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Escape Artists Productions, LLC , commonly known as Escape Artists , is an independently financed motion picture and television production company with a first look non-exclusive deal at Sony Pictures Entertainment , headed by partners Steve Tisch , Todd Black , Jason Blumenthal and David Bloomfield.

The company's production office is located in the Astaire Building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California .

History [ edit ]

In 2001, Todd Black and Jason Blumenthal's Black & Blu merged with the Steve Tisch Company to form Escape Artists.

The first produced movie under the Escape Artists banner was A Knight's Tale , starring Heath Ledger in May 2001. In the fall of 2005, Escape Artists released The Weather Man , directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Caine . Their next film, The Pursuit of Happyness , directed by Gabriele Muccino and starring Will Smith , was released in December 2006 and earned over $300 million in worldwide ticket sales, as well as best actor Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Will Smith. Seven Pounds , another Gabriele Muccino-directed film starring Will Smith, was released in December 2008. In 2009, Escape Artists released the Alex Proyas thriller Knowing , starring Nicolas Cage, and The Taking of Pelham 123 , directed by Tony Scott and starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta . Escape Artists produced ' The Upside , which was directed by Neil Burger and starring Kevin Hart . It was released through STX Entertainment and Lantern Entertainment on January 11, 2019 in the United States. Escape Artists produced all three film adaptations of The Equalizer , with the most recent being the 2023 film The Equalizer 3 . All three movies star Denzel Washington in the main role of Robert McCall.

In February 2013, 12-year veteran David Bloomfield was promoted to partner Escape Artists. ^[1] In October 2014, the company inks its first-look pact with FX Productions . ^[2] In August 2019, MGM Television signed its first-look deal with Escape Artists. ^[3]

List of films [ edit ]

Columbia Pictures [ edit ]

• A Knight's Tale (2001)
• The Pursuit of Happyness (also with Overbrook Entertainment ) (2006)
• Seven Pounds (also with Overbrook Entertainment ) (2008)
• The Taking of Pelham 123 (also with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Scott Free Productions ) (2009)
• Hope Springs (also with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Mandate Pictures ) (2012)
• Sex Tape (2014)
• The Equalizer (also with Village Roadshow Pictures ) (2014)
• The Magnificent Seven (also with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Village Roadshow Pictures ) (2016)
• Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
• The Equalizer 2 (2018)
• A Journal for Jordan (2021)
• The Man from Toronto (also with Netflix ) (2022)
• The Equalizer 3 (2023)

Others [ edit ]

• Alex & Emma (with Warner Bros. Pictures , Franchise Pictures and Castle Rock Entertainment ) (2003)
• The Weather Man (with Paramount Pictures ) (2005)
• Knowing (with Summit Entertainment ) (2009)
• The Back-up Plan (with CBS Films ) (2010)
• Unfinished Business (with 20th Century Fox and Regency Enterprises ) (2015)
• Southpaw (with The Weinstein Company ) (2015)
• Fences (with Paramount Pictures ) (2016)
• The Upside (with STX Entertainment and Lantern Entertainment ) (2017)
• Troop Zero (with Amazon Studios ) (2020)
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (with Netflix ) (2020)
• Being the Ricardos (with Amazon Studios ) (2021)
• Emancipation (with Apple TV+ ) (2022)
• Cassandro (with Amazon Studios ) (2023)
• Masters of the Universe (with Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel Films ) (2026) ^[4]
• High and Low (with Apple TV+ and A24 ) (TBA)

List of television shows [ edit ]

• Perpetual Grace, LTD ( Epix ) (with MGM Television , Chi-Town Pictures, Elephant Pictures and FXP ) (2019)
• Why We Hate ( Discovery Channel ) (with Amblin Television and Jigsaw Productions ) (2019)
• Servant ( Apple TV+ ) (with Blinding Edge Pictures and Dolphin Black Productions) (2019?2023)
• Dr. Death ( Peacock ) (with Universal Content Productions , Wondery and Littleton Road Productions) (2021)
• Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe ( Amazon Prime Video ) (with, Amazon Studios , MGM Television, Dorothy Street Pictures & PMZ Pictures)

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Official site Archived February 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine