History of two film companies, Hollywood and British Independent.

1. WARNER BROS.
By Anastasiia
Avanesova
Belstone Pictures

2.  Warner Bros. was founded in April 4, 1923 by four
Warner brothers: Albert, Sam, Harry and Jack.
Warners brought sound to the movies.
 They started their movie business in 1903, when they
were traveling exhibitors and moved around states with a
portable projector.
 Later brothers started to produce their ow n films and
opened a small production base in California.
 Their first full-scale picture, called ‘My Four Years in
Germany’, was first shown in 1918 and grossed $1.5
million.
 Later, following year Warners purchased property for $25
000 and opened the Warner Coast Studios.
WB: HISTORY
Warner Brothers

3. Now Warner Bros. has been running for 95 years.
Company’s main office is based in Burbank, California,
United States.
Warner Bros. Pictures is a subsidiary of AT&T's
WarnerMedia.
Key people in the company are Kevin Tsujihara
(chairman and CEO) and Toby Emmerich (chairman, Warner
Bros. Pictures Group)
WB: MODERN DAYS
Warner Bros. Office in
Burbank, California
Toby Emmerich and Kevin Tsujihara

4. Studio’s biggest box office success is ‘Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows: Part II’, with domestic box office
$381,011,219, international $960,500,000, and total
$1,341,511,219.
Biggest budget for a film: around $400 million.
Movie: ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’.
Biggest failure of the company for past years:
‘Justice League’ with the box office $657.9 million
and the budget $300 million
WB: BIGGEST SUCCESSES AND FALIURE

5. Warner Media- multinational mass media and entertainment
company owned by AT&T and located in New York City.
The company does film, television, cable networks and
publishing operations.
Warner Media was founded in 1990 by Steve Ross.
Company consists of 3 main divisions: HBO (operating premium
television), Turner Broadcasting System ( creating and
distributing variety of programmes), and Warner Bros.
WB: WARNER MEDIA
WarnerMedia Office
in New York City

6. Warner Bros. not only produce films and TV entertainment for
home, but also involved in world digital distribution, animation,
comic books, licensing and international cinemas and
broadcasting.
Warner Bros. owns a 21% market share in total DVD and Blu-ray
sales, that makes the company a leader of the market.
Every year Warner Bros. produces between 18-22 films.
Between 2012-2013 the company produced more than 50
television series.
Warner Bros. also incorporated DC Comics content into movies.
DC Entertainment that is owned by Warner Bros. is responsible for
bringing new characters and stories from DC comics into the
movies and distribution business.
WARNER BROS. AND MEDIA

7. Belstone Pictures- UK independent development and
production company of international feature films.
It released 1 film (Tank 432), 2 films are now in post
production and 13 films in the stage of development.
Company was founded by Finn Cardigan Bruce, who started
directing and producing documentaries in Hurtwood House
Film Academy in teenage. He used to work on the set of
famous TV shows like Top Gear, X FACTOR, Downtown Abbey
and Les Miserables as well as for MPC and Sky News.
Carli Sandweiss is an Executive Assistant to Finn Bruce.
BELSTONE PICTURES
Finn Bruce

8. Directed by: Nick Gillespie.
Written by: Nick Gillespie.
Production company: Belstone Pictures
Produced by: Finn Bruce, Jennifer Handorf.
Release date: UK on 22 August 2016; US 25 November
2016.
Main Cast: Rupert Evans, Steve Garry, Deirdre Mullins, Michael
Smiley, April Pearson, Tom Meeten, and Alex March.
Budget: $1 million.
Total revenue: $22,000
TANK 432

9. Production:
Director- Nick Gillespie is known for movies : ‘Kill List’ (2011), ‘High-Rise’ (2015)
and ‘Doctor Who’ (2014).
Cast:
Rupert Evans - known for The Incident (2011), ‘The Canal’ (2014), ‘Agora’ (2009).
Deire Mullins- known for ‘The Frankenstein Chronicles’ (2015) and ‘Doctors’
(2013).
Michael Smiley- known for ‘The Lobster’ (2015) and ‘The World’s end’ (2013).
April Pearson- known for Age of Kill’ (2015) and ‘Tormented’ (2009).
Gordon Kennedy - known for ‘The Borderlands’ (2013) and ‘With or Without You’
(1999).
Distribution:
Film was premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival (23.07.2016)
It was release in the UK on DVD on 22.08.16.
It was released in the US by IFC Films to version on demand on 25.11.16.
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

10.  Directed by: Patty Jenkins
 Production company: DC Entertainment
 Release date: June 2, 2017 (USA); May 15, 2017 (Shanghai).
 Distributor: Warner Bros
 Main cast and what they’re known for: Gal Gadot (‘Fast and
Furious’ and ‘Kicking out Shoshana’) , Chris Pine (‘Into the
Woods’ and ‘Jack Ryan’), Robin Wright (‘Forrest Gump’ and
‘The Girt with the Dragon Tattoo’), Danny Huston (‘The
Constant Gardener’ and ‘Big Eyes’) , David Thewlis (‘Harry
Potter’ and ‘War Horse’), Connie Nielsen (‘Boss’ and ‘The Ice
Harvest’) and Elena Anaya (‘Van Helsig’ and ‘Room in Rome’).
 Budget: $300 million ($150 million on production and $150
million on marketing).
 Revenue: $821.8 million
WONDER WOMAN

11. The beach battle sequence was shot on the west coast
of Italy. A shoot team gathered reference photos and
cliff textures along east the coast of Italy. MPC’s
environment artists digitally extended the beach and
add cliff backdrops, and MPC’s lighting team lit and
rendered the cliffs and islands.
No Mans Land scene required greenscreen shots and
fully-digital locations, live action portion was shot at
Leavesden Studios in the UK. A Spider Cam was used to
show effects of machine gun and fire, and the reveal of
Wonder Woman in her iconic costume.
The scene of Wonder Woman leaping through the
window was handled by MPC/
PRODUCTION

12. After first appearance of Wonder Woman in All Star Comics
#8 (December 1941), she appeared in other formats of
media:
animated television shows, DVD animated films, video games,
the 70s action television series, Wonder Woman, the 2014
CGI theatrical release, The Lego Movie, Batman v
Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).
Publisher of ‘Wonder Woman’ Comics is DC Comics.
PRODUCTION- WONDER WOMAN FRANCHISE

13. Marketing:
 In May (2017), a promo for Wonder Woman was released during the season finale
of Supergirl (television series), using a remix of the song ‘These Boots Are Made for
Walkin' and an actress who played Supergirl wearing Wonder Woman's boots.
It included Lynda Carter, who played Wonder Woman in 70s, as she plays the
American president on Supergirl.
Warner Bros. spent over $3 million on advertisements for the film.
Also in May 2017, NASCAR driver Danica Patrick drove her car with a Wonder
Woman paint scheme at the race at the Monster Energy Open in Charlotte.
Distribution:
Distribution company of the film was Warner Bros. Pictures.
The film was release of Digital HD on August 29, 2017.
It was released on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray and DVD on September
19, 2017
Film was release in the cinemas in 2D and 3D.
Special features included in DVD and Blu-ray: Crafting the Wonder, A Director’s
Vision(different scenes), Warriors of Wonder Woman, The Trinity, The Wonder Behind
the Camera, Finding the Wonder Woman Within, Extended Scenes and Blooper Reel.
DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING

14. http://www.daveschool.com/wonder-woman/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Woman_(2017_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Woman_in_other_media
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarnerMedia
https://www.belstonepictures.com/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4475992/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_432
https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2018/03/23/justice-league-was-a-s
https://www.imdb.com/poll/cDn-GQLNF-A/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451279/technical
https://
www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/wonder-woman/51041/wonder-woman-dvdblu
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