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{{Infobox company
| name = ImageMovers
| logo = ImageMovers logo.jpg
| logo_size = 245px
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1997}}
| founders = [[Robert Zemeckis]]<br>[[Jack Rapke]]<br>[[Steve Starkey]]
| location = [[Novato, California]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| key_people = Robert Zemeckis, [[Doug Chiang]], Steve Starkey, Jack Rapke
| owner = Independent
| industry = [[Film|Motion pictures]], [[performance capture]] & [[Computer animation|CGI animation]]
| products = Motion pictures
}}
'''ImageMovers''' is an American independent film studio run by director [[Robert Zemeckis]]. Founded in 1997, the studio is known for producing such films as ''[[Cast Away]]'', ''[[What Lies Beneath]]'', and ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]''. From 2007 to 2011, [[The Walt Disney Company]] and ImageMovers ran a joint animation facility, '''ImageMovers Digital''', which produced two [[performance capture]]d animated films, ''[[A Christmas Carol (2009 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' and ''[[Mars Needs Moms]]'', for [[Walt Disney Pictures]].

==History==

===Beginnings===
In 1997, by producer-writer-director [[Robert Zemeckis]], along with partners [[Jack Rapke]] and [[Steve Starkey]] formed the production company ImageMovers. Among ImageMovers' productions were ''[[What Lies Beneath]]'' (with [[Harrison Ford]] and [[Michelle Pfeiffer]]), ''[[Cast Away]]'' (with [[Tom Hanks]]), ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]'' (also with [[Tom Hanks]]), and ''[[Beowulf (2007 film)|Beowulf]]'' (with [[Ray Winstone]], [[Anthony Hopkins]], [[John Malkovich]], [[Robin Wright (actress)|Robin Wright Penn]] and [[Angelina Jolie]]).

===Disney and ImageMovers Digital===
[[Image:ImageMovers Digital logo.svg|thumb|245px|ImageMovers Digital logo]]
In 2007, [[The Walt Disney Company]] and ImageMovers set up a [[joint venture]] animation facility, ImageMovers Digital, a Marin County-based film company, where Zemeckis would produce and direct 3D animated films using performance capture technology.<ref>{{cite news | author=Reuters | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0545679120070206 | title=Disney, "Polar Express" director in animation deal | publisher=[[Reuters]] | date=February 5, 2007 | accessdate=November 21, 2010}}</ref>

On November 6, 2009, ImageMovers Digital released ''[[A Christmas Carol (2009 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'', a performance capture film starring [[Jim Carrey]], [[Gary Oldman]], [[Colin Firth]], and [[Cary Elwes]], each in multiple roles. On March 12, 2010, Disney and ImageMovers announced that ImageMovers Digital would close operations by January 2011, after the production was completed on ''[[Mars Needs Moms]]''. Resulting in a lay-off of approximately 450 employees.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/13/business/la-fi-ct-disney13-2010mar13|title=Disney to shut ImageMovers Digital studio|last=Eller|first=Claudia|date=2010-03-13|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-12-11|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> Walt Disney Studios president Alan Bergman said, "...given today's economic realities, we need to find alternative ways to bring creative content to audiences and IMD no longer fits into our business model."<ref name="deadline">{{cite news | first=Nikki | last=Finke | url=http://www.deadline.com/2010/03/disney-closing-zemeckis-digital-studio-in-2011/ | title=Disney Closing Zemeckis' Digital Studio | website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] | date=March 12, 2010 | accessdate=November 21, 2010}}</ref>

The company had previously been reported to have ''Calling All Robots'',<ref>{{cite news | last=Graser | first=Marc | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117982959 | title=Michael Dougherty calls 'All Robots' | publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| date=March 26, 2008 | accessdate=July 5, 2011}}</ref> a [[Yellow Submarine (film)#Cancelled remake|''Yellow Submarine'' remake]],<ref>{{cite news | author=The Walt Disney Studios | url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=265621 | title=The Walt Disney Studios, The Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd., and Oscar(R)-Winning Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis Dive Into New Magical 3D Adaptation of the 1968 Classic Yellow Submarine | publisher=[[PR Newswire]] | date=September 11, 2009 | accessdate=November 21, 2010}}</ref> a [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit#Proposed sequel|''Roger Rabbit'' sequel]]<ref>{{cite web | first=Eric | last=Ditzian | url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/11/03/exclusive-robert-zemeckis-indicates-hell-use-performance-capture-and-3-d-in-roger-rabbit-sequel/ | title=EXCLUSIVE: Robert Zemeckis Indicates He'll Use Performance-Capture And 3-D In 'Roger Rabbit' Sequel | publisher=[[MTV]] | date=November 3, 2009 | accessdate=November 21, 2010 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103072903/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/11/03/exclusive-robert-zemeckis-indicates-hell-use-performance-capture-and-3-d-in-roger-rabbit-sequel/ | archivedate=November 3, 2010 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> and ''[[The Nutcracker and the Mouse King|The Nutcracker]]''<ref>{{cite news | first=Dustin | last=Rowles | url=http://www.pajiba.com/trade_news/robert-zemeckis-to-direct-the-nutcracker.php | title=Robert Zemeckis to Uglimate The Nutcracker | publisher=Pajiba.com | date=November 11, 2009 | accessdate=November 21, 2010}}</ref> in development. Disney dropped all of these projects following the box-office failure of ''Mars Needs Moms''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kit|first=Borys|title=Disney torpedoes Zemeckis' "Yellow Submarine"|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/15/us-yellowsubmarine-idUSTRE72E0ED20110315|accessdate=December 12, 2011|newspaper=Reuters|date=March 14, 2011}}</ref>

===Universal===
In August 2011, it was announced that ImageMovers has entered a two-year first-look producing deal with [[Universal Studios]].<ref name=deadline2>{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike|title=Universal Makes Two-Year Deal With Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers|url=http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/universal-makes-two-year-deal-with-robert-zemeckis-imagemovers/|accessdate=December 12, 2011|newspaper=Deadline|date=August 2, 2011}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===ImageMovers===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! width=50px | Year
! width=270px | Film
! width=205px | Co-production/distributor
! width=110px | Budget
! width=110px | Gross
|-
|rowspan="2"|2000
| ''[[What Lies Beneath]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[DreamWorks]]<br />[[20th Century Fox]]
|align=right | $100 million
|align=right | $291.4 million
|-
| ''[[Cast Away]]''
|align=right | $90 million
|align=right | $429.6 million
|-
|2003
| ''[[Matchstick Men]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Warner Bros.]]
|align=right | $62 million
|align=right | $65.6 million
|-
|2004
| ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]''
|align=right | $165 million
|align=right | $307.5 million
|-
|2005
| ''[[The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio]]''
|DreamWorks
|align=right | $12 million
|align=right | $0.7 million
|-
|rowspan="2"|2006
| ''[[Last Holiday (2006 film)|Last Holiday]]''
|[[Paramount Pictures]]
|align=right | $45 million
|align=right | $43.3 million
|-
| ''[[Monster House (film)|Monster House]]''
|[[Columbia Pictures]]<br />[[Amblin Entertainment]]
|align=right | $75 million
|align=right | $140.2 million
|-
|2007
| ''[[Beowulf (2007 film)|Beowulf]]''
|Paramount Pictures (USA)<br />Warner Bros. (non-USA)
|align=right | $150 million
|align=right | $196.4 million
|-
|2012
|''[[Flight (2012 film)|Flight]]''
|[[Paramount Pictures]]<br />Parkes/MacDonald
|align=right | $31 million
|align=right | $161.8 million
|-
|2015
|''[[The Walk (2015 film)|The Walk]]''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cieply|first1=Micahel|title=Tom Rothman’s High-Wire Act at Sony Pictures|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/18/business/media/tom-rothmans-high-wire-act-at-sony-pictures.html?_r=0|accessdate=September 17, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=May 17, 2015}}</ref>
| [[TriStar Productions]]<br />[[TriStar Pictures]]
|align=right | $35 million
|align=right | $61.2 million
|-
|2016
| ''[[Allied (film)|Allied]]''
|[[Paramount Pictures]]<br />[[GK Films]]
|align=right | $85 million
|align=right | $80.5 million
|-
|2018
| ''[[Welcome to Marwen]]''
|[[Universal Pictures]]<ref name=insight>{{cite web|url=https://www.varietyinsight.com/print_featurefilm_releases.php|title=Film releases|work=[[Variety Insight]]|accessdate=2017-11-02}}</ref>
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2019
| ''[[Chaos Walking (film)|Chaos Walking]]''
| [[Lionsgate]]
|align=right | $125 million
|
|-
| ''Destiny Of States''
| [[TriStar Productions]]<br />[[TriStar Pictures]]<br />[[Media Rights Capital]]
|align=right |
|
|-
| 2020
| ''Bios''
| [[Universal Pictures]]
|align=right |
|
|-
| TBA
| ''Steel Soldiers''<ref>{{cite news|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=Robert Zemeckis, STX, Alibaba Partner on Sci-Fi Film ‘Steel Soldiers’|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/robert-zemeckis-stx-alibaba-steel-soldiers-1202688960/|accessdate=April 2, 2018|work=Variety|date=February 6, 2018}}</ref>
| [[STX Entertainment]]
|
|
|}

===ImageMovers Digital===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! width=50px | Year
! width=270px | Film
! width=205px | Co-production/distributor
! width=110px | Budget
! width=110px | Gross
|-
|2009
| ''[[A Christmas Carol (2009 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Walt Disney Pictures]]
|align=right | $175–200 million
|align=right | $325.3 million
|-
|2011
| ''[[Mars Needs Moms]]''
|align=right | $150 million
|align=right | $39 million
|}

== See also ==
*[[Uncanny valley]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{refbegin}}
* {{imdb company|id=0038131|company=ImageMovers}}
* {{imdb company|id=0291775|company=ImageMovers Digital}}
{{refend}}


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Revision as of 23:31, 9 July 2018

ImageMovers
IndustryMotion pictures, performance capture & CGI animation
Founded1997; 27 years ago (1997)
FoundersRobert Zemeckis
Jack Rapke
Steve Starkey
HeadquartersNovato, California, U.S.
Key people
Robert Zemeckis, Doug Chiang, Steve Starkey, Jack Rapke
ProductsMotion pictures
OwnerIndependent

ImageMovers is an American independent film studio run by director Robert Zemeckis. Founded in 1997, the studio is known for producing such films as Cast Away, What Lies Beneath, and The Polar Express. From 2007 to 2011, The Walt Disney Company and ImageMovers ran a joint animation facility, ImageMovers Digital, which produced two performance captured animated films, A Christmas Carol and Mars Needs Moms, for Walt Disney Pictures.

History

Beginnings

In 1997, by producer-writer-director Robert Zemeckis, along with partners Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey formed the production company ImageMovers. Among ImageMovers' productions were What Lies Beneath (with Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer), Cast Away (with Tom Hanks), The Polar Express (also with Tom Hanks), and Beowulf (with Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn and Angelina Jolie).

Disney and ImageMovers Digital

ImageMovers Digital logo

In 2007, The Walt Disney Company and ImageMovers set up a joint venture animation facility, ImageMovers Digital, a Marin County-based film company, where Zemeckis would produce and direct 3D animated films using performance capture technology.[1]

On November 6, 2009, ImageMovers Digital released A Christmas Carol, a performance capture film starring Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, and Cary Elwes, each in multiple roles. On March 12, 2010, Disney and ImageMovers announced that ImageMovers Digital would close operations by January 2011, after the production was completed on Mars Needs Moms. Resulting in a lay-off of approximately 450 employees.[2] Walt Disney Studios president Alan Bergman said, "...given today's economic realities, we need to find alternative ways to bring creative content to audiences and IMD no longer fits into our business model."[3]

The company had previously been reported to have Calling All Robots,[4] a Yellow Submarine remake,[5] a Roger Rabbit sequel[6] and The Nutcracker[7] in development. Disney dropped all of these projects following the box-office failure of Mars Needs Moms.[8]

Universal

In August 2011, it was announced that ImageMovers has entered a two-year first-look producing deal with Universal Studios.[9]

Filmography

ImageMovers

Year Film Co-production/distributor Budget Gross
2000 What Lies Beneath DreamWorks
20th Century Fox 		$100 million $291.4 million
Cast Away $90 million $429.6 million
2003 Matchstick Men Warner Bros. $62 million $65.6 million
2004 The Polar Express $165 million $307.5 million
2005 The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio DreamWorks $12 million $0.7 million
2006 Last Holiday Paramount Pictures $45 million $43.3 million
Monster House Columbia Pictures
Amblin Entertainment 		$75 million $140.2 million
2007 Beowulf Paramount Pictures (USA)
Warner Bros. (non-USA) 		$150 million $196.4 million
2012 Flight Paramount Pictures
Parkes/MacDonald 		$31 million $161.8 million
2015 The Walk[10] TriStar Productions
TriStar Pictures 		$35 million $61.2 million
2016 Allied Paramount Pictures
GK Films 		$85 million $80.5 million
2018 Welcome to Marwen Universal Pictures[11]
2019 Chaos Walking Lionsgate $125 million
Destiny Of States TriStar Productions
TriStar Pictures
Media Rights Capital
2020 Bios Universal Pictures
TBA Steel Soldiers[12] STX Entertainment

ImageMovers Digital

Year Film Co-production/distributor Budget Gross
2009 A Christmas Carol Walt Disney Pictures $175–200 million $325.3 million
2011 Mars Needs Moms $150 million $39 million

See also

References

  1. ^ Reuters (February 5, 2007). "Disney, "Polar Express" director in animation deal". Reuters. Retrieved November 21, 2010. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Eller, Claudia (March 13, 2010). "Disney to shut ImageMovers Digital studio". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  3. ^ Finke, Nikki (March 12, 2010). "Disney Closing Zemeckis' Digital Studio". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  4. ^ Graser, Marc (March 26, 2008). "Michael Dougherty calls 'All Robots'". Variety. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  5. ^ The Walt Disney Studios (September 11, 2009). "The Walt Disney Studios, The Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd., and Oscar(R)-Winning Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis Dive Into New Magical 3D Adaptation of the 1968 Classic Yellow Submarine". PR Newswire. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  6. ^ Ditzian, Eric (November 3, 2009). "EXCLUSIVE: Robert Zemeckis Indicates He'll Use Performance-Capture And 3-D In 'Roger Rabbit' Sequel". MTV. Archived from the original on November 3, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Rowles, Dustin (November 11, 2009). "Robert Zemeckis to Uglimate The Nutcracker". Pajiba.com. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  8. ^ Kit, Borys (March 14, 2011). "Disney torpedoes Zemeckis' "Yellow Submarine"". Reuters. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  9. ^ Fleming, Mike (August 2, 2011). "Universal Makes Two-Year Deal With Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers". Deadline. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  10. ^ Cieply, Micahel (May 17, 2015). "Tom Rothman's High-Wire Act at Sony Pictures". The New York Times. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  11. ^ "Film releases". Variety Insight. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  12. ^ McNary, Dave (February 6, 2018). "Robert Zemeckis, STX, Alibaba Partner on Sci-Fi Film 'Steel Soldiers'". Variety. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
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