Captivate Entertainment

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Captivate Entertainment
Company type Limited Liability Company
Industry Film
GenreVarious
Founded2009
FounderJeffrey Weiner
Ben Smith
Headquarters
Universal City, California
,
United States
Key people
Jeffrey Weiner(CEO) [1]
Ben Smith(President) [1] [2]
Products Films

Captivate Entertainment LLC. is an American film production company, founded by Jeffrey Weiner and Ben Smith in 2009.[ citation needed ] It has a first-look deal with Universal Studios [3] and it is based on the Universal Studios Backlot in Universal City, California. The company is best known for managing the movie rights of Robert Ludlum's books [4] [5] and producing the 2012 film The Bourne Legacy starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton. [6] [7]

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History

Captivate Entertainment was started in 2009 by Jeffrey Wiener, the executor of the Robert Ludlum Estate [1] and Ben Smith, the veteran ICM Partners agent handling Ludlum's works at the Agency. [8] After the successful The Bourne Ultimatum, writer Paul Zetumer was drafted by Universal and Captivate to script a fourth installment of the Bourne Identity franchise which would star Matt Damon and be directed by Paul Greengrass. However, following a dispute between Greengrass and the studio, Damon said he wouldn't make another without his director. [9] Captivate Entertainment and Universal instead filled the gap with the spinoff film The Bourne Legacy, which Tony Gilroy wrote and directed. [10]

Filmography

Feature films

Released films

#TitleRelease dateBudgetDomestic GrossWorldwide Gross Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic Refs.
1 The Bourne Legacy August 10, 2012$125,000,000$113,203,870$276,144,75055% [11] 61 [12] [13]
2 Jason Bourne July 29, 2016$120,000,000$162,434,410$415,484,91456% [14] 58 [15] [16]

Films in development

TitleRefs.
The Chancellor Manuscript [17]
The Parsifal Mosaic [17]
Pursuit [18]
The Janson Directive [3] [19]

Television

TitleSeasonEpisode(s)First airedLast airedCo-productionNetworkNotes
Treadstone 1 10 October 15, 2019December 2019 Universal Content Productions
Imperative Entertainment		 USA Network

References

  1. 1 2 3 Breznican, Anthony (March 25, 2009). "The Ludlum legacy keeps movie studios on the move". usatoday.com . Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ Jagernauth, Kevin (May 8, 2012). "Producer Ben Smith Talks 'The Bourne Legacy' & The Status Of Robert Ludlum Adaptations In Development". Indiewire. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Fleming, Mike (October 25, 2011). "Universal And Captivate Target Next Robert Ludlum Thriller: 'The Janson Directive'".
  4. ↑ Horn, John (August 3, 2012). "The intricate birth of 'The Bourne Legacy'" . Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ Ashley, Ron (March 6, 2011). "Did You Know: Robert Ludlum / Captivate Entertainment". themoviebanter.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Captivate Entertainment IMDb". IMDb . Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Bourne Legacy IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  8. ↑ Finke, Nikki (December 7, 2008). "Universal and Ludlum Entertainment Hire ICM Agent To Run Bourne Production". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  9. ↑ Masters, Kim (December 19, 2011). "Matt Damon's Verbal Attack Exposes Deep Rift in 'Bourne' Franchise". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  10. ↑ Fleming, Mike (February 15, 2012). "Universal and Ludlum Entertainment Hire ICM Agent To Run Bourne Production". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  11. ↑ "The Bourne Legacy". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  12. ↑ "The Bourne Legacy". MetaCritic. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  13. ↑ "The Bourne Legacy". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Jason Bourne". Rotten Tomatoes .
  15. ↑ "Jason Bourne". Metacritic .
  16. ↑ "Jason Bourne".
  17. 1 2 "Future Releases: Captivate Entertainment". Film Releases. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  18. ↑ "'Taken' Director Is Ready For 'Pursuit'". ScreenRant. August 28, 2013. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  19. ↑ "The Janson Directive". IMDB. August 28, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2015.


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