Company Profile Legend Pictures was established in 2007 and is committed to film investment and the education, dissemination and exchange of film culture.
In 2008, Legendary Pictures founded the Newcomer Film Festival, aiming to introduce outstanding new young directors.
Company LOGO Legendary Pictures has reached cooperation agreements with embassies of many countries in China to promote film and cultural exchanges, such as the Film and Television Center of the French Embassy in China, the French Film Alliance, the Spanish Cultural Center in China, the Italian Cultural Center in China, the Polish Cultural Center in China,
Czech Cultural Center in China, Colombian Cultural Center, etc.
Legendary Pictures is a growing and international film and culture company.
Legendary Pictures has invested in many films, such as "The Cozy Life" (also known as "Our Life") and "Peacock Eyes" (co-produced). At the same time, Legendary Pictures has reached film copyright cooperation agreements with multinational film and television organizations, such as France
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Legendary Entertainment.
It is also one of the first companies of its kind to rival a major film studio backed by Wall Street private shareholders and hedge fund investors including: ABRY Partners, AIG Direct Investments, Bank
of America Capital Investors, Columbia Capital, Falcon Investment Advisors, and M/C Venture Partners, etc.
In 2005, Legendary Pictures signed a seven-year cooperation agreement with Warner Bros., which stipulated that both parties would jointly finance and produce 40 film and television works in the next seven years.
In 2010, Thomas Tull and two other investment companies: Fidelity Investments and Fortress Investment Group bought out all the shares of the original investors.
After the transaction was successful, Tal became the largest shareholder, making it easier to take charge of the company's management.
As of 2011, the company's estimated total assets have exceeded $1 billion.
In September 2011, Jon Jashni, the company's creative director, was appointed as the new chairman of the board of directors.
In 2014, SoftBank announced that it would invest US$250 million in Legendary Pictures. The two parties will also establish a joint venture to expand the global digital content business and focus on developing the Chinese and Indian markets. Alora will join the Legendary Pictures board of directors.
Business In addition to producing local American movies, Legendary Pictures has also announced that it is trying to explore other businesses, which are currently in the early stages of development.
As early as 2009, the company announced that it would establish a digital division that would be led by Kathy Vrabeck. The division's primary focus would be on game development, as the film industry grew out of the original video games.
As an independent company in the industry, this decision has surprised many industry analysts.
In 2010, the company announced the launch of a comics department called "Legendary Comics" under the leadership of chief editor: Bob Schreck.
The company has announced that Holy Terror, the first graphic novel by Frank Miller, will be released in fall 2011.
In 2011, the company announced that its Television Creative Division would focus its efforts on developing television production.
The television production unit will be co-led by Jeremy Elice, a Warner Bros. deputy finance executive.
TV projects are reportedly in the works.
In 2011, the company announced the establishment of its new Legend Oriental Film and Television production company in Hong Kong.
50% of the new company will be held by the shell company Baohua Construction Group (Kelvin Wu, CEO of Legend Oriental, will hold some shares), 40% will be held by Legend Entertainment, and the remaining 10% will be owned by Mainland China Film
Publisher Huayi Brothers International holds.
Beginning in 2013, Legend East will produce 1-2 English-language films for the global market each year and finance the production of two additional films per quarter.
Because the company is based on Chinese culture, it gives her the right to circumvent distribution quotas on some foreign films.
Legend Oriental is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with an initial market capitalization of $441 million.
The first step was to name the movie "The Great Wall".
Film and television works Legend Entertainment has produced 22 film and television works.
In addition, the company is currently producing four other films and is developing a number of other projects.