Legendary Pictures
Legendary Pictures is an American film production company based in Burbank, California.
History
Legendary Pictures was founded by Thomas Tull and the first company of its kind, the big Hollywood films was funded by private capital and hedge fund investors. This earned him the title of " Media / Entertainment Deal of the Year " by IDD Magazine one. The investors field, including the Bank of America.
2005 joined the company signed a contract with Warner Bros. Entertainment from, according to the Legendary Pictures in a period of seven years, the co- financing and co- production of 40 Warner Bros. films took over. The most commercially successful films of this phase were the four produced together with Syncopy Films Movies by Christopher Nolan ( worldwide box office earnings: over $ 3 billion ) and the three with Green Hat Films produced the film comedies by Todd Phillips ( worldwide box office: $ 1.2 billion ).
2010 own comic book publishing house was founded under the name of Legendary Comics.
After the contract had expired with Warner Bros., Legendary Pictures announced in July 2013 that they will enter into a partnership with Universal Pictures in 2014. The contract is scheduled to 5 years.