New Republic Pictures, LLC[2] is an American production company and independent financier of feature films founded by Brian Oliver in 2017.[3]
History
The first co-financed film by New Republic was the Elton John biopic, Rocketman (2019), which was followed by 1917 (2019).
Since May 2018, New Republic has struck a first-look co-financing and distribution deal with Paramount Pictures, where the studio's four-year pact would kick off with Elton John musical Rocketman to star Taron Egerton, which Paramount will distribute worldwide and went into production on 2 August 2018.[4] In December 2019, Bradley J. Fischer has been tapped as president and Chief Content Officer of New Republic Pictures, whom him and Oliver will produce all New Republic film, TV and streaming projects.[5]
In June 2020, Cate Blanchett and her Dirty Films company signed a deal with the studio.[6] This was followed up by a deal with Jake Gyllenhaal and his Nine Stories Productions company on August 4.[7]
In August 2020, New Republic signed a co-financing deal for 10 films with Paramount Pictures.[8]
In November 2021, New Republic signed a development deal with Providence Film Group, who will be a subsidiary of New Republic and joint-produce films.[9]
Films
This is the list of films produced or financed by New Republic.
| Released films |
|---|
| Year | Film | Director | Distributor | Notes | Budget | Gross | RT |
|---|
| 2019 | Rocketman | Dexter Fletcher | Paramount Pictures | co-production with Rocket Pictures and Marv Films | $40 million | $195.2 million | 89%[10][11] |
| 1917 | Sam Mendes | Universal Pictures | co-production with Amblin Partners, DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Mogambo and Neal Street Productions | $90–100 million | $368.7 million |
| 2021 | Coming 2 America | Craig Brewer | Amazon Studios | co-production with Paramount Pictures, Eddie Murphy Productions and Misher Films | N/A | 49% |
| Without Remorse | Stefano Sollima | co-production with Skydance Media, Paramount Pictures, Weed Road Pictures, Outlier Society and Midnight Radio Productions | 45% |
| Infinite | Antoine Fuqua | Paramount+ | co-production with Di Bonaventura Pictures, Closest to the Hole Productions, Leverage Entertainment & Fuqua Films | 16% |
| The Tomorrow War | Chris McKay | Amazon Studios | co-production with Skydance Media and Paramount Pictures | $200 million | $19.2 million | 54% |
| Clifford the Big Red Dog | Walt Becker | Paramount Pictures | co-production with Entertainment One, The Kerner Entertainment Company and Scholastic Entertainment | $64 million | $44 million | 52% |
| 2022 | Ambulance | Michael Bay | Universal Pictures | co-production with Endeavor Content, Bay Films and Project X Entertainment | $40 million | $46.7 million | 69% |
| Top Gun: Maverick | Joseph Kosinski | Paramount Pictures | uncredited; co-production with Skydance Media, TC Productions and Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films | $177 million[12] | $1.493 billion [13][14] | 96% |
| 2023 | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Steven Caple Jr. | co-production with Di Bonaventura Pictures, Skydance Media and Hasbro | $195–200 million | $346.2 million | 54% |
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Christopher McQuarrie | uncredited; co-production with Skydance Media, TC Productions and C2 Motion Picture Group | | | |
| The Last Voyage of the Demeter | André Øvredal | Universal Pictures | uncredited; co-production with DreamWorks Pictures and Phoenix Pictures | | | |
| Under the Boardwalk | David Soren | Paramount Pictures | uncredited; co-production with Paramount Animation and Big Kid Pictures | | | |
| 2024 | The Tiger's Apprentice | Raman Hui | Paramount+ | uncredited; co-production with Paramount Animation and Jane Startz Productions[15] | | | |
| Upcoming films |
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| Year | Film | Director | Distributor | Notes | Status |
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| 2024 | Transformers One | Josh Cooley | Paramount Pictures | co-production with Paramount Animation, Hasbro Entertainment, Di Bonaventura Pictures and Bay Films[16] | Post-production |
| TBA | Cut And Run | TBA | TBA | co-production with Nine Stories Productions[17] | In development |
| Stalag-X | Francis Lawrence | co-production with about:blank[18] |
| The Champions | Ben Stiller | co-production with ITV Studios America and Dirty Films[19] |
| Vulcan's Hammer | Francis Lawrence | co-production with about:blank and Electric Shepherd Productions[20] |
| The Wild Geese | TBA | co-production with Providence Film Group[21] |
References
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