Media Rights Capital - Film Projects

Film Projects

Beginning in 2011, Universal is set to distribute twenty MRC pictures over five years. This deal represents the biggest rent-a-studio pact with a major studio since Disney joined hands with DreamWorks.

Upcoming:

• A Million Ways to Die in the West
• Riddick, to be written and directed by David Twohy and star Vin Diesel, by Universal Pictures.
• Elysium, a science fiction project written and directed by Neill Blomkamp.
• Untitled Thomas and Friends film project, directed by Shane Acker (9), by Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures (United Kingdom).
• Twelve Strangers, to be distributed February 11, 2011, by Universal Pictures.

Previous:

• Ted (2012), co-written, directed by and co-starring Seth MacFarlane and stars Mark Wahlberg, Adam Scott and Mila Kunis, distributed by Universal Pictures.
• 30 Minutes or Less (2011), directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, and Aziz Ansari, distributed by Columbia Pictures.
• The Adjustment Bureau (2011), written and directed by George Nolfi, distributed by Universal Pictures.
• Devil (2010), produced by M. Night Shyamalan and directed by Drew and John Dowdle, distributed by Universal Pictures.
• The Box (2009), written and directed by Richard Kelly and starring Cameron Diaz, distributed by Warner Brothers.
• The Invention of Lying (2009), co-written, co-directed by and starring Ricky Gervais, distributed by Warner Brothers.
• Shorts (2009), written and directed by Robert Rodriguez, distributed by Warner Brothers.
• Brüno (2009), co-written by and starring Sacha Baron Cohen and directed by Larry Charles, distributed by Universal Pictures.
• Deception (2008), written by Mark Bomback and directed by Marcel Langenegger, distributed by 20th Century Fox.
• Babel (2006), Oscar award winner and multiple nominee, distributed by Paramount Vantage.