American film financing and producing company
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 Titan Atlas , which was the basis for the company's name.
History
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 .
Filmography
Theatrical films
1990s
2000s
2010s
Year
Title
Distributor
Notes
Budget
Gross
2011
Season of the Witch
Relativity Media
co-production with Rogue
$40 million
$91.6 million
2013
American Hustle
Sony Pictures Releasing
co-production with Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures
$251.2 million
2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Warner Bros. Pictures
co-production with DC Entertainment , RatPac Entertainment and Cruel and Unusual Films
$250–300 million
$873.6 million
Warcraft
Universal Pictures
co-production with Legendary Pictures , Blizzard Entertainment , Tencent Pictures and Huayi Brothers
$160 million
$439 million
Suicide Squad
Warner Bros. Pictures
co-production with DC Films and RatPac Entertainment
$175 million
$746.8 million
The Whole Truth
Lionsgate Premiere
co-production with FilmNation Entertainment , PalmStar Entertainment , Likely Story and Merced Media
$7.9 million
$1.8 million
2017
The Great Wall
Universal Pictures
co-production with Legendary East , China Film Group , Le Vision Pictures , Dentsu Inc. and Fuji Television Network, Inc.
$150 million
$334.9 million
Wonder Woman
Warner Bros. Pictures
co-production with DC Films , RatPac Entertainment , Cruel and Unusual Films , Tencent Pictures and Wanda Pictures
$120–150 million
$821.8 million
Justice League
co-production with DC Films , RatPac Entertainment and Cruel and Unusual Films
$300 million
$657 million
2020s
Upcoming
Direct-to-video/streaming films
Television series
Television films
References
^ "Dawn Steel" . orlandosentinel.com. Retrieved January 24, 2015 .
^ Billboard . 2006-11-11.
^ "Dawn Steel Lands Deal With Disney Co" . Los Angeles Times . 1990-04-06. Retrieved 2020-05-07 .
^ Frook, John Evan (1994-03-02). "Turner boosts distrib plans with Steel deal" . Variety . Retrieved 2020-05-07 .
^ Williams, Michael (1995-04-17). "Franco TF1 gambles on 'Casino' and H'wood" . Variety . Retrieved 2024-09-04 .
^ Sandler, Adam (1997-10-28). "Disney, Cavallo reunite" . Variety . Retrieved 2020-05-07 .
^ Natale, Richard; Madigan, Nick (1997-12-21). "Dawn Steel dead at 51" . Variety . Archived from the original on 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2020-05-07 .
^ Fleming, Michael (1999-07-29). "Gold/Miller joins hands with Atlas" . Variety . Retrieved 2020-05-07 .
^ "Roven carries Atlas to Sony Pictures in first-look deal" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2020-05-07 .
^ Sneider, Jeff (May 6, 2014). " 'Batman vs. Superman' Producer Atlas Entertainment Promotes Curt Kanemoto" . thewrap.com. Retrieved January 24, 2015 .
^ a b McNary, Dave (December 8, 2014). "Charles Roven's Atlas Entertainment Expands Into Management" . variety.com. Retrieved January 26, 2015 .
^ Lisa Raya, Anna (November 18, 2013). "OSCARS Q&A: Producers Charles Roven, Richard Suckle & Megan Ellison On Character-Driven 'American Hustle' " . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 26, 2015 .
^ "Gotham, 12 Monkeys, Game of Thrones Nominated for Cinematography Awards" . Comicbook.com . Retrieved 2017-10-25 .
^ "CSC Awards - TV Series" . www.csc.ca . Archived from the original on 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2017-10-25 .
^ McNary, Dave (March 6, 2014). "Renee Zellweger Joining Daniel Craig in 'The Whole Truth' " . variety.com. Retrieved January 26, 2015 .
^ Lesnick, Silas (November 8, 2014). "The Cast and Characters of the Warcraft Movie Revealed!" . comingsoon.net. Retrieved January 26, 2015 .
^ Hipes, Patrick (January 24, 2020). " 'Uncharted' Pushed Back On Sony Release Schedule" . Deadline Hollywood . Penske Media Corporation . Archived from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020 .
^ Kroll, Justin (2024-11-01). "Amazon MGM Studios Lands Package 'American Speed' Starring Tom Holland And Austin Butler" . Deadline . Retrieved 2024-11-01 .
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Defunct/former
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