Kill List - Production and Distribution research

Kill List – Production and Distribution

Production companies:

• Warp X - Warp X is a British film production company, sister to Warp Films based in Sheffield, UK with further offices in Nottingham and London. The company was founded in 2005 and produces feature films. Usually produces films in the UK with budgets between £400,000 and £800,000. The company serves as a format for new film directors to create movies for the first time on a lower budget scale with less expectation for high box office revenue on their initial feature foray.  The studios filmography contains movies such as: Kill List (2011), Donkey Punch (2008) and For Those in Peril (2013).
• Studio Canal – StudioCanal is a French-based production and distribution company that owns the third-largest film library in the world. The company is a unit of the Canal+ Group, controlled by Vivendi. The company was founded in 1988. The studio’s film library contains movies such as: The Last Exorcism (2010), Taken 2 (2012) and most recently The Imitation Game (2014).
• Film Yorkshire –
• Film Four - Film4 Productions is a British film production company owned by Channel Four Television Corporation. The company has been responsible for backing a large number of films made in the United Kingdom. The company's first production was Walter, directed by Stephen Frears, which was released in 1982. The studio has produced film such as: 12 Years a Slave (2013), Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and 127 Hours (2010).
• UK Film Council - The UK Film Council (UKFC) was a non-departmental public body set up in 2000 by the Labour Government to develop and promote the film industry in the UK. On 26 July 2010 the Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition announced that the council would be abolished. UKFC closed on 31 March 2011, with many of its functions passing to the British Film Institute.
• Rook Films – Production Company. The studio’s filmography contains movies such as: A Field in England (2013), Sightseers (2012) and Kill List (2011). The annual turnover for the studio is £6.5 million or less.

 Distributors:

• Optimum Releasing (UK) - Optimum was acquired by StudioCanal, a subsidiary of Vivendi SA, in 2006. When named Optimum, the company's image was that of a modern and independent distributor of new releases and back catalogues. Films were released under four strands: Optimum Releasing (new theatrical releases), Optimum Home Entertainment (new DVD and Blu-ray releases), Optimum Classic (DVD re-releases of back catalogue films), and Optimum World (new and back catalogue world cinema releases). The studios filmography contains movies such as: Kill List (2011), The Hurt Locker (2008) and Attack the Block (2011)
• IFC Midnight - American film Distribution Company based in New York City, an offshoot of IFC owned by AMC Networks. It distributes independent films and documentaries under the IFC Films, Sundance Selects and IFC Midnight brands. The company was founded in 1999. The studio’s filmography contains movies such as: Kill List (2011), The Human Centipede (2009) and Dracula 3D (2012).