Radar Pictures

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Radar Pictures, Inc.
Industry Film
Television
Predecessor Interscope Communications
Founded2000;25 years ago (2000)
Founder Ted Field
HeadquartersUnited States
Key people
Ted Field

Radar Pictures, Inc. is an American motion picture production company that was formed in 2000 by Ted Field, after obtaining the assets of Interscope Communications. [1]

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History

In 2000, Interscope Communications was spun off after Field bought out a share of the company's assets from USA Films and became Radar Pictures, and acquired the use of Interscope's film library in its development slate, as well as its set of features that were slated to be Interscope productions. Ted Field continued to partner with longtime Interscope partner Scott Kroopf at Radar Pictures. [1]

In 2001, the company struck a deal with Good Machine International to handle sale of the company's film productions. The deal does not include existing projects that were set up at other studios. [2] [3] The company's first film, They , was released in 2002. Good Machine eventually merged with USA Films and Universal Focus to form Focus Features, which inherited sales of Radar's productions for several years. [4] [5]

Also that year, the company formed a partnership with Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, to start Platinum Dunes, with a deal at Radar Pictures. [6] Only two pictures came out of the deal, which are remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre , Horsemen and The Amityville Horror . [7] [8]

Later that year, the company signed deals with TMG/Concorde, Lauren Film and Sandrew Metronome to market films for the European market. [9] In 2002, Peter Berg, who attempted to do Truck 44, struck a deal with the company. [10] Also that year, former United Artists executive Lindsay Doran signed a two-year deal with the studio. [11]

In 2004, Scott Kroopf, who was a longtime partner left Radar to join Intermedia. [12] That year, the company started partnerships with A. Demetrius (Tony) Brown to form Radar & CMX Entertainment to produce urban and Latin projects, [13] and a deal with Core Digital Pictures, to develop CGI-animated feature films for kids. [14] In 2006, the company begin setting up its own independent financing structure to finance 25 studio films with $20 million budgets for the next few years. [15] In 2007, the company begin financing films with Media Rights Capital and Warner Bros. Pictures to fund two films. [16]

In 2015, the company partnered with Paul Kampf Studios to develop and produce micro-budget feature films. [17] In 2016, the company signed a deal with Rodney Henry to start a joint venture Protege Media to develop film and television projects. [18] Also that year, the company was sued by BMG Rights Management, claiming Radar's film slate was fraudulent. [19] In 2018, Chris Van Allsburg and Radar Pictures set up a deal with 20th Century Fox to produce films based on his literary titles. [20] In 2022, the company signed a deal with Buchwald for representation. [21]

Filmography

Radar Pictures has produced 30 films. Of the 30 films produced, only 4 are direct-to-video or made-for-television productions. Note that in all cases the distributor or distributors are also co-producers. The box office column reflects the worldwide gross for the theatrical release of the films in United States dollars.

Feature films

YearTitleDirectorCo-production company(s)Distributor(s)Box officeRef.
2002 They Robert Harmon Dimension Films/
Focus Features 		$16,446,271 [22]
2003 How to Deal Clare Kilner Golden Mean Productions New Line Cinema/
Focus Features 		$14,308,132 [23]
2003 Le Divorce James Ivory Merchant Ivory Productions Fox Searchlight Pictures $12,991,996 [24]
2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Marcus Nispel Platinum Dunes/
Next Entertainment 		New Line Cinema/
Focus Features 		$107,364,583 [25]
2003 The Last Samurai Edward Zwick The Bedford Falls Company/
Cruise/Wagner Productions 		Warner Bros. Pictures $454,627,263 [26]
2003 Evil Alien Conquerors 1 Chris Matheson Good Machine International/
Nada Pictures		 First Look Pictures —
2004 The Chronicles of Riddick David Twohy One Race Films Universal Pictures $115,900,534 [27]
2005 Son of the Mask Lawrence Guterman Dark Horse Entertainment New Line Cinema $59,981,548 [28]
2005 The Amityville Horror Andrew Douglas Platinum Dunes Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/
Dimension Films 		$107,516,369 [29]
2005 Zathura: A Space Adventure Jon Favreau Michael De Luca Productions/
Teitler Film		 Columbia Pictures $65,079,236 [30]
2006 Waist Deep Vondie Curtis-Hall Intrepid Pictures Rogue Pictures $21,353,303 [31]
2007 The Heartbreak Kid Peter Farrelly
Bobby Farrelly 		Davis Entertainment/
Conundrum Entertainment 		DreamWorks Pictures/
Paramount Pictures 		$128,453,183 [32]
2008 Swing Vote Joshua Michael Stern Treehouse Films/
1821 Pictures		 Touchstone Pictures $17,635,397 [33]
2009 Horseman Jonas Åkerlund Platinum Dunes/
Mandate Pictures 		Lionsgate Films $2,405,815 [34]
2009 All About Steve Phil Traill Fox 2000 Pictures/
Fortis Films 		20th Century Fox $40,105,542 [35]
2009 The Invention of Lying Ricky Gervais
Matthew Robinson 		Media Rights Capital/
Lynda Obst Productions/
Lin Pictures 		Warner Bros. Pictures/
Focus Features 		$32,406,507 [36]
2009 The Box Richard Kelly Media Rights Capital/
Lin Pictures 		Warner Bros. Pictures/
The Weinstein Company 		$33,333,531 [37]
2009 Everybody's Fine Kirk Jones Hollywood Gang Miramax Films $16,443,609 [38]
2010 Twelve Joel Schumacher Original Media/
Gaumont 		Hannover House $2,648,195 [39]
2012 Spring Breakers Harmony Korine Muse Productions/
Annapurna Pictures/
Division Films 		A24 $32,170,399 [40]
2013 Riddick David Twohy One Race Films Universal Pictures $98,337,295 [41]
2014Acid Girls1Taylor CohenThe Illusionarium—
2015Winter Dragon2James SedaRed Eagle Entertainment FXX —
2015 Club Life Fabrizio Conte2B Films The Orchard $219,229 [42]
2016 Kickboxer: Vengeance John Stockwell Headmon Entertainment & Productions RLJ Entertainment $287,779 [43]
2017Under the Bed2 Daniel Myrick Appian Way Productions/
Sobe Brooke Studios		 Lifetime —
2017 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Jake Kasdan Matt Tolmach Productions/
Seven Bucks Productions 		Columbia Pictures $962,544,585 [44]
2018 Beirut Brad Anderson ShivHans Pictures Bleecker Street $7,509,436 [45]
2019 Jumanji: The Next Level Jake Kasdan Matt Tolmach Productions/
Seven Bucks Productions/
The Detective Agency		 Columbia Pictures $801,693,929 [46]
2020 Spell Mark Tonderai Mayhem Pictures/
MC8 Entertainment		 Paramount Players $500,104 [47]
TBA Bendy and the Ink Machine André Øvredal Double Down Pictures—— [48]
Box office total:$3,152,263,770—

1 Direct-to-video release.
2 Released as a made-for-television film

Television shows

YearTitleCreatorCo-production company(s)Network(s)SeasonsRef.
2021 The Wheel of Time Rafe Judkins Iwot Pictures/
Long Weekend/
Little Island Productions/
Amazon Studios/
Sony Pictures Television 		Amazon Prime Video 2 [49]
Season total:2—

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  18. ↑ McNary, Dave (2016-09-13). "Ted Field Partners With Rodney Henry on Protege Media Deal (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
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  21. ↑ Grobar, Matt (2022-05-17). "'The Wheel Of Time' EP Ted Field's Radar Pictures Signs With Buchwald". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
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  43. ↑ "Kickboxer: Vengeance". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  44. ↑ "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
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