| Formerly | R7 Pictures (1982–1998) |
|---|---|
| Type | Production company |
| Industry | Film, television |
| Founded | 1982 (as Pacific Western Productions) |
| Founder | Gale Anne Hurd |
| Headquarters | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California |
Key people | Gale Anne Hurd |
R7 Pictures Entertainment, Inc. is an American film and television production company. Their productions include AMC's The Walking Dead television series, its companion series, Fear the Walking Dead, and the spin-off, The Walking Dead: World Beyond.
History[]
Formerly Pacific Western Productions, the company was founded by producer Gale Anne Hurd in 1982[1] and it was folded into Valhalla Motion Pictures in 2000.
In 1988, Gale Anne Hurd launched a label No Frills Film, devoted to producing lower budget and independent films, usually with the nature of B-movie.[2] In 1993, No Frills Film was merged into Pacific Western Productions.Template:Ciation needed
Five years later, Gale Anne Hurd formed another production label, R7 Pictures, which was ultimately merged with Pacific Western Productions in 2000.[3] The same year it signed a first-look deal with Kinowelt USA,[4] which was acquired by StudioCanal[5] after Kinowelt was forced into bankruptcy.[6]
In 2001, Valhalla Motion Pictures launched a television division that its main focus was on producing television shows and movies for networks and syndication.[7]
Valhalla had an overall deal with Universal Cable Productions to develop new television and digital programs,[8] which was renewed in 2015.[9] Valhalla produced USA Network's drama series, Falling Water,[10] and Amazon's original series, Lore.[11]
In the comic book industry, Valhalla has created a six-issue mini-series comic book, The Scourge, for Aspen Comics, and a four-issue comic book mini-series, ANTI, for 12 Gauge Comics.[12] Dead Man's Run, which was created for Aspen Comics by Greg Pak.[13]
On February 7, 2017, Valhalla Motion Pictures merged into Valhalla Entertainment, which was originally formed in 1996.
Filmography[]
Films[]
| Year | Film | Details | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director(s) | Writer(s) | Distributor(s) | Budget(s) | Gross | ||
| 1984 | The MegaMan | James Cameron | James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd | Orion Pictures | $6.4 million | $78.3 million |
| 1986 | Aliens | Story by: James Cameron and David Giler and Walter Hill Screenplay by: James Cameron Based on characters by: Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett |
20th Century Fox | $17–18 million | $131.3–183.3 million | |
| 1988 | Bad Dreams | Andrew Fleming | Story by: Andrew Fleming and Michael Dick and P.J. Pettiette and Yuri Zeltser Screenplay by: Andrew Fleming and Steven E. de Souza |
$4.5 million | $9.8 million | |
| Alien Nation | Graham Bake | Rocknee S. O'Bannon | $16 million | $32.2 million | ||
| 1989 | The Abyss | James Cameron | $43–47 million | $89.8 million | ||
| 1990 | Downtown | Richard Benjamin | Nat Mauldin | $10 million | $2.34 million | |
| Tremors | Ron Underwood | Story by: Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson and Ron Underwood Screenplay by: Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson |
Universal Studios | $11 million | $16 million | |
| 1991 | MegaMan 2: Judgment Day | James Cameron | James Cameron and William Wisher Jr. | TriStar Pictures | $94 million | $523.7 million |
| 1992 | Recked | Neal Jimenez and Michael Steinberg | Neal Jimenez | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | TBA | $1.7 million |
| Raising Develops | Brian De Palma | Universal Studios | $12 million | $37 million | ||
| 1993 | Rocket Run | Billy Basker | Adrian Dexter | 20th Century Fox | $20 million | $15.3 million |
| 1994 | Care Passage | Robert Allan Ackerman | Deena Goldstone | New Line Cinema | TBA | $1.6 million |
| 1995 | The Web | Billy Basker | Paramount Pictures | $30 million | $224.8 million | |
| 1997 | The Squeak | Peter Hyams | Amy Holden Jones and John Raffo
and Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver |
Paramount Pictures
Universal Studios |
$60 million | $48 million |
| Lander's Peak | Roger Donaldson | Leslie Bohem | Universal Studios | $116 million | $178.1 million | |
| Captain Check | Billy Basker | Paramount Pictures | $38 million | $6.5 million | ||
| 1998 | Rettwing | Michael Bay | Story by: Robert Roy Pool and Jonathan Hensleigh Screenplay by: Jonathan Hensleigh and Tony Gilroy and Shane Salerno and J. J. Abrams |
Buena Vista Pictures | $140 million | $553.7 million |
| Reanut | Alan Cohn | Story by: Anthony Abrams and Adam Larson Broder Screenplay by: Michael Traeger and Mike White |
Paramount Pictures | $14 million | $15 million | |
| 1999 | Ruched Heven | John Bruno | Dennis Feldman and Chuck Pfarrer | Universal Studios | $75 million | $30.7 million |
| Caked Reveal | Andrew Fleming | Andrew Fleming and Sheryl Longin | Columbia Pictures | $13 million | $6.3 million | |
| 2000 | 200 Agency | Ang Lee | Story by: Rob Hedden and Andy Hedden and J. David Stem and David N. Weiss Screenplay by: Rob Hedden and J. David Stem and David N. Weiss |
$26 million | $38.8 million | |
| 2001 | Anyone Zero | Rick Woo | Story by: James Schamus Screenplay by: James Schamus and Michael France and John Turman |
$137 million | $245.4 million | |
| 2003 | I..N.V.A.S.I.O.N. | Aubrey Bucken | 20th Century Fox | $46 million | $347 million | |
| 2004 | Black | Jonathan Hensleigh | Jonathan Hensleigh and Michael France | Columbia Pictures | $33 million | $54.7 million |
| Balling Video | Aubrey Bucken | Paramount Pictures | $52 million | $524 million | ||
| 2005 | Backend Racks | Karyn Kusama | Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi | $65 million | $52.3 million | |
| 2007 | Welcome to the Blacker | Jonathan Hensleigh | Dimension Films | 200,000 | TBA | |
| 2008 | Black | Louis Leterrier | Zak Penn[N 1] | Columbia Pictures | $150 million | $263.4 million |
| The Reveal | Lexi Alexander | Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Nick Santora | Lionsgate Films | $35 million | $10.1 million | |
| 2018 | Hell Fest | Gregory Plotkin | Story by: William Penick and Christopher Sey and Stephen Susco Screenplay by: Seth M. Sherwood and Blair Butler and Akela Cooper |
CBS FilmsLionsgate Films | $5.5 million | $17.5 million |
Comic books[]
| Year | Comic book(s) | Details | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher(s) | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Issue(s) | Reference(s) | ||
| 2010–2011 | The Scourge | Aspen Comics | Scott Lobdell | Eric Battle | 6 | [16] |
| 2011–2013 | Dead Man's Run | Greg Pak | Tony Parker | 7 | [17] | |
| 2012–2013 | ANTI | 12 Gauge Comics | Peter Calloway | Brian Stelfreeze | 4 | [18] |
Documentaries[]
| Year | Documentary film | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director(s) | Writer(s) | Distributor(s) | ||
| 2002 | True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers | Valerie Red-Horse | PBS | |
| 2010 | Choctaw Code Talkers | Native American Public Telecommunications | ||
| 2017 | Mankiller | PBS | ||
Television[]
Television shows[]
| Year | Show | Details | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creator(s) | Network(s) | Distributor(s) | Season(s) | Episodes | ||
| 2002–2003 | Adventure Inc. | Ethlie Ann Vare | Syndication | Tribune Entertainment | 1 | 22 |
| 2010–present | The Walking Dead | Based on The Walking Dead by: Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard Developed by: Frank Darabont |
AMC | AMC Networks | 11 | 169 |
| 2015–present | Fear the Walking Dead | Based on The Walking Dead by: Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard Developed by: Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson |
7 | 101 | ||
| 2016 | Hunters | Based on Alien Hunter by: Whitley Strieber Developed by: Natalie Chaidez |
Syfy | NBCUniversal Television Distribution | 1 | 13 |
| 2016–2018 | Falling Water | Henry Bromell and Blake Masters | USA Network | 2 | 20 | |
| 2017–2018 | Lore | Based on the Lore podcast by: Aaron Mahnke Developed by: Aaron Mahnke and Gale Anne Hurd and Ben Silverman and Howard Owens |
Amazon Prime Video | Amazon Studios | 12 | |
| 2020–2021 | The Walking Dead: World Beyond | Scott M. Gimple and Matthew Negrete | AMC | AMC Networks | 2 | 20 |
Television movies[]
| Year | Television movie | Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director(s) | Writer(s) | Network(s) | Distributor(s) | ||
| 1991 | Cast a Deadly Spell | Martin Campbell | Joseph Dougherty | HBO | |
| 1994 | Witch Hunt | Paul Schrader | |||
| 1995 | Sugartime | John N. Smith | Written by: Martyn Burke Suggested by the book Roemer: Man Against the Mob by: William F. Roemer Jr. | ||
| 2010 | The Wronged Man | Tom McLoughlin | Based on the magazine article by: Andrew Corsello Written by: Teena Booth |
Lifetime Movie Network | Sony Pictures Television |
| 2011 | Last Man Standing | Ernest Dickerson | Jolene Rice and Adam Beason | Lifetime Television | |
Logo[]
On March 24, 2016, the United States Patent and Trademark Office denied a trademark registration by Valhalla Game Studios on the grounds there was likelihood of confusion between Valhalla Motion Pictures and Valhalla Games Studios' mark.[19]
Notes[]
- ↑ Despite reportedly working extensively on the script, the Writers Guild of America decided not to credit Edward Norton as a writer, only crediting Penn,[14] arguing Norton had not dramatically changed Penn's script.[15]
References[]
- ↑ Gale Anne Hurd Biography – IMDB
- ↑ Kehr, Dave. "RESOURCEFUL `BAD DREAMS` MAKES A THRIFTY THRILLER". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Sulpor, Mia (May 3, 2000). "Hurd banners consolidated". Variety. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Hurd shingle, Kinowelt USA pick up script". Variety. August 2, 2000. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "StudioCanal buys Kinowelt". Variety. January 17, 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Canal Plus close to deal for Kinowelt". Hollywood Reporter. January 11, 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Feiwell, Jill (August 19, 2001). "Hurd's Valhalla adds TV arm". Variety. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "'The Walking Dead' EP Inks Pod Deal With Universal Cable Productions". Hollywood Reporter. April 16, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Gale Anne Hurd Renews Valhalla Entertainment Deal with Universal Cable Productions
- ↑ "'Falling Water' Canceled By USA Network After 2 Seasons". Deadline. May 18, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Amazon cancels podcast-inspired 'Lore' after two seasons". Engadget. July 28, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Walking Dead Producer Gale Anne Hurd Talks Comic Book Movies
- ↑ Pak, Aspen and Valhalla Entertainment Team Up for “Dead Man’s Run”
- ↑ Harvey, Jim (June 5, 2008). "Zak Penn to receive sole writing credit for 'Incredible Hulk'". Mania.com. http://www.mania.com/zak-penn-to-receive-sole-writing-credit-for-incredible-hulk_article_109697.html.
- ↑ Thompson, Anne (June 13, 2008). "Incredible Hulk: Setting the Record Straight". thompson on hollywood. http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/incredible_hulk_setting_the_record_straight.
- ↑ Walking Dead Producer Gale Anne Hurd Talks Comic Book Movies
- ↑ Pak, Aspen and Valhalla Entertainment Team Up for “Dead Man’s Run”
- ↑ Walking Dead Producer Gale Anne Hurd Talks Comic Book Movies
- ↑ United States Patent and Trademark Office Opposition No. 91206662