Genre Films

{{short description|American film production company}}

{{distinguish|Film genre}}

{{Infobox company

|name = Genre Films

|industry = Film production

|founder = Simon Kinberg

|key_people = Simon Kinberg
Aditya Sood

|location = United States

|founded = {{Start date and age|2010}}

}}

Genre Films, usually credited as Kinberg Genre, is a production company founded by screenwriter-producer-director Simon Kinberg.

History

Genre Films in April 2010 signed a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox,{{cite news | last=Fleming | first=Mike | url=https://deadline.com/2010/04/kinberg-signs-first-look-fox-deal-31960/ | title=Simon Kinberg Signs First Look Fox Deal | work=Deadline Hollywood | date=April 14, 2010 | access-date=August 28, 2015 }} which gave Fox "direct access" to ideas by Kinberg.{{cite journal | last=McClintock | first=Pamela | url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/fox-high-on-hyphenate-kinberg-1118017789/ | title=Fox high on hyphenate Kinberg | journal=Variety | date=April 15, 2010 | access-date=August 28, 2015 }}

Aditya Sood became president of production, and Josh Feldman became director of development.

In December 2013, Genre Films renewed its deal with Fox for three additional years.{{cite journal | last=Kit | first=Borys | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/x-men-writer-producer-simon-663057 | title='X-Men' Writer-Producer Simon Kinberg Re-Ups at Fox | journal=The Hollywood Reporter | date=December 5, 2013 | access-date=August 28, 2015 }}

In 2016, the studio made its first leap onto television when ABC picked up Designated Survivor to series.{{Cite web|title=Kiefer Sutherland ABC Drama 'Designated Survivor' Gets Formal Series Pickup, First Trailer; Eyes Jon Feldman As Showrunner|url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/kiefer-sutherland-abc-designated-survivor-series-pickup-trailer-jon-feldman-showrunner-1201750838/|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2016-05-06|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2020-05-10}}

In July 2019, it was announced that Kinberg and his Genre Films would be leaving Fox after 20 years.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/simon-kinberg-exits-fox-355-war-of-the-worlds-series-apple-genre-films-neuromancer-legion-the-twilight-zone-1202643741/|title=Underway On '355' At Uni With 'The War Of The Worlds' Series For Apple, Simon Kinberg Ends Long Fox Run|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=2019-07-09}}

Filmography

= Film =

== 2010s ==

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Director

!Distributor

!Notes

!Budget

!Gross

2011

|X-Men: First Class

|Matthew Vaughn

| rowspan="3" |20th Century Fox

|uncredited; co-production with Marvel Entertainment, The Donners' Company, Bad Hat Harry Productions, Dune Entertainment and Ingenious Film Partners

|$140–160 million

|$353.6 million

rowspan="2" |2012

|This Means War

|McG

|uncredited; co-production with Overbrook Entertainment and Robert Simonds Company

|$65 million

|$156.5 million

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

|Timur Bekmambetov

|uncredited; co-production with Bazelevs Company, Dune Entertainment and Tim Burton Productions

|$99.5 million

|$116.4 million

2013

|Elysium

|Neill Blomkamp

|Sony Pictures Releasing

|co-production with TriStar Pictures, Media Rights Capital, QED International and Alphacore

|$115 million

|$286.1 million

rowspan="2" |2014

|X-Men: Days of Future Past

|Bryan Singer

| rowspan="2" |20th Century Fox

|co-production with TSG Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment, Bad Hat Harry Productions and The Donners' Company

|$200–220 million

|$747.9 million

Let's Be Cops

|Luke Greenfield

|co-production with TSG Entertainment

|$17 million

|$138.2 million

rowspan="4" |2015

|Cinderella

|Kenneth Branagh

|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

|co-production with Walt Disney Pictures, Allison Shearmur Productions and Beagle Pug Films

|$95–100 million

|$542.4 million

Chappie

|Neill Blomkamp

|Sony Pictures Releasing

|co-production with Columbia Pictures, MRC and LStar Capital

|$49 million

|$102.1 million

Fantastic Four

|Josh Trank

| rowspan="8" |20th Century Fox

|co-production with Marvel Entertainment, Constantin Film, Marv Films, Robert Kulzer Productions, Hutch Parker Entertainment and TSG Entertainment

|$120–155 million

|$167.9 million

The Martian

|Ridley Scott

|co-production with Scott Free Productions and TSG Entertainment

|$108 million

|$630.2 million

rowspan="2" |2016

|Deadpool

|Tim Miller

|co-production with Marvel Entertainment, The Donners' Company and TSG Entertainment

|$58 million

|$782.6 million

X-Men: Apocalypse

|Bryan Singer

|co-production with Marvel Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Bad Hat Harry Productions, Hutch Parker Entertainment and The Donners' Company

|$178 million

|$543.9 million

rowspan="2" |2017

|Logan

|James Mangold

|co-production with TSG Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment, Hutch Parker Entertainment and The Donners' Company

|$97–127 million

|$619 million

Murder on the Orient Express

|Kenneth Branagh

|co-production with The Mark Gordon Company and Scott Free Productions

|$55 million

|$352.8 million

2018

|Deadpool 2

|David Leitch

|co-production with TSG Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment, The Donners' Company and Maximum Effort

|$110 million

|$785.8 million

2019

|Dark Phoenix

|Simon Kinberg

|co-production with Marvel Entertainment, The Donners' Company, TSG Entertainment and Hutch Parker Entertainment

|$200 million

|$252.4 million

== 2020s ==

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Director

!Distributor

!Notes

!Budget

!Gross

2020

|The New Mutants

|Josh Boone

|20th Century Studios

|co-production with Marvel Entertainment, Sunswept Entertainment and TSG Entertainment

|$67–80 million

|$49.1 million

rowspan="2" |2022

|The 355

|Simon Kinberg

|Universal Pictures

|co-production with Freckle Films and FilmNation Entertainment

| $40–75 million

| $27.9 million

Death on the Nile

| rowspan="2" |Kenneth Branagh

| rowspan="2"| 20th Century Studios

|co-production with Scott Free Productions and The Mark Gordon Company

| $90 million

| $137.3 million

2023

|A Haunting in Venice

|co-production with The Mark Gordon Company and Scott Free Productions

| $60 million

| $122.3 million

rowspan="2"|2024

|Lift

|F. Gary Gray

|Netflix

|co-production with Hartbeat Productions and 6th & Idaho Productions

| $100 million

| {{N/A}}

Deadpool & Wolverine

|Shawn Levy

|Marvel Studios

|uncredited; co-production with 21 Laps Entertainment and Maximum Effort

| $200 million

| $1.338 billion

==Upcoming==

class="wikitable"
Release Date

!Title

!Director

!Distributor

!Notes

November 7, 2025

| The Running Man

| Edgar Wright

| Paramount Pictures

| co-production with Complete Fiction{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=February 19, 2021|title=Edgar Wright To Direct Stephen King's 'The Running Man' At Paramount Pictures; Simon Kinberg's Genre Films Producing|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/edgar-wright-direct-the-running-man-stephen-king-paramount-pictures-simon-kinbergs-genre-films-1234697279/ |access-date=February 19, 2021|website=Deadline Hollywood|language=en-US|archive-date=February 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219200428/https://deadline.com/2021/02/edgar-wright-direct-the-running-man-stephen-king-paramount-pictures-simon-kinbergs-genre-films-1234697279/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Lang|first=Brent|title=Glen Powell to Star in Edgar Wright's Stephen King Movie 'The Running Man' for Paramount|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/glen-powell-the-running-man-edgar-wright-stephen-king-1235967719/|date=April 11, 2024|website=Variety|access-date=April 12, 2024}}

TBA

| Avengelyne

| Olivia Wilde

| Warner Bros. Pictures{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/avengelyne-deal-warner-bros-margot-robbie-olivia-wilde-simon-kinberg-tony-mcnamara-deadpool-creator-rob-liefeld-comic-1235896996/|title='Avengelyne' Package To Warner Bros With Margot Robbie, Olivia Wilde, Simon Kinberg; 'Poor Things' Tony McNamara To Adapt 'Deadpool' Creator Rob Liefeld Comic Book|work=Deadline|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=April 30, 2024}}

| co-production with LuckyChap Entertainment{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=LuckyChap Teaming With Olivia Wilde On 'Deadpool' Rob Liefeld's 'Avengelyne'? Get Your Checkbooks Ready: The Dish|url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/margot-robbie-avengelyne-olivia-wilde-deadpool-creator-rob-liefeld-comic-hot-movie-package-1235876204/|date=April 4, 2024|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=April 12, 2024}}

TBA

| I Am Not Alone

| Misha Green

| Netflix

| co-production with Bread & Circuses Entertainment & Freckle Pictures{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=Netflix Wins Record Short Story Auction 'I Am Not Alone', Star Vehicle For Jessica Chastain; Misha Green To Write & Direct Grounded Sci-Fi Terror Tale|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/jessica-chastain-misha-green-netflix-i-am-not-alone-grounded-sci-fi-terror-short-story-1235285754/|date=March 10, 2023|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=April 12, 2024}}

TBA

| Red Shirt

| David Leitch

| Amazon MGM Studios

| co-production with 87North & Free Association{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=Amazon Studios Lands Hot Package 'Red Shirt' From Channing Tatum, David Leitch and Simon Kinberg|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/amazon-studios-red-shirt-channing-tatum-david-leitch-and-simon-kinberg-1235183009/|date=November 28, 2022|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=April 12, 2024}}

TBA

| Untitled international heist film

| Shawn Levy

| Netflix

| co-production with 21 Laps Entertainment & Maximum Effort{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title='Deadpool 3's Shawn Levy Boards Ryan Reynolds Heist Comedy As Director & Producer At Netflix|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/shawn-levy-direct-ryan-reynolds-netflix-heist-comedy-deadpool-3-1235667832/|date=December 14, 2023|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=April 12, 2024}}

= Television =

== 2010s ==

class="wikitable sortable"

!Years

!Title

!Creators

!Network

!Notes

!Seasons

!Episodes

2016–2019

|Designated Survivor

|David Guggenheim

|ABC (seasons 1-2)
Netflix (season 3)

|co-production with The Mark Gordon Company (seasons 1-2), Entertainment One, ABC Studios (seasons 1-2) and Baer Bones (season 3)

| rowspan="2" |3

|53

rowspan="2" |2017–2019

|Legion

|Noah Hawley
based on Legion by:
Chris Claremont
Bill Sienkiewicz

|FX

|co-production with 26 Keys Productions, The Donners' Company, Bad Hat Harry Productions (season 1), Marvel Television and FX Productions

|27

The Gifted

|Matt Nix
based on X-Men by:
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby

|Fox

|co-production with Flying Glass of Milk Productions, The Donners' Company, Bad Hat Harry Productions, Marvel Television and 20th Century Fox Television

|2

|29

2019–2020

|The Twilight Zone

|based on The Twilight Zone created by:
Rod Serling
developed by:
Simon Kinberg
Jordan Peele
Marco Ramirez

|CBS All Access

|co-production with Monkeypaw Productions and CBS Television Studios

|1

|10

== 2020s ==

class="wikitable sortable"

!Years

!Title

!Creators

!Network

!Notes

!Seasons

!Episodes

2021–present

|Invasion

|Simon Kinberg
David Weil

|rowspan="2"|Apple TV+

|co-production with Boat Rocker Media and Apple Studios (season 2)

|2

|20

2024–present

|Sugar

|Mark Protosevich

|co-production with Apple Studios, Protokino and Chapel Place Productions

|1

|8

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