Working Title is a British film and television production company owned by Universal Pictures. The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1984. It produces feature films and several television productions. Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan are now the co chairmen of the company.
Company[]
Working Title Films was co founded by producers Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1984. In 1992, PolyGram became the company's corporate backer. Radclyffe left Working Title, and Eric Fellner, a fellow independent film producer, joined the company.[1]
The company produced a variety of films for PolyGram's London based production company, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. An Anglo–Dutch film studio, PolyGram Films became a major Hollywood competitor. In 1998, Seagram sold the bulk of its library of PolyGram films released up until March 31, 1996 to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
In 1999, PolyGram was sold to the Seagram company and merged with MCA Music Entertainment, to form Universal Music Group. PolyGram Films was sold and folded into Universal Pictures in 1999.
Although contractually allowed to produce any film with a budget of up to $35 million, on a practical basis, Bevan and Fellner consult with studio executives at Working Title's parent company NBCUniversal.[2] Working Title is headquartered in London, and has an office in Los Angeles, which is headed by producer Liza Chasin.
WT2 Productions[]
In 1999, Bevan and Fellner launched a subsidiary company named Working Title 2 Productions, commonly known as WT2. The company is an independent film production arm run by Natascha Wharton, and has produced films that include Billy Elliot, Shaun of the Dead and The Calcium Kid.[1]
Television division[]
Working Title has been active in television production since the beginning of the 1990s.[3] In February 2010, Working Title officially launched its television division as a joint venture with parent company NBCUniversal, itself owned by Comcast.[4] Since then, they have produced content for both British and American television.[5][6] Notable productions and co productions developed by Working Title Television (WTTV)[7] include NBC's About a Boy, and Showtime's The Tudors.[3]
WTTV has offices in London, headed by Andrew Woodhead, and Los Angeles, headed by Andrew Stearn.[8][9]
Filmography[]
| Title | Years | Co-production | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Baldy Man | 1995–98 | Central Independent Television | ITV | |
| Randall & Hopkirk | 2000–01 | BBC One | ||
| The Tudors | 2007–2010 | Reveville Erie Octagon Entertainment Peace Arch Entertainment Showtime Networks |
BBC Two CBC Television Showtime TV3 |
|
| Love Bites | 2011 | Loud Blouse Productions Universal Television |
NBC | |
| Yonderland | 2013–16 | Sky 1 | ||
| About a Boy | 2014–15 | True Jack Productions Tribeca Productions Universal Television |
NBC | |
| You, Me and the Apocalypse | 2015 | BigBalls Films British Sky Broadcasting and NBCUniversal International Studios |
Sky 1 NBC |
|
| Gypsy | 2017 | Universal Television | Netflix | |
| Hanna | 2019–present | Tomorrow Studios NBCUniversal International Studios |
Amazon Video | |
| Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City | 2019 | Sweatpants Productions Tomorrow Studios Universal Television NBCUniversal International Studios |
Netflix |
1991 ITV franchise bid[]
In 1991, Working Title was involved in a bid for the London Weekend ITV licence. Working Title, Mentorn, Palace and PolyGram wanted to take over from London Weekend Television and broadcast to London under the name London Independent Broadcasting. In the event LWT retained its licence; London Independent Broadcasting's proposals were deemed by the Independent Television Commission, which was overseeing the bid process, to fail the quality threshold.[10]
Films[]
1980s[]
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 15 November 1985 | My Beautiful Laundrette | with Channel Four Films |
| 24 July 1987 | Wish You Were Here | with Channel Four Films |
| 30 October 1987 | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | with Channel Four Films |
| 13 April 1989 | The Tall Guy | with London Weekend Television |
| 19 May 1989 | For Queen and Country |
1990s[]
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 27 July 1990 | Chicago Joe and the Showgirl | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and New Line Cinema |
| 24 May 1991 | Drop Dead Fred | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and New Line Cinema |
| 21 August 1991 | Barton Fink | with 20th Century Fox |
| 15 May 1992 | Rubin and Ed | |
| 7 August 1992 | London Kills Me | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Fine Line Features |
| 4 September 1992 | Bob Roberts | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Miramax Films and LIVE Entertainment |
| 23 April 1993 | Map of the Human Heart | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Miramax Films |
| 14 May 1993 | Posse | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures |
| 8 October 1993 | The Young Americans | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Live Entertainment |
| 4 February 1994 | Romeo Is Bleeding | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures |
| 9 March 1994 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Channel Four Films and Gramercy Pictures |
| 11 March 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Warner Bros. and Silver Pictures |
| 3 May 1995 | Panther | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures |
| 5 May 1995 | French Kiss | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and 20th Century Fox |
| 29 September 1995 | Moonlight and Valentino | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures |
| 29 December 1995 | Dead Man Walking | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures |
| 8 March 1996 | Fargo | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures |
| 22 March 1996 | Land and Freedom | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures |
| 20 September 1996 | Loch Ness | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures |
| 7 March 1997 | The Eighth Day | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures |
| 2 August 1997 | Bean | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Tiger Aspect Films and Gramercy Pictures |
| 3 October 1997 | The MatchMaker | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures |
| 5 December 1997 | The Borrowers | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures |
| 6 March 1998 | The Big Lebowski | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures |
| 22 November 1998 | Elizabeth | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, StudioCanal, Channel Four Films and Gramercy Pictures |
| 29 January 1999 | The Hi-Lo Country | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures |
| 28 May 1999 | Notting Hill | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, StudioCanal and Universal Pictures |
| 1 October 1999 | Plunkett & Macleane | with StudioCanal, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures |
2000s[]
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2000 | High Fidelity | with Touchstone Pictures |
| 13 October 2000 | Billy Elliot | with BBC Films, Tiger Aspect Productions and StudioCanal |
| 2 December 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | with Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 13 April 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Miramax Films |
| 17 August 2001 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Miramax Films |
| 2 November 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | with USA Films, Gramercy Pictures and Good Machine |
| 1 March 2002 | 40 Days and 40 Nights | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Miramax Films |
| 22 March 2002 | Ali G Indahouse | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 17 May 2002 | About a Boy | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and TriBeCa Productions |
| 18 July 2003 | Johnny English | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 28 October 2003 | Long Time Dead | with Universal Pictures and Focus Features |
| 14 November 2003 | Love Actually | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and DNA Films |
| 26 March 2004 | Ned Kelly | with Focus Features and StudioCanal |
| 30 July 2004 | Thunderbirds | with StudioCanal and Universal Pictures |
| 17 September 2004 | Wimbledon | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 24 September 2004 | Shaun of the Dead | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Rogue Pictures |
| 19 November 2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Miramax Films |
| 4 February 2005 | Rory O'Shea Was Here | with Focus Features and StudioCanal |
| 22 April 2005 | The Interpreter | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 23 November 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | with Focus Features and StudioCanal |
| 27 January 2006 | Nanny McPhee | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 28 April 2006 | United 93 | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 27 October 2006 | Catch a Fire | with Focus Features and StudioCanal |
| 26 January 2007 | Smokin' Aces | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 14 February 2007 | Hot Fuzz | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Rogue Pictures |
| 24 March 2007 | Mr. Bean's Holiday | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Tiger Aspect Productions |
| 12 October 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 4 January 2008 | Atonement | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 14 February 2008 | Definitely, Maybe | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 12 September 2008 | Burn After Reading | with Focus Features, Relativity Media and StudioCanal |
| 5 December 2008 | Frost/Nixon | with Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and StudioCanal |
| 17 April 2009 | State of Play | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 2 October 2009 | A Serious Man | with Focus Features, Relativity Media and StudioCanal |
| 13 November 2009 | The Boat That Rocked | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
2010s[]
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 12 March 2010 | Green Zone | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 18 March 2011 | Paul | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 12 August 2011 | Senna | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 21 October 2011 | Johnny English Reborn | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 9 December 2011 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | with Focus Features and StudioCanal |
| 13 January 2012 | Contraband | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 3 February 2012 | Big Miracle | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 16 November 2012 | Anna Karenina | with Focus Features and StudioCanal |
| 25 December 2012 | Les Misérables | with Universal Pictures, Relativity Media and Cameron Mackintosh, Ltd. |
| 8 February 2013 | I Give It a Year | with StudioCanal |
| 19 July 2013 | The World's End | with Universal Pictures, Focus Features, and Relativity Media |
| 28 August 2013 | Closed Circuit | with Focus Features |
| 4 September 2013 | About Time | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal |
| 27 September 2013 | Rush | with Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Exclusive Media, Cross Creek Pictures and Revolution Films |
| 9 October 2014 | Trash | with StudioCanal, O2 Filmes and PeaPie Films |
| 1 January 2015 | Theory of Everything | with Focus Features |
| 28 August 2015 | We Are Your Friends | with Warner Bros., StudioCanal and RatPac Entertainment |
| 9 September 2015 | Legend | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Cross Creek Pictures and Anton Capital Entertainment |
| 18 September 2015 | Everest | with Universal Pictures, Walden Media and Cross Creek Pictures |
| 14 October 2015 | The Program | with StudioCanal |
| 27 November 2015 | The Danish Girl | with Pretty Pictures, Revision Pictures, Senator Global Productions, Universal Pictures International and Focus Features |
| 5 February 2016 | Hail, Caesar! | with Universal Pictures |
| 11 March 2016 | Grimsby | with Columbia Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and Big Talk Productions |
| 16 September 2016 | Bridget Jones's Baby[11] | with StudioCanal, Miramax and Universal Pictures |
| 28 June 2017 | Baby Driver | with Big Talk Productions, TriStar Pictures and Media Rights Capital |
| 15 September 2017 | Victoria and Abdul | with BBC Films, Focus Features and Universal Pictures |
| 13 October 2017 | The Snowman | with Universal Pictures, Perfect World Pictures and Another Park Film |
| 12 January 2018 | Darkest Hour | with Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Perfect World Pictures |
| 11 May 2018 | Entebbe | with Participant Media |
| 5 October 2018 | Johnny English Strikes Again | with StudioCanal and Universal Pictures |
| 7 December 2018 | Mary Queen of Scots | with Perfect World Pictures, Focus Features and Universal Pictures |
| 25 January 2019 | The Kid Who Would Be King | with Big Talk Productions and 20th Century Fox |
| 28 June 2019 | Yesterday | with Universal Pictures and Decibel Films |
Upcoming[]
- December 20, 2019 – Cats[12]
- TBA – An American Werewolf in London
- TBA – Baby Driver 2[13][14][15]
- TBA - Covers[16]
- TBA – Emma[17]
- TBA - Last Night in Soho[18]
- TBA - Rebecca
- TBA – Untitled Yusra Mardini project[19]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Higgins, Charlotte. "Interview: Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, co-chairmen Working Title Films", The Guardian, Guardian Media Group, 16 April 2005. Retrieved on 31 July 2018.
- ↑ "Working Title – Skillset". The Guardian. http://www.skillset.org/film/stories/production/article_3457_1.asp.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Working Title Television [gb"]. IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/company/co0026907/?ref_=fn_al_co_2. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ↑ Laughlin, Andrew. "Working Title launches TV division", Digital Spy, 17 February 2010. Retrieved on 31 July 2018.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (16 November 2011). "Working Title Television Sells 6 Projects". Deadline Hollywood. https://deadline.com/2011/11/working-title-television-sells-6-projects-195230/. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ↑ Leo Barraclough. "Working Title Television Produces ‘The Secrets’ for BBC". Variety. https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/working-title-television-produces-the-secrets-for-bbc-1201067897/.
- ↑ "About WTTV". workingtitlefilms.com. https://www.workingtitlefilms.com/tv/about. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ↑ Prudom, Laura. "BBC America Co-Producing ‘London Spy’ Miniseries with Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent", Variety, 17 October 2014. Retrieved on 31 July 2018.
- ↑ "Liza Chasin". Variety. https://variety.com/exec/liza-chasin/. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ↑ Davidson, Andrew, Under the Hammer: The ITV Franchise Battle, William Heinemann Ltd., p. 297.
- ↑ Stuart Kemp, Matthew Belloni. "'Bridget Jones 3' Producer Admits Delay, Vows to Shoot Film in 2012", The Hollywood Reporter, 3 February 2012. Retrieved on 31 July 2018.
- ↑ Lang, Brent (August 31, 2018). "'Cats’ Lands December 2019 Release Date, ‘Wicked’ Delayed". https://variety.com/2018/film/news/cats-musical-movie-wicked-1202923412/. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
- ↑ Collis, Clark (December 4, 2017). "How director Edgar Wright steered Baby Driver to global success". Entertainment Weekly. https://ew.com/movies/2017/12/04/edgar-wright-baby-driver-success-sequel-spacey/. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
- ↑ Hall, Jacob (December 5, 2017). "'Baby Driver' Sequel "Being Hammered Out," Edgar Wright Plans to Write the Screenplay". /Film. http://www.slashfilm.com/baby-driver-sequel-2/. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ↑ Travis, Ben; Nugent, John (January 21, 2019). "Edgar Wright’s Next Film Is A Psychological Horror, Plus Baby Driver 2 Update – Exclusive". Empire. https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/edgar-wright-next-film-psychological-horror-plus-baby-driver-2-update-exclusive/. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ↑ N'Duka, Amanda (May 20, 2019). "Dakota Johnson & Tracee Ellis Ross To Star In Hollywood Music Scene Film ‘Covers’ At Focus Features". https://deadline.com/2019/05/dakota-johnson-tracee-ellis-ross-covers-focus-features-1202619089/. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ↑ "Anya Taylor-Joy to Star in Jane Austen Adaptation 'Emma' (Exclusive)", The Hollywood Reporter, October 25, 2018. Retrieved on March 17, 2019. (in en)
- ↑ Kroll, Justin (February 4, 2019). "Anya Taylor-Joy to Star in Edgar Wright’s Thriller ‘Last Night in Soho’ (EXCLUSIVE)" (in en-US). https://variety.com/2019/film/news/anya-taylor-joy-edgar-wright-last-night-in-soho-1203127961/. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- ↑ Ritman, Alex. "Working Title, Stephen Daldry Reteam for Story of Syrian Refugee-Turned-Olympian". The Hollywood Reporter. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/working-title-stephen-daldry-reteam-story-syrian-refugee-turned-olympian-986947. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
External links[]
- Official website
- Working Title Films on IMDb
- WT2 Productions on IMDb
- Profile of the founders on BBC News
- Shaun of the Dead production company Working Title to launch TV division
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