- Not to be confused with Vertigo Comics or Vertigo Films
Vertigo Entertainment is an American film and television production company based in Los Angeles, founded in 2001 by Roy Lee and Doug Davison.
History[]
In 2001, after leaving BenderSpink, Roy Lee started Vertigo Entertainment with partner Doug Davison.[1][2]
Originally, Vertigo Entertainment signed a first-look deal with Dimension Films to produce its feature films for three years.[3]
In 2004, Vertigo signed a deal with Universal Pictures to produce many films per year.[4] The deal was later terminated in 2008 during the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike.[5] In 2007, the studio signed a deal with Lionsgate Television to produce shows for television.[6]
In 2010, Vertigo signed a first-look deal with Warner Bros. to produce films.[7][8][9]
In March 2013, Vertigo signed a two-year first-look deal with Fox 21 to develop projects for cable.[10]
In December 2015, Vertigo expanded their partnership with Warner Bros. to include a two-year exclusive deal for drama and comedy series.[11]
In November 2017, Vertigo signed a multi-year first-look deal with Sony Pictures Television, including drama, comedy and unscripted programs for network, cable and streaming.[12]
Logo used from 2015 to 2019
In 2020, Vertigo signed a deal with Lionsgate to produce films.[13]
Filmography[]
Theatrical films[]
2000s[]
| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Notes | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Ring | Gore Verbinski | DreamWorks Pictures | uncredited; co-production with BenderSpink and MacDonald/Parkes Productions | $48 million | $249.3 million |
| 2004 | The Grudge | Takashi Shimizu | Sony Pictures Releasing | uncredited; co-production with Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures | $10 million | $187.2 million |
| 2005 | The Ring Two | Hideo Nakata | DreamWorks Pictures | uncredited; co-production with BenderSpink and Parkes/MacDonald Productions | $50 million | $164 million |
| Dark Water | Walter Salles | Buena Vista Pictures | first credited film; co-production with Touchstone Pictures and Pandemonium | $30 million | $49.4 million | |
| 2006 | Eight Below | Frank Marshall | uncredited; co-production with Spyglass Entertainment, Mandeville Films and The Kennedy/Marshall Company | $40 million | $120.5 million | |
| The Lake House | Alejandro Agresti | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures | $115 million | ||
| The Departed | Martin Scorsese | co-production with Plan B Entertainment, Initial Entertainment Group and Media Asia Films | $90 million | $291.5 million | ||
| The Grudge 2 | Takashi Shimizu | Sony Pictures Releasing | uncredited; co-production with Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures | $20 million | $70.7 million | |
| 2007 | The Invasion | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures and Silver Pictures | $65–80 million | $40.2 million |
| 2008 | The Eye | David Moreau Xavier Palud |
Lionsgate | co-production with Paramount Vantage and Cruise/Wagner Productions | $12 million | $56.96 million |
| Shutter | Masayuki Ochiai | 20th Century Fox | co-production with Regency Enterprises | $8 million | $48 million | |
| The Strangers | Bryan Bertino | Rogue Pictures | co-production with Intrepid Pictures and Mandate Pictures | $9 million | $82.4 million | |
| My Sassy Girl | Yann Samuell | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | co-production with CJ Entertainment; direct-to-video | N/A | N/A | |
| Quarantine | John Erick Dowdle | Sony Pictures Releasing | co-production with Screen Gems, Andale Pictures and Filmax | $12 million | $41.3 million | |
| 2009 | The Uninvited | The Guard Brothers | Paramount Pictures | co-production with Cold Spring Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company, Parkes/MacDonald Productions, Goldcrest Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures | N/A | $41.6 million |
| Assassination of a High School President | Brett Simon | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | co-production with Yari Film Group | $11 million | $6 million | |
| The Grudge 3 | Toby Wilkins | uncredited; co-production with Stage 6 Films and Ghost House Pictures | N/A | N/A | ||
| The Echo | Yam Laranas | Image Entertainment | co-production with QED International and RightOff Entertainment | $5 million | $1.5 million |
2010s[]
| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Notes | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Possession | Joel Bergvall Simon Sandquist |
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | co-production with Yari Film Group and Spitfire Pictures | N/A | $682,713 |
| 2011 | The Roommate | Christian E. Christiansen | Sony Pictures Releasing | co-production with Screen Gems | $1 million | $52.5 million |
| Quarantine 2: Terminal | John Pogue | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | co-production with Third Street Pictures, RCR Media Group, Stage 6 Films and Andale Pictures | N/A | N/A | |
| Abduction | John Singleton | Lionsgate | co-production with Quick Six Entertainment and Tailor Made Productions | $35 million | $90.1 million | |
| Asylum Blackout | Alexandre Courtes | IFC Films | co-production with Artemis Productions, Marquis Productions and Wy Productions | $500,000 | $98,201 | |
| 2012 | The Woman in Black | James Watkins | CBS Films | uncredited; co-production with Alliance Films, Hammer Films, UK Film Council, Cross Creek Pictures, Tailsman Films, Exclusive Media Group and Film i Vast | $15 million | $129 million |
| 2013 | Oldboy | Spike Lee | FilmDistrict | co-production with Good Universe and 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks | $30 million | $4.8 million |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Phil Lord & Christopher Miller | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Warner Animation Group, Village Roadshow Pictures, LEGO A/S, Lin Pictures and Animal Logic | $60–65 million | $468.1 million |
| The Voices | Marjane Satrapi | Lionsgate | co-production with 1984 Private Defense Contractors, Babelsberg Studio and Mandalay Vision | $11 million | $444,196 | |
| The Woman in Black: Angel of Death | Tom Harper | Relativity Media | uncredited; co-production with Entertainment One and Hammer Films | $15 million | $48.9 million | |
| 2015 | Run All Night | Jaume Collet-Serra | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment and Energy Entertainment | $50–61.6 million | $71.6 million |
| Poltergeist | Gil Kenan | 20th Century Fox | co-production with Fox 2000 Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ghost House Pictures and TSG Entertainment | $35 million | $95.4 million | |
| Hidden | The Duffer Brothers | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Primal Pictures | N/A | $310,273 | |
| 2016 | The Boy | William Brent Bell | STX Entertainment | co-production with Lakeshore Entertainment and Huayi Brothers Pictures | $10 million | $64.1 million |
| Flight 7500 | Takashi Shimizu | Lionsgate | co-production with CBS Films and Ozla Pictures | N/A | $2.8 million | |
| Blair Witch | Adam Wingard | co-production with Snoot Entertainment and Room 101 | $5 million | $45.2 million | ||
| In the Shadow of Iris | Jalil Lespert | Netflix | uncredited; co-production with Wy Productions, Universal Pictures International, Nexus Factory, uFund, uMedia, France Televisions, Canal+, Cine+, Cofinova 12, Cofinova 13, Indefilms and Cofimage 27 | N/A | $1.5 million | |
| 2017 | Sleepless | Baran bo Odar | Open Road Films | co-production with Riverstone Pictures | $30 million | $32.9 million |
| Rings | F. Javier Gutierrez | Paramount Pictures | co-production with Parkes + MacDonald Imagenation | $25 million | $83.1 million | |
| The Lego Batman Movie | Chris McKay | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Warner Animation Group, DC Entertainment, RatPac Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Animal Logic, Lin Pictures and Lord Miller | $80 million | $312 million | |
| Smurfs: The Lost Village | Kelly Asbury | Sony Pictures Releasing | uncredited; co-production with Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Kerner Entertainment Company, LStar Capital and Wanda Pictures | $60 million | $197.2 million | |
| Death Note | Adam Wingard | Netflix | $40-$50 million | N/A | ||
| It | Andy Muschietti | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Lin Pictures, KatzSmith Productions and New Line Cinema | $35 million | $701.8 million | |
| The Lego Ninjago Movie | Charlie Bean Paul Fisher Bob Logan |
co-production with Lego System A/S, Lin Pictures, Lord Miller Productions, Warner Animation Group, Animal Logic and RatPac Entertainment | $70 million | $123.1 million | ||
| The Disaster Artist | James Franco | A24 | uncredited; co-production with Point Grey Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Good Universe and Rabbit Bandini Productions | $10 million | $29.8 million | |
| 2018 | Extinction | Ben Young | Netflix | uncredited; co-production with Good Universe and Mandeville Films | N/A | N/A |
| 2019 | Polaroid | Lars Klevberg | Vertical Entertainment | co-production with Dimension Films, Benderspink and Eldorado Film | N/A | $2.4 million |
| The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | Mike Mitchell | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Rideback, Lord Miller, Animal Logic, Lego System A/S and Warner Animation Group | $99 million | $192.3 million | |
| It Chapter Two | Andy Muschietti | co-production with Double Dream, Rideback and New Line Cinema | $79 million | $473.1 million | ||
| Doctor Sleep | Mike Flanagan | co-production with Intrepid Pictures | $45 million | $72.3 million |
2020s[]
| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Notes | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Grudge | Nicolas Pesce | Sony Pictures Releasing | uncredited; co-production with Screen Gems, Stage 6 Films and Ghost House Pictures | $10–14 million | $49.5 million |
| The Turning | Floria Sigismondi | Universal Pictures | co-production with DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment and Chislehurst Entertainment | $14 million | $18.6 million | |
| Brahms: The Boy II | William Brent Bell | STXfilms | uncredited; co-production with Lakeshore Entertainment | $10 million | $20.3 million | |
| His House | Remi Weekes | Netflix | co-production with Regency Enterprises, BBC Films and Starchild Pictures | N/A | N/A | |
| 2022 | Barbarian | Zach Cregger | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | co-production with 20th Century Studios, Regency Enterprises, Almost Never Films and BoulderLight Pictures | $10.5 million | $24.6 million |
| Don't Worry Darling | Olivia Wilde | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with New Line Cinema | $20—35 million | N/A | |
| Stranger Things: The Movie | The Duffer Brothers | Netflix | co-production with Monkey Massacre, Upside Down Pictures and Rideback | $35-40 million | $512 million | |
| The Meet Arnold Movie | Chris McKay Phil Lord Christopher Miller |
Warner Bros. Pictures Universal Pictures |
co-production with Annapurna Pictures, Rideback, Unicorn Media, Point Grey Pictures, Good Universe and Lord Miller Productions | $655 million | $200 million |
Upcoming[]
| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Nimona | Nick Bruno Troy Quane |
Netflix | co-production with Annapurna Animation[14] |
| The Mother | Niki Caro | co-production with Nuyorican Productions | ||
| Cobweb | Samuel Bodin | Lionsgate | co-production with Point Grey Pictures[15] | |
| Ordinary Angels | Jon Gunn | co-production with Kingdom Story Company, Stampede Ventures, Stolen Sky Productions and Green Hummingbird Entertainment[16] | ||
| 2025 | Untitled Minecraft film | Jared Hess[17][18] | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with Mojang Studios |
| TBA | BioShock | Francis Lawrence | Netflix | co-production with 2K[19] |
| Boy Kills World | Moritz Mohr | TBA | co-production with Raimi Productions, Nthibah Pictures, and Hammerstone Studios | |
| Salem's Lot | Gary Dauberman | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with New Line Cinema and Atomic Monster Productions | |
| Mice and Mystics | Alexandre Aja | Universal Pictures | co-production with DreamWorks Animation[20] | |
| Reborn | Chris McKay | Netflix | co-production with Fortis Films[21] | |
| The Witch Boy | Minkyu Lee | [22] |
Television series[]
2000s[]
| Year | Title | Creator | Network | Notes | Seasons | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | I'm from Rolling Stone | Shari Brooks | MTV | co-production with Maverick Films, Rolling Stone and Yolo Films | 1 | 10 |
2010s[]
| Year | Title | Creator | Network | Notes | Seasons | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–2014 | Bates Motel | based on characters from Psycho by: Robert Bloch developed by: Carlton Cuse Kerry Ehrin Anthony Cipriano |
A&E | uncredited; seasons 1–2; co-production with American Genre (season 1), Kerry Ehrin Productions, Carlton Cuse Productions (season 2) and Universal Television | 2 | 20 |
| 2016 | The Exorcist | Jeremy Slater based on The Exorcist by: William Peter Blatty |
Fox | uncredited; season 1; co-production with New Neighborhood, Morgan Creek Productions and 20th Century Fox Television | 1 | 10 |
| 2017–2020 | Unikitty! | based on The Lego Movie by: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller developed by: Ed Skudder Lynn Wang |
Cartoon Network | uncredited; co-production with The Lego Group and Warner Bros. Animation | 3 | 104 |
2020s[]
| Year | Title | Creator | Network | Notes | Seasons | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2021 | The Stand | based on The Stand by: Stephen King developed by: Josh Boone Ben Cavell |
CBS All Access | co-production with Mosaic Media Group and CBS Studios | 1 | 9 |
| 2021 | Them | Little Marvin | Amazon Prime Video | co-production with Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios | 10 |
Upcoming[]
| Year | Title | Creator | Network | Notes | Seasons | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | Horizon | based on Horizon Zero Dawn by: Mathijs de Jonge developed by: Steve Blackman Michelle Lovretta |
Netflix | co-production with Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, Guerrilla Games and Irish Cowboy Productions | 1 | TBA |
References[]
- ↑ Roy Lee: Hollywood Dealmaker. goldsea.com.
- ↑ The 30 Most Powerful Film Producers in Hollywood: Roy Lee. hollywoodreporter.com.
- ↑ Dimension to get pix from Vertigo's Lee, Davison (en) (2001-10-16).
- ↑ Brodesser, Claude (2004-08-20). Vertigo spins with U, Focus (en).
- ↑ Studios end first-look relationships (en) (2008-01-10).
- ↑ Adalian, Josef (2007-06-27). Vertigo pacts with Lionsgate TV (en).
- ↑ McNary, Dave (2010-12-02). Producer on a WB spree (en).
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fleming, Mike Jr. (March 6, 2012). "Producer Trio Starts Primal Pictures, Putting Warner Bros Into Low Budget Genre Game". deadline.com. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- ↑ Producer, Vertigo Entertainment. screenforever.org.au.
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Marechal, AJ (March 4, 2013). "Vertigo Inks First Look Deal with Fox 21". variety.com. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- ↑ Vertigo Entertainment Inks Overall Deal With Warner Bros. TV, Taps Michael Connolly As Head Of Television (en-US).
- ↑ Otterson, Joe (2017-11-02). Roy Lee's Vertigo Entertainment Inks First-Look Deal With Sony TV (en).
- ↑ Lee, Janet W. (2020-09-24). Lionsgate Inks First-Look Deal With Vertigo Entertainment (en).
- ↑ Grobar, Matt (2022-04-11). Animated Film ‘Nimona’ Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed & Eugene Lee Yang Finds Home At Netflix Following Blue Sky Studios Shutdown; ND Stevenson, Who Penned Original Graphic Novel, Reacts (en-US).
- ↑ Villei, Matt (April 3, 2023). First 'Cobweb' Image Reveals Antony Starr and Lizzy Caplan's Upcoming Thriller [Exclusive].
- ↑ Sneider, Jeff (15 September 2020). 'The Boys' Antony Starr to Lead Lionsgate Thriller 'Cobweb' with Lizzy Caplan. Collider. Retrieved on December 19, 2020.
- ↑ Couch, Aaron (2022-04-18). Jason Momoa to Star in ‘Minecraft’ Movie for Warner Bros. (en-US).
- ↑ Jason Momoa’s ‘Minecraft’ Books April 2025 Release Date in Theaters (2023-04-05).
- ↑ Netflix Developing 'Bioshock' Movie with Vertigo Entertainment & 2K (en) (2022-02-15).
- ↑ McNary, Dave (October 24, 2018). DreamWorks Animation to Develop 'Mice and Mystics' Movie (EXCLUSIVE). Variety.
- ↑ Netflix, Sandra Bullock & ‘It’ Producer Vertigo Team On Millarworld Sci-Fi-Fantasy ‘Reborn’, Chris McKay To Direct (January 23, 2019).
- ↑ Rosario, Alexandra Del (2021-01-28). ‘The Witch Boy’: Netflix To Release Animated Musical From Oscar-Nominated Director Minkyu Lee (en-US).
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