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Cloud Ten Pictures is a Canadian film production and distribution company located in St. Catharines, Ontario, who specialised in producing "end times" Christian films. [1]
| Founded | 1994 |
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| Founder | Peter and Paul LaLonde |
| Headquarters | St. Catherines, Ontario, |
Cloud Ten was formed by brothers Peter and Paul LaLonde in 1994. The Lalonde brothers self-financed the company's early films, which consisted of documentaries addressing Christian theological issues. Prior to forming Cloud Ten, the LaLonde brothers had found an audience in Christian Evangelical circles through their television program, This Week in Bible Prophecy [2] .
The company's first feature film was Apocalypse , a low-budget thriller released in 1998. The company produced three more films in the Apocalypse Series, Revelation (1999), Tribulation (2000) and Judgment (2001).
In 2000, Cloud Ten Pictures released Left Behind: The Movie , based upon the first book in the popular Left Behind book series, authored by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. [3] It was released into the video market on October 31. [4] Byron M. Jones, the then VP of Entertainment, states that "the pre-orders for this sequel have outpaced those of the original LEFT BEHIND movie by almost 40%. It also ended up being named the "Best-Selling Title of the Year by an Independent Studio". [5] Cloud Ten also produced two sequels based upon the second book in the Left Behind book series, Left Behind: Tribulation Force (2002) and Left Behind: World at War (2005). Cloud Ten released Left Behind: World at War via a coordinated nationwide screening in over 3,200 churches (compared with a typical 1,700 screens in a nationwide theatrical release). [6] The World at War release started a trend for Christian film church releases, and led Cloud Ten to launch its Church Cinema program. [7] The founders, Peter and Paul Lalonde, were referred to as "The Fabulous LaLonde Brothers" in a profile by GQ magazine. [8]
Cloud Ten, with the Left Behind films, was in legal disputes with both their co-producers, Namesake Entertainment, and one of the authors of the popular book series, Tim LaHaye. The dispute with LaHaye resulted in a series of legal actions, originally filed in 2000, that were settled in July 2008. The terms of the settlement are confidential, but Cloud Ten Pictures has stated that Tim Lahaye has the rights for one year to try to remake the Left Behind films. If he does not exercise those rights within one year, Cloud Ten Pictures will again have the rights to make Left Behind movies. As of October 1, 2010, the rights to the Left Behind film series have officially been restored to Cloud Ten Pictures, and the company is planning a remake of the series. Cloud Ten was hoping to start development on the remake by late 2011.[ needs update ]
Cloud Ten released three films in 2008: Smuggler's Ransom, Genius Club and Saving God . Both Smuggler's Ransom and Genius Club were acquired for distribution. Saving God is a co-production with Clear Entertainment and stars Ving Rhames, Ricardo Chavira and Dean McDermott. They also distributed The River Within in 2009.
| # | Film | Theatrical release | Church release | DVD release | Blu-ray release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apocalypse | September 27, 1998 | Released | Released | — |
| 2 | Apocalypse II: Revelation | May 7, 1999 | TBA | 1999 | — |
| 3 | Apocalypse III: Tribulation | January 14, 2000 | Released | Released | — |
| 4 | Left Behind: The Movie | February 2, 2001 | — | October 29, 2000 | — |
| 5 | Apocalypse IV: Judgment | March 6, 2001 | — | March 16, 2001 | — |
| 6 | Left Behind II: Tribulation Force | October 29, 2002 | December 31, 2002 | October 29, 2002 | — |
| 7 | Waterproof | — | Released | Released | — |
| 8 | The Miracle of the Cards | Released | Released | — | |
| 9 | Deceived | — | — | Released | — |
| 10 | Left Behind: World at War | October 21, 2005 | October 18, 2005 | October 25, 2005 | — |
| 11 | Smuggler's Ransom | — | June 6, 2008 | June 10, 2008 | — |
| 12 | Treasure Blind | — | — | Released 2008 | — |
| 13 | The Genius Club | October 27, 2006 | — | September 2008 | — |
| 14 | Saving God | — | October 6, 2008 | October 11, 2008 | October 11, 2008 |
| 15 | The River Within | — | — | November 10, 2009 | — |
| 16 | Dangerous Calling | — | — | Released 2010 | — |
In 2003, the company started pre-production on a movie called End Game. The movie was supposed to be their first film planned to have a wide theatrical release. Eleven pages of the shooting script went up on the official website, but production came to a halt shortly after.
In mid-June 2003, production was supposed to begin on an animated remake of their film Left Behind: The Movie . Cloud Ten's VP of films, André van Heerden, said, "the storyline will be even closer to the original books than a live-action movie can be simply because of the freedom animation gives." This film was not made. [9]
Shortly after the release of Left Behind: World at War , a television show based on Left Behind was in the planning stages for airing on the PAX television network. Planning for the television show also includes casting calls in the United States and Canada, but creative differences on the direction of the proposed television series led Cloud Ten Pictures to abandon the project.
Cloud Ten Pictures CEO Paul Lalonde opened the new Christian production company Stoney Lake Entertainment, which produced the Left Behind remake, a film that was originally going to be produced by Cloud Ten Pictures.[ citation needed ]
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