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RICHARD BRANSON Virgin Produced BACKGROUND: Branson’s film arm, paired up with Relativity Media, is one of the 400 divisions that make up the British entrepreneur’s Virgin Group, which also includes airlines, rail, music, mobile, food, and space-travel businesses. Goal is to promote Relativity and its own movies across all of Virgin’s brands. Ranked as Forbes’ 4th richest citizen of the U.K. last year; worth $4.2 billion. 1. Immortals (Relativity, 2012) $217 mil 2. Limitless (Relativity, 2011) $162 mil 3. Machine Gun Preacher (Sony, 2011) $1 mil UPCOMING FILMS: 21 and Over DAVID ELLISON Skydance Prods. BACKGROUND: Son of Oracle chief Larry Ellison, David’s Skydance is the primary financing partner for Paramount, backing four to six films a year. Prefers “elevated event entertainment.” Obsessed with flying, he’s behind a reboot of “Top Gun”; dropped out of USC film school at 23 to fund 30% of $60 million-budgeted WWI drama “Flyboys,” his first film, which crashed and burned. 1. Mission ... Ghost Protocol (Par, 2011) $654 mil 2. True Grit (Par, 2010) $251 mil 3. Flyboys (MGM, 2006) $18 mil UPCOMING FILMS: GI Joe: Retaliation (June 29); My Mother’s Curse (Nov. 2); World War Z (Dec. 21); Star Trek sequel (May 17, 2013); One Shot (Feb. 8, 2013) MEGAN ELLISON Annapurna Pictures BACKGROUND: The daughter of Oracle founder and billionaire Larry Ellison, Megan prefers indies and dramas vs. her brother’s penchant for tentpoles, although she ponied up $20 million for rights to the Terminator franchise. Prefers to keep a low profile. 1. True Grit (Par, 2010) $251 mil 2. Passion Play (Image, 2010) $3,700 3. Main Street (Magnolia, 2011) $2,600 UPCOMING FILMS: The Wettest County (Aug. 31); Co- gan’s Trade (Sept. 21); Kathryn Bigelow’s Osama Bin Laden actioner; Bitterroot; Spike Jonze’s un- titled dramedy; Mark Boal’s WikiLeaks drama; Terminator sequels RANDALL EMMETT and GEORGE FURLA Emmet/Furla Films BACKGROUND: Partnered with Russian oil and real estate moguls Stepan Martirosyan and Remington William Chase’s Envision Entertainment to create a $250 million revolving equity and debt fund to back midbudget, star-driven pics. 1. Rambo (Lionsgate, 2008) $114 mil 2. Righteous Kill (Overture, 2008) $78 mil 3. Street Kings (Fox Searchlight, 2008) $65 mil 4. 16 Blocks (WB, 2006) $60 mil 5. The Wicker Man (WB, 2006) $36 mil UPCOMING FILMS: Lay the Favorite; Empire State; Freelancers; End of Watch; Broken City; Fire With Fire; The Tomb; 2 Guns; Rule #1; Frozen Ground TIM HEADINGTON FilmDistrict and GK Films BACKGROUND: The Dallas-based oil magnate and real estate developer formed FilmDistrict in 2010 with Graham King, with whom he’s backed GK Films since 2007. Ranked as 420th richest person in the world at $2.7 billion last year by Forbes. 1. The Tourist (Sony, 2010) $275 mil 2. Rango (Par, 2011) $246 mil 3. The Town (WB, 2010) $153.5 mil 4. Hugo (Par, 2011) $121 mil 5. Edge of Darkness (WB, 2010) $82 mil UPCOMING FILMS: Argo (Sept 14); World War Z (Dec. 21); biopic of Freddie Mercury; Home; The Vault; Tomb Raider JORDAN SCHUR and DAVID MIMRAN Mimran Schur Pictures BACKGROUND: Schur launched metal band Limp Bi- zkit through Flip Records before moving to Geffen Records as the music biz’s youngest label head at 35. Mimran is vice chairman of Breeden Partners’ $2 billion fund, investor in Milestone Capital Part- ners and Monaco-based industrial food-processing conglom Eurafrique, Sometra and Cavpa. Shingle has co-financing deal with Lionsgate. 1. Warrior (Lionsgate, 2011) $23 mil 2. Stone (Overture, 2011) $9.5 mil 3. Henry’s Crime (Moving Pics, 2011) $205,000 UPCOMING FILMS: Five Against a Bullet; Pawn Shop Chronicles; Revenge Wedding; Rapture- palooza BILL POHLAD River Road BACKGROUND: Son of billionaire Carl Pohlad, part owner of the Minnesota Twins baseball team; shut- tered distribution label Apparition in 2010 to focus on developing and producing films. One of Forbes’ 400 richest Americans. 1. Brokeback Mountain (Focus, 2005) $178 mil 2. Into the Wild (Par Vantage, 2007) $56 mil 3. Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight, 2011) $54 mil 4. Lust, Caution (Focus, 2007) $67 mil 5. Fair Game (Summit, 2010) $24 mil UPCOMING FILMS: Voyage of Time; Genius; The Age of Miracles; Brian Wilson biopic JEFF SKOLL Participant Media BACKGROUND: The second employee of eBay, Skoll launched Participant in 2004 to make socially rel- evant movies and documentaries covering the en- vironment, healthcare, human rights, institutional responsibility, peace and tolerance, and social and economic justice. Partnered with Imagenation Abu Dhabi, Summit Entertainment. 1. The Help (DreamWorks, 2011) $209 mil 2. Contagion (WB, 2011) $137 mil 3. Charlie Wilson’s War (U, 2007) $117 mil 4. Syriana (WB, 2005) $91 mil 5. The Kite Runner (Par Vantage, 2007) $72 mil UPCOMING FILMS: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (May 4); Last Call at the Oasis; Middle of Nowhere; Lincoln; Snitch STEVEN RALES Indian Paintbrush BACKGROUND: The billionaire industrialist, worth more than $2.7 billion, is chairman of Washington D.C.-based manufacturing conglom Danaher Corp. Staffed up Indian Paintbrush with execs from Scott Rudin Prods, Overbrook and Focus Features. 1. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox, 2009) $46 mil 2. Darjeeling Limited (Fox Searchlight, 2007) $35 mil 3. Young Adult (Par, 2012) $18 mil 4. Like Crazy (Par Vantage, 2011) $3.5 mil 5. Towelhead (Warner Ind., 2008) $676,000 UPCOMING FILMS: Jeff Who Lives at Home (March 16); Moon Rise Kingdom (May 16); Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (June 22) THOMPSON BROTHERS Cross Creek Pictures BACKGROUND: Brothers Timmy, Tommy, Todd, Tyler and Bobby (who made their fortune in Louisi- ana from oil and real estate) and the banner’s president, Brian Oliver, launched Cross Creek with $40 million. It now has three-year, six-pic deal at Universal. 1. Black Swan (2010) $392 mil 2. Ides of March (Sony, 2011) $69 mil 3. The Woman in Black (CBS, 2012) $54 mil UPCOMING FILMS: Rush; Arthur Newman, Golf Pro; Black Mass; Steve McQueen biopic; Boneshaker; Hellfire Club; The Creed of Violence JEFF SAGANSKY Hemisphere Capital Management BACKGROUND: The former Sony and CBS exec and partner in Winchester Capital (“The Men Who Stare at Goats,” “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee”) launched Hemisphere Tentpole Co-Financing Fund in 2011 with Jean-Luc De Fanti and Eli Baker to back a portfolio of 12-16 tentpole pics over a five- year period across various studios, starting with $200 million for the first four films. 1. The Smurfs (Sony, 2011) $564 mil 2. Adventures of Tintin (Par, 2011) $372 mil UPCOMING FILMS: Men in Black III (May 25); World War Z (Dec. 21); The Smurfs 2 THOMAS TULL Legendary Entertainment BACKGROUND: A fanboy of comicbooks, toys and genre movies, Tull launched Legendary in 2005 by co-financing “Batman Begins,” as part of a seven- year deal with WB. Now also produces films in China through Legendary East. Co-owns the Pittsburgh Steelers, featured in “The Dark Knight Rises.” 1. The Dark Knight (WB, 2008) $1 bil 2. Inception (WB, 2010) $825.5 mil 3. The Hangover Part II (WB, 2011) $581.5 mil 4. Clash of the Titans (WB, 2010) $493 mil 5. The Hangover (WB, 2009) $467.5 mil UPCOMING FILMS: Wrath of the Titans (March 30); The Dark Knight Rises (July 20); Jack the Giant Killer (March 22, 2013); Pacific Rim (May 10, 2013); Man of Steel (June 14, 2013)
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RICHARD BRANSONVirgin Produced
BACKGROUND: Branson’s fi lm arm, paired up with Relativity Media, is one of the 400 divisions that make up the British entrepreneur’s Virgin Group, which also includes airlines, rail, music, mobile, food, and space-travel businesses. Goal is to promote Relativity and its own movies across all of Virgin’s brands. Ranked as Forbes’ 4th richest citizen of the U.K. last year; worth $4.2 billion.
1. Immortals (Relativity, 2012) $217 mil
2. Limitless (Relativity, 2011) $162 mil
3. Machine Gun Preacher (Sony, 2011) $1 mil
UPCOMING FILMS: 21 and Over
DAVID ELLISONSkydance Prods.
BACKGROUND: Son of Oracle chief Larry Ellison, David’s Skydance is the primary fi nancing partner for Paramount, backing four to six fi lms a year. Prefers “elevated event entertainment.” Obsessed with fl ying, he’s behind a reboot of “Top Gun”; dropped out of USC fi lm school at 23 to fund 30% of $60 million-budgeted WWI drama “Flyboys,” his fi rst fi lm, which crashed and burned.
1. Mission ... Ghost Protocol (Par, 2011) $654 mil
2. True Grit (Par, 2010) $251 mil
3. Flyboys (MGM, 2006) $18 mil
UPCOMING FILMS: GI Joe: Retaliation (June 29); My Mother’s Curse (Nov. 2); World War Z (Dec. 21); Star Trek sequel (May 17, 2013); One Shot (Feb. 8, 2013)
MEGAN ELLISONAnnapurna Pictures
BACKGROUND: The daughter of Oracle founder and billionaire Larry Ellison, Megan prefers indies and dramas vs. her brother’s penchant for tentpoles, although she ponied up $20 million for rights to the Terminator franchise. Prefers to keep a low profi le.
1. True Grit (Par, 2010) $251 mil
2. Passion Play (Image, 2010) $3,700
3. Main Street (Magnolia, 2011) $2,600
UPCOMING FILMS: The Wettest County (Aug. 31); Co-gan’s Trade (Sept. 21); Kathryn Bigelow’s Osama Bin Laden actioner; Bitterroot; Spike Jonze’s un-titled dramedy; Mark Boal’s WikiLeaks drama; Terminator sequels
RANDALL EMMETT and GEORGE FURLA
Emmet/Furla Films
BACKGROUND: Partnered with Russian oil and real estate moguls Stepan Martirosyan and Remington William Chase’s Envision Entertainment to create a $250 million revolving equity and debt fund to back midbudget, star-driven pics.
1. Rambo (Lionsgate, 2008) $114 mil
2. Righteous Kill (Overture, 2008) $78 mil
3. Street Kings (Fox Searchlight, 2008) $65 mil
4. 16 Blocks (WB, 2006) $60 mil
5. The Wicker Man (WB, 2006) $36 mil
UPCOMING FILMS: Lay the Favorite; Empire State; Freelancers; End of Watch; Broken City; Fire With Fire; The Tomb; 2 Guns; Rule #1; Frozen Ground
TIM HEADINGTONFilmDistrict and GK Films
BACKGROUND: The Dallas-based oil magnate and real estate developer formed FilmDistrict in 2010 with Graham King, with whom he’s backed GK Films since 2007. Ranked as 420th richest person in the world at $2.7 billion last year by Forbes.
1. The Tourist (Sony, 2010) $275 mil
2. Rango (Par, 2011) $246 mil
3. The Town (WB, 2010) $153.5 mil
4. Hugo (Par, 2011) $121 mil
5. Edge of Darkness (WB, 2010) $82 mil
UPCOMING FILMS: Argo (Sept 14); World War Z(Dec. 21); biopic of Freddie Mercury; Home; The Vault; Tomb Raider
JORDAN SCHURand DAVID MIMRAN
Mimran Schur Pictures
BACKGROUND: Schur launched metal band Limp Bi-zkit through Flip Records before moving to Geffen Records as the music biz’s youngest label head at 35. Mimran is vice chairman of Breeden Partners’ $2 billion fund, investor in Milestone Capital Part-ners and Monaco-based industrial food-processing conglom Eurafrique, Sometra and Cavpa. Shingle has co-fi nancing deal with Lionsgate.
1. Warrior (Lionsgate, 2011) $23 mil
2. Stone (Overture, 2011) $9.5 mil
3. Henry’s Crime (Moving Pics, 2011) $205,000
UPCOMING FILMS: Five Against a Bullet; Pawn Shop Chronicles; Revenge Wedding; Rapture-palooza
BILL POHLADRiver Road
BACKGROUND: Son of billionaire Carl Pohlad, part owner of the Minnesota Twins baseball team; shut-tered distribution label Apparition in 2010 to focus on developing and producing fi lms. One of Forbes’ 400 richest Americans.
1. Brokeback Mountain (Focus, 2005) $178 mil
2. Into the Wild (Par Vantage, 2007) $56 mil
3. Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight, 2011) $54 mil
4. Lust, Caution (Focus, 2007) $67 mil
5. Fair Game (Summit, 2010) $24 mil
UPCOMING FILMS: Voyage of Time; Genius; The Age of Miracles; Brian Wilson biopic
JEFF SKOLLParticipant Media
BACKGROUND: The second employee of eBay, Skoll launched Participant in 2004 to make socially rel-evant movies and documentaries covering the en-vironment, healthcare, human rights, institutional responsibility, peace and tolerance, and social and economic justice. Partnered with Imagenation Abu Dhabi, Summit Entertainment.
1. The Help (DreamWorks, 2011) $209 mil
2. Contagion (WB, 2011) $137 mil
3. Charlie Wilson’s War (U, 2007) $117 mil
4. Syriana (WB, 2005) $91 mil
5. The Kite Runner (Par Vantage, 2007) $72 mil
UPCOMING FILMS: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (May 4); Last Call at the Oasis; Middle of Nowhere; Lincoln; Snitch
STEVEN RALESIndian Paintbrush
BACKGROUND: The billionaire industrialist, worth more than $2.7 billion, is chairman of Washington D.C.-based manufacturing conglom Danaher Corp. Staffed up Indian Paintbrush with execs from Scott Rudin Prods, Overbrook and Focus Features.
1. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox, 2009) $46 mil
2. Darjeeling Limited (Fox Searchlight, 2007) $35 mil
3. Young Adult (Par, 2012) $18 mil
4. Like Crazy (Par Vantage, 2011) $3.5 mil
5. Towelhead (Warner Ind., 2008) $676,000
UPCOMING FILMS: Jeff Who Lives at Home (March 16); Moon Rise Kingdom (May 16); Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (June 22)
THOMPSON BROTHERSCross Creek Pictures
BACKGROUND: Brothers Timmy, Tommy, Todd, Tyler and Bobby (who made their fortune in Louisi-ana from oil and real estate) and the banner’s president, Brian Oliver, launched Cross Creek with $40 million. It now has three-year, six-pic deal at Universal.
1. Black Swan (2010) $392 mil
2. Ides of March (Sony, 2011) $69 mil
3. The Woman in Black (CBS, 2012) $54 mil
UPCOMING FILMS: Rush; Arthur Newman, Golf Pro; Black Mass; Steve McQueen biopic; Boneshaker; Hellfi re Club; The Creed of Violence
JEFF SAGANSKYHemisphere Capital Management
BACKGROUND: The former Sony and CBS exec and partner in Winchester Capital (“The Men Who Stare at Goats,” “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee”) launched Hemisphere Tentpole Co-Financing Fund in 2011 with Jean-Luc De Fanti and Eli Baker to back a portfolio of 12-16 tentpole pics over a fi ve-year period across various studios, starting with $200 million for the fi rst four fi lms.
1. The Smurfs (Sony, 2011) $564 mil
2. Adventures of Tintin (Par, 2011) $372 mil
UPCOMING FILMS: Men in Black III (May 25); World War Z (Dec. 21); The Smurfs 2
THOMAS TULLLegendary Entertainment
BACKGROUND: A fanboy of comicbooks, toys and genre movies, Tull launched Legendary in 2005 by co-fi nancing “Batman Begins,” as part of a seven-year deal with WB. Now also produces fi lms in China through Legendary East. Co-owns the Pittsburgh Steelers, featured in “The Dark Knight Rises.”
1. The Dark Knight (WB, 2008) $1 bil
2. Inception (WB, 2010) $825.5 mil
3. The Hangover Part II (WB, 2011) $581.5 mil
4. Clash of the Titans (WB, 2010) $493 mil
5. The Hangover (WB, 2009) $467.5 mil
UPCOMING FILMS: Wrath of the Titans (March 30); The Dark Knight Rises (July 20); Jack the Giant Killer (March 22, 2013); Pacifi c Rim (May 10, 2013); Man of Steel (June 14, 2013)
