Valhalla Entertainment
Type | Production company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film, Television |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Founder | Gale Anne Hurd |
| Headquarters | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California |
Key people | Gale Anne Hurd |
Valhalla Entertainment is an American television and film production company best known for producing AMC's The Walking Dead television series and its companion series, Fear the Walking Dead. Valhalla has an overall deal with Universal Cable Productions to develop new television and digital programs.[1] Valhalla also currently produces USA Network's drama series, Falling Water, and Amazon's original series, Lore.
Contents
1 History
2 Filmography
3 Television
4 Documentaries
5 Comic Books
6 Logo
7 Notes
8 References
9 External links
History
Formerly Pacific Western Productions, the company was founded by producer Gale Anne Hurd in 1982[2] and changed its name to Valhalla Motion Pictures on July 13, 2010. On February 7, 2017 Valhalla Motion Pictures merged into Valhalla Entertainment, which was originally formed in 1996.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Details | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director(s) | Writer(s) | Distributor(s) | Budget(s) | Gross | ||||
| 1984 | The Terminator | James Cameron | James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd | Orion Pictures | $6.4 million | $78.3 million | ||
| 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | James Cameron and William Wisher Jr. | TriStar Pictures | $94 million | $523.7 million | |||
| 1992 | Raising Cain | Brian De Palma | Universal Studios | $12 million | $37 milion | |||
| 1994 | No Escape | Martin Campbell | Michael Gaylin and Joel Gross | Savoy Pictures | $20 million | $15.3 million | ||
Safe Passage | Robert Allan Ackerman | Deena Goldstone | New Line Cinema | TBA | $1.6 million | |||
| 1997 | The Relic | Peter Hyams | Amy Holden Jones and John Raffo and Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver | Paramount Pictures (US) Universal Studios (international) | $60 million | $48 million | ||
Dante's Peak | Roger Donaldson | Leslie Bohem | Universal Studios | $116 million | $178.1 million | |||
Switchback | Jeb Stuart | Paramount Pictures | $38 million | $6.5 million | ||||
| 1998 | Armageddon | Michael Bay | Story by: Robert Roy Pool and Jonathan Hensleigh Screenplay by: Jonathan Hensleigh and Tony Gilroy and Shane Salerno and J. J. Abrams | Buena Vista Pictures | $140 million | $553.7 million | ||
Dead Man on Campus | Alan Cohn | Story by: Anthony Abrams and Adam Larson Broder Screenplay by: Michael Traeger and Mike White | Paramount Pictures | $14 million | $15 million | |||
| 1999 | Virus | John Bruno | Dennis Feldman and Chuck Pfarrer | Universal Studios | $75 million | $30.7 million | ||
Dick | Andrew Fleming | Andrew Fleming and Sheryl Longin | Columbia Pictures | $13 million | $6.3 million | |||
| 2002 | Clockstoppers | Jonathan Frakes | Story by: Rob Hedden and Andy Hedden and J. David Stem and David N. Weiss Screenplay by: Rob Hedden and J. David Stem and David N. Weiss | Paramount Pictures | $26 million | $38.8 million | ||
| 2003 | Hulk | Ang Lee | Story by: James Schamus Screenplay by: James Schamus and Michael France and John Turman | Universal Studios | $137 million | $245.4 million | ||
| 2004 | The Punisher | Jonathan Hensleigh | Jonathan Hensleigh and Michael France | Lionsgate Films | $33 million | $54.7 million | ||
| 2005 | Æon Flux | Karyn Kusama | Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi | Paramount Pictures | $65 million | $52.3 million | ||
| 2007 | Welcome to the Jungle | Jonathan Hensleigh | Dimension Films | 200,000 | TBA | |||
| 2008 | The Incredible Hulk | Louis Leterrier | Zak Penn[N 1] | Universal Studios | $150 million | $263.4 million | ||
Punisher: War Zone | Lexi Alexander | Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Nick Santora | Lionsgate Films | $35 million | $10.1 million | |||
| 2011 | Last Man Standing | Ernest Dickerson | Jolene Rice and Adam Beason | Lifetime Television | TBA | |||
| 2018 | Hell Fest | Gregory Plotkin | Story by: William Penick and Christopher Sey and Stephen Susco Screenplay by: Seth M. Sherwood and Blair Butler and Akela Cooper | CBS Films Lionsgate Films | $5.5 million | $17.5 million | ||
Television
Adventure Inc. (2002)
The Wronged Man (2010) (TV movie)
The Walking Dead (2010)
Last Man Standing (2011) (TV movie)
Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
Hunters (2016)
Falling Water (2016)
Lore (2017)
Documentaries
True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers (2002)
Choctaw Code Talkers (2010)
Mankiller (2017)
Comic Books
Valhalla has created a six-issue mini-series comic book, The Scourge, for Aspen Comics, and a four-issue comic book mini-series, ANTI, for 12 Gauge Comics.[5] Dead Man's Run, which was created for Aspen Comics by Greg Pak.[6]
Logo
On March 24, 2016 the United States Patent and Trademark Office denied a trademark registration by Valhalla Game Studios on the grounds there was likelihood of confusion between Valhalla Motion Pictures and Valhalla Games Studios' mark.[7]
Notes
^ Despite reportedly working extensively on the script, the Writers Guild of America decided not to credit Edward Norton as a writer, only crediting Penn,[3] arguing Norton had not dramatically changed Penn's script.[4]
References
^ Gale Anne Hurd Renews Valhalla Entertainment Deal with Universal Cable Productions
^ Gale Anne Hurd Biography - IMDB
^ Harvey, Jim (June 5, 2008). "Zak Penn to receive sole writing credit for 'Incredible Hulk'". Mania.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Thompson, Anne (June 13, 2008). "Incredible Hulk: Setting the Record Straight". thompson on hollywood. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2008.
^ Walking Dead Producer Gale Anne Hurd Talks Comic Book Movies
^ Pak, Aspen and Valhalla Entertainment Team Up for “Dead Man’s Run”
^ United States Patent and Trademark Office Opposition No. 91206662
External links
Valhalla Entertainment on IMDb
- Official company website
- Official Twitter page
- Official Facebook page

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