Open Road Films

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Type Private
Industry Film
Founded March 28, 2011
Key people Tom Ortenberg (CEO)
Elliott Kleinberg (COO)
Steven Andriuzzo Elliott (CFO)[1]
Owner(s) Regal Entertainment Group
AMC Theatres
Website www.openroadfilms.com

Open Road Films (sometimes written as Open Road or ORF) is an American film distribution company based in Hollywood, California. It was launched in March 2011 by the two largest U.S. theatrical exhibitors, AMC Theatres and Regal Entertainment Group.

Company history

AMC Entertainment and Regal Entertainment Group hired Tom Ortenberg, as CEO. He is a former executive of Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company.[2] On April 13, 2011 Tom Ortenberg hired Jason Cassidy (president of marketing), Elliott Kleinberg (General Counsel and executive vice president of operations and business affairs), Steven Andriuzzo (chief financial officer), and Ben Cotner (senior vice president of acquisitions).[3] The studio released its first film, Killer Elite, on September 23, 2011.[4] Killer Elite was directed by Gary McKendry and starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro.

Open Road titles are distributed in the home entertainment market by Universal Studios Home Entertainment.[5] On June 28, 2011 Open Road Films signed a pay-TV deal with Netflix,[6] which expires in 2016. On October 1, 2013, the studio signed a new pay-TV deal with Showtime that begins in 2017-2020.[7]

Filmography

Release Date Title Director
September 23, 2011 Killer Elite Gary McKendry
January 27, 2012 The Grey Joe Carnahan
March 9, 2012 Silent House Chris Kentis
Laura Lau
August 22, 2012 Hit and Run David Palmer
Dax Shepard
September 21, 2012 End of Watch David Ayer
October 26, 2012 Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Michael J. Bassett
January 11, 2013 A Haunted House[8] Michael Tiddes
February 8, 2013 Side Effects Steven Soderbergh
March 29, 2013 The Host Andrew Niccol
August 16, 2013 Jobs[9] Joshua Michael Stern
October 4, 2013 Parkland Peter Landesman
October 11, 2013 Machete Kills[10] Robert Rodriguez
November 27, 2013 Homefront[10] Gary Fleder
December 25, 2013 Justin Bieber's Believe Jon M. Chu
January 17, 2014 The Nut Job[11] Peter Lepeniotis

Upcoming releases

Release Date Title Director
March 28, 2014[12] Sabotage[13] David Ayer
April 18, 2014 A Haunted House 2[14] Michael Tiddes
May 9, 2014 Chef[15] Jon Favreau
TBA 2014 Midnight Rider: The Gregg Allman Story[16] Randall Miller
TBA 2015 Testament[17] Eric Bless
TBA 2015 Triple Nine [18] John Hillcoat
January 15, 2016 The Nut Job 2[19] TBA
TBA Endangered[20] David Hackl
TBA The Key Man TBA
TBA Max Steel[21] TBA

International distribution

Open Road distributes their films to other countries as well, through another distributor originating in that country.

UK/Ireland

Australia/New Zealand

  • Icon Films International (2011-current)

Canada

External links

References

  1. ↑ Cunningham, Todd. (December 16, 2013) Open Road Films Puts Money on Pair of Financial Executives. The Wrap. Accessed on December 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ Szalai, Georg (March 07, 2011). "AMC Entertainment, Regal to Acquire and Release 8–10 Films a Year". hollywoodreporter.com (The Hollywood Reporter). Retrieved June 02, 2011. 
  3. ↑ AMC/Regal’s Film Distribution Venture Open Road Sets Executive Team
  4. ↑ Open Road Sets First Release With Fall Date On β€˜Killer Elite’
  5. ↑ McNary, Dave (June 16, 2011). "Open Road pacts with Universal Home Ent". Variety. 
  6. ↑ Ben Fritz (June 28, 2012). "Company Town". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 28, 2011. 
  7. ↑ "Open Road Inks Deal to Bring Pics to Showtime". October 1, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013. 
  8. ↑ Open Road Films to Distribute Horror Spoof A Haunted House
  9. ↑ Open Road Films to Distribute jOBS, Starring Ashton Kutcher
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Open Road Pushes Back Machete Kills and Homefront". ComingSoon.net. 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2014-01-23. 
  11. ↑ Fleming, Mike (April 11, 2013). "Open Road Squirrels Away 3D Animated Pic β€˜The Nut Job’ For January 17 Release". Deadline. Retrieved April 11, 2013. 
  12. ↑ Open Road Sets 2014 Release Date for Ten, Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
  13. ↑ Action Thriller β€˜Ten’ To Team David Ayer And Arnold Schwarzenegger
  14. ↑ Open Road Films Plans A Haunted House 2
  15. ↑ Open Road to Release Jon Favreau's Chef on May 9, 2014
  16. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2835050/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co
  17. ↑ Open Road Films Aquires Supernatural Thriller Testament
  18. ↑ http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/open-road-acquires-domestic-on-triple-nine-michael-b-jordan-aaron-paul-gal-gadot-michael-pena-join-killer-cast/
  19. ↑ McNary, Dave (January 23, 2014). "β€˜Nut Job 2β€² Set for Jan. 15, 2016". Variety. Retrieved January 23, 2014. 
  20. ↑ Open Road Films Takes Endangered
  21. ↑ Mattel and Dolphin Entertainment to Develop Live-Action MAX STEEL Adaptation; Open Road Films to Distribute
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