| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | January 3, 2014 [1] |
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| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people |
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| Services | Film production |
Number of employees | 11-50 [2] |
| Divisions | Studio 8 Television |
| Website | studio8 |
Studio 8 is an American entertainment company founded in 2014, by Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Mark Miner and based in Culver City. It specializes in film and television production.
Robinov, Gramham and Miner prior to Studio 8 worked in film and production, before leaving to eventually co-found the company. Starting off moderately in 2016 with Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk , the following theatrical releases included Brett Sumner's West of the West, Albert Hughes' Alpha , and Yann Demange's White Boy Rick.
Studio 8 was founded on 2012, by film veterans Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Mark Miner. Robinov is a former film executive at Warner Bros, Graham was the production EP of Paramount Pictures and Screen Gems director of development, and Miner was the EVP of story and creative at Paramount and studio analyst at Universal Pictures. [3]
The company began in 2014 with funding Fosun Group and Sony Pictures Entertainment. [4] The company marked its first theatrical release with Ang Lee's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk . The following theatrical releases included Brett Sumner's West of the West, Albert Hughes' Alpha , and Yann Demange's White Boy Rick .
In December 2017, Fosun was rumored to sell its stake in Studio 8, but only after the performances of Alpha and White Boy Rick. [5]
In January 2018, Studio 8 announced that it would start a television division led by Steve Mosko [6] and Katherine Pope. [7] The first series is Hugh Howey's Beacon 23 with Zak Penn as writer and producer. [8]
Studio 8 will produce Robert Eggers's medieval fantasy The Knight and remake of Nosferatu starring Anya Taylor-Joy. [9] In December 2015, Studio 8 acquired Lee's Thrilla in Manila movie with Peter Morgan as writer and David Oyelowo possibly playing Joe Frazier. [10] In April 2016, Studio 8 will co-produce Hughes' next movie The Fury of a Patient Man , along with The Picture Company. [11] In July 2017, Studio 8 acquired the rights to the Daily Beast article "The Possibly-True Story of the Super-Burglar Trained to Rip Off al Qaeda," with George Mastras as screenwriter. [11] In July 2018, Studio 8 acquired the movie rights to Rob Liefeld's Prophet, to produce films with Liefeld and Adrian Askarieh as producers. [12]
| Year | Film | Director | Release date | Gross box office (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | West of the West | Brent Sumner | March 6, 2016 | Limited release |
| Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | Ang Lee | November 11, 2016 | $30.9 million [13] | |
| 2018 | Alpha | Albert Hughes | August 17, 2018 | $98.2 million [14] |
| White Boy Rick | Yann Demange | September 14, 2018 | $25.8 million [15] | |
| 2023 | Air | Ben Affleck | April 5, 2023 | $90.1 million [16] [17] |
| Hypnotic | Robert Rodriguez | May 12, 2023 | $2.4 million [18] |
| Year | Film | Director | Release date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Instigators | Doug Liman | August 2, 2024 | [19] [20] |
| Nosferatu | Robert Eggers | December 25, 2024 | [9] [21] | |
| TBA | A Most Dangerous Man | [22] | ||
| Adulting | [23] | |||
| Black | Gerard McMurray [24] | [25] [26] | ||
| The Brain Hack | Joe White | [27] | ||
| Champion | [28] | |||
| The Fury of a Patient Man | Albert Hughes | [11] | ||
| The Hidden Girl | [29] | |||
| Huck | [30] | |||
| Mind Fall | Cedric Jimenez | [31] | ||
| Osama's 11 | [11] | |||
| Overheard | [32] | |||
| Planet Kill | Steven Soderbergh | [33] | ||
| Pontius Pilate | [34] | |||
| Prophet | Sam Hargrave | [12] | ||
| Sandman Slim | Chad Stahelski | [35] | ||
| Scout [36] | Christopher MacBride | [37] | ||
| The Shoe | Wash Westmoreland | [38] | ||
| Sinbad | Miguel Sapochnik | [39] | ||
| Storm King | Rupert Wyatt | [40] | ||
| Thrilla in Manila | Ang Lee | [10] | ||
| Undying Love | David Leitch | [41] | ||
| Untitled Fenn Treasure action comedy | Jake Szymanski | [42] | ||
| Untitled Francesco Munzi film | Francesco Munzi | [43] | ||
| Way Down Dark | [44] | |||
| Year | Name | Air date | Number of seasons | Number of episodes | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Beacon 23 [8] | November 12 | TBA | TBA | MGM+ |
| TBA | Heartthrob [45] | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
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