Marv Studios

Not to be confused with Marvel Studios.

Marv Studios Limited

Logo used since 2021
Formerly	Speed 5779 Limited (August–September 1996) [1] SKA Productions Limited (September 1996–July 1999) [1] SKA Films Limited (1999–2003) Marv Limited (October–November 2005) [2] Marv Films Limited (November 2005–June 2018) [2]
Company type	Production company
Industry	Film and television production
Founded	1997;29 years ago (1997)
Founders	Guy Ritchie Matthew Vaughn
Headquarters	London, England (main)
Key people	Matthew Vaughn
Products	Films, television series
Website	www.marv.com

Marv Studios, formerly SKA Films, is a British production company owned and co-founded by Matthew Vaughn. It is best known for the motion pictures Layer Cake , Stardust , Kick-Ass , Kingsman: The Secret Service , Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The King's Man . The company name is an acronym deriving from Vaughn’s birth name: Matthew Allard Robert Vaughn.

History

SKA Films

In 1997, producer Matthew Vaughn and director Guy Ritchie launched their own company in the United Kingdom, with its first project being Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , which is for Handmade Films. ^[3]

In 1999, Vaughn and Ritchie struck an agreement with Sony Pictures to distribute its next project, Snatch . ^[4]

The team followed it up with their next big project Swept Away , starring Madonna. ^[5] The film ended up being bombed critically and commercially. ^[6] It went on to win the Golden Raspberry Awards in 2003. ^[7]

Marv Films / Marv Studios

Later that same year, Ritchie and Vaughn broke up ties, thus rebranding from SKA Films to Marv Films, and its first production under the new banner was Matthew Vaughn's directorial debut Layer Cake . ^[8]

In 2007, it signed a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to produce its feature films. ^[9] Later that same year, Charlie Mitchell joined the company. ^[10]

In 2009, Kris Thykier decided to leave Marv Films, in order to set up PeaPie Films, to produce new feature films. ^[11]

In 2018, Vaughn launched its subsidiary Marv Studios to set up new feature film reboots. ^[12]

Marv Music

In 2021, Marv launched a record label, Marv Music, in conjunction with Warner Music Group. The label is distributed under Warner's Parlophone unit. ^[13]

Films

Title	Release date	Director	Producer	Writer	Production company	Distributor	Rotten Tomatoes
as SKA Films
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	28 August 1998	Guy Ritchie	Matthew Vaughn	Guy Ritchie	HandMade Films The Steve Tisch Company Summit Entertainment	Gramercy Pictures Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International PolyGram Filmed Entertainment	75% [14]
Snatch	23 August 2000					Screen Gems	73% [15]
Mean Machine	26 December 2001	Barry Skolnick		Tracy Keenan Wynn Charlie Fletcher Chris Baker Andrew Day		Paramount Pictures	34% [16]
Swept Away	11 October 2002	Guy Ritchie		Guy Ritchie	CODI SpA	Screen Gems	5% [17]
as Marv Films
Layer Cake	1 October 2004	Matthew Vaughn	Adam Bohling David Reid Matthew Vaughn	J. J. Connolly		Sony Pictures Classics (Worldwide) Columbia Pictures (UK and Ireland)	81% [18]
Stardust	10 April 2007		Lorenzo di Bonaventura Michael Dreyer Neil Gaiman Matthew Vaughn	Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn	Ingenious Media	Paramount Pictures	76% [19]
Harry Brown	11 November 2009	Daniel Barber	Matthew Vaughn Kris Thykier Matthew Brown Keith Bell	Gary Young	UK Film Council HanWay Films Prescience Framestore Features	Lionsgate	64% [20]
Kick-Ass	26 March 2010	Matthew Vaughn	Matthew Vaughn Brad Pitt Kris Thykier Adam Bohling Tarquin Pack David Reid	Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn	Plan B Entertainment	Lionsgate Universal Pictures	75% [21]
The Debt	30 September 2010	John Madden	Matthew Vaughn Kris Thykier	Matthew Vaughn Jane Goldman Peter Straughan		Focus Features Miramax	76% [22]
Kick-Ass 2	14 August 2013	Jeff Wadlow	Adam Bohling Tarquin Pack David Reid Matthew Vaughn	Jeff Wadlow	Plan B Entertainment Dentsu	Universal Pictures	31% [23]
Kingsman: The Secret Service	13 February 2015	Matthew Vaughn	Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling	Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn	Cloudy Productions Shangri-La Entertainment	20th Century Fox	74% [24]
Fantastic Four	7 August 2015	Josh Trank	Gregory Goodman Simon Kinberg Robert Kulzer Hutch Parker Matthew Vaughn	Jeremy Slater Simon Kinberg Josh Trank	Marvel Entertainment Constantin Film Kinberg Genre Robert Kulzer Productions		9% [25]
Eddie the Eagle	26 February 2016	Dexter Fletcher	Adam Bohling David Reid Rupert Maconick Valerie Van Galder Matthew Vaughn	Sean Macaulay Simon Kelton	Studio Babelsberg Saville Productions		80% [26]
Kingsman: The Golden Circle	20 September 2017	Matthew Vaughn	Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling	Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn	Cloudy Productions		51% [27]
Rocketman	31 May 2019	Dexter Fletcher	Adam Bohling David Furnish David Reid Matthew Vaughn	Lee Hall	Rocket Pictures New Republic Pictures	Paramount Pictures	89% [28]
as Marv Studios
Silent Night	3 December 2021	Camille Griffin	Matthew Vaughn Trudie Styler Celine Rattray	Camille Griffin	Endeavor Content Maven Screen Media	AMC+ RLJE Films	65% [29]
The King's Man	22 December 2021	Matthew Vaughn	Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling	Matthew Vaughn Karl Gajdusek	Cloudy Productions	20th Century Studios	43% [30]
Tetris	31 March 2023	Jon S. Baird	Matthew Vaughn Leonard Blavatnik Gregor Cameron Gillian Berrie	Noah Pink	Apple Studios AI Film Unigram	Apple TV+	81% [31]
Argylle	2 February 2024	Matthew Vaughn	Matthew Vaughn Adam Bohling David Reid Jason Fuchs	Jason Fuchs	Apple Studios Cloudy Productions	Apple TV+ Universal Pictures	35% [32]
Shiver [33]	13 August 2027	Tim Miller	Matthew Vaughn Aaron Ryder	Ian Shorr	Ryder Picture Company	Warner Bros. Pictures	TBA
Stuntnuts: The Movie [34]	TBA	Damien Walters	Matthew Vaughn Joby Stephens Morgan Carlson Luke Gomes Christopher Tomkins	Damien Walters	Zebbo Films	TBA	TBA
Stuntnuts Does School Fight	TBA	Damien Walters	Matthew Vaughn Joby Stephens Morgan Carlson Luke Gomes Christopher Tomkins	Damien Walters	Zebbo Films	TBA	TBA

Television

Title	First aired	Last aired	Showrunner	Co-production	Network	Notes
as SKA Films
Lock, Stock...	29 May 2000	11 July 2000	Guy Ritchie	Ginger Productions	Channel 4
Swag	23 March 2003	3 August 2004	Guy Ritchie	Monkey Kingdom	Five

References

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2. "Marv Studios Limited overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House . 10 October 2005. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
3. "Paragon unveils 5 new HandMade pix". Variety. 21 February 1997. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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6. Hoffmann, Bill (15 October 2002). "MADONNA BOMBS – 'SWEPT AWAY' IS LATEST WA$HOUT IN LONG LINE OF FLOPS". New York Post. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
7. "Madonna sweeps board at annual Raspberry awards". The Guardian. 24 March 2003. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 29 May 2020.
8. Dawtrey, Adam (15 June 2003). "Vaughn takes 'Cake,' Ritchie fires 'Revolver'". Variety. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
9. Garrett, Diane (16 June 2007). "Sony, Marv Films pact". Variety. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
10. Dawtrey, Adam (7 December 2007). "Mitchell joins MARV Films". Variety. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
11. Jaafar, Ali (6 July 2009). "Thykier exits Marv, sets up PeaPie". Variety. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
12. Wiseman, Andreas (8 June 2018). "Matthew Vaughn Plans 'Kick-Ass' Reboot & 'Kingsman' Spinoff, Launches Marv Studios". Deadline. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
13. Needham, Jack (11 November 2021). "WARNER LAUNCHES JV LABEL MARV MUSIC WITH BRITISH PRODUCTION COMPANY MARV, COLIN BARLOW JOINS AS PRESIDENT". Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
14. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1999) , retrieved 29 May 2020
15. Snatch (2001) , retrieved 29 May 2020
16. Mean Machine (2002) , retrieved 29 May 2020
17. Swept Away (2002) , retrieved 29 May 2020
18. "Layer Cake". Rotten Tomatoes . Flixster . Retrieved 27 October 2012.
19. "Stardust". Rotten Tomatoes . Flixster. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
20. "Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 5 September 2010.
21. "Kick-Ass (2010)". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 21 February 2015.
22. "The Debt". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 1 November 2011.
23. "Kick-Ass 2 (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
24. "Kingsman: The Secret Service". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 21 September 2017.
25. "Fantastic Four (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
26. "Eddie the Eagle (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
27. "Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 9 October 2017.
28. "Rocketman (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 1 October 2019.
29. "Silent Night". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 26 September 2021.
30. "The King's Man". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 24 December 2021.
31. "Tetris". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 1 April 2023.
32. "Argylle". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 2 February 2024.
33. Kit, Borys (31 October 2025). "Keanu Reeves, Tim Miller Teaming Up for Unique Sci-Fi Movie 'Shiver' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
34. Yossman, K. J. (29 February 2024). "Matthew Vaughn Starts Production on The Stuntman, Next Film in Kick-Ass Universe Directed by Damien Walters (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

External links

• Official website