Captivate Entertainment

Captivate Entertainment

Captivate Entertainment logo
Company type	Limited Liability Company
Industry	Film
Genre	Various
Founded	2009
Founder	Jeffrey Weiner Ben Smith
Headquarters	Universal City, California , United States
Key people	Jeffrey Weiner(CEO)[1] Ben Smith(President)[1][2]
Products	Films

Captivate Entertainment LLC. is an American film production company, founded by Jeffrey Weiner and Ben Smith in 2009.^{[citation needed]} It has a first-look deal with Universal Studios^[3] and it is based on the Universal Studios Backlot in Universal City, California. The company is best known for managing the movie rights of Robert Ludlum's books^[4][5] and producing the 2012 film The Bourne Legacy starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton.^[6][7]

History

Captivate Entertainment was started in 2009 by Jeffrey Wiener, the executor of the Robert Ludlum Estate^[1] and Ben Smith, the veteran ICM Partners agent handling Ludlum's works at the Agency.^[8] After the successful The Bourne Ultimatum, writer Paul Zetumer was drafted by Universal and Captivate to script a fourth installment of the Bourne Identity franchise which would star Matt Damon and be directed by Paul Greengrass. However, following a dispute between Greengrass and the studio, Damon said he wouldn't make another without his director.^[9] Captivate Entertainment and Universal instead filled the gap with the spinoff film The Bourne Legacy, which Tony Gilroy wrote and directed.^[10]

Filmography

Feature films

Released films

#	Title	Release date	Budget	Domestic Gross	Worldwide Gross	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	Refs.
1	The Bourne Legacy	August 10, 2012	$125,000,000	$113,203,870	$276,144,750	55%[11]	61[12]	[13]
2	Jason Bourne	July 29, 2016	$120,000,000	$162,434,410	$415,484,914	56%[14]	58[15]	[16]

Films in development

Title	Refs.
The Chancellor Manuscript	[17]
The Parsifal Mosaic	[17]
Pursuit	[18]
The Janson Directive	[3][19]

Television

Title	Season	Episode(s)	First aired	Last aired	Co-production	Network	Notes
Treadstone	1	10	October 15, 2019	December 2019	Universal Content Productions Imperative Entertainment	USA Network

References

1. Breznican, Anthony (March 25, 2009). "The Ludlum legacy keeps movie studios on the move". usatoday.com. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
2. Jagernauth, Kevin (May 8, 2012). "Producer Ben Smith Talks 'The Bourne Legacy' & The Status Of Robert Ludlum Adaptations In Development". Indiewire. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
3. Fleming, Mike (October 25, 2011). "Universal And Captivate Target Next Robert Ludlum Thriller: 'The Janson Directive'".
4. Horn, John (August 3, 2012). "The intricate birth of 'The Bourne Legacy'". Retrieved March 13, 2015.
5. Ashley, Ron (March 6, 2011). "Did You Know: Robert Ludlum / Captivate Entertainment". themoviebanter.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
6. "Captivate Entertainment IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
7. "The Bourne Legacy IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
8. Finke, Nikki (December 7, 2008). "Universal and Ludlum Entertainment Hire ICM Agent To Run Bourne Production". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
9. Masters, Kim (December 19, 2011). "Matt Damon's Verbal Attack Exposes Deep Rift in 'Bourne' Franchise". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
10. Fleming, Mike (February 15, 2012). "Universal and Ludlum Entertainment Hire ICM Agent To Run Bourne Production". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
11. "The Bourne Legacy". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
12. "The Bourne Legacy". MetaCritic. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
13. "The Bourne Legacy". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
14. "Jason Bourne". Rotten Tomatoes.
15. "Jason Bourne". Metacritic.
16. "Jason Bourne".
17. "Future Releases: Captivate Entertainment". Film Releases. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
18. "'Taken' Director Is Ready For 'Pursuit'". ScreenRant. August 28, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
19. "The Janson Directive". IMDB. August 28, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2015.