87North Productions

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87North Productions
Company typePrivately held company
Industry Motion pictures
Founded2014;10 years ago (2014)
Founders David Leitch
Kelly McCormick
Headquarters Santa Monica, California, United States
Key people
David Leitch (producer)
Kelly McCormick (producer)

87North Productions (formerly 87 Eleven Productions) is an American independent film production company focused on the production of action films and founded by David Leitch and Kelly McCormick. Their credited productions include Nobody starring Bob Odenkirk and Bullet Train , starring Brad Pitt which Leitch directed. In television, Leitch and McCormick have several projects in development, including My Friend Pedro , based on the popular video game series. [1]

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Under 87North's first look deal with Universal, in 2024 Leitch directed and McCormick and Leitch produced The Fall Guy , a big screen take on the 1980s television show starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. [2]

History

On April 22, 2019, 87North Productions signed a deal with Universal Pictures, and in the process, acquired the 2021 film Nobody from STX Entertainment. [3]

Projects in development

87North projects in development at Universal are the action thriller sequel Nobody 2 ; Prepare For ImpactKung Fu, a re-imagining of the 1970s martial arts Western; Versus by Alex Litvak & Michael Finch at Universal Studios. Also in development are the feature films Ruby, a female assassin action feature written by Kat Wood for Amazon; Dakar Rally, the life story of Jutta Kleinschmidt, the first and only woman to win the brutal off-road endurance race, at Amblin. For television, Leitch and McCormick have several projects in development, including My Friend Pedro based on the massively popular video game.

Productions

Films

YearTitleDirectorDistributorBudgetGross
2014 John Wick Chad Stahelski Lionsgate Films $20.000.000$86 million
2017 John Wick: Chapter 2 $40.000.000$174.3 million
Atomic Blonde David Leitch Focus Features $30.000.000$100 million
2019 John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Chad StahelskiLionsgate Films$75.000.000$327.7 million
2021 Nobody Ilya Naishuller Universal Pictures $16.000.000$57.5 million
Kate Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Netflix $25.000.000
2022 Bullet Train David Leitch Sony Pictures Releasing $85.900.000$239 million
Day Shift J. J. Perry Netflix$100.000.000
Violent Night Tommy Wirkola Universal Pictures$20.000.000$76.5 million
2023 John Wick: Chapter 4 Chad StahelskiLionsgate Films$100.000.000$440.1 million
2024 The Fall Guy David LeitchUniversal Pictures$125.000.000$127.4 million [4]
2025 With Love Jonathan EusebioTBA
John Wick Presents: Ballerina Len Wiseman Lionsgate FilmsTBA

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