American vs.

British Case

Studies

Alcon Entertainment &

Unstoppable Entertainment

Unstoppable EntertainmentStorage 24 & The Anomaly

Who a

re

Unst

oppable

Ente

rtain

ment?

Founder: Noel Clarke 15 th April 2007

Film

ogra

phy

4.3.2.1 (2010) Uspomene 677 (2011)

Storage 24 (2012) The Knot (2012) We Are Monster (2014)

The Anomaly (2014)

The A

nom

aly

Release: 2014

Status: Post-Production

Cast Ian Somerhalder

Alexis Knapp Brian Cox Luke Hemsworth Noel Clarke

Cre

w

Director: Noel Clarke Writer: Simon Lewis Producers: Noel Clarke

& Mark Lane Producers (New York):

Jessica Caldwell & Damon Lane

Dis

trib

uti

on D

eal First look dealFinanced by: Noel Clarke Stewart Till Hugo Grumbar Josh Varney

Sto

rage 2

4

(2012) Director: Johannes

RobertsWriters: Noel Clarke,

Johannes Roberts, Davie

Fairbanks, Marc SmallUK Box Office: £225,000

Budget: £1.6 million

Openin

g

Weeke

nd

Rank

Film Weekend Gross

1 Ice Age: Continental Drift

£853,226

2 Prometheus £750,6523 The Five-Year

Engagement£745,400

4 Men In Black 3 £727,7875 Snow White & The

Huntsman£606,624

6 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

£386,743

7 Friends with Kids £357,5208 Chernobyl Diaries £284,5309 Rock of Ages £240,445

10 Killer Joe £208,55311 Marvel Avengers Assemble £152,23112 Storage 24 £131,34213 The Angels’ Share £98,41914 Your Sister’s Sister £81,09815 Think Like a Man £77,85625 Fast Girls £23,94436 The Best Exotic Marigold

Hotel£7,489

Vis

ual E

ffect

s Prime Focus World More than 205 VFX

shots 60 Artists

Alcon Entertainment

Prisoners

About

Alc

on

LA Based Founders: Broderick Johnson & Andrew Kosove Initially Financed by:

Frederick W. Smith COO: Scott Parish Senior Vice President

of Physical Production:

Yolanda T. Cochran

Alc

on’s

Movi

es

of

Inte

rest

8:3

8 P

roduct

ions

Founder: Kira Davis First Film: Prisoners

Madhouse

Ente

rtain

ment

Pris

oners

Cast Hugh Jackman Jake Gyllenhaal

Viola Davis Maria Bello Terrence Howard Paul Dano

The S

creenpla

y Screenwriter: Aaron Guzikowski 2006: Guzikowski’s

initial screenplay Later 2006: The idea 2009: Complete

Screenplay

Selli

ng t

he

Scr

eenpla

y

Literary Agent: Adam

Levine Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale attached

to roles 6 months later: Not sold Kira Davis reads script

4 th July 2009 – Call from

Alcon Entertainment

Cre

w Director: Dennis Villeneuve Cinematographer:

Roger Deakins Editor: Joel Cox

Import

ant

Date

s

First Began Development: July 2009

Pre-Production: July 2010

Filming: February 2013

Post-Production: June 2013

Complete: August 2013 (set for

September release) Sneak Screening: Telluride Film

Festival 2013 - 29th August - 2nd

September 2013World Premiere: Toronto Film

Festival 2013 - 5th September 2013

US Cinema Release -

20th September 2013

UK Cinema Release -

27th September 2013

Rati

ng

Originally NC-17 (18) Dropped to R (15) Running Time: 153

Minutes

Box

Offi

ce

Box Office Takings: $118,433,958 Opening Weekend:

$20,817,053 (USA)Critical Reception: Rotten Tomatoes: 82% Average Rating – 4

StarsCommercial Reception:

Rotten Tomatoes: 87%

Aw

ard

N

om

inati

ons

6 Wins, 12 Nominations

Nominated Oscar: Best

Achievement in Cinematography3rd Place Toronto Film

Festival: People’s Choice

Nominated People’s

Choice Award: Favourite

Dramatic MovieWon Hollywood Film

Festival: Best Supporting

Actor

Min

imal S

ynerg

y