Eagle Pictures

{{Short description|Italian film distribution and production company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Eagle Pictures S.p.A.

| logo = EagleLogo Metal 4K xfondochiaro.png

| type = {{lang|it|Società per azioni}} (S.p.A.)

| industry = Entertainment

| foundation = {{start date and age|1986}}

| founder = {{Plainlist|

{{ill|Ciro Dammicco|it}}
Stefano Dammicco

}}

| location_city = Rome, Italy

| key_people =

| owner =

| parent =

| subsid = {{Plainlist|

{{ill|Blu Yazmine|it}}
Eagle Home Video
M2 Pictures

}}

| website = {{URL|eaglepictures.com}}

}}

Eagle Pictures S.p.A. is an Italian film distribution and production company. It is Italy's leading independent film distributor.{{cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |title=Tarak Ben Ammar to Receive Variety's International Achievement in Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/tarak-ben-ammar-variety-achievement-in-film-award-1236397057/ |website=Variety |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=14 May 2025}}

History

Eagle Pictures was founded by {{ill|Ciro Dammicco|lt=Ciro|it}} and Stefano Dammicco in 1986.{{cite web |last=Rodier |first=Melanie |title=Italy's Eagle Pictures gets huge cash boost |url=https://www.screendaily.com/italys-eagle-pictures-gets-huge-cash-boost/407568.article |website=Screen Daily |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=20 November 2001}} Producer Tarak Ben Ammar acquired a controlling interest in the company in late 2007.{{cite web |last1=Jennings |first1=Sheri |title=Ben Ammar preparing bid for Italian distributor |url=https://www.screendaily.com/ben-ammar-preparing-bid-for-italian-distributor/4035026.article |website=Screen Daily |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=2 October 2007}}{{cite web |last1=Lyman |first1=Eric J. |title=Ben Ammar takes stake in Eagle Pics |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ben-ammar-takes-stake-eagle-155650/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=24 November 2007}}

In late 2018, Eagle Pictures established a film and television production division, having previously produced Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's The Lark Farm (2007) and Edoardo De Angelis's Mozzarella Stories (2011). It had also acted as a line producer during the Italian shoots of Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Point Break (2015), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), and 6 Underground (2019).{{cite web |last=Niola |first=Gabriele |title=Italy's Eagle Pictures launches international film and TV production division (exclusive) |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/italys-eagle-pictures-launches-international-film-and-tv-production-division-exclusive-/5135321.article |website=Screen Daily |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=14 December 2018}}

In January 2020, Eagle Pictures entered into a distribution agreement with Paramount Pictures, after their deal with 20th Century Fox expired earlier that month.{{cite web |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |title=Paramount Pictures Intl. Strikes Landmark Distribution Deal with Italy's Eagle Pictures (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/global/paramount-pictures-international-eagle-pictures-1203473593/ |website=Variety |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=21 January 2020}} In February 2021, Eagle entered into a home entertainment distribution agreement with Sony Pictures.{{cite web |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |title=Italy's Eagle Pictures Signs Deal With Sony Pictures Entertainment |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/eagle-pictures-sony-pictures-entertainment-italy-1234899359/ |website=Variety |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=3 February 2021}} The following year, it also entered into a production and distribution agreement with Sony, effective in 2023.{{cite web |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |title=Sony, Tarak Ben Ammar's Eagle Pictures Ink Distribution, Co-Production Pact |url=https://variety.com/2022/global/global/sony-eagle-pictures-distribution-italy-pact-1235420436/ |website=Variety |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=1 November 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Goodfellow |first1=Melanie |last2=Goldbart |first2=Max |title=Italy's Eagle Pictures Seals Sony Deal; BBC Studios Australia Snags Dating Format 'The Matchmakers'; Norway-UK Sign MoU To Boost Film & TV Collaboration; Nominees Unveiled For Arab Critics' Awards For Euro Films – Global Briefs |url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/eagle-pictures-sony-bbc-studios-australia-the-matchmakers-norway-uk-arab-critics-awards-global-briefs-1235161018/ |website=Deadline |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=2 November 2022}}

In June 2023, Eagle Pictures announced that they would be investing between €40 and 50 million in the construction of new film studios in Rome.{{cite web |last=De Marco |first=Camillo |title=Eagle Pictures to invest in new studios in Rome |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/445218/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=22 June 2023}}{{cite web |last=Gagliardi |first=Pino |title=Tarak Ben Ammar on His Big Italian Job(s) and Why He Owes His Career to Roberto Rossellini |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tarak-ben-ammar-italian-studio-rome-1235550118/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=3 August 2023}}

=Mergers and acquisitions=

In July 2020, Eagle Pictures acquired distributor M2 Pictures for around €8.5 million.{{cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |title=Italian Buyer Eagle Pictures Acquires 'John Wick' & 'London Has Fallen' Distributor M2 In $10M Deal |url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/italy-eagle-pictures-john-wick-london-has-fallen-m2-pictures-1203012283/ |website=Deadline |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=13 August 2020}} In August 2022, it acquired 302 Original Content, a film and television production startup company;{{cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |title=Tarak Ben Ammar's Eagle Pictures Expands With Acquisition Of Production Start-Up 302 Original Content |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/tarak-ben-ammars-eagle-pictures-expands-with-acquisition-of-production-start-up-302-original-content-1235084962/ |website=Deadline |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=4 August 2022}}{{cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |title=Tarak Ben Ammar's Eagle Pictures Expands Production in Italy With Startup 302 Original Content |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/tarak-ben-ammar-eagle-pictures-expands-production-in-italy-1235333280/ |website=Variety |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=4 August 2022}} it was later renamed to Eagle Original Content.{{cite web |last=Sollazzo |first=Boris |title=Nasce Eagle Original Content: "Puntiamo sui millennials e produrremo il primo film di e con Michela Giraud" |url=https://hollywoodreporter.it/industry/nasce-eagle-original-content-puntiamo-sui-millenials-e-produrremo-il-primo-film-di-e-con-michela-giraud/34288/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter Roma |access-date=16 June 2025 |language=it |date=28 July 2023}} In March 2023, Eagle Pictures merged with 3 Marys Entertainment. Later that year, it acquired {{ill|Blu Yazmine|it}}, a production company specializing in unscripted television.{{cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |title=Tarak Ben Ammar Expands Italy Operations by Buying Unscripted Outfit Blu Yazmine, Enters Talks to Build Rome Studios (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/tarak-ben-ammar-italy-blu-yazmine-unscripted-rome-studios-1235683256/ |website=Variety |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=1 August 2023}}

Production credits

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Director

! class="unsortable" | Notes

! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}

2004

| The Lazarus Child

| Graham Theakston

| {{cite web |last=Rodier |first=Melanie |title=Italy's Eagle embarks on Lazarus Child shoot |url=https://www.screendaily.com/italys-eagle-embarks-on-lazarus-child-shoot/4015010.article |website=Screen Daily |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=15 September 2003}}

2007

| The Lark Farm

| Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

| Co-produced with Ager 3, Rai Cinema, France 2 Cinéma, and Istituto Luce

| rowspan="2" |

2011

| Mozzarella Stories

| Edoardo De Angelis

rowspan="2" | 2020

| {{ill|Un figlio di nome Erasmus|it}}

| {{ill|Alberto Ferrari (regista)|lt=Alberto Ferrari|it}}

| Co-produced with Vivi Film Portugal

| {{cite web |last=Squillaci |first=Maria Teresa |title=Un figlio di nome Erasmus, commedia on the road per tutti |url=https://www.ciakmagazine.it/news/news-e-anticipazioni/un-figlio-di-nome-erasmus-commedia-on-the-road-per-tutti/ |website=Ciak |access-date=16 June 2025 |language=it |date=27 February 2020}}

Out of My League

| Alice Filippi

| {{cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |title='After' & 'After We Collided' Outfit Voltage Launches Next YA Property: Italian Romantic Dramedy 'Out Of My League' |url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/after-after-we-collided-outfit-voltage-launches-next-ya-property-italian-romantic-dramedy-out-of-my-league-1234588700/ |website=Deadline |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=1 October 2020}}

2021

| Still Out of My League

| {{ill|Claudio Norza|it}}

| Co-produced with Weekend Films

| {{cite web |last=Fontò |first=Luca |title="Ancora più bello" al cinema il sequel di "Sul più bello" |url=https://www.sorrisi.com/cinema/film-in-uscita/ancora-piu-bello-al-cinema-il-sequel-di-sul-piu-bello/ |website=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni |access-date=16 June 2025 |language=it |date=16 September 2021}}

rowspan="6" | 2022

| {{ill|Backstage - Dietro le quinte|it}}

| Cosimo Alemà

| {{cite web |last=Puglisi |first=Manuela |title="Backstage": per salire sul palco di un musical siamo pronti a tutto |url=https://www.sorrisi.com/tv/film/backstage-per-salire-sul-palco-di-un-musical-siamo-pronti-a-tutto/ |website=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni |access-date=16 June 2025 |language=it |date=12 October 2022}}

The Bunker Game

| Roberto Zazzara

| Co-produced with Be Cool Produzioni

| {{cite web |title=Dal 2 maggio al cinema, The Bunker Game, del regista abruzzese Roberto Zazzara |url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/abruzzo/cinema_zazzara_abruzzo_bunker-6660658.html |website=Il Messaggero |access-date=16 June 2025 |language=it |date=30 April 2022}}

Dampyr

| Riccardo Chemello

| Co-produced with Sergio Bonelli Editore and Brandon Box

| {{cite web |last=Scarpa |first=Vittoria |title=All ready for Dampyr, a €15 million Italian megaproduction |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/431113/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=26 September 2022}}

Forever Out of My League

| Claudio Norza

| {{cite web |last=Pasquini |first=Mattia |title=Sempre più bello, per tre giorni in sala la fine della trilogia (trailer) |url=https://www.ciakmagazine.it/news/sempre-piu-bello-per-tre-giorni-in-sala-la-fine-della-trilogia-trailer/ |website=Ciak |access-date=16 June 2025 |language=it |date=12 January 2022}}

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

| Will Speck and Josh Gordon

| Co-produced with Columbia Pictures and TSG Entertainment

{{ill|L'uomo sulla strada|it}}

| Gianluca Mangiasciutti

| {{cite web |last=Rogolino |first=Letizia |title=L'Uomo sulla Strada, la video-intervista |url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/cinema/2022/12/07/l-uomo-sulla-strada-intervista-lorenzo-richelmy-aurora-giovinazzo |website=Sky TG24 |access-date=16 June 2025 |language=it |date=7 December 2022}}

rowspan="3" | 2023

| {{ill|Da grandi|it}}

| Fausto Brizzi

| {{cite web |last=Pasquini |first=Mattia |title=Da grandi, Fausto Brizzi di nuovo sul set con il reboot del cult anni ’80 |url=https://www.ciakmagazine.it/news/da-grandi-fausto-brizzi-di-nuovo-sul-set-con-il-reboot-del-cult-anni-80/ |website=Ciak |access-date=16 June 2025 |language=it |date=8 April 2022}}

The Equalizer 3

| Antoine Fuqua

| Co-produced with Columbia Pictures and Escape Artists

| {{cite web |last=Giampaolo |first=Claudia |title=The Equalizer 3, interviste al cast italiano |url=https://www.ciakmagazine.it/news/the-equalizer-3-interviste-al-cast-italiano/ |website=Ciak |access-date=16 June 2025 |language=it |date=30 August 2023}}

{{ill|Hotspot - Amore senza rete|it}}

| Giulio Manfredonia

| Co-produced with Sony Pictures International Productions

| {{cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |title='You've Got Hotspot': Principal Photography Wraps On Sony International Productions & Eagle Pictures' Italian Romcom |url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/youve-got-hotspot-sony-international-productions-eagle-pictures-italian-romcom-1235427832/ |website=Deadline |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=30 June 2023}}

rowspan="3" | 2024

| The Boy with Pink Pants

| {{ill|Margherita Ferri|it}}

| Co-produced with Weekend Films

| {{cite web |last=Scarpa |first=Vittoria |title=Shooting imminent on Margherita Ferri's Il ragazzo dai pantaloni rosa |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/461623/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=26 April 2024}}

{{ill|Il corpo (film 2024)|lt=Il corpo|it}}

| {{ill|Vincenzo Alfieri|it}}

| Co-produced with Sony Pictures International Productions

| {{cite web |last1=Vivarelli |first1=Nick |title=Sony Pictures International Teams With Eagle Pictures on Italian Thriller 'The Body' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/sony-pictures-international-eagle-pictures-italian-thriller-the-body-1235840896/ |website=Variety |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=15 December 2023}}

How Kids Roll

| Loris Lai

| Co-produced with Jean Vigo Italia, Lawrence Bender Productions, Potemkino, and Rai Cinema

| {{cite web |last=Davis |first=Clayton |title=Israeli-Palestinian Drama 'Roll' From 'Pulp Fiction' Producer Wraps Filming in Tunisia (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/biz/news/roll-israel-palestine-production-lawrence-bender-loris-lai-israel-1235430562/ |website=Variety |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=11 November 2022}}

rowspan="2" | 2025

| {{ill|Fatti vedere|lt=Get Help|it}}

| {{ill|Tiziano Russo|it}}

| {{cite web |last1=Vivarelli |first1=Nick |title=Whoopi Goldberg and Jeremy Irvine Comedy 'Leopardi & Co' to Launch Sales at EFM Under New Pact Between Italy's Eagle Pictures, PiperFilm |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/lwhoopi-goldberg-jeremy-irvine-leopardi-co-launch-efm-1236296519/ |website=Variety |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=4 February 2025}}

Leopardi & Co

| Federica Biondi

| {{cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |title=Whoopi Goldberg and Jeremy Irvine to Star in Italian Comedy 'Leopardi & Co' Produced by Tarak Ben Ammar |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/whoopi-goldberg-jeremy-irvine-italian-comedy-leopardi-tarak-ben-ammar-1235711691/ |website=Variety |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=3 September 2023}}

2025

|Fuga nella neve

| Gabriele Mainetti

| Co-produced with Salani Editore

rowspan="2" | {{TableTBA}}

| 40 secondi

| Vincenzo Alfieri

| {{cite web |last=Scarpa |first=Vittoria |title=Filming is under way on 40 secondi, based on the tragic case of Willy Monteiro Duarte |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/480557 |website=Cineuropa |access-date=30 June 2025 |date=26 June 2025}}

Squali

| Daniele Barbiero

| {{cite web |last=Scarpa |first=Vittoria |title=Lorenzo Zurzolo and James Franco starring in Daniele Barbiero's Squali |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/464807/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=26 July 2024}}

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Network

! class="unsortable" | Notes

! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}

2018

| The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair

| Epix

| Co-produced with MGM Television, Muse Entertainment, Old Friends Productions, Barbary Films, and Repērage

rowspan="2" | 2024

| {{ill|Gloria (serie televisiva 2024)|lt=Gloria|it}}

| Rai 1

| Co-produced with Rai Fiction

| {{cite web |last=Di Francesco |first=Davide |title=Gloria, Sabrina Ferilli: "Un ruolo molto diverso da quelli che ho spesso raccontato" |url=https://www.ciakmagazine.it/news/gloria-sabrina-ferilli-un-ruolo-molto-diverso-da-quelli-che-ho-spesso-raccontato/ |website=Ciak |access-date=16 June 2025 |language=it |date=16 February 2024}}

Sul più bello - La serie

| Amazon Prime Video

| {{cite web |last=Whittock |first=Jesse |title=Prime Video Lines Up 'No Activity' Remake As Part Of Latest Italian Originals Slate |url=https://deadline.com/2023/07/prime-video-italy-slate-1235433013/ |website=Deadline |access-date=16 June 2025 |date=12 July 2023}}

References

External links

{{Official website}}

Category:2020 mergers and acquisitions

Category:2022 mergers and acquisitions

Category:2023 mergers and acquisitions

Category:Companies based in Rome

Category:Entertainment companies established in 1986

Category:Film distributors of Italy

Category:Film production companies of Italy

Category:Italian companies established in 1986

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Category:Mass media companies established in 1986