films the following year.[6] While this was in operation, CBS entered into a joint venture with Columbia Pictures and HBO called Tri-Star Pictures.[7] CBS eventually dropped out of the venture in 1985,[8] and CBS Theatrical Films came to an end that same year.[9] In 2000, CBS was bought by Viacom, which also owned Paramount Pictures.
Company history
In March 2007, following the 2006 split from Viacom and Paramount, CBS Corp. launched CBS Films with the hiring of Bruce Tobey as head of business affairs, legal, finance and video distribution. Amy Baer was hired in September 2007 as president and CEO for CBS Films.[2] With CBS owning a cable movie channel, this division was created to make content for the channel.[3] On November 17, 2009, CBS signed with Sony Pictures for a three-year deal for international distribution.[10][11]
The studio's launch seemed to well timed to its executives with the closure or restructuring of many film studios including the formerly prominent Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Miramax Films and Warner Independent Pictures. Also that CBS will be able to well market its films with all its parent corporaton's advertising channels from broadcast to billboards.[1]
The studio released its first film, Extraordinary Measures, on January 22, 2010[1] and flopped. CBS Films released its second film, a romantic comedy The Back-up Plan, in April 2010 with so-so results. Opening over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend, Faster, its third film and the Dwayne Johnson action flick, was weak at the box office with a $12 million start.[12] In August, the company purchased distribution rights for the first time for the remake movie, The Mechanic.[13] CBS moved to replace Bruce Tobey, chief operations officer, with Wolfgang Hammer in November 2010.[12]
After releasing five films and only one gross over $30 million, CBS Films's revenue are lower than expected. Effectively after its March 2011 release, CBS halts its film slate and moves to acquire films at film festivals. Baer also is released after the ended of her contract in October with a trio of senior executives left to head up the division.[14]
On April 23, 2012, CBS Films named Hammer and Terry Press Co-Presidents. Press, who had been consulting for the studio since 2010, oversees creative, distribution, marketing and physical production. Hammer will oversees all business, finance, legal affairs and acquisitions, including financed, co-financed and completed projects for the division.[15]
Filmography
The pay-cable rights to the new CBS Films' library are held by CBS's premium cable networks Showtime and The Movie Channel.[2] Sony Pictures also has foreign theatrical and home entertainment distribution rights for all CBS Films products.[10]
| Title | Release Date | Genre | Director | Starring | Co-produced with | Budget | Gross (worldwide) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extraordinary Measures | January 22, 2010 | Drama | Tom Vaughan | Brendan Fraser Harrison Ford | $30 million | $15,134,168 | |
| The Back-up Plan | April 23, 2010 | Romantic comedy | Alan Poul | Jennifer Lopez Alex O'Loughlin | $35 million | $77,477,008 | |
| Faster | November 24, 2010 | Action | George Tillman, Jr. | Dwayne Johnson Billy Bob Thornton | TriStar Pictures Castle Rock Entertainment | $24 million | $35,542,923 |
| The Mechanic | January 28, 2011 | Action-thriller | Simon West | Jason Statham Ben Foster | Millennium Films | $40 million | $51,070,807 |
| Beastly | March 4, 2011 | Fantasy romance | Daniel Barnz (Also writer) | Vanessa Hudgens Alex Pettyfer | N/A | $17 million | $28,834,009 |
| The Woman in Black | February 3, 2012 | Horror-thriller | James Watkins | Daniel Radcliffe | Hammer Film Productions Exclusive Media Group Cross Creek Pictures | $13 million | $127,730,736 |
| Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | March 9, 2012 | Comedy-drama | Lasse Hallström | Ewan McGregor Emily Blunt Kristin Scott Thomas | Lionsgate BBC Films | $14.5 million | $34,564,651 |
| The Words | September 7, 2012 | Romance-Thriller | Brian Klugman Lee Sternthal (Also writers) | Bradley Cooper Olivia Wilde Zoe Saldana | $6 million | $13,231,461 | |
| Seven Psychopaths | October 12, 2012 | Black comedy | Martin McDonagh (Also writer) | Colin Farrell Sam Rockwell Woody Harrelson Christopher Walken Tom Waits Abbie Cornish Olga Kurylenko | British Film Institute Film4 | $15 million | $23,492,318 |
| The Last Exorcism Part II | March 1, 2013 | Horror-thriller | Ed Gass-Donnelly (Also writer) | Ashley Bell | |||
| The Kings of Summer | May 31, 2013 | Comedy | Jordan Vogt-Roberts | Big Beach Films | |||
| The To Do List | July 26, 2013 | Comedy | Maggie Carey (Also writer) | Aubrey Plaza Rachel Bilson Bill Hader | |||
| Last Vegas | November 1, 2013 | Comedy | Jon Turteltaub | Robert De Niro Michael Douglas Morgan Freeman | Good Universe Universal Studios (UK) | ||
| Inside Llewyn Davis | December 6, 2013 | Drama | Joel Coen Ethan Coen | Oscar Isaac Carey Mulligan Justin Timberlake | StudioCanal | ||
| 7500[16] | TBA | Horror-thriller | Takashi Shimizu | Leslie Bibb | |||
| My Fair Lady | TBA | Musical | John Madden | Carey Mulligan | Toledo Productions | ||
| The Keep[17] | TBA | Horror | Niels Arden Oplev | ||||
| American Assassin | 2014 | Action-thriller | Jeffrey Nachmanoff | Chris Hemsworth Bruce Willis | Di Bonaventura Pictures Bedford Falls Productions Nick Wechsler Productions | ||
| Gambit[18] | TBA | Comedy-Crime | Michael Hoffman | Colin Firth Cameron Diaz Alan Rickman | Momentum Pictures FilmNation Entertainment | ||
| Who Gets Bob?[19][20] | TBA | Romantic comedy | |||||
| Freaky Monday[21] | TBA | Comedy | Gunn Films | ||||
| Sleeper Spy[22] | TBA | Thriller | Jeff Wadlow | ||||
| Gunsmoke | TBA | Action-adventure | |||||
| Area 51 | 2014 | Horror/Thriller | Oren Peli | Blumhouse Productions Aramid Entertainment IM Global Room 101 eOne Momentum | |||
| Bonanza | TBA | Western | Warner Bros. Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures | ||||
| It Takes a Village[23] | TBA | Comedy | Keenan Ivory Wayans (Also writer) | TriStar Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures | |||
| Consent to Kill[24] | TBA | Action | Antoine Fuqua | ||||
| Get a Job | 2014 | Comedy | Dylan Kidd | Alison Brie Anna Kendrick Bryan Cranston | N/A | ||
| Ends of the Earth | TBA | Action-thriller | Derek Lee Clif Prowse | N/A | Automatik Entertainment Téléfilm Canada | ||
| Deus Ex: Human Revolution[25] | TBA | Sci-fi thriller | Scott Derrickson | Square Enix Eidos Montreal | |||
| Inside the Machine | 2014 | Action-thriller | Babak Najafi | Contrafilm |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Eller, Claudia; Amy Kaufman (January 11, 2010). "Prime time for CBS movie bet?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Eller, Claudia (September 26, 2007). "CBS names head of movie division". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Siegel, Tatiana (May 15, 2009). "CBS tackles feature films". Variety. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ↑ Oliver, Myrna (October 18, 2000). "Gordon T. Stulberg; Studio Executive, Lawyer, Negotiator". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ↑ Gould, Jack (January 10, 1972). "C.B.S. IS DROPPING ITS THEATER FILMS; Paley Takes Action as Part of a Production Review". New York Times. p. 47. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ↑ "CBS turns theatrical films operations into division". The Wall Street Journal. December 2, 1980.
- ↑ Palmer, L. (1998) "How to write it, how to sell it: everything a screenwriter needs to know about Hollywood" (pp. 232-235). St. Martin's Press, New York. ISBN 0-312-18726-2.
- ↑ "CBS Sells Stake In Tri-Star Inc". The New York Times. November 16, 1985.
- ↑ Harmetz, Aljean (November 15, 1985). "ABC and CBS give up on the movie business". The New York Times. p. C.34.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Waxman, Sharon (November 17, 2009). "Sony to Distribute CBS Films Abroad". The Wrap. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ↑ Nikki Finke "Hollywood Deadline" Sony Pictures To Market & Distribute CBS Films Overseas & Home Entertainment deadline.com, Retrieved on February 8, 2013
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "CBS Films, still seeking its first hit, replaces No. 2 executive". Los Angeles Times. December 1, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ↑ Fleming, Mike (August 8, 2010). "CBS Films To Distribute Millennium Redo ‘The Mechanic’ With Jason Statham". Deadline.com. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ↑ Fritz, Ben (September 30, 2011). "Amy Baer out as head of CBS Films". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ↑ Fritz, Ben (April 24, 2012). "CBS names two co-presidents of its small film studio". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ↑ The Deadline Team (May 9, 2012). "CBS Films Shifts Dates For ‘Gambit’, ‘7500’". Deadline Hollywood.
- ↑ Fernandez, Jay A. (October 26, 2010). "CBS Films moves in to 'The Keep' with 'Dragon Tattoo' director Niels Arden Oplev". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ "CBS Films Move 'Seven Psychopaths' up to October 12th, Delay 'Gambit' to Winter 2013". IndieWire. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
- ↑ CBS Films: Last Vegas, Seven Psychopaths, The Woman in Black Movie News, Trailer & Synopsis
- ↑ McNary, Dave (October 26, 2010). "CBS Films eyes 'Bob'". Variety.
- ↑ CBS Films: Last Vegas, Seven Psychopaths, The Woman in Black Movie News, Trailer & Synopsis
- ↑ CBS Films: Last Vegas, Seven Psychopaths, The Woman in Black Movie News, Trailer & Synopsis
- ↑ Great Role For 30-Ish Actress (Who Hasn't Adopted In A Third World Country) - Deadline.com
- ↑ Antoine Fuqua Helming Consent to Kill - ComingSoon.net
- ↑ CBS Films: Last Vegas, Seven Psychopaths, The Woman in Black Movie News, Trailer & Synopsis
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