Company type | Private |
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Industry | Motion pictures and television |
Predecessor | Section Eight Productions |
Founded | 2006 |
Founders | |
Headquarters | Burbank, California, United States |
Products | Film 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]
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]
Year | Film | Director | Notes |
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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 | Post-production [6] |
Title | First aired | Last aired | Co-production | Network | Notes |
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Memphis Beat | 2010 | 2011 | Warner Horizon Television | TNT | |
Catch-22 | May 17, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | Anonymous Content Paramount Television | Hulu | |
On Becoming a God in Central Florida | August 25, 2019 | October 20, 2019 | Pali Eyes Pictures TriStar Television | Showtime |
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