Wonderland Sound and Vision

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Wonderland Sound and Vision
Company type Motion Picture
Television
Founded2000
Founder Joseph McGinty Nichol
HeadquartersUnited States
Key people
McG (Founder)
Mary Viola (President)
Steven Bello (Vice President)
Website wonderlandsoundandvision.com

Wonderland Sound and Vision, or simply known as Wonderland, is an American production company founded by director and producer Joseph McGinty Nichol in 2001. It independently develops, produces and finances its own slate of feature films, television and digital projects. The company is responsible for television series The O.C., Chuck, and Supernatural , alongside films Terminator Salvation , We Are Marshall , The DUFF and The Babysitter .

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History

The company was originally formed after the success of Charlie's Angels , setting up Wonderland with a two-year motion picture deal at Columbia Pictures to set up projects on November 3, 2000. [1] Wonderland set up its own television shop on October 8, 2001, with its first gig, Fastlane , with John McNamara, whose by that time, received an exclusive production pact with Warner Bros. Television themselves. [2]

On July 16, 2002, the company received a two-year production contract at Warner Bros. Television to produce their television projects. [3] On September 9, 2004, former Fox drama topper Peter Johnson joined Wonderland Sound and Vision as television president of the studio. [4]

On August 2, 2007, the company signed a first look deal with Warner Bros., whose television contract was already renewed, to develop film projects for the studio. [5]

Filmography

Television

YearTitle
2002–2003 Fastlane
2003–2007 The O.C.
2004–2005 The Mountain
2005–2013 Supernatural
2007–2012 Chuck
2010–2011 Human Target
2010–2013 Nikita
2015 Kevin from Work
2021 Turner & Hooch
2022–2023 The Winchesters
2023–2024 Not Dead Yet
2023 True Lies
2023 Average Joe

Film

YearTitle
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2006 Stay Alive
We Are Marshall
2009 Terminator Salvation
2014 3 Days to Kill
Before We Go
Mercy
2015 The DUFF
Playing It Cool
2017 The Babysitter
2018 When We First Met
I Feel Pretty
2019 Rim of the World
Tall Girl
2020 The Babysitter: Killer Queen
Holidate
2021 Love Hard
2022 Tall Girl 2
2023 Family Switch
2024 Música
Uglies
TBA Way of the Warrior Kid

Internet television

YearTitle
2008 Sorority Forever
2009 Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series
2011–2013Aim High

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