Smokehouse Pictures

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Smokehouse Pictures
Company typePrivate
Industry Motion pictures and television
Predecessor Section Eight Productions
Founded2006;18 years ago (2006)
Founders
Headquarters
Burbank, California, United States
ProductsFilm production

Smokehouse Pictures is an American film and television production company. The company was founded in 2006 by George Clooney and Grant Heslov after the shutdown of Section Eight Productions. Its name is taken from the Smoke House restaurant, located across the street from Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. [1]

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Smoke House Restaurant Smoke House Restaurant Entrance.jpg
Smoke House Restaurant

The company signed a long-term production and development agreement with Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Bros. Television in July 2006. [2]

In June 2009, the company signed an exclusive two-year theatrical development and production deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment. [3] [4]

In March 2023, the company returned to Warner Bros. for an overall film deal. [5]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmDirectorNotes
2008 Leatherheads George Clooney
2009 Playground Libby Spears
The Men Who Stare at Goats Grant Heslov
2010 The American Anton Corbijn
2011 The Ides of March George Clooney
2012 Argo Ben Affleck Best Picture: Academy Award, AFI, Golden Globe, BAFTA
Best Director: Golden Globe, BAFTA
2013 August: Osage County John Wells
2014 The Monuments Men George Clooney
2015 Our Brand Is Crisis David Gordon Green
2016 Money Monster Jodie Foster
2017 Suburbicon George Clooney
2018 Ocean's 8 Gary Ross
O.G. Madeleine Sackler
2020 The Art of Political Murder Paul Taylor
The Midnight Sky George Clooney
2021 The Tender Bar
2022 Ticket to Paradise Ol Parker
2023 The Boys in the Boat George Clooney
2024 Wolfs Jon Watts Released September 2024 [6]

Television

TitleFirst airedLast airedCo-productionNetworkNotes
Memphis Beat20102011 Warner Horizon Television TNT
Catch-22 May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Anonymous Content
Paramount Television
Hulu
On Becoming a God in Central Florida August 25, 2019October 20, 2019Pali Eyes Pictures
TriStar Television
Showtime

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References

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