American film production and distribution company
Voltage Pictures
is an American film
production
and
distribution
company founded by
Nicolas Chartier
in 2005. It has assembled over 180 motion pictures, earning the company a total of two
Golden Globe Awards
and nine
Academy Awards
.
Recent films
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Recently released by Voltage is
The Marksman
starring Liam Neeson which opened on January 12, 2021 via Open Road; the second installment of the
After
franchise,
After We Collided
, starring
Josephine Langford
and
Hero Fiennes-Tiffin
.
Additional releases include
I Feel Pretty
starring Amy Schumer and Michelle Williams, which grossed nearly $100 million worldwide upon its release in 2018,
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
starring Zac Efron and Lily Collins, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film festival and subsequently sold to Netflix, and
Ava
, directed by Tate Taylor and starring Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, John Malkovich, Common, Geena Davis, and Joan Chen.
Sales titles
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The current Voltage sales slate includes upcoming the thriller
Fear of Rain
starring
Harry Connick Jr.
and
Katherine Heigl
, which is due to release February 12, 2021 via Lionsgate, and
Body Brokers
, which is due to release February 12, 2021 via Vertical Entertainment. Soon to be released titles include the gangster crime biopic
Lanksy
starring
Harvey Keitel
,
Sam Worthington
and Annasophia Robb, the political biopic
Reagan
, starring
Dennis Quaid
,
Penelope Ann Miller
with Academy Award winner
Jon Voight
, the horror-thriller
The Seventh Day
starring
Guy Pearce
, and war-thriller
Condor's Nest
starring
Arnold Vosloo
.
Television
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Voltage Pictures has produced two seasons of "
True Justice
" starring Steven Seagal which aired on 5USA, the upcoming 12 episode series "Age of The Living Dead / Age of the Undead" and most recently serving as executive producers on "
Six
" which is currently airing on The History Channel.
Awards
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The Hurt Locker
, starring Jeremy Renner took home six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay in 2009.
Dallas Buyers Club
, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee and starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto and Jennifer Garner. The film received three Academy Awards, including Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, and two Golden Globes, again in the two acting categories.
Piracy
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In 2014, Voltage Pictures filed a slew of
"John Doe" lawsuits
against individuals they accused of
torrenting
the film
Dallas Buyers Club
, which Voltage had produced.
[1]
In 2018, it was discovered that Voltage was attempting to sue 55,000 Canadians for sharing their films online.
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Policy experts have called this move a case of
Copyright trolling
.
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Films
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