Smokehouse Pictures

Smokehouse Pictures

Company type	Private
Industry	Motion pictures and television
Predecessor	Section Eight Productions
Founded	2006; 19 years ago (2006)
Founders	George Clooney Grant Heslov
Headquarters	Burbank, California, United States
Products	Film production

Smokehouse Pictures is an American film and television production company. The company was founded in 2006 by George Clooney and Grant Heslov after the shutdown of Section Eight Productions. Its name is taken from the Smoke House restaurant, located across the street from Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California.^[1]

Smoke House Restaurant

The company signed a long-term production and development agreement with Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Bros. Television in July 2006.^[2]

In June 2009, the company signed an exclusive two-year theatrical development and production deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment.^[3][4]

In March 2023, the company returned to Warner Bros. for an overall film deal.^[5]

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Director	Notes
2008	Leatherheads	George Clooney
2009	Playground	Libby Spears
	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Grant Heslov
2010	The American	Anton Corbijn
2011	The Ides of March	George Clooney
2012	Argo	Ben Affleck	Best Picture: Academy Award, AFI, Golden Globe, BAFTA Best Director: Golden Globe, BAFTA
2013	August: Osage County	John Wells
2014	The Monuments Men	George Clooney
2015	Our Brand Is Crisis	David Gordon Green
2016	Money Monster	Jodie Foster
2017	Suburbicon	George Clooney
2018	Ocean's 8	Gary Ross
	O.G.	Madeleine Sackler
2020	The Art of Political Murder	Paul Taylor
	The Midnight Sky	George Clooney
2021	The Tender Bar
2022	Ticket to Paradise	Ol Parker
2023	The Boys in the Boat	George Clooney
2024	Wolfs	Jon Watts	[6]

Television

Title	First aired	Last aired	Co-production	Network	Notes
Memphis Beat	2010	2011	Warner Horizon Television	TNT
Catch-22	May 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)	May 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)	Anonymous Content Paramount Television	Hulu
On Becoming a God in Central Florida	August 25, 2019 (2019-08-25)	October 20, 2019 (2019-10-20)	Pali Eyes Pictures TriStar Television	Showtime

References

1. "Smoke House Restaurant Marks 65 Years in Burbank". Los Angeles Daily News. October 12, 2011.
2. George Clooney's Smoke House Signs First-Look Deal With WB, Monsters & Critics, archived from the original on March 2, 2014
3. George Clooney and Smoke House Move From Warner Bros to Sony, MTV Movies Blog, archived from the original on September 19, 2015
4. Clooney and Heslov's Smokehouse Moves to Sony, Screen Daily, June 30, 2009, retrieved July 17, 2024
5. Fleming, Mike Jr. (March 27, 2023). "George Clooney & Grant Heslov's Smokehouse Pictures Coming Home To Warner Bros In Film Deal With Co-Heads Mike De Luca & Pam Abdy". Deadline. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
6. Fleming, Mike Jr. (August 7, 2024). "Apple Original Films Sets Sequel To George Clooney-Brad Pitt Drama Wolfs By Jon Watts As Film Pivots To Limited Theatrical Release Before Apple TV+ Streaming Bow". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.