Syncopy Inc. is a British film production company founded and run by husband and wife duo Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas. The name Syncopy derives from "syncope", the medical term for fainting or loss of consciousness. In 1998, Syncopy debuted as a production company in the film Following. After a brief period of 7 years, in 2005 Syncopy Inc. partnered with Legendary Pictures to produce Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012) for Warner Bros. Pictures. These films were also directed by Christopher Nolan and had a box office total of $3,395,075,961. Future films include Zack Snyder's Man of Steel (2013) and the directorial debut of Wally Pfister in 2014.

Legendary Pictures Inc. is an American film production company based in Burbank, California. The company was founded by Thomas Tull in 2000 and in 2005 the company concluded an agreement to coproduce and co-finance 40 films with Warner Bros. Thomas Tull founded Legendary Entertainment after raising $500 million from private equity firms. Legendary Pictures has co-produced 24 feature films. In addition, the company is also in the process of producing an additional seven films and is developing various other projects. Of the 24 feature films produced, 23 have had theatrical releases and one has had a direct-to-video release. All films that were theatrically released were distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures (except for Watchmen which was distributed by both Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures) and the direct-to-video film was distributed by Warner Premiere. Some of the films they had co-produced are: The dark knight trilogy, 300, Superman returns, 10000 BC, the Hangover trilogy and many more.