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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Film |
| Predecessors | Roven/Cavallo Entertainment Steel Pictures |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founders | Charles Roven Bob Cavallo Dawn Steel |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
| Products | Motion Pictures Production and Financing |
| Subsidiaries | Atlas Artist Mosaic Media Group |
Atlas Entertainment is an American film financing and production company, started by Charles Roven, Bob Cavallo and Dawn Steel in 1995. [1]
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 1995, 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. [4]
In 1997, Bob Cavallo left Atlas Entertainment to join Walt Disney Studios. [5] Later that year, Dawn Steel, a manager in the company, died. [6]
On July 29, 1999, Atlas Entertainment was merged with Gold/Miller Management to create Mosaic Media Group. [7]
In 2008, Charles Roven split off their ties from Mosaic Media Group, and relaunched Atlas Entertainment with a first-look deal at Sony Pictures. [8]
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. [9] In December 2014, Atlas started its subsidiary, a management company called Atlas Artists, headed by Dave Fleming. [10]
Charles Roven and Richard Suckle produced 2013 film American Hustle, for which both producers were nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture. [11] 12 Monkeys episode “Mentally Divergent” was also nominated for Cinematography Awards. [12] [13] 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. [10] [14] [15] Uncharted was also produced by Atlas along with Arad Productions. [16]
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes | Budget | Gross (worldwide) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Angus | New Line Cinema | co-production with Turner Pictures and the BBC | $1.5 million | $4.8 million |
| 12 Monkeys | Universal Pictures | co-production with Classico | $29.5 million | $168.8 million | |
| 1998 | Fallen | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Turner Pictures | $46 million | $25.2 million |
| City of Angels | co-production with TaurusFilm and Regency Enterprises | $55 million | $198.7 million | ||
| 1999 | Three Kings | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, Village-A.M. Film Partnership and Coast Ridge Films | $48 million | $107.7 million |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Rollerball | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | co-production with Helkon Media KG, Mosaic Media Group, Toho-Towa and Yorktown Productions | $70 million | $25.9 million |
| Scooby-Doo | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Mosaic Media Group | $84 million | $275.7 million | |
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm | Dimension Films | co-production with Mosaic Media Group, Daniel Bobker Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $80–88 million | $105.3 million |
| 2006 | Idlewild | Universal Pictures | co-production with Forensic Films, HBO Films and Mosaic Media Group | $10 million | $12.6 million |
| 2008 | Get Smart | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, Mosaic Media Group, Mad Chance and Callahan Filmworks | $80 million | $230.7 million |
| 2009 | The International | Sony Pictures Releasing | co-production with Columbia Pictures and Relativity Media | $50 million | $60.2 million |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Wonder Woman 1984 | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with DC Films and The Stone Quarry | $200 million | $188.1 million |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad | co-production with DC Films and The Safran Company | $185 million | $167.4 million | |
| 2022 | Uncharted | Sony Pictures Releasing | co-production with Columbia Pictures, Arad Productions and PlayStation Productions | $120 million | $384.7 million |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Universal Pictures | co-production with Syncopy Inc. | $100 million | $958 million |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vicious | Paramount Pictures | under Atlas Independent |
| Mercy | Amazon MGM Studios |
| Year | Title | Distributor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Live! | Vivendi Entertainment | co-production with Vivendi |
| 2019 | Triple Frontier | Netflix | co-production with Netflix Original Films |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | HBO Max | co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, Access / Dune Entertainment and The Stone Quarry |
| Years | Title | Network | Notes | Seasons | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-2018 | 12 Monkeys | Syfy | co-production with Division Street (seasons 3–4) and Universal Cable Productions | 4 | 47 |
| 2018–2020 | Dirty John | Bravo (season 1) USA Network (season 2) | co-production with Universal Cable Productions (season 1), Universal Content Productions (season 2- ), Los Angeles Times Studios and Nutmegger | 2 | 16 |
| 2019 | What/If | Netflix | co-production with Page Fright, Compari Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television | 1 | 10 |
| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster | Cartoon Network | co-production with Warner Premiere, Telvan Productions and Nine/8 Entertainment |
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