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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Predecessor | Carolco Pictures Cinergi Pictures |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder | Mario Kassar Andrew G. Vajna |
| Defunct | 2008 |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Successor | The Halcyon Company |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Products | Motion pictures, television series and video games |
C2 Pictures was an American independent media-entertainment company that specialized in film and television production.
The company was established in 1998 by Carolco Pictures co-founders Andrew G. Vajna (who had formed Cinergi Pictures until it folded in this same year) and Mario Kassar. [1] In 1999, VCL Communications and Toho-Towa were attached as partners on the then-upcoming feature film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines . [2] The company assigned Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer the right to co-produce Basic Instinct 2 . [3] Both sequels were co-produced by international backer Intermedia. [4]
The company's first production was action comedy film I Spy (2002). Though this film was the company's first, Kassar and Vajna's initial purpose for forming the new company was to resurrect the Terminator franchise. [5] In 2008, the company fell into dormancy and eventually was dissolved. [6]
| Release Date | Title | Director(s) | Production partner(s) | Distributor(s) | Budget | Box office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1, 2002 | I Spy | Betty Thomas | Columbia Pictures, Tall Trees Productions, Sheldon Leonard Productions | Sony Pictures Releasing | $70 million [7] | $60.3 million [7] |
| July 2, 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines [8] | Jonathan Mostow | Columbia Pictures, [9] Intermedia Films [8] | Warner Bros. Pictures (United States/Canada), Sony Pictures Releasing (International) | $187.3 million ($167.3 million excluding production overhead) | $433.3 million [10] |
| March 31, 2006 | Basic Instinct 2 | Michael Caton-Jones | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Intermedia Films | Sony Pictures Releasing | $70 million | $38.6 million [11] |
| November 10, 2006 | Children of Glory | Krisztina Goda | N/A | Bunyik Entertainment (United States) | N/A | N/A |
| Year(s) | Title | Creator(s) | Production partner(s) | Distributor(s) | Original network | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Josh Friedman | co-production with Sarah Connor Pictures, Bartleby Company and Warner Bros. Television | Warner Bros. Television Distribution | Fox | first season only |
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