Vertigo Entertainment

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Vertigo Entertainment
Industry Film production
Television production
Founded2001;24 years ago (2001)
Founder Roy Lee
Doug Davison
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States

Vertigo Entertainment is an American film and television production company based in Los Angeles, founded in 2001 by Roy Lee and Doug Davison.

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History

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Logo used from 2015 to 2019

In 2001, after leaving film production company BenderSpink, Roy Lee started Vertigo Entertainment with partner Doug Davison. [1] [2]

Originally, Vertigo Entertainment signed a first-look deal with Dimension Films to produce its feature films for three years. [3]

In 2004, Vertigo signed a deal with Universal Pictures to produce many films per year. [4] The deal was later terminated in 2008 during the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike. [5] In 2007, the studio signed a deal with Lionsgate Television to produce shows for television. [6]

In 2010, Vertigo signed a first-look deal with Warner Bros. to produce films. [7] [8] [9]

In March 2013, Vertigo signed a two-year first-look deal with Fox 21 to develop projects for cable. [10]

In December 2015, Vertigo expanded their partnership with Warner Bros. to include a two-year exclusive deal for drama and comedy series. [11]

In November 2017, Vertigo signed a multi-year first-look deal with Sony Pictures Television, including drama, comedy and unscripted programs for network, cable and streaming. [12]

In 2020, Vertigo signed a deal with Lionsgate to produce films. [13]

In June 2024, Vertigo announced an alliance with AWA Studios to create New Horror Storytelling Pipeline. [14]

Filmography

Theatrical films

2000s

YearTitleDirectorDistributorNotesBudgetGross
2002 The Ring Gore Verbinski DreamWorks Pictures uncredited; co-production with BenderSpink and MacDonald/Parkes Productions $48 million$249.3 million
2004 The Grudge Takashi Shimizu Sony Pictures Releasing uncredited; co-production with Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures $10 million$187.2 million
2005 The Ring Two Hideo Nakata DreamWorks Pictures uncredited; co-production with BenderSpink and Parkes/MacDonald Productions $50 million$164 million
Dark Water Walter Salles Buena Vista Pictures first credited film; co-production with Touchstone Pictures and Pandemonium $30 million$49.4 million
2006 Eight Below Frank Marshall uncredited; co-production with Spyglass Entertainment, Mandeville Films and The Kennedy/Marshall Company $40 million$120.5 million
The Lake House Alejandro Agresti Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures $115 million
The Departed Martin Scorsese co-production with Plan B Entertainment, Initial Entertainment Group and Media Asia Films $90 million$291.5 million
The Grudge 2 Takashi Shimizu Sony Pictures Releasing uncredited; co-production with Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures $20 million$70.7 million
2007 The Invasion Oliver Hirschbiegel Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures and Silver Pictures $65–80 million$40.2 million
2008 The Eye David Moreau
Xavier Palud		 Lionsgate co-production with Paramount Vantage and Cruise/Wagner Productions $12 million$56.96 million
Shutter Masayuki Ochiai 20th Century Fox co-production with Regency Enterprises $8 million$48 million
The Strangers Bryan Bertino Rogue Pictures co-production with Intrepid Pictures and Mandate Pictures $9 million$82.4 million
My Sassy Girl Yann Samuell 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment co-production with CJ Entertainment; direct-to-videoN/AN/A
Quarantine John Erick Dowdle Sony Pictures Releasing co-production with Screen Gems, Andale Pictures and Filmax $12 million$41.3 million
2009 The Uninvited The Guard Brothers Paramount Pictures co-production with Cold Spring Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company, Parkes/MacDonald Productions, Goldcrest Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures N/A$41.6 million
Assassination of a High School President Brett Simon Sony Pictures Home Entertainment co-production with Yari Film Group $11 million$6 million
The Grudge 3 Toby Wilkins uncredited; co-production with Stage 6 Films and Ghost House Pictures N/AN/A
The Echo Yam Laranas Image Entertainment co-production with QED International and RightOff Entertainment$5 million$1.5 million

2010s

YearTitleDirectorDistributorNotesBudgetGross
2010 Possession Joel Bergvall
Simon Sandquist		 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment co-production with Yari Film Group and Spitfire PicturesN/A$682,713
2011 The Roommate Christian E. Christiansen Sony Pictures Releasing co-production with Screen Gems $16 million$52.5 million
Quarantine 2: Terminal John Pogue Sony Pictures Home Entertainment co-production with Third Street Pictures, RCR Media Group, Stage 6 Films and Andale PicturesN/AN/A
Abduction John Singleton Lionsgate co-production with Quick Six Entertainment and Tailor Made Productions$35 million$90.1 million
Asylum Blackout Alexandre Courtes IFC Films co-production with Artemis Productions, Marquis Productions and Wy ProductionsN/A$98,201
2012 The Woman in Black James Watkins CBS Films uncredited; co-production with Alliance Films, Hammer Films, UK Film Council, Cross Creek Pictures, Tailsman Films, Exclusive Media Group and Film i Vast $15 million$129 million
2013 Oldboy Spike Lee FilmDistrict co-production with Good Universe and 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks $30 million$4.8 million
2014 The Lego Movie Phil Lord & Christopher Miller Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with Warner Animation Group, Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Lin Pictures, and Animal Logic $60–65 million$468.1 million
The Voices Marjane Satrapi Lionsgate co-production with 1984 Private Defense Contractors, Babelsberg Studio and Mandalay Vision $11 million$444,196
The Woman in Black: Angel of Death Tom Harper Relativity Media uncredited; co-production with Entertainment One and Hammer Films $15 million$48.9 million
2015 Run All Night Jaume Collet-Serra Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment and Energy Entertainment$50–61.6 million$71.6 million
Poltergeist Gil Kenan 20th Century Fox co-production with Fox 2000 Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ghost House Pictures and TSG Entertainment $35 million$95.4 million
Hidden The Duffer Brothers Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with Primal PicturesN/A$310,273
2016 The Boy William Brent Bell STX Entertainment co-production with Lakeshore Entertainment and Huayi Brothers Pictures $10 million$64.1 million
Flight 7500 Takashi Shimizu Lionsgate co-production with CBS Films and Ozla PicturesN/A$2.8 million
Blair Witch Adam Wingard co-production with Snoot Entertainment and Room 101$5 million$45.2 million
In the Shadow of Iris Jalil Lespert Netflix uncredited; co-production with Wy Productions, Universal Pictures International, Nexus Factory, uFund, uMedia, France Televisions, Canal+, Cine+, Cofinova 12, Cofinova 13, Indefilms and Cofimage 27N/A$1.5 million
2017 Sleepless Baran bo Odar Open Road Films co-production with Riverstone Pictures $30 million$32.9 million
Rings F. Javier Gutierrez Paramount Pictures uncredited; co-production with Parkes + MacDonald Image Nation $25 million$83.1 million
The Lego Batman Movie Chris McKay Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with Warner Animation Group, DC Entertainment, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Lin Pictures, Lord Miller Productions, and Animal Logic $80 million$312 million
Death Note Adam Wingard Netflix co-production with LP Entertainment $40–$50 millionN/A
It Andy Muschietti Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with Lin Pictures, KatzSmith Productions, New Line Cinema and RatPac Entertainment $35 million$701.8 million
The Lego Ninjago Movie Charlie Bean
Paul Fisher
Bob Logan		co-production with Warner Animation Group, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Lin Pictures, Lord Miller Productions, and Animal Logic $70 million$123.1 million
The Disaster Artist James Franco A24 uncredited; co-production with Point Grey Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Good Universe and Rabbit Bandini Productions $10 million$29.8 million
2018 Extinction Ben Young Netflix uncredited; co-production with Good Universe and Mandeville Films N/AN/A
2019 Polaroid Lars Klevberg Vertical Entertainment co-production with Dimension Films, Benderspink and Eldorado FilmN/A$2.4 million
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Mike Mitchell Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with Warner Animation Group, Lego System A/S, Rideback, Lord Miller Productions, and Animal Logic $99 million$192.3 million
It Chapter Two Andy Muschietti co-production with Double Dream, Rideback and New Line Cinema $79 million$473.1 million
Doctor Sleep Mike Flanagan co-production with Intrepid Pictures $45 million$72.3 million

2020s

YearTitleDirectorDistributorNotesBudgetGross
2020 The Grudge Nicolas Pesce Sony Pictures Releasing uncredited; co-production with Screen Gems, Stage 6 Films and Ghost House Pictures $10–14 million$49.5 million
The Turning Floria Sigismondi Universal Pictures co-production with DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment and Chislehurst Entertainment$14 million$18.6 million
Brahms: The Boy II William Brent Bell STXfilms uncredited; co-production with Lakeshore Entertainment $10 million$20.3 million
His House Remi Weekes Netflix co-production with Regency Enterprises, BBC Films and Starchild PicturesN/AN/A
2022 Barbarian Zach Cregger 20th Century Studios co-production with Regency Enterprises, Almost Never Films and BoulderLight Pictures$4-4.5 million$45.4 million
Don't Worry Darling Olivia Wilde Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with New Line Cinema $20–35 million$87.6 million
2023 The Mother Niki Caro Netflix co-production with Nuyorican Productions N/AN/A
Nimona Nick Bruno
Troy Quane 		uncredited; co-production with Annapurna Pictures [15] N/AN/A
Cobweb Samuel Bodin Lionsgate co-production with Point Grey Pictures [16] N/A$8.1 million
Woman of the Hour Anna Kendrick Netflix co-production with Let's Go Again, AGC Studios and BoulderLight PicturesN/AN/A
Boy Kills World Moritz Mohr Lionsgate
Roadside Attractions 		co-production with Raimi Productions, Nthibah Pictures and Hammerstone StudiosN/A$3.1 million
Five Nights at Freddy's Emma Tammi Universal Pictures uncredited; co-production with Blumhouse Productions, KatzSmith Productions, and Scott Cawthon Productions [17] $25 million$297.1 million
2024 Ordinary Angels Jon Gunn Lionsgate co-production with Kingdom Story Company, Stampede Ventures, Stolen Sky Productions and Green Hummingbird Entertainment [18] $12–13 million$20.5 million
The Strangers: Chapter 1 Renny Harlin [19] [20] [21] uncredited; co-production with Fifth Element Productions, Stream Media, Sherborne Media and LipSync$8.5 million$48 million
'Salem's Lot Gary Dauberman Max co-production with New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster and Wolper OrganizationN/AN/A
2025 Companion Drew Hancock Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with New Line Cinema, BoulderLight Pictures, Subconscious and Domain Entertainment$10 millionN/A

Upcoming

YearTitleDirectorDistributorNotes
2025 A Minecraft Movie Jared Hess [22] [23] [24] Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with Legendary Pictures, Mojang Studios and Domain Entertainment
Until Dawn David F. Sandberg Sony Pictures Releasing co-production with Screen Gems, PlayStation Productions, Coin Operated and Mangata [25]
2026 Weapons Zach Cregger Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with New Line Cinema and BoulderLight Pictures
TBA BioShock Francis Lawrence Netflix co-production with 2K [26]
Every House is Haunted Corin Hardy co-production with Raimi Productions and Starlight Media [27]
Mice and Mystics Alexandre Aja Universal Pictures co-production with DreamWorks Animation [28]
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence Lionsgate co-production with about:blank [29]
Outlast TBAco-production with Red Barrels [30]
The Sims Kate Herron Amazon MGM Studios [31] co-production with LuckyChap Entertainment and Electronic Arts [32]
Reborn Chris McKay Netflix co-production with Fortis Films [33]
The Witch Boy Minkyu Lee [34]

Television series

2000s

YearTitleCreatorNetworkNotesSeasonsEpisodes
2007 I'm from Rolling Stone Shari Brooks MTV co-production with Maverick Films, Rolling Stone and Yolo Films110

2010s

YearTitleCreatorNetworkNotesSeasonsEpisodes
2013–2014 Bates Motel based on characters from Psycho by:
Robert Bloch
developed by:
Carlton Cuse
Kerry Ehrin
Anthony Cipriano 		A&E uncredited; seasons 1–2; co-production with American Genre (season 1), Kerry Ehrin Productions, Carlton Cuse Productions (season 2) and Universal Television 220
2016 The Exorcist Jeremy Slater
based on The Exorcist by:
William Peter Blatty 		Fox uncredited; season 1; co-production with New Neighborhood, Morgan Creek Productions and 20th Century Fox Television 110
2017–2020 Unikitty! based on The Lego Movie by:
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
developed by:
Ed Skudder
Lynn Wang		 Cartoon Network uncredited; co-production with The Lego Group and Warner Bros. Animation 3104

2020s

YearTitleCreatorNetworkNotesSeasonsEpisodes
2020–2021 The Stand based on The Stand by:
Stephen King
developed by:
Josh Boone
Ben Cavell		 CBS All Access co-production with Mosaic Media Group and CBS Studios 19
2021–present Them Little Marvin Amazon Prime Video co-production with Sony Pictures Television, Amazon Studios, Hillman Grad Productions and Odd Man Out218
2024–presentHop Marc Brown Max
CBC Kids 		co-production with Epic Story Media, Loomi Animation and Marc Brown Studios 126

References

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  2. ↑ "The 30 Most Powerful Film Producers in Hollywood: Roy Lee". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ Lyons, Charles; Brodesser, Claude (2001-10-16). "Dimension to get pix from Vertigo's Lee, Davison". Variety. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  4. ↑ Brodesser, Claude (2004-08-20). "Vertigo spins with U, Focus". Variety. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  5. ↑ Graser, Marc; Siegel, Tatiana (2008-01-10). "Studios end first-look relationships". Variety. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  6. ↑ Adalian, Josef (2007-06-27). "Vertigo pacts with Lionsgate TV". Variety. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  7. ↑ McNary, Dave (2010-12-02). "Producer on a WB spree". Variety. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
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  11. ↑ "Vertigo Entertainment Inks Overall Deal With Warner Bros. TV, Taps Michael Connolly As Head Of Television". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  12. ↑ Otterson, Joe (2017-11-02). "Roy Lee's Vertigo Entertainment Inks First-Look Deal With Sony TV". Variety. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
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