Regency Enterprises

Regency Enterprises

Regency Enterprises current logo
Type	Production company
Industry	Film and television production
Founded	1982
Founder	Arnon Milchan
Key people	Arnon Milchan Brad Weston
Owner	Independent (since 1982)
Divisions	New Regency Productions (80%) Regency Television
Subsidiaries	BabyFirstTV (30%)
Website	www.newregency.com

Regency Enterprises is an American Los Angeles-based entertainment company formed by Arnon Milchan. It was founded in 1982 as Embassy International Pictures, but the company name changed to avoid confusion with Norman Lear's Embassy Pictures (known from 1975 to 1982 as Avco Embassy Pictures).

New Regency

New Regency Productions is a production company founded in 1991 by Arnon Milchan and a subsidiary of Regency Enterprises.^[1] It is located on the 20th Century Fox lot. New Regency primarily produces movies, and has at least 100 movies to its credit. New Regency produced 2013's 12 Years a Slave and 2014's Birdman, which earned the company back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Picture.

In September 1997, Milchan signed a 15-year distribution pact with 20th Century Fox worldwide in all media outside of foreign TV rights, ending a previous association with Warner Bros. Fox's parent company News Corporation (now 21st Century Fox) funneled $200 million in New Regency, in exchange for a 20% stake in the company.^[2] In 2011, Fox and New Regency extended the pact, to expire in 2022.^[3]

Regency Television

Regency Television is a joint venture between Regency Enterprises and Fox Television Studios founded in 1998. Regency's best-known television shows include The WB sci-fi drama Roswell, and the Fox sitcoms Malcolm in the Middle and The Bernie Mac Show.

On July 17, 2008, Regency Television shut down all production and closed its business after nearly ten years in operation.^[4] On January 17, 2011, New Regency announced a return to the television business after 20th Century Fox extended its distribution business with Regency until 2022.^[3]

Investments

• Regency Television (50%) (a joint venture between Regency Enterprises and Fox Television Studios)
• BabyFirstTV (30%): cable channel in U.S. aimed at 0-3 year olds.
• The Israeli Network (?%): cable channel in U.S.
• Nine Network (?%): commercial television stations in Australia.
• Channel 10 (?%): commercial television station in Israel.

Filmography

1980s

• The King of Comedy (1983)
• Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
• Brazil (1985)
• Legend (1985)
• Stripper (1986)
• Man on Fire (1987)
• Big Man on Campus (1989)
• Family Business (1989)

1990s

• Pretty Woman (1990)
• Q&A (1990)
• JFK (1991)
• The Mambo Kings (1992)
• Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
• The Power of One (1992)
• Turtle Beach (1992)
• Under Siege (1992)
• Sommersby (1993)
• Falling Down (1993)
• Made in America (1993)
• Free Willy (1993)
• That Night (1993)
• George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (1993)
• Heaven & Earth (1993)
• The Client (1994)
• Natural Born Killers (1994)
• The New Age (1994)
• Second Best (1994)
• Cobb (1994)
• Boys on the Side (1995)
• Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
• Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
• Empire Records (1995)
• Copycat (1995)
• Heat (1995)
• A Time to Kill (1996)
• Tin Cup (1996)
• Carpool (1996)
• Bogus (1996)
• North Star (1996)
• Sunchaser (1996)
• Murder at 1600 (1997)
• Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• Breaking Up (1997)
• The Devil's Advocate (1997)
• The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
• Dangerous Beauty (1998)
• City of Angels (1998)
• The Negotiator (1998) (co-production with Mandeville Films)
• Goodbye Lover (1999)
• Simply Irresistible (1999)
• Pushing Tin (1999)
• Entrapment (1999)
• Fight Club (1999)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

2000s

• Big Momma's House (2000)
• Bedazzled (2000)
• Tigerland (2000)
• Black Knight (2001)
• Don't Say a Word (2001) (co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures)
• Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
• Joy Ride (2001)
• Joe Somebody (2001)
• High Crimes (2002)
• Life or Something Like It (2002) (co-production with Davis Entertainment)
• Unfaithful (2002)
• Daredevil (2003) (co-production with Marvel Enterprises)
• Down with Love (2003)
• Runaway Jury (2003)
• Wrong Turn (2003)
• First Daughter (2004) (co-production with Davis Entertainment)
• The Girl Next Door (2004)
• Man on Fire (2004) (co-production with Scott Free Productions)
• Elektra (2005) (co-production with Marvel Enterprises)
• Guess Who (2005) (Distributed by Columbia Pictures)
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)
• Little Manhattan (2005)
• Big Momma's House 2 (2006)
• Date Movie (2006)
• Just My Luck (2006) (co-production with Cheyenne Enterprises and Silvercup Studios)
• The Fountain (2006) (Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures in USA)
• The Sentinel (2006)
• Deck the Halls (2006)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
• Epic Movie (2007)
• Firehouse Dog (2007)
• Jumper (2008)
• Marley & Me (2008)
• Meet Dave (2008)
• Meet the Spartans (2008)
• Mirrors (2008)
• Shutter (2008)
• Street Kings (2008)
• What Happens in Vegas (2008) (co-production with 21 Laps Entertainment)
• Bride Wars (2009)
• Aliens in the Attic (2009)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) (co-production with Indian Paintbrush)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

2010s

• Marmaduke (2010) (co-production with Davis Entertainment)
• Knight and Day (2010)
• Vampires Suck (2010)
• Love and Other Drugs (2010)
• Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011)
• Monte Carlo (2011)
• What's Your Number? (2011)
• In Time (2011)
• The Darkest Hour (2011)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)
• Broken City (2013)
• The Internship (2013) (co-production with 21 Laps Entertainment)
• Runner Runner (2013)
• 12 Years a Slave (2013)
• Noah (2014) (Distributed by Paramount Pictures)
• Joy Ride 3 (2014)
• Gone Girl (2014)
• Birdman (2014)
• Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort (2014)
• Unfinished Business (2015)
• True Story (2015) (co-production with Plan B Entertainment)
• Aloha (2015) (Distributed By Columbia Pictures in USA) (co-production with RatPac Entertainment)^[5]
• The Big Short (2015) (Distributed by Paramount Pictures) (co-production with Plan B Entertainment)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)^[6]
• The Revenant (2015) (co-production with RatPac Entertainment)

Upcoming

• Assassin's Creed (2016)
• A Cure for Wellness (2017)
• Untitled Warren Beatty project (TBD)
• Fraggle Rock (TBA)^[7]
• Watch Dogs (TBA)^[8]
• Splinter Cell (TBA)^[9]
• Santa Is Real (TBA, co-production with Walden Media)^[10]

References

1. Billboard (September 3, 2005), page 85.
2. Eller, Claudia (September 9, 1997). "Milchan Leaving Warner for 20th Century Fox". Los Angeles Times.
3. Finke, Nikki (January 17, 2011). "Fox To Distribute New Regency Thru 2022". Deadline.
4. Andree, Nellie; Nordyke, Kimberly (July 17, 2008). "Regency TV shuts down". The Hollywood Reporter.
5. Fleming Jr, Mike (October 16, 2013). "New Regency, RatPac Step Up To Co-Finance Cameron Crowe's Sony Film". Deadline.
6. Lussier, Germain (June 11, 2013). "Fox Dates 'Frankenstein,' 'Alvin and the Chipmunks 4' and Animated Films Through 2018". /Film. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
7. Fleming Jr, Mike (October 28, 2011). "New Regency Lands 'Fraggle Rock' Feature Rights Auction". Deadline.
8. Kain, Erik (August 20, 2013). "Sony And Ubisoft Team Up On 'Watch Dogs' Feature Film". Forbes.
9. Fleming Jr, Mike (June 10, 2013). "New Regency, Ubisoft Set Producer Basil Iwanyk To Steer 'Splinter Cell'". Deadline.
10. Fleming Jr, Mike (October 9, 2014). "'Santa Is Real' Musical Lands 'Perks Of A Wallflower' Helmer Stephen Chbosky". Deadline.

External links

• Official website
• Regency Enterprises at the Internet Movie Database
• Embassy International Pictures at the Internet Movie Database