Alcon Entertainment

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Alcon Entertainment, LLC
Company type Private
Industry Film
Founded January 23, 1997
27 years ago [1]
Founders Broderick Johnson
Andrew Kosove
Headquarters
Los Angeles , California
Key people
Broderick Johnson ( CEO )
Andrew Kosove ( CEO )
Steven Wegner ( VP of development)
Scott Parish ( CFO )
Kira Davis (former VP of production & marketing)
Divisions
  • Alcon Interactive Group
  • Alcon Television Group
Website www .alconent .com

Alcon Entertainment, LLC is an American independent film and television production company , founded in 1997 by film producers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove . Since its establishment, Alcon Entertainment has developed and financed films that are ultimately distributed – in the United States mostly, and internationally on occasion – by Warner Bros. Pictures , following a ten-year motion picture production agreement.

Company [ edit ]

Alcon Entertainment was established on January 23, 1997, [1] being founded by film producers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove , who are the co-CEOs of the company. The company is headquartered on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles , California . [2]

Both Johnson and Kosove presented FedEx founder and chairman Frederick W. Smith with a proposal suggesting that an independent film company, backed by a capitalized individual or company, and aligned with a major studio for an exclusive distribution arrangement would reap profits on copyrighted assets over a set period of time. [3]

On February 18, 1998, Alcon Entertainment set up two greenlight projects, with Warner Bros. distributing a single project. [4] On May 15, 1998, Alcon signed a second deal with Warner in which WB was allowed to distribute the film Lost & Found . [5]

Alcon's first major feature film was the 1999 comedy Lost & Found . In March 2000, following the success of its second film My Dog Skip , Alcon entered into a long-term distribution agreement with Warner Bros. The agreement had WB in charge of worldwide distribution of a minimum of 10 films produced and financed by Alcon over the next five years. The agreement also allowed Warner to co-finance certain pictures with Alcon. [6]

Alcon and Warner signed a new agreement in February 2006, continuing their eight-year relationship, under which Warner Bros. would continue to distribute feature films developed and financed by Alcon. [7] Alcon has the option to distribute its pictures internationally through Warner Bros., but also has the flexibility instead to pre-sell rights through Lionsgate . WB and Alcon extended the deal in 2015 which ended in 2019. [8]

On September 28, 2003, Alcon Entertainment had launched its television arm, with an exclusive co-production agreement at television studio Warner Bros. Television . [9]

In 2011, Alcon Entertainment acquired the entire brand and rights to the Blade Runner franchise, which encompasses movies , series , games and other franchise media such as books . [10] [11] On March 8, 2012, Alcon had signed an affiliate production company headed by 2S Films executive Molly Smith , Belle Pictures, to develop film projects. [12]

On October 6, 2016, Alcon opens up a new division titled Alcon Interactive Group which continues Alcon’s diversification beyond its core business of financing and producing feature films, having also established in the past years. [13]

Filmography [ edit ]

Year Film Title Distributor Notes Budget Box office
1999 Lost & Found Warner Bros. Pictures First film $30 million $6,552,255
2000 My Dog Skip $6 million $35,512,760
Dude, Where's My Car? 20th Century Fox $13 million $73,180,723
2001 The Affair of the Necklace Warner Bros. Pictures $30 million $471,210
2002 Insomnia Co-produced with Section Eight Productions , international distribution by Summit Entertainment $46 million $113,714,830
2003 Love Don't Cost a Thing $21 million $21,924,226
2004 Chasing Liberty $23 million $12,313,323
2005 Racing Stripes international distribution by Summit Entertainment $30 million $90,754,475
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Co-produced with Alloy Entertainment , Di Novi Pictures and Martin Chase Productions $25 million $42,000,000
2006 16 Blocks Co-produced with Millennium Films , Equity Pictures, Nu Image, Emmett/Furla Films , Cheyenne Enterprises , ContentFilm International and The Donners' Company $55 million $65,664,721
The Wicker Man Co-produced with Millennium Films, Saturn Films , Equity Pictures, Emmett/Furla Films and Nu Image $40 million $38,755,073
2007 P.S. I Love You Co-produced with Grosvenor Park Productions , international distribution by Summit Entertainment $30 million $156,835,339
2008 One Missed Call Co-produced with Kadokawa Pictures , Equity Pictures and Intermedia $20 million $45,847,751
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Co-produced with Alloy Entertainment , Di Novi Pictures and Martin Chase Productions $27 million $44,352,417
2009 The Blind Side 2009 Academy Award for Best Actress Sandra Bullock $29 million $309,208,309
2010 The Book of Eli Co-produced with Silver Pictures , international distribution by Summit Entertainment $80 million $157,091,718
Lottery Ticket Co-produced with Cube Vision $17 million $24,819,879
2011 Something Borrowed Co-produced with 2S Films , international distribution by Summit Entertainment $35 million $60,183,821
Dolphin Tale $37 million $95,404,397
2012 Joyful Noise $25 million $31,158,113
What to Expect When You're Expecting Lionsgate Co-produced with Phoenix Pictures $40 million $41.102.171
Chernobyl Diaries Warner Bros. Pictures Co-produced with FilmNation Entertainment and Oren Peli/Brian Witten Productions $1 million $37,157,648
2013 Beautiful Creatures Co-produced with 3 Arts Entertainment , Belle Pictures, international distribution by Lionsgate through Summit Entertainment $60 million $60,052,138
Prisoners Co-produced with 8:38 Productions, Madhouse Entertainment, international distribution by Lionsgate through Summit Entertainment $46 million $122,126,687
2014 Transcendence Co-produced with DMG Entertainment and Straight Up Films, international distribution by Lionsgate through Summit Entertainment $100 million $103,039,258
Dolphin Tale 2 $36 million $57,824,533
The Good Lie Co-produced with Imagine Entertainment , Black Label Media and Reliance Entertainment , international distribution by Lionsgate through Summit Entertainment $20 million $2,722,209
2015 The 33 Co-produced with Phoenix Pictures , international distribution by Good Universe $26 million $24,902,723
Point Break Co-produced with DMG Entertainment , Ehrman Productions and Babelsberg Studios , international distribution by Lionsgate through Summit Entertainment [14] $100 million $131,338,490
2016 No Manches Frida Pantelion Films Co-produced with Constantin Film ? $12,421,716
2017 Blade Runner 2049 Warner Bros. Pictures / Sony Pictures Releasing Co-produced with Columbia Pictures , Thunderbird Films and Scott Free Productions $150?185 million $259,239,658
Father Figures Warner Bros. Pictures Co-produced with The Montecito Picture Company and DMG Entertainment $25 million $25,601,244
2018 12 Strong Co-produced with Black Label Media , Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Torridon Films, international distribution by Lionsgate $35 million $62,928,960
2019 No Manches Frida 2 Pantelion Films Co-produced with Constantin Film ? $26.4 million [15]
2024 No Manches Frida 3 ? ?
The Garfield Movie [16] Sony Pictures Releasing [17] First animated film. Co-produced with Columbia Pictures , DNEG Animation , Prime Focus , One Cool Group Limited and Wayfarer Studios ? ?

Alcon Television Group [ edit ]

Year Title Network Notes Seasons Episodes
2015?22 The Expanse Syfy (2015?18)
Amazon Prime Video (2019?22) 		Co-produced with Penguin in a Parka, SeanDanielCo (2015?18), Just So (2019?22), Hivemind (2019?22) and Amazon Studios (2019?22); distributed by Legendary Television Distribution 6 62
2016?18 Ice Audience Co-produced with Fuqua Films (2016), Entertainment One , IM Global Television (2016) and Bernero Productions (2018) 2 20
2017?22 Pete the Cat Amazon Prime Video Co-produced with Appian Way Productions and Surfer Jack Productions; distributed by Cake Entertainment 14
2021?22 Blade Runner: Black Lotus Adult Swim
Crunchyroll 		Co-produced with Williams Street 1 13
2024 Hey A.J! Disney Junior Co-produced with Disney Junior and Surfing Giant Studios TBA [18]
TBA Blade Runner 2099 Amazon Prime Video Co-produced with Scott Free Productions , Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television TBA TBA

Alcon Interactive Group [ edit ]

Year Title Developer(s) Platform(s)
2017 Blade Runner 2049 VR - Memory Lab Magnopus Oculus [19]
2018 Blade Runner: Revelations Seismic Games Google Daydream [20]
2021 In My Shadow Playbae Windows [21]
Blade Runner: Rogue Next Games iOS [22] [23]
2022 Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition Nightdive Studios Windows, PlayStation 4 , Xbox One [24] [25]
2023 The Expanse: A Telltale Series Telltale Games
Deck Nine Games 		Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 , Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S [26]
TBA Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth Annapurna Interactive Windows, TBA [27]

Music [ edit ]

In 2014, Alcon partnered with Sleeping Giant Media to form ASG Music Group. ASG is a full service music company and record label. In 2017, ASG released the Blade Runner 2049 soundtrack , produced by Grammy nominated producer Michael Hodges , Kayla Morrison and Ashley Culp, with Epic Records . The Album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Soundtrack Sales Charts. [28] [29] [30] [31]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b "Lost and Found" . wb-lostandfound.com . Archived from the original on 2011-06-13 . Retrieved 2009-08-17 .
  2. ^ Alcon Entertainment - Los Angeles, California (CA) | Company Profile
  3. ^ "Class Notes - June 7, 2000" . www.princeton.edu .
  4. ^ Cox, Dan; Petrikin, Chris (1998-02-19). "FedEx chair-backed shingle slates pix" . Variety . Retrieved 2021-12-23 .
  5. ^ Madigan, Nick (1998-05-15). "Alcon's 'Lost' finds distrib deal with WB" . Variety . Retrieved 2021-12-23 .
  6. ^ "Warner Bros. Pictures and Alcon Entertainment HaveEntered Into an Exclusive Multipicture Worldwide Distribution Deal" .
  7. ^ "Warner Bros and Alcon Entertainment sign new agreement" .
  8. ^ "Alcon Extends Warner Bros. Deal Through 2019, Gets $200 Million in Financing" . Variety . 5 November 2015.
  9. ^ Schneider, Michael (2003-09-28). "Alcon will grow TV arm" . Variety . Retrieved 2021-12-23 .
  10. ^ Goldsmith, Jill (2021-07-07). "Alcon Entertainment Pacts With Striker For 'Blade Runner,' 'The Expanse' Consumer Products Push" . Deadline . Retrieved 2021-07-07 .
  11. ^ Anders, Charlie Jane (March 4, 2011). " 'Blade Runner' Sequel (or Prequel) in Development Now" . io9 . Archived from the original on June 15, 2016 . Retrieved July 27, 2011 .
  12. ^ McNary, Dave (2012-03-09). "Molly Smith forms Belle Pictures with Alcon" . Variety . Retrieved 2021-12-23 .
  13. ^ "Alcon Entertainment" .
  14. ^ Marsh, James (December 3, 2015). " 'Point Break': Review" . Screen Daily . Retrieved October 28, 2016 .
  15. ^ "No Manches Frida 2 (2019) -Financial Information" . The Numbers . Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  16. ^ "Happily Ever After Hours with Animator and Filmmaker Mark Dindal" . December 19, 2020 . Retrieved December 20, 2020 .
  17. ^ Grobar, Matt (November 1, 2021). " 'Garfield': Chris Pratt To Voice Title Character In Alcon Entertainment's Animated Film" . Deadline . Retrieved November 2, 2021 .
  18. ^ Tangcay, Jazz (2023-02-14). "Alcon Sleeping Giant and Surfer Jack Studios Announce Surfing Giant Studios" . Variety . Retrieved 2023-02-16 .
  19. ^ " 'Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab' is an Intriguing VR Adventure" . 21 October 2017.
  20. ^ "How Blade Runner: Revelations' Sound Brings the Neo-Noir World to Life in VR" . 17 May 2018.
  21. ^ " "Step into the Shadows in Heartfelt Puzzle Game In My Shadow " - Games Press" . www.gamespress.com . Retrieved 2024-01-31 .
  22. ^ "Next Games partners with Alcon Entertainment on Blade Runner 2049 mobile game" . 15 June 2017.
  23. ^ "Next Games | Next Game's Blade Runner: Rogue available in the first…" .
  24. ^ "Nightdive Studios and Alcon Entertainment Digitally Re-Release Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition on PC and Consoles" . UberStrategist .
  25. ^ "Classic 'Blade Runner' Video Game to be Restored for Consoles, Steam (Exclusive)" . The Hollywood Reporter . 12 March 2020.
  26. ^ "The Expanse: A Telltale Series Reveals Archangel Bonus Episode Trailer; Releasing Fall 2023 - Noisy Pixel" . noisypixel.net . 2023-07-21 . Retrieved 2024-01-31 .
  27. ^ "Wake up! There's a new Blade Runner game coming from Annapurna Interactive" . Rock, Paper, Shotgun . 2023-06-29 . Retrieved 2024-01-31 .
  28. ^ "Alcon, Sleeping Giant Launch ASG Group to Drive Down Music Cue Costs" . The Hollywood Reporter . 18 April 2014.
  29. ^ "Alcon Partners With Sleeping Giant Media To Form Movie & TV Music Services Company" . 15 April 2014.
  30. ^ Morfoot, Addie (15 April 2014). "Alcon Entertainment Launches Music Division" .
  31. ^ "Soundtrack Album Sales : Oct 28, 2017 - Billboard Chart Archive" . Billboard .

External links [ edit ]

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