American independent production company
Color Force Type Private Founded 2007 Founder Nina Jacobson Headquarters , Key people
Bryan Unkeless (senior vice president of production) Owner
Color Force is an American independent film and television production company founded in 2007 by producer and film executive Nina Jacobson after her 2006 termination as president of Disney's Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group .[2] [3]
Its films include the Diary of a Wimpy Kid and The Hunger Games series. Color Force signed a three-year "first-look" production deal with DreamWorks in December 2006. In 2012, Brad Simpson became partner.[1] Later that year, Color Force signed a first-look deal with FX Productions .[4] In 2014, the company signed a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox .[5]
In 2017, Jacobson and Simpson appointed Nellie Reed as head of Color Force's television productions.[6]
Filmography [ edit ]
Feature films [ edit ]
Title
Release Date
Director
Notes
Budget
Gross
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
March 19, 2010
Thor Freudenthal
Distributed by 20th Century Fox ; co-production with Dune Entertainment
$15,000,000
$118,182,020
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
March 25, 2011
David Bowers
Distributed by 20th Century Fox ; co-production with Dune Entertainment
$21,000,000
$87,378,502
One Day
August 19, 2011
Lone Scherfig
Distributed by Focus Features ; co-production with Random House Films and Film4 Productions
$15,000,000
$56,706,628
The Hunger Games
March 23, 2012
Gary Ross
Distributed by Lionsgate
$78,000,000
$691,247,768
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
August 3, 2012
David Bowers
Distributed by 20th Century Fox ; co-production with Dune Entertainment
$22,000,000
$77,112,176
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
November 22, 2013
Francis Lawrence
Distributed by Lionsgate
$130,000,000
$854,355,361
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
November 21, 2014
Francis Lawrence
Distributed by Lionsgate ; co-production with Lionsgate
$125,000,000
$755,100,229
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
November 20, 2015
Francis Lawrence
Distributed by Lionsgate ; co-production with Lionsgate
$160,000,000
$652,955,370
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
May 19, 2017
David Bowers
Distributed by 20th Century Fox ; co-production with TSG Entertainment
$22,000,000
$24,380,215
Crazy Rich Asians
August 17, 2018
Jon M. Chu
Distributed by Warner Bros. ; co-production with Ivanhoe Pictures
$30,000,000
$231,310,201
Ben Is Back
December 7, 2018
Peter Hedges
Distributed by Roadside Attractions , LD Entertainment and Lionsgate , co-production with 30West and Black Bear Pictures
$13,000,000[7]
$10 million
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
August 16, 2019[8]
Richard Linklater
Distributed by United Artists Releasing ; co-production with Annapurna Pictures
$18 million
$10 million
The Goldfinch
September 13, 2019
John Crowley
Distributed by Warner Bros. ; co-production with Amazon Studios
$44 million
$9 million
All Day and a Night
May 1, 2020
Joe Robert Cole
Distributed by Netflix
Television [ edit ]
Title
Series Premiere
Series Finale
Creator(s)
Co-production with
Note
American Crime Story
February 2, 2016
present
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
Scott & Larry Productions , Ryan Murphy Television , FXP, and Fox 21 Television Studios ; distributed by 20th Television (2016–18) / Disney Platform Distribution (2021-).
Pose
June 3, 2018
June 6, 2021
Ryan Murphy , Brad Falchuk and Steven Canals
Ryan Murphy Television, Brad Falchuk Teley-vision, Fox 21 Television Studios, and FXP; distributed by 20th Television (2018–19) / Disney Platform Distribution (2021).
Y: The Last Man
September 13, 2021
TBA
Michael Green and Melina Matsoukas
FX Productions ; distributed by Disney Platform Distribution.
[9]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Kit, Borys (28 February 2012). "Brad Simpson Joins Nina Jacobson's Color Force as Partner" . The Hollywood Reporter .
^ Holson, Laura M. (December 9, 2016). "Nina Jacobson Has Her Revenge on Hollywood's Old-Boy Network" . The New York Times . Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
^ Kit, Borys (March 4, 2009). "' Hunger' pangs for Color Force" . Hollywood Reporter .
^ Andreeva, Nellie (August 8, 2012). "Nina Jacobson Inks First-Look Deal With FX Prods" . Deadline.com . Deadline. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
^ McNary, Dave (2014-07-15). "' Hunger Games' Producer Nina Jacobson Signs First-Look Deal with Fox" . Variety . Retrieved 2021-06-20 .
^ Andreeva, Nellie (January 6, 2017). "Nina Jacobson & Brad Simpson Tap Nellie Reed As Head Of TV At Color Force" . Deadline.com . Deadline. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
^ Abramovitch, Seth (December 4, 2018). "Making of 'Ben Is Back': How Director Peter Hedges Convinced His Reluctant Son Lucas to Star" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved December 4, 2018 .
^ McNary, Dave (January 17, 2019). "Cate Blanchett's 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' Moved Back to August" . Variety . Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
^ Goldberg, Lesley (October 14, 2015). "' Y: The Last Man' TV Series in the Works at FX (Exclusive)" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
External links [ edit ]
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