Thursday 6 December 2012

Working Title


- Working Title is a film production company
- It is based in London
- Founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983
- Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan are now the co-owners of the company
- Bevan and Fellner launched subsidiary company in 1999 called
  Working Title 2 productions (WT²)
- The company produced a variety of films for PolyGram's London-  
  based production company PolyGram Filmed Entertainment.
- Working Title is located in London, and is known for having a
  limited number of employees
- The company has other offices located in Los Angeles, and   
  Ireland.
- NBCUniversal is Working Title's parent company.
- Working Title films have produced many films including; Senna, 
  Johnny English reborn, Paul and les misérables.
- It produces films and several TV productions
- Closely works with comic actor Rowan Atkinson
- Working Title and NBCUniversal have launched a new division for  
  developing comedy and drama properties for television, in a joint  
  venture
- In 1992, PolyGram became the company’s corporate backer
- The company released a modernised version of the children's    
  novels, The Borrowes in December 2011 and Abi Morgan's
  adaptation of Birdsong in January 2012.
- Contractually, Working Title were allowed to produce any film with
   a budget up to $35 million
Senna - Senna is a British 2010 documentary film that depicts the life and death of Brazilian motor-racing champion, Ayrton Senna. The film won 13 awards including 2 BAFTA film awards.
Green Zone - Green Zone is a 2010 British-French-American war thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass. The films budget was around $100 million and made about $95 million.
Les Misérables - Les Misérables is an upcoming British musical drama film produced by Working Title Films and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film cost around $61 million and will be released on the 25 December 2012 in the US and on 11 January 2013 in the UK.

 

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