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Studio 8 (company)

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Studio 8
TypePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
FoundedJanuary 3, 2014[1]
Founders
  • Jeff Robinov
  • John Graham
  • Mark Miner
HeadquartersCulver City, CA,
Culver City, California
,
U.S.
Key people
  • Jeff Robinov
ServicesFilm production
Number of employees
11-50[2]
DivisionsStudio 8 Television
Websitestudio8.com

Studio 8 is an American entertainment company founded in 2014, by Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Mark Miner and based in Culver City. It specializes in film and television production.

Robinov, Gramham and Miner prior to Studio 8 worked in film and production, before leaving to eventually co-found the company. Starting off moderately in 2016 with Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, the following theatrical releases included Brett Sumner's West of the West, Albert Hughes' Alpha, and Yann Demange's White Boy Rick.

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Entertainment

Entertainment

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention.

Filmmaking

Filmmaking

Filmmaking or film production is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casting, pre-production, shooting, sound recording, post-production, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a film release and an exhibition. Filmmaking occurs in a variety of economic, social, and political contexts around the world. It uses a variety of technologies and cinematic techniques.

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film)

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film)

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is a 2016 war drama film directed by Ang Lee and written by Jean-Christophe Castelli, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Ben Fountain. The film stars Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel, Steve Martin, and Chris Tucker. Principal photography began in April 2015 in Georgia. The film is a co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, and China.

Alpha (2018 film)

Alpha (2018 film)

Alpha is a 2018 American prehistorical adventure film directed by Albert Hughes and written by Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt, from a story by Hughes. The film stars Kodi Smit-McPhee as a young hunter who encounters and befriends an injured wolf during the last ice age, with Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as his father. The wolf Alpha is played by Chuck, a Czechoslovakian Wolfdog.

Yann Demange

Yann Demange

Yann Demange is a French film and television director of French and Algerian parents, who grew up in London. After directing the well-received television series Dead Set (2008) and Top Boy (2011), he made his directorial film debut with the critically acclaimed independent film '71 (2014), for which he received the British Independent Film Award for Best Director.

White Boy Rick

White Boy Rick

White Boy Rick is a 2018 American crime drama film directed by Yann Demange and written by Andy Weiss, Logan Miller, and Noah Miller. The film stars Richie Merritt, Matthew McConaughey, Bel Powley, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Tyree Henry, Rory Cochrane, RJ Cyler, Jonathan Majors, Eddie Marsan, Bruce Dern, and Piper Laurie. The film is loosely based on the story of Richard Wershe Jr., who in the 1980s became the youngest FBI informant ever at the age of 14.

History

2014: Founding

Studio 8 was founded on 2012, by film veterans Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Mark Miner. Robinov is a former film executive at Warner Bros, Graham was the production EP of Paramount Pictures and Screen Gems director of development, and Miner was the EVP of story and creative at Paramount and studio analyst at Universal Pictures.[3]

The company began in 2014 with funding Fosun Group and Sony Pictures Entertainment.[4] The company marked its first theatrical release with Ang Lee's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. The following theatrical releases included Brett Sumner's West of the West, Albert Hughes' Alpha, and Yann Demange's White Boy Rick.

In December 2017, Fosun was rumored to sell its stake in Studio 8, but only after the performances of Alpha and White Boy Rick.[5]

2018: Television and future projects

In January 2018, Studio 8 announced that it would start a television division led by Steve Mosko[6] and Katherine Pope.[7] The first series is Hugh Howey's Beacon 23 with Zak Penn as writer and producer.[8]

Studio 8 will produce Robert Eggers's medieval fantasy The Knight and remake of Nosferatu starring Anya Taylor-Joy.[9] In December 2015, Studio 8 acquired Lee's Thrilla in Manila movie with Peter Morgan as writer and David Oyelowo possibly playing Joe Frazier.[10] In April 2016, Studio 8 will co-produce Hughes' next movie The Fury of a Patient Man, along with The Picture Company.[11] In July 2017, Studio 8 acquired the rights to the Daily Beast article "The Possibly-True Story of the Super-Burglar Trained to Rip Off al Qaeda," with George Mastras as screenwriter.[11] In July 2018, Studio 8 acquired the movie rights to Rob Liefeld's Prophet, to produce films with Liefeld and Adrian Askarieh as producers.[12]

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Screen Gems

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Ang Lee

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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film)

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film)

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is a 2016 war drama film directed by Ang Lee and written by Jean-Christophe Castelli, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Ben Fountain. The film stars Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel, Steve Martin, and Chris Tucker. Principal photography began in April 2015 in Georgia. The film is a co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, and China.

Alpha (2018 film)

Alpha (2018 film)

Alpha is a 2018 American prehistorical adventure film directed by Albert Hughes and written by Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt, from a story by Hughes. The film stars Kodi Smit-McPhee as a young hunter who encounters and befriends an injured wolf during the last ice age, with Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as his father. The wolf Alpha is played by Chuck, a Czechoslovakian Wolfdog.

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Robert Eggers

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Anya Taylor-Joy

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Joe Frazier

Joe Frazier

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Filmography

Released

Motion pictures from Studio 8, listed by theatrical release date
Year Film Director Release date Gross box office (USD)
2016 West of the West Brent Sumner March 6, 2016 Limited release
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Ang Lee November 11, 2016 $30.9 million[13]
2018 Alpha Albert Hughes August 17, 2018 $98.2 million[14]
White Boy Rick Yann Demange September 14, 2018 $25.8 million[15]

Upcoming films

Motion pictures from Studio 8, In development, filming or post-production
Year Film Director Release date Ref
2023 Air Ben Affleck April 5, 2023
TBA A Most Dangerous Man [16]
Black [17][18]
The Brain Hack Joe White [19]
Champion [20]
The Fury of a Patient Man Albert Hughes [11]
The Hidden Girl [21]
Huck [22]
Hypnotic Robert Rodriguez [23]
The Knight Robert Eggers [24]
Mind Fall Cedric Jimenez [25]
Nosferatu Robert Eggers [9]
Osama’s 11 [11]
Overheard [26]
Planet Kill Steven Soderbergh [27]
Pontius Pilate [28]
Prophet Sam Hargrave [12]
Sandman Slim Chad Stahelski [29]
Scout[30] Christopher MacBride [31]
The Shoe Wash Westmoreland [32]
Sinbad Miguel Sapochnik [33]
Storm King Rupert Wyatt [34]
Thrilla in Manila Ang Lee [10]
Undying Love David Leitch [35]
Untitled Francesco Munzi film Francesco Munzi [36]
Way Down Dark [37]

Television

Television series by Studio 8, listed by initial air date or in development
Year Name Air date Number of seasons Number of episodes Network
TBA Beacon 23[38][8] TBA TBA TBA Spectrum
TBA Heartthrob[39] TBA TBA TBA TBA

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Source: "Studio 8 (company)", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 21st), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_8_(company).

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References
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  38. ^ Beacon 23 at IMDb
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