Intrepid Pictures
{{Short description|US independent production company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Intrepid Pictures, LLC
| logo = Intrepid Pictures.jpg
| logo_size = 265
| logo_alt = In the middle, a wide shot of a man on the edge of a cliff, spreading his arms as a wind passes through him, with a red-and-blue tinted sky with thunderstorms.
| logo_caption = Current logo as of 2012.
| type = Private
| founded = {{start date and age|2004}}
| founder = {{unbulleted list|Trevor Macy|Marc D. Evans}}
| key_people = {{Plainlist|
- Trevor Macy (CEO)
}}
| hq_location_city = Los Angeles, California
| hq_location_country = United States
| area_served = Worldwide
| industry = Motion picture
| website = {{URL|www.intrepidpictures.com}}
}}
Intrepid Pictures is an American independent film and television production company dedicated to producing elevated commercial content for global mainstream audiences. It was founded in 2004 by Trevor Macy and Marc D. Evans, and is currently run by Trevor Macy. The company is based in Los Angeles, California.
History
Intrepid Pictures was founded in 2004 by founders and co-CEOs Trevor Macy and Marc D. Evans.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/Research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=105765817|title=Intrepid Pictures, LLC: Private Company Information - Businessweek|publisher=Bloomberg L.P|access-date=22 September 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/the-haunting-renewed-season-2-mike-flanagan-trevor-macy-partner-intrepid-pictures-netflix-overall-deal-the-haunting-of-hill-house-1202561592/ |title='The Haunting' Renewed For Season 2 as Mike Flanagan & Trevor Macy Partner in Intrepid Pictures & Ink Netflix Overall Deal |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=February 21, 2019 |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=August 15, 2020}}{{cite news |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=Mike Flanagan Set To Direct "Radical New Take" On 'Exorcist' For Blumhouse, Morgan Creek |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/the-exorcist-mike-flanagan-blumhouse-1235944062/ |access-date=29 May 2024 |publisher=Deadline |date=29 May 2024}}
Before Intrepid was created, both Evans and Macy worked at Revolution Studios and Propaganda Films respectively. Evans spent 4 years at Revolution Studios as CFO from 2000 to 2004{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=105766101&privcapId=105765817&previousCapId=105765817&previousTitle=Intrepid%20Pictures,%20LLC|title=Marc D. Evans: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek|publisher=Bloomberg L.P|access-date=24 September 2016}} while Macy spent 2 years as the COO of Propaganda Films and independently produced Auto Focus.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=105766031&privcapId=105765817|title=Trevor Macy: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek|publisher=Bloomberg L.P|access-date=24 September 2016}}
A year after forming the company, Rogue signed a deal with Intrepid to co-produce, co-finance and distribute films in partnership with Universal Studios, Rogue's then-parent company, for five years.{{cite journal|last=Goldstein|first=Gregg|date=December 16, 2005|title=Intrepid makes Rogue films|journal=The Hollywood Reporter}} The company then debuted with Waist Deep in 2006, which earned $21.35 million worldwide.
In February 2011, Melinda Nishioka was hired as a Coordinator, and as of September 2016 became the Vice President of Development.{{Cite web|url=http://www.intrepidpictures.com/About.aspx|title=Intrepid PIctures|publisher=Intrepid Pictures|access-date=24 September 2016|archive-date=27 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927023654/http://www.intrepidpictures.com/About.aspx|url-status=dead}}
The group broke through with The Strangers. In May 2012 FilmDistrict acquired the film rights to what would become Oculus.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/markets-festivals/filmdistrict-lands-oculus-horror-film-1118054093/|title=FilmDistrict lands 'Oculus' horror film|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=16 May 2012|work=Variety|access-date=24 September 2016|via=Penske Media Corporation}} Soon after, the film released on April 11, 2013, to commercial and critical success, earning $44 million over a $5 million budget and received positive reviews. In June 2015, Los Angeles Media Fund co-funded The Bye Bye Man, which originated from a script by Jonathan Penner{{Cite news|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/108459/survivor-star-jonathan-penner-brings-forth-the-bye-bye-man/|title=Survivor Star Jonathan Penner Brings Forth The Bye Bye Man|last=Barton|first=Steve|date=23 June 2015|work=Dread Central|access-date=25 September 2016}} with STX Entertainment acquiring the film in December.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2015/11/stx-the-bye-bye-man-horror-film-1201607115/|title=STX Says Hello To Horror Flick 'The Bye Bye Man'|last=Busch|first=Anita|date=4 November 2015|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=25 September 2016|via=Penske Media Corporation}}
Intrepid's most notable recent releases are the critically acclaimed films Hush, Before I Wake, Ouija: Origin of Evil and Gerald's Game, all with Mike Flanagan, a frequent Intrepid collaborator and partner from 2019-2024.
In January 2018, Intrepid and Macy announced their involvement in Doctor Sleep, the sequel to the iconic horror film The Shining, for Warner Brothers.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/the-shining-sequel-doctor-sleep-mike-flanagan-stephen-king-oculus-geralds-game-warner-bros-stanley-kubrick-jack-nicholson-1202270283/|title=Mike Flanagan To Helm Stephen King's 'The Shining' Sequel 'Doctor Sleep'|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=2018-01-26|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=2018-04-12|language=en-US}}
In February 2019, it was announced that Flanagan had formally joined Intrepid as a partner, and that Intrepid had signed an overall deal with Netflix to generate television series. As part of that overall deal, Netflix ordered the original series Midnight Mass in July 2019.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/netflix-midnight-mass-mike-flanagan-trevor-macy-horror-series-1202640218/ |title=Netflix Orders 'Midnight Mass' Series from Mike Flanagan & Trevor Macy |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=July 1, 2019 |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=August 15, 2020}}
On October 6, 2021, it was announced that Flanagan would create an eight episode limited series titled The Fall of the House of Usher for Netflix that will be based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Flanagan and Michael Fimognari will each direct four episodes and executive produce the series.{{cite news|last=Squires|first=John|title="The Fall of the House of Usher": Netflix and Mike Flanagan Developing Series Based on Edgar Allan Poe Stories!|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3686042/fall-house-usher-netflix-mike-flanagan-developing-series-based-edgar-allan-poe-stories/|website=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=October 6, 2017}}
On December 1, 2022, it was announced that the company has signed a TV deal with Amazon Studios. Under the deal Macy and Flanagan will develop and produce projects under Intrepid for Amazon Prime Video, thus ending their deal with Netflix. Feature film productions were not part of the deal.[https://deadline.com/2022/12/mike-flanagan-amp-trevor-macy-overall-deal-with-amazon-studios-1235186302/ 'The Haunting' & 'Midnight Mass' Duo Mike Flanagan & Trevor Macy Ink Overall TV Deal With Amazon Studios]
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:90%;" |
| scope="col" style="width:100px;"| Release date
! Title ! Director ! Distributor |
|---|
| June 23, 2006
| rowspan="6"|Rogue Pictures |
| November 10, 2006 |
| January 19, 2007
| ''The Hitcher |
| August 29, 2007 |
| March 14, 2008
| Doomsday |
| May 30, 2008 |
| February 10, 2012 |
| April 27, 2012 |
| September 7, 2012 |
| April 9, 2013
| Crush |
| April 11, 2014
| Oculus | rowspan="2"|Mike Flanagan | Relativity Media |
| April 8, 2016
| Hush | Netflix |
| January 13, 2017 |
| June 2, 2017 |
| September 29, 2017
| rowspan="2"|Mike Flanagan | rowspan="2"|Netflix |
| January 5, 2018 |
| March 9, 2018 |
| October 18, 2019
| Eli | Netflix |
| November 8, 2019
| Mike Flanagan |
| July 20, 2024
| rowspan="2"|Neon |
| September 6, 2024
| Mike Flanagan |
Television
| class="wikitable" |
| style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year ! Series ! Creator(s) ! Network |
| 2018
| rowspan="3"|Mike Flanagan | rowspan="5"|Netflix |
| 2020 |
| 2021 |
| 2022
| Mike Flanagan |
| 2023
| The Fall of the House of Usher | Mike Flanagan |