Scott Free Productions
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Entertainment |
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| Founders | Ridley Scott Tony Scott |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom Los Angeles, United States |
Key people | Kevin J. Walsh (President) Mike Pruss (Senior VP) Jack Arbuthnott (Head of Film) Kate Crowe (Head of Television) Carlo Dusi (Head of Business) |
| Products | Motion pictures, television programs |
| Parent | RSA Films |
| Website | www.scottfree.com |
Scott Free Productions is a British-American independent film and television production company founded in 1970 by filmmakers and brothers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott. They formed the feature film development company Percy Main Productions in 1980,[1] naming the company after the English village Percy Main, where their father grew up.[2] The company was renamed to Scott Free Productions in 1995.[2] Scott Free has produced films ranging from the 2000 Hollywood blockbuster Gladiator (2000) to "smaller pictures" like Cracks (2009).[2] Between productions of White Squall (1996) and G.I. Jane (1997), Ridley Scott reorganised the company.[3]
Scott Free Productions has offices in London and Los Angeles. It works with Ridley Scott's larger company RSA Films by assisting directors in film and television.[4]
History
In 1992, Percy Main Productions signed a production deal with Paramount Pictures to produce its feature films.[5]
In 1993, two separate production companies Tony Scott Productions and Percy Main Productions was merged into a single roof and it signed an agreement with 20th Century Fox, and Italy's RCS Video, with UK's Majestic Films International to distribute its films and made its new banner Scott Free Productions.[6]
In 1995, the Scotts moved to Disney, and Largo Entertainment took over international distribution of its product.[7] In 1996, the Scotts signed a secondary agreement with Intermedia to finance some of its films.[8]
In November 1997, the Scotts moved full-time to PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, where they produced feature films for the studio, terminating its contracts with Disney and Intermedia.[9]
In 1999, Scott Free Productions entered a two-year production deal with The Walt Disney Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, after its original deal with Universal, which was inherited from PolyGram Filmed Entertainment ended.[10] There, the company produced Black Hawk Down for Bruckheimer.
In 2001, Scott Free was moved to 20th Century Fox, and Fox produced its feature films, after its previous agreement with producer Jerry Bruckheimer ended.[11]
In 2002, Scott Free signed a television contract with CBS to produce its television shows, airing on the network.[12]
In 2005, Numbers became Scott Free's first hit series for television.[13] The strategy repeated in 2009 when Scott Free produced its second hit series The Good Wife.[14]
In 2012, Tony Scott, who was one of the co-founders of the company in 1993, died.[15]
Filmography
Film
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Television
| Year | Title | Format | Notes |
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| 1997–2000 | The Hunger | TV series | 48 episodes |
| 2005–2010 | Numbers | TV series | 118 episodes |
| 2007 | The Company | TV mini-series | 6 episodes |
| 2008 | The Andromeda Strain | TV mini-series | 4 episodes |
| 2009–2016 | The Good Wife | TV series | 156 episodes |
| 2010 | The Pillars of the Earth | TV mini-series | 8 episodes |
| 2012 | Coma | TV mini-series | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | World Without End | TV mini-series | 8 episodes |
| 2012 | Labyrinth | TV mini-series | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Klondike | TV mini-series | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Halo: Nightfall[20] | TV mini-series | 5 episodes (co-produced with 343 Industries) |
| 2015–2019 | The Man in the High Castle | TV series | 20 episodes |
| 2016–2017 | Mercy Street | TV series | 12 episodes |
| 2016 | BrainDead | TV series | 13 episodes |
| 2017–present | Taboo | TV series | 8 episodes |
| 2017–present | The Good Fight | TV series | 10 episodes |
| 2017 | Jean-Claude Van Johnson | TV series | 6 episodes |
| 2018–present | The Terror | TV series | 10 episodes |
| 2018 | Strange Angel | TV series | 10 episodes |
| 2019 | The Passage | TV series | 10 episodes |
| 2019 | A Christmas Carol | Miniseries | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | Raised by Wolves | TV series |
Animation
| Year | Title | Directed by | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Especial | Mic Graves | CG-feature animation film | Scott Free Vision |
References
- ^ Knapp, Laurence F.; Kulas, Andrea F. (2005). Ridley Scott: Interviews. University Press of Mississippi. p. xviii. ISBN 978-1-57806-726-8.
- ^ a b c Galloway, Stephen (16 May 2012). "Did You Know Ridley Scott's Empire Contains 'The Good Wife'?". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Parrill, William B. (2011). Ridley Scott: A Critical Filmography. McFarland. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-7864-5866-0.
- ^ "Scott Free". rsafilms.com. RSA Films. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ Berman, Marc (1 July 1992). "Par, Scott in 1st-look feature deal". Variety.
- ^ O'Steen, Kathleen (6 December 1993). "Scott brothers finalize financing, distrib deal". Variety. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "IN HUNT FOR BIG GAME, SOME INDIES THRIVING". Variety. 25 September 1995. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Weiner, Rex; Hindes, Andrew (10 January 1997). "Indies' lesson in '96: more may mean less". Variety. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Studio Report Card: PolyGram/Gramercy". Variety. 12 January 1998. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Lyons, Charles (12 October 1999). "Scott brothers back to Disney, via Bruckheimer". Variety. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Swanson, Tim (21 September 2001). "Scotts cast lot with Fox". Variety. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Adalian, Josef (6 November 2002). "Bigscreen duo turns to TV". Variety. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Breaking News - These 'Numb3rs' Are Multiplying | TheFutonCritic.com". www.thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Ratings - CBS Wins Premiere Week in Viewers and Adults 25-54 | TheFutonCritic.com". www.thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Chelsea J. Carter and JD Cargill. "Official: Director Tony Scott left notes in car, office before his apparent suicide". CNN. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "The Great Escape (1971)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "OWEN WINGRAVE (1976)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "L' AUTEUR DE BELTRAFFIO (1976)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "1492 Conquest of Paradise (1992)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "Halo: Nightfall trailer shows a guardian of the galaxy in action". joystiq.com.
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