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Bad Hat Harry Productions
Company typePrivate
IndustryMotion pictures, television
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
FounderBryan Singer
Headquarters
Century City, Los Angeles, California
,
U.S.
ProductsMotion pictures
Websitebryansinger.com


Bad Hat Harry Productions is an American film and television production company founded in 1994 by director Bryan Singer. It has produced such films as The Usual Suspects and the X-Men film series, as well as the television series House. The name is an homage to Steven Spielberg and comes from a line uttered by Roy Scheider in the 1975 feature Jaws: an elderly swimmer in a bathing cap teases police chief Martin Brody about not going in the water; Brody replies, "That's some bad hat, Harry." The original 2004 logo paid animated homage to this scene. The current logo, introduced in 2011, is taken from the police lineup scene of The Usual Suspects.

History

On January 19, 1994, Singer inked an agreement with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment to have the distribution and licensing rights to The Usual Suspects, setting up their own studio.[1]

On August 5, 2004, Bad Hat Harry Productions inked a deal with Warner Bros. Pictures in order to develop motion picture projects, after his original deal at 20th Century Fox got expired.[2] After negotiations for a sequel of Superman Returns failed, Singer went on to direct Valkyrie at MGM and United Artists, with his own company producing the movie.[3][4] After the movie bombed, he tried directing X-Men: First Class, but his job went to Matthew Vaughn instead after Warner set it up from directing Jack the Giant Slayer, a movie co-produced by New Line Cinema and Legendary Pictures.[5][6]

Filmography

Year Film Director Co-produced by Budget Gross (worldwide)
1995 The Usual Suspects Bryan Singer Gramercy Pictures
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Spelling Films International
Blue Parrot Productions 		$6 million $23 million
1998 Apt Pupil TriStar Pictures
Phoenix Pictures 		$14 million $8.9 million
2000 X-Men 20th Century Fox
Marvel Entertainment
The Donners' Company 		$75 million $296 million
2003 X2 $110 million $407 million
2006 Superman Returns Warner Bros.
Legendary Pictures
DC Entertainment
Peters Entertainment 		$204 million $391 million
2008 Valkyrie Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
United Artists
Cruise/Wagner Productions
Babelsberg Studio 		$75 million $200 million
2009 Trick 'r Treat Michael Dougherty Warner Bros.
Legendary Pictures 		$12 million $13.5 million
2011 X-Men: First Class Matthew Vaughn 20th Century Fox
Dune Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment
The Donners’ Company
Ingenious Media 		$140–160 million $353 million
2013 Jack the Giant Slayer Bryan Singer Warner Bros.
New Line Cinema
Legendary Pictures
Original Film
Big Kid Pictures 		$185–200 million $197 million
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past 20th Century Fox
TSG Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment
The Donners’ Company 		$200 million $739 million
2016 X-Men: Apocalypse 20th Century Fox
TSG Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment
The Donners’ Company
Kinberg Genre 		$178 million $543 million
2019 Dark Phoenix Simon Kinberg[7] 20th Century Fox
Marvel Entertainment
TSG Entertainment
The Donners' Company
NOTE: Uncredited due to sexual assault allegations made against Singer 		$200 million $252.4 million

Television

Year(s) active Title Creator(s) Network Co-produced by
2004–2012 House David Shore Fox Shore Z Productions
2012–2013 H+: The Digital Series John Cabrera and Cosimo De Tommaso YouTube Warner Premiere Digital and Dolphin Entertainment
2012 Mockingbird Lane Allan Burns and Chris Hayward NBC Universal Television and Living Dead Guy Productions
2014 Black Box Amy Holden Jones ABC Bold Films and Little Chicken Productions
2017 Legion Noah Hawley FX FX Productions, Marvel Television, The Donners' Company, Kinberg Genre and 26 Keys Productions
2017–2019 The Gifted Matt Nix Fox 20th Century Fox Television, Marvel Television, The Donners' Company, Kinberg Genre and Flying Glass of Milk Productions

Critical reception

Year Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
1995 The Usual Suspects 88%[8] 77[9]
1998 Apt Pupil 53%[10] 51[11]
2000 X-Men 82%[12] 64[13]
2003 X2 86%[14] 68[15]
2006 Superman Returns 75%[16] 72[17]
2008 Valkyrie 61%[18] 56[19]
2009 Trick ‘r Treat 85%[20] — (2 reviews)[21]
2011 X-Men: First Class 86%[22] 65[23]
2013 Jack the Giant Slayer 52%[24] 51[25]
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past 91%[26] 74[27]
2016 X-Men: Apocalypse 48%[28] 52[29]

References

  1. ^ Brodie, John (1994-01-20). "Singer inks 'The Usual' deal". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  2. ^ Brodesser, Claude; Dunkley, Cathy (2004-08-06). "Singer makes Warner move". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  3. ^ Fleming, Michael (2007-03-14). "United Artists grabs Singer thriller". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  4. ^ McClintock, Pamela (2007-03-20). "Superman won't fly". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  5. ^ Fleming, Michael (2009-12-18). "Bryan Singer to direct 'X-Men: First Class'". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  6. ^ Graser, Marc (2010-07-17). "Legendary Pictures dances geek to geek". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  7. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (June 14, 2017). "Fox Formalizes Simon Kinberg To Helm 'X-Men: Dark Phoenix'; Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy Back, Jessica Chastain In Talks". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on June 14, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  8. ^ "The Usual Suspects". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  9. ^ "The Usual Suspects Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  10. ^ "Apt Pupil". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  11. ^ "Apt Pupil Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  12. ^ "X-Men". Rotten Tomatoes (Fandango Media). Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  13. ^ "X-Men (2000): Reviews". Metacritic (CBS). Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  14. ^ "X2: X-Men United". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  15. ^ "X2: X-Men United (2004): Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  16. ^ "Superman Returns". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  17. ^ "Superman Returns". Metacritic. CBS. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  18. ^ "Valkyrie Movie Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. IGN Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved December 14, 2011.
  19. ^ "Valkyrie (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
  20. ^ Trick r' Treat at Rotten Tomatoes
  21. ^ "Trick 'r Treat".
  22. ^ "X-Men: First Class". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  23. ^ "X-Men: First Class". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  24. ^ "Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
  25. ^ "Jack the Giant Slayer". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  26. ^ "X-Men: Days of Future Past". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  27. ^ "X-Men: Days of Future Past". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  28. ^ "X-Men: Apocalypse". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  29. ^ "X-Men: Apocalypse". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
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