The Picture Company

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The Picture Company
Company type Private
Industry Entertainment
Founded2014 [1]
Founders
Headquarters Glendale, California, U.S.
Key people
  • Andrew Rona
  • Alex Heineman
  • Jovi Lee
Services Film production
Owner StudioCanal (minority)

The Picture Company is an American entertainment company founded in 2014, by Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman, in Glendale, California. It specializes in film, starting off moderately in 2018 with Jaume Collet-Serra's The Commuter and Albert Hughes' Alpha .

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History

Founding

The Picture Company was founded in 2014 by film veterans Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman. Rona is a former president at Silver Pictures and Rogue Pictures, and Heineman was an EVP at Silver Pictures. [2]

The company began in 2014 with a first-look deal with StudioCanal. [1] The company achieved its first theatrical releases with Jaume Collet-Serra's The Commuter, Albert Hughes' Alpha, and Sam Taylor-Johnson's A Million Little Pieces . StudioCanal would later go on to buy a minority stake in The Picture Company in 2023 and ink a new five-year overall deal with the company. [3]

Future projects

Since September 2014, The Picture Company has announced several projects which have not yet been realised, including the adaptation of Mitch Swenson's The Tracking Of A Russian Spy, for which Nima Nourizadeh replaced Pierre Morel as director and Logan Lerman and Olivia Cooke were in talks to star. [4] [5] Also announced were Nottingham & Hood, a Pirates Of The Caribbean-style Robin Hood movie for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, [6] a second sequel to Escape from New York for 20th Century Fox, [7] [8] [9] as well as the movie version of David-Jan Bronsgeest's short film Meet Jimmy, with Platinum Dunes also producing for Paramount Pictures. [10] Also pending are Harry Bradbeer's film The Paris Trap, for StudioCanal [11] and David Bruckner's film Out There, for Entertainment One. [12]

Filmography

Released

Motion pictures from The Picture Company, listed by theatrical release date
FilmDirectorRelease dateGross box office (USD)
The Commuter Jaume Collet-Serra January 12, 2018$119.9 million [13]
Alpha Albert Hughes August 17, 2018$98.2 million [14]
A Million Little Pieces Sam Taylor-Johnson December 6, 2019
Come Play Jacob ChaseOctober 30, 2020 [15]
Gunpowder Milkshake Aharon Keshales
Navot Papushado 		July 14, 2021 [16]
Retribution Nimród Antal August 25, 2023 [17]
Role Play Thomas Vincent January 12, 2024 [18]

Upcoming films

Motion pictures from The Picture Company, in development
FilmDirectorRelease dateRef.
The AppearanceTBA [19]
A Complete Unknown James Mangold [20]
The Corporation [21]
Escape from New York Radio Silence [22] [8] [9]
The French Quarter Will Not Be Spared [23]
The Fury of a Patient Man Albert Hughes [24]
Inside [25]
The Last Battle [26]
May You Live in Interesting Times [27]
Meet JimmyDavid-Jan Bronsgeest [10]
Nottingham & Hood [6]
Out There David Bruckner [12]
The Paris TrapHarry Bradbeer [11]
They Hear ItJulian Terry [28]
The Tracking Of A Russian Spy Nima Nourizadeh [5]
The Travelers Josh Gordon, Will Speck [29]
Unexplained Phenomenon Dean Israelite [30]
WhisperJulian Terry [31]
The White RoomRod Blackhurst [32]

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