Formerly | Speed 5779 Limited (August–September 1996) [1] SKA Productions Limited (September 1996–July 1999) [1] SKA Films Limited (1999–2003) Marv Limited (October–November 2005) [2] Marv Films Limited (November 2005–June 2018) [2] |
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Company type | Production company |
Industry | Film and television production |
Founded | 1997 |
Founders | Guy Ritchie Matthew Vaughn |
Headquarters | London, England (main) |
Key people | Matthew Vaughn |
Products | Films, television series |
Website | Official website |
Marv Studios, formerly SKA Films, is a British production company owned by Matthew Vaughn. It is best known for the motion pictures Layer Cake , Stardust , Kick-Ass , Kingsman: The Secret Service , Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The King's Man .
In 1997, producer Matthew Vaughn and director Guy Ritchie launched their own company in the United Kingdom, with its first project being Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , which is for Handmade Films. [3]
In 1999, Vaughn and Ritchie struck an agreement with Sony Pictures to distribute its next project, Snatch . [4]
The team followed it up with their next big project Swept Away , starring Madonna. [5] The film ended up being bombed critically and commercially. [6] It went on to win the Golden Raspberry Awards in 2003. [7]
Later that same year, Ritchie and Vaughn broke up ties, thus rebranding from SKA Films to Marv Films, and its first production under the new banner was Matthew Vaughn's directorial debut Layer Cake . [8]
In 2007, it signed a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to produce its feature films. [9] Later that same year, Charlie Mitchell joined the company. [10]
In 2009, Kris Thykier decided to leave Marv Films, in order to set up PeaPie Films, to produce new feature films. [11]
In 2018, Vaughn launched its subsidiary Marv Studios to set up new feature film reboots. [12]
In 2021, Marv launched a record label, Marv Music, in conjunction with Warner Music Group. The label is distributed under Warner's Parlophone unit. [13]
Title | Release date | Director | Producer | Writer | Production company | Distributor | Rotten Tomatoes |
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as SKA Films | |||||||
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | 28 August 1998 | Guy Ritchie | Matthew Vaughn | Guy Ritchie | HandMade Films The Steve Tisch Company Summit Entertainment | Gramercy Pictures Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | 75% [14] |
Snatch | August 23, 2000 | Screen Gems | 73% [15] | ||||
Mean Machine | December 26, 2001 | Barry Skolnick | Tracy Keenan Wynn Charlie Fletcher Chris Baker Andrew Day | Paramount Pictures | 34% [16] | ||
Swept Away | October 11, 2002 | Guy Ritchie | Guy Ritchie | CODI SpA | Screen Gems | 5% [17] | |
as Marv Films | |||||||
Layer Cake | October 1, 2004 | Matthew Vaughn | Adam Bohling David Reid Matthew Vaughn | J. J. Connolly | Sony Pictures Classics Columbia Pictures | 81% [18] | |
Stardust | April 10, 2007 | Lorenzo di Bonaventura Michael Dreyer Neil Gaiman Matthew Vaughn | Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn | Ingenious Media | Paramount Pictures | 76% [19] | |
Harry Brown | November 11, 2009 | Daniel Barber | Matthew Vaughn Kris Thykier Matthew Brown Keith Bell | Gary Young | UK Film Council HanWay Films Prescience Framestore Features | Lionsgate | 64% [20] |
Kick-Ass | March 26, 2010 | Matthew Vaughn | Matthew Vaughn Brad Pitt Kris Thykier Adam Bohling Tarquin Pack David Reid | Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn | Plan B Entertainment | Lionsgate Universal Pictures | 75% [21] |
The Debt | September 30, 2010 | John Madden | Matthew Vaughn Kris Thykier | Matthew Vaughn Jane Goldman Peter Straughan | Focus Features Miramax | 76% [22] | |
Kick-Ass 2 | August 14, 2013 | Jeff Wadlow | Adam Bohling Tarquin Pack David Reid Matthew Vaughn | Jeff Wadlow | Plan B Entertainment Dentsu | Universal Pictures | 31% [23] |
Kingsman: The Secret Service | February 13, 2015 | Matthew Vaughn | Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling | Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn | Cloudy Productions Shangri-La Entertainment TSG Entertainment | 20th Century Fox | 74% [24] |
Fantastic Four | August 7, 2015 | Josh Trank | Gregory Goodman Simon Kinberg Robert Kulzer Hutch Parker Matthew Vaughn | Jeremy Slater Simon Kinberg Josh Trank | Marvel Entertainment Constantin Film Kinberg Genre Robert Kulzer Productions TSG Entertainment | 9% [25] | |
Eddie the Eagle | February 26, 2016 | Dexter Fletcher | Adam Bohling David Reid Rupert Maconick Valerie Van Galder Matthew Vaughn | Sean Macaulay Simon Kelton | Studio Babelsberg Saville Productions TSG Entertainment | 80% [26] | |
Kingsman: The Golden Circle | September 20, 2017 | Matthew Vaughn | Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling | Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn | TSG Entertainment Cloudy Productions | 51% [27] | |
Rocketman | May 31, 2019 | Dexter Fletcher | Adam Bohling David Furnish David Reid Matthew Vaughn | Lee Hall | Rocket Pictures New Republic Pictures | Paramount Pictures | 89% [28] |
as Marv Studios | |||||||
Silent Night | December 3, 2021 | Camille Griffin | Matthew Vaughn Trudie Styler Celine Rattray | Camille Griffin | Endeavor Content Maven Screen Media | AMC+ RLJE Films | 65% [29] |
The King's Man | December 22, 2021 | Matthew Vaughn | Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling | Matthew Vaughn Karl Gajdusek | Cloudy Productions | 20th Century Studios | 43% [30] |
Tetris | March 31, 2023 | Jon S. Baird | Matthew Vaughn Leonard Blavatnik Gregor Cameron Gillian Berrie | Noah Pink | Apple Studios AI Film Unigram | Apple TV+ | 81% [31] |
Argylle | February 2, 2024 | Matthew Vaughn | Matthew Vaughn Adam Bohling David Reid Jason Fuchs | Jason Fuchs | Apple Studios Cloudy Productions | Apple TV+ Universal Pictures | 35% [32] |
Kingsman: The Blue Blood | TBA | Matthew Vaughn | Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling | TSG Entertainment Cloudy Productions | 20th Century Studios | ||
Project X | Matthew Vaughn | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
School Fight | Damien Walters | Matthew Vaughn Joby Stephens Morgan Carlson Luke Gomes Christopher Tomkins | Damien Walters | Zebbo Films | TBA | TBA | |
The King's Man: The Traitor King | Matthew Vaughn | TBA | Matthew Vaughn | Cloudy Productions | 20th Century Studios | ||
The Stuntman [33] | Damien Walters | Damien Walters | Zebbo Films | TBA |
Title | First aired | Last aired | Showrunner | Co-production | Network | Notes |
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as SKA Films | ||||||
Lock, Stock... | May 29, 2000 | July 11, 2000 | Guy Ritchie | Ginger Productions | Channel 4 | |
Swag | 2002 | 2004 | Guy Ritchie | Five | ||
as Marv Studios | ||||||
Untitled Statesman TV series | TBA | TBA | TBA | 20th Television | Hulu |
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