Atlas Entertainment#History

{{Short description|American film financing and producing company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Atlas Entertainment, LLC

| logo = Atlas_Entertainment_logo.jpg

| logo_caption = Logo used since 2019

| type = Private

| predecessors = Roven/Cavallo Entertainment
Steel Pictures

| foundation = {{start date and age|1994}}

| founders = Charles Roven
Bob Cavallo
Dawn Steel

| location_city = Los Angeles, California

| location_country = U.S.

| industry = Film

| products = Motion Pictures Production and Financing

| num_employees =

| divisions =

| subsid = Atlas Artist
Mosaic Media Group

| homepage =

}}

Atlas Entertainment, LLC is an American film financing and production company, started by Charles Roven, Bob Cavallo and Dawn Steel in 1994.{{cite web|title=Dawn Steel|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1997/12/22/dawn-steel/|publisher=orlandosentinel.com|access-date=January 24, 2015}} Its logo features the Greek Titan Atlas, which was the basis for the company's name.

History

In 1990, Charles Roven and partner Bob Cavallo formed Roven/Cavallo Entertainment.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=roven+cavallo+entertainment++1990&pg=PA42|title=Billboard|date=2006-11-11|language=en}} At the same time, wife Dawn Steel, who was formerly employee of Columbia Pictures formed Steel Pictures, and signed a deal with Walt Disney Studios to produce feature films.{{Cite web|title=Dawn Steel Lands Deal With Disney Co.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-06-fi-850-story.html|date=1990-04-06|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-07}}

In March 1994, they merged Roven/Cavallo Entertainment with Steel Pictures to create a new entity Atlas Entertainment, and it signed an exclusive feature film deal with Turner Pictures, with international backers, including TF1.{{Cite web|title=Turner boosts distrib plans with Steel deal|url=https://variety.com/1994/film/news/turner-boosts-distrib-plans-with-steel-deal-118804/|last1=Frook|first1=John Evan|date=1994-03-02|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-05-07}}{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Michael |date=1995-04-17 |title=Franco TF1 gambles on ‘Casino’ and H’wood |url=https://variety.com/1995/film/features/franco-tf1-gambles-on-casino-and-h-wood-99128080/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

In 1997, Bob Cavallo left Atlas Entertainment to join Walt Disney Studios.{{Cite web|title=Disney, Cavallo reunite|url=https://variety.com/1997/music/news/disney-cavallo-reunite-1116675310/|last1=Sandler|first1=Adam|date=1997-10-28|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-05-07}} Later that year, Dawn Steel, a manager in the company, died.{{Cite web|last1=Natale|first1=Richard|last2=Madigan|first2=Nick|date=1997-12-21|title=Dawn Steel dead at 51|url=https://variety.com/1997/film/news/dawn-steel-dead-at-51-111800143/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521100234/http://variety.com:80/1997/film/news/dawn-steel-dead-at-51-111800143/ |archive-date=2016-05-21 |access-date=2020-05-07|website=Variety|language=en}}

On July 29, 1999, Atlas Entertainment was merged with Gold/Miller Management to create Mosaic Media Group.{{Cite web|title=Gold/Miller joins hands with Atlas|url=https://variety.com/1999/biz/news/gold-miller-joins-hands-with-atlas-1117744303/|last1=Fleming|first1=Michael|date=1999-07-29|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-05-07}}

In 2008, Charles Roven split off their ties from Mosaic Media Group, and relaunched Atlas Entertainment with a first-look deal at Sony Pictures.{{Cite web|title=Roven carries Atlas to Sony Pictures in first-look deal|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roven-carries-atlas-sony-pictures-114428|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en|access-date=2020-05-07}}

On May 6, 2014, Atlas promoted Curt Kanemoto from production executive to VP of production, joining Andy Horwitz and Jake Kurily, Topher Rhys-Lawrence from first assistant to creative executive, joining Rebecca Roven and Dan Wiedenhaupt, and promoted Patrick Blood from Atlas executive to VP of legal and business affairs.{{cite news|last1=Sneider|first1=Jeff|title='Batman vs. Superman' Producer Atlas Entertainment Promotes Curt Kanemoto|url=https://www.thewrap.com/batman-vs-superman-producer-atlas-entertainment-promotes-curt-kanemoto/|access-date=January 24, 2015|publisher=thewrap.com|date=May 6, 2014}} In December 2014, Atlas started its subsidiary, a management company called Atlas Artists, headed by Dave Fleming.{{cite news|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=Charles Roven's Atlas Entertainment Expands Into Management|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/charles-rovens-atlas-entertainment-expands-into-management-1201373858/|access-date=January 26, 2015|publisher=variety.com|date=December 8, 2014}}

Charles Roven and Richard Suckle produced 2013 film American Hustle, for which both producers were nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture.{{cite news|last1=Lisa Raya|first1=Anna|title=OSCARS Q&A: Producers Charles Roven, Richard Suckle & Megan Ellison On Character-Driven 'American Hustle'|url=https://deadline.com/2013/11/american-hustle-david-o-russell-jennifer-lawrence-amy-adams-christian-bale-bradley-cooper-629275/|access-date=January 26, 2015|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|date=November 18, 2013}} 12 Monkeys episode “Mentally Divergent” was also nominated for Cinematography Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/2015/11/19/gotham-12-monkeys-game-of-thrones-nominated-for-cinematography-a/|title=Gotham, 12 Monkeys, Game of Thrones Nominated for Cinematography Awards|website=Comicbook.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-25}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.csc.ca/cscawards/bycategory/c_tvseries/|title=CSC Awards - TV Series|website=www.csc.ca|access-date=2017-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025184548/http://www.csc.ca/cscawards/bycategory/c_tvseries/|archive-date=2017-10-25|url-status=dead}} Atlas also produced the films The Whole Truth with Suckle, while Warcraft (release date June 10, 2016) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (release date March 25, 2016) with Roven.{{cite news|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=Renee Zellweger Joining Daniel Craig in 'The Whole Truth'|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/renee-zellweger-joining-daniel-craig-in-the-whole-truth-1201127423/|access-date=January 26, 2015|publisher=variety.com|date=March 6, 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Lesnick|first1=Silas|title=The Cast and Characters of the Warcraft Movie Revealed!|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/124895-the-cast-and-characters-of-the-warcraft-movie-revealed#/slide/1|access-date=January 26, 2015|publisher=comingsoon.net|date=November 8, 2014}} Uncharted was also produced by Atlas along with Arad Productions.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/uncharted-release-date-moved-sony-masters-of-the-universe-droppedon-sony-release-schedule-1202841117/|title='Uncharted' Pushed Back On Sony Release Schedule|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=January 24, 2020|access-date=February 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131234554/https://deadline.com/2020/01/uncharted-release-date-moved-sony-masters-of-the-universe-droppedon-sony-release-schedule-1202841117/|archive-date=January 31, 2020|url-status=live}} Atlas co-produced the 2023 film Oppenheimer with Syncopy Inc., which won multiple accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Picture for Roven, Emma Thomas and director Christopher Nolan.

Filmography

= Theatrical films =

== 1990s ==

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Distributor

!Notes

!Budget

!Gross (worldwide)

rowspan="2" |1995

|Angus

|New Line Cinema

|co-production with Turner Pictures and the BBC

|$1.5 million

|$4.8 million

12 Monkeys

|Universal Pictures

|co-production with Classico

|$29.5 million

|$168.8 million

rowspan="2" |1998

|Fallen

| rowspan="3" |Warner Bros. Pictures

|co-production with Turner Pictures

|$46 million

|$25.2 million

City of Angels

|co-production with TaurusFilm and Regency Enterprises

|$55 million

|$198.7 million

1999

|Three Kings

|co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, Village-A.M. Film Partnership and Coast Ridge Films

|$48 million

|$107.7 million

== 2000s ==

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Distributor

!Notes

!Budget

!Gross

rowspan="2" | 2002

|Rollerball

|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

|co-production with Helkon Media KG, Mosaic Media Group, Toho-Towa and Yorktown Productions

|$70 million

|$25.9 million

Scooby-Doo

|Warner Bros. Pictures

|co-production with Mosaic Media Group

|$84 million

|$275.7 million

2005

|The Brothers Grimm

|Dimension Films

|co-production with Mosaic Media Group, Daniel Bobker Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

|$80–88 million

|$105.3 million

2006

|Idlewild

|Universal Pictures

|co-production with Forensic Films, HBO Films and Mosaic Media Group

|$10 million

|$12.6 million

2008

|Get Smart

|Warner Bros. Pictures

|co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, Mosaic Media Group, Mad Chance and Callahan Filmworks

|$80 million

|$230.7 million

2009

|The International

|Sony Pictures Releasing

|co-production with Columbia Pictures and Relativity Media

|$50 million

|$60.2 million

== 2010s ==

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Distributor

!Notes

!Budget

!Gross

2011

|Season of the Witch

| Relativity Media

| co-production with Rogue

| rowspan="2" |$40 million

|$91.6 million

2013

|American Hustle

|Sony Pictures Releasing

|co-production with Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures

|$251.2 million

rowspan="4" |2016

|Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

|Warner Bros. Pictures

|co-production with DC Entertainment, RatPac Entertainment and Cruel and Unusual Films

|$250–300 million

|$873.6 million

Warcraft

|Universal Pictures

|co-production with Legendary Pictures, Blizzard Entertainment, Tencent Pictures and Huayi Brothers

|$160 million

|$439 million

Suicide Squad

|Warner Bros. Pictures

|co-production with DC Films and RatPac Entertainment

|$175 million

|$746.8 million

The Whole Truth

|Lionsgate Premiere

|co-production with FilmNation Entertainment, PalmStar Entertainment, Likely Story and Merced Media

|$7.9 million

|$1.8 million

rowspan="3" |2017

|The Great Wall

|Universal Pictures

|co-production with Legendary East, China Film Group, Le Vision Pictures, Dentsu Inc. and Fuji Television Network, Inc.

|$150 million

|$334.9 million

Wonder Woman

| rowspan="2" |Warner Bros. Pictures

|co-production with DC Films, RatPac Entertainment, Cruel and Unusual Films, Tencent Pictures and Wanda Pictures

|$120–150 million

|$821.8 million

Justice League

|co-production with DC Films, RatPac Entertainment and Cruel and Unusual Films

|$300 million

|$657 million

== 2020s ==

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Distributor

!Notes

!Budget

!Gross

2020

|Wonder Woman 1984

|rowspan=2 |Warner Bros. Pictures

|co-production with DC Films and The Stone Quarry

|$200 million

|$188.1 million

2021

|The Suicide Squad

|co-production with DC Films and The Safran Company

|$185 million

|$167.4 million

2022

|Uncharted

|Sony Pictures Releasing

|co-production with Columbia Pictures, Arad Productions and PlayStation Productions

|$120 million

|$384.7 million

2023

|Oppenheimer

|Universal Pictures

|co-production with Syncopy Inc.

|$100 million

|$976 million

== Upcoming ==

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Distributor

!Notes

2026

|Mercy

| rowspan="2" |Amazon MGM Studios

|co-production with Bazelevs Company

rowspan="2" |TBA

|American Speed

|{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=2024-11-01 |title=Amazon MGM Studios Lands Package ‘American Speed’ Starring Tom Holland And Austin Butler |url=https://deadline.com/2024/11/amazon-mgm-studios-american-speed-tom-holland-austin-butler-1236164155/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

Vicious

|Paramount Pictures

|under Atlas Independent