Silver Pictures


Silver Pictures is an American film production company founded by Hollywood producer Joel Silver during 1980. The Silver Pictures logo, also called The Chip, is modeled on a block pattern that Frank Lloyd Wright designed for the exteriors of the Storer House in Los Angeles. Silver has been a lifelong aficionado of Frank Lloyd Wright and has worked many of Wright's works within both Silver Pictures and Dark Castle Entertainment. All pre-Universal Pictures deal films are owned and distributed by Warner Bros.
In 2012, Joel Silver and Warner Bros. ended their 25-year production, marketing, and distribution relationship. This is due to Silver growing increasingly upset with how Warner Bros. had been handling the marketing and releasing of the films his company produced. Despite having split, Silver and Warner Bros. co-produced The Nice Guys four years later. That same year, Joel Silver and Universal Studios struck a 5-year marketing and distribution deal, starting with the Liam Neeson action thriller Non-Stop on February 28, 2014. Universal Pictures will not be a production partner with Silver Pictures, only a distributor.
Three years after Silver finalized Silver Pictures 5-year marketing and distributing deal with Universal, the veteran producer connected with Canadian financier Daryl Katz. Founder and Chairman of the Katz Group of Companies, one of Canada's largest privately owned enterprises, Daryl Katz holds operations in pharmaceuticals, sports and entertainment and real estate. The two came together to create a slate of feature films, digital projects and television shows. Hal Sadoff, longtime packaging and finance agent, will serve as Chief Executive Officer of Silver Pictures Entertainment. Sadoff left ICM in 2012.
Before Silver's connection with Katz, Silver Pictures required studio backing to develop and fund its films. After the formation of the new partnership, Silver possessed the ability to work on projects both inside and outside the studio system.
CEO Hal Sadoff and Silver still possess a longstanding relationship, having worked together on "Gothika", "Thirteen Ghosts" and "House on the Haunted Hill".
On June 24, 2019, Sadoff announced Silver's resignation from the company.

Films

YearFilmDirectorDistributorNotes
1984Streets of FireWalter HillUniversal Picturesco-produced with RKO Pictures; first film
1985Brewster's MillionsWalter HillUniversal Pictures
1985Weird ScienceJohn HughesUniversal Picturesco-produced with Hughes Entertainment
1985CommandoMark L. Lester20th Century Studios
1986Jumpin' Jack FlashPenny Marshall20th Century Studiosco-produced with Lawrence Gordon Productions
1987Lethal WeaponRichard DonnerWarner Bros.
1987PredatorJohn McTiernan20th Century Studios
1988Die HardJohn McTiernan20th Century Studiosco-produced with Gordon Company
1988Action JacksonCraig R. BaxleyLorimar Film Entertainment
1989Road HouseRowdy HerringtonMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1989Lethal Weapon 2Richard DonnerWarner Bros.
1990Die Hard 2Renny Harlin20th Century Studios
1990The Adventures of Ford FairlaneRenny Harlin20th Century Studios
1990Predator 2Stephen Hopkins20th Century Studios
1991Hudson HawkMichael LehmannTriStar Pictures
1991RicochetRussell MulcahyWarner Bros.co-produced with HBO Pictures, Cinema Plus L.P. and Indigo Productions
1991The Last Boy ScoutTony ScottWarner Bros.co-produced with The Geffen Film Company
1992Lethal Weapon 3Richard DonnerWarner Bros.
1993Demolition ManMarco BrambillaWarner Bros.
1994The Hudsucker ProxyJoel and Ethan CoenWarner Bros.
Universal Pictures
co-produced with Working Title Films and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
1994Richie RichDonald PetrieWarner Bros.co-produced with Davis Entertainment and The Harvey Entertainment Company
1995AssassinsRichard DonnerWarner Bros.co-produced with Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions
1995Fair GameAndrew SipesWarner Bros.
1996Executive DecisionStuart BairdWarner Bros.
1997Fathers' DayIvan ReitmanWarner Bros.co-produced with Northern Lights Entertainment
1997Conspiracy TheoryRichard DonnerWarner Bros.
1998Lethal Weapon 4Richard DonnerWarner Bros.co-produced with Doshudo Productions
1999The MatrixThe WachowskisWarner Bros.co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures and Groucho II Film Partnership
2000Dungeons & DragonsCourtney SolomonNew Line Cinemaco-produced with Behavior Worldwide and Sweetpea Entertainment
2000Romeo Must DieAndrzej BartkowiakWarner Bros.
2001Exit WoundsAndrzej BartkowiakWarner Bros.co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures
2001SwordfishDominic SenaWarner Bros.co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures
2003Cradle 2 the GraveAndrzej BartkowiakWarner Bros.
2003The Matrix ReloadedThe WachowskisWarner Bros.co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment
2003The Matrix RevolutionsThe WachowskisWarner Bros.co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment
2005Kiss Kiss Bang BangShane BlackWarner Bros.
2006V for VendettaJames McTeigueWarner Bros.co-produced with Virtual Studios, Anarchos Productions, DC/Vertigo Comics, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Fünfte Babelsberg Film GmbH
2007The InvasionOliver Hirschbiegel
James McTeigue
Warner Bros.co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures and Vertigo Entertainment
2007The Brave OneNeil JordanWarner Bros.co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures
2007Fred ClausDavid DobkinWarner Bros.
2008Speed RacerThe WachowskisWarner Bros.co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures, Anarchos Productions and Babelsberg Studio
2009Ninja AssassinJames McTeigueWarner Bros.co-produced with Legendary Pictures and Dark Castle Entertainment
2009Sherlock HolmesGuy RitchieWarner Bros.co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures and Wigram Productions
2010The Book of EliThe Hughes Bros.Warner Bros.co-produced with Alcon Entertainment
2011Guy RitchieWarner Bros.co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures and Wigram Productions
2012Project XNima NourizadehWarner Bros.co-produced with Green Hat Films
2012Dragon EyesJohn HyamsAfter Dark Filmsco-produced with Dark Castle Entertainment
2012Stash HouseEduardo RodríguezAfter Dark Filmsco-produced with Dark Castle Entertainment
2012El GringoEduardo RodríguezAfter Dark Films
G2 Pictures
Tanweer Films
2014Non-StopJaume Collet-SerraUniversal Picturesco-produced with TF1 Films Production, Anton Capital Entertainment, Canal+, TF1 and
LoveFilm
2015The GunmanPierre MorelOpen Road Filmsco-produced with StudioCanal, Anton Capital Entertainment, Canal+, Nostromo Pictures and TF1 Films Production
2016The Nice GuysShane BlackWarner Bros.co-produced with Waypoint Entertainment and Bloom
2016CollideEran CreevyOpen Road Filmsco-produced with IM Global, Sycamore Pictures, DMG Yinji, Hands-on Producers GmbH, 42 and Automatik
2017SuburbiconGeorge ClooneyParamount Picturesco-produced with Black Bear Pictures and Smoke House Pictures
2018SuperflyDirector XSony Pictures Releasing
2021Sherlock Holmes 3Dexter FletcherWarner Bros.co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures and Di Bonaventura Pictures
2021The Matrix 4Lana WachowskiWarner Bros.co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures and Anarchos Productions
TBAuntitled Horror filmTBASony Pictures Releasingco-produced with H. Brothers
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