Studio 8 (company)

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Studio 8
Private
Industry Entertainment
Founded January 3, 2014[1]
Founders <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Jeff Robinov
  • John Graham
  • Mark Miner
Headquarters Culver City, CA, Culver City, California, U.S.
Key people
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  • Jeff Robinov
Services Film production
Number of employees
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Divisions Studio 8 Television
Website studio8.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.

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]

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]
2023 Air Ben Affleck April 5, 2023 $87.8 million[16][17]
Hypnotic Robert Rodriguez May 12, 2023 $2.4 million[18]

Upcoming films

Motion pictures from Studio 8, In development, filming or post-production
Year Film Director Release date Ref
TBA Nosferatu Robert Eggers [9]
A Most Dangerous Man [19]
Adulting [20]
Black Gerard McMurray[21] [22][23]
The Brain Hack Joe White [24]
Champion [25]
The Fury of a Patient Man Albert Hughes [11]
The Hidden Girl [26]
Huck [27]
Mind Fall Cedric Jimenez [28]
Osama’s 11 [11]
Overheard [29]
Planet Kill Steven Soderbergh [30]
Pontius Pilate [31]
Prophet Sam Hargrave [12]
Sandman Slim Chad Stahelski [32]
Scout[33] Christopher MacBride [34]
The Shoe Wash Westmoreland [35]
Sinbad Miguel Sapochnik [36]
Storm King Rupert Wyatt [37]
Thrilla in Manila Ang Lee [10]
Undying Love David Leitch [38]
Untitled Fenn Treasure action comedy Jake Szymanski [39]
Untitled Francesco Munzi film Francesco Munzi [40]
Way Down Dark [41]

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
2023 Beacon 23[8] November 12 TBA TBA MGM+
TBA Heartthrob[42] TBA TBA TBA TBA

See also

References

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External links

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