British production company
Marv Studios , formerly SKA Films , is a British production company owned by Matthew Vaughn . It is best known for the motion pictures Layer Cake , Stardust , Kick-Ass , Kingsman: The Secret Service , Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The King's Man . The company name is an acronym deriving from Vaughn’s birth name: Matthew Allard Robert Vaughn.
History
SKA Films
In 1997, producer Matthew Vaughn and director Guy Ritchie launched their own company in the United Kingdom , with its first project being Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , which is for Handmade Films .[ 3]
In 1999, Vaughn and Ritchie struck an agreement with Sony Pictures to distribute its next project, Snatch .[ 4]
The team followed it up with their next big project Swept Away , starring Madonna .[ 5] The film ended up being bombed critically and commercially.[ 6] It went on to win the Golden Raspberry Awards in 2003.[ 7]
Marv Films / Marv Studios
Later that same year, Ritchie and Vaughn broke up ties, thus rebranding from SKA Films to Marv Films , and its first production under the new banner was Matthew Vaughn 's directorial debut Layer Cake .[ 8]
In 2007, it signed a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to produce its feature films.[ 9] Later that same year, Charlie Mitchell joined the company.[ 10]
In 2009, Kris Thykier decided to leave Marv Films, in order to set up PeaPie Films, to produce new feature films.[ 11]
In 2018, Vaughn launched its subsidiary Marv Studios to set up new feature film reboots.[ 12]
Marv Music
In 2021, Marv launched a record label, Marv Music, in conjunction with Warner Music Group . The label is distributed under Warner's Parlophone unit.[ 13]
Films
Title
Release date
Director
Producer
Writer
Production company
Distributor
Rotten Tomatoes
as SKA Films
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
28 August 1998
Guy Ritchie
Matthew Vaughn
Guy Ritchie
HandMade Films The Steve Tisch Company Summit Entertainment
Gramercy Pictures Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
75%[ 14]
Snatch
August 23, 2000
Screen Gems
73%[ 15]
Mean Machine
December 26, 2001
Barry Skolnick
Tracy Keenan Wynn Charlie Fletcher Chris Baker Andrew Day
Paramount Pictures
34%[ 16]
Swept Away
October 11, 2002
Guy Ritchie
Guy Ritchie
CODI SpA
Screen Gems
5%[ 17]
as Marv Films
Layer Cake
October 1, 2004
Matthew Vaughn
Adam Bohling David Reid Matthew Vaughn
J. J. Connolly
Sony Pictures Classics Columbia Pictures
81%[ 18]
Stardust
April 10, 2007
Lorenzo di Bonaventura Michael Dreyer Neil Gaiman Matthew Vaughn
Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn
Ingenious Media
Paramount Pictures
76%[ 19]
Harry Brown
November 11, 2009
Daniel Barber
Matthew Vaughn Kris Thykier Matthew Brown Keith Bell
Gary Young
UK Film Council HanWay Films Prescience Framestore Features
Lionsgate
64%[ 20]
Kick-Ass
March 26, 2010
Matthew Vaughn
Matthew VaughnBrad Pitt Kris Thykier Adam Bohling Tarquin Pack David Reid
Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn
Plan B Entertainment
LionsgateUniversal Pictures
75%[ 21]
The Debt
September 30, 2010
John Madden
Matthew Vaughn Kris Thykier
Matthew Vaughn Jane GoldmanPeter Straughan
Focus Features Miramax
76%[ 22]
Kick-Ass 2
August 14, 2013
Jeff Wadlow
Adam Bohling Tarquin Pack David Reid Matthew Vaughn
Jeff Wadlow
Plan B Entertainment Dentsu
Universal Pictures
31%[ 23]
Kingsman: The Secret Service
February 13, 2015
Matthew Vaughn
Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling
Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn
Cloudy ProductionsShangri-La Entertainment TSG Entertainment
20th Century Fox
74%[ 24]
Fantastic Four
August 7, 2015
Josh Trank
Gregory Goodman Simon Kinberg Robert Kulzer Hutch Parker Matthew Vaughn
Jeremy Slater Simon Kinberg Josh Trank
Marvel Entertainment Constantin Film Kinberg Genre Robert Kulzer Productions TSG Entertainment
9%[ 25]
Eddie the Eagle
February 26, 2016
Dexter Fletcher
Adam Bohling David Reid Rupert Maconick Valerie Van Galder Matthew Vaughn
Sean Macaulay Simon Kelton
Studio Babelsberg Saville Productions TSG Entertainment
80%[ 26]
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
September 20, 2017
Matthew Vaughn
Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling
Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn
TSG Entertainment Cloudy Productions
51%[ 27]
Rocketman
May 31, 2019
Dexter Fletcher
Adam Bohling David Furnish David Reid Matthew Vaughn
Lee Hall
Rocket Pictures New Republic Pictures
Paramount Pictures
89%[ 28]
as Marv Studios
Silent Night
December 3, 2021
Camille Griffin
Matthew VaughnTrudie Styler Celine Rattray
Camille Griffin
Endeavor Content Maven Screen Media
AMC+ RLJE Films
65%[ 29]
The King's Man
December 22, 2021
Matthew Vaughn
Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling
Matthew VaughnKarl Gajdusek
Cloudy Productions
20th Century Studios
43%[ 30]
Tetris
March 31, 2023
Jon S. Baird
Matthew Vaughn Leonard Blavatnik Gregor CameronGillian Berrie
Noah Pink
Apple Studios AI Film Unigram
Apple TV+
81%[ 31]
Argylle
February 2, 2024
Matthew Vaughn
Matthew Vaughn Adam Bohling David ReidJason Fuchs
Jason Fuchs
Apple Studios Cloudy Productions
Apple TV+Universal Pictures
35%[ 32]
Stuntnuts: The Movie [ 33]
TBA
Damien Walters
Matthew Vaughn Joby Stephens Morgan Carlson Luke Gomes Christopher Tomkins
Damien Walters
Zebbo Films
TBA
TBA
Stuntnuts Does School Fight
TBA
Damien Walters
Matthew Vaughn Joby Stephens Morgan Carlson Luke Gomes Christopher Tomkins
Damien Walters
Zebbo Films
TBA
TBA
Television
References
^ a b "SKA Films Limited overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK" . Companies House . 30 August 1996. Retrieved 15 March 2024 .
^ a b "Marv Studios Limited overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK" . Companies House . 10 October 2005. Retrieved 15 March 2024 .
^ "Paragon unveils 5 new HandMade pix" . Variety . 21 February 1997. Retrieved 29 May 2020 .
^ Petrikin, Chris; Carver, Benedict (7 January 1999). "Sony, Ska make 'Diamonds' deal" . Variety . Retrieved 29 May 2020 .
^ Dawtrey, Adam (27 July 2001). "Newlyweds 'Swept' " . Variety . Retrieved 29 May 2020 .
^ Hoffmann, Bill (15 October 2002). "MADONNA BOMBS – 'SWEPT AWAY' IS LATEST WA$HOUT IN LONG LINE OF FLOPS" . New York Post . Retrieved 29 May 2020 .
^ "Madonna sweeps board at annual Raspberry awards" . The Guardian . 24 March 2003. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 29 May 2020 .
^ Dawtrey, Adam (15 June 2003). "Vaughn takes 'Cake,' Ritchie fires 'Revolver' " . Variety . Retrieved 29 May 2020 .
^ Garrett, Diane (16 June 2007). "Sony, Marv Films pact" . Variety . Retrieved 29 May 2020 .
^ Dawtrey, Adam (7 December 2007). "Mitchell joins MARV Films" . Variety . Retrieved 29 May 2020 .
^ Jaafar, Ali (6 July 2009). "Thykier exits Marv, sets up PeaPie" . Variety . Retrieved 29 May 2020 .
^ Wiseman, Andreas (8 June 2018). "Matthew Vaughn Plans 'Kick-Ass' Reboot & 'Kingsman' Spinoff, Launches Marv Studios" . Deadline . Retrieved 29 May 2020 .
^ Needham, Jack (11 November 2021). "WARNER LAUNCHES JV LABEL MARV MUSIC WITH BRITISH PRODUCTION COMPANY MARV, COLIN BARLOW JOINS AS PRESIDENT" . Music Business Worldwide . Retrieved 11 November 2021 .
^ Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1999) , retrieved 29 May 2020
^ Snatch (2001) , retrieved 29 May 2020
^ Mean Machine (2002) , retrieved 29 May 2020
^ Swept Away (2002) , retrieved 29 May 2020
^ "Layer Cake" . Rotten Tomatoes . Flixster . Retrieved 27 October 2012 .
^ "Stardust" . Rotten Tomatoes . Flixster. Retrieved 17 March 2008 .
^ "Rotten Tomatoes" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 5 September 2010 .
^ "Kick-Ass (2010)" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 21 February 2015 .
^ "The Debt" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 1 November 2011 .
^ "Kick-Ass 2 (2013)" . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 8 December 2016 .
^ "Kingsman: The Secret Service" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 21 September 2017 .
^ "Fantastic Four (2015)" . Rotten Tomatoes . Flixster. Retrieved 9 November 2015 .
^ "Eddie the Eagle (2016)" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 21 June 2016 .
^ "Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)" . Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 9 October 2017 .
^ "Rocketman (2019)" . Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 1 October 2019 .
^ "Silent Night" . Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 26 September 2021 .
^ "The King's Man" . Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 24 December 2021 .
^ "Tetris" . Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 1 April 2023 .
^ "Argylle" . Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 2 February 2024 .
^ Yossman, K. J. (29 February 2024). "Matthew Vaughn Starts Production on The Stuntman, Next Film in Kick-Ass Universe Directed by Damien Walters (EXCLUSIVE)" . Variety . Retrieved 29 February 2024 .
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