Genre_Films

Genre Films

American film production company

Not to be confused with Film genre.

Genre Films, usually credited as Kinberg Genre, is a production company founded by screenwriter-producer-director Simon Kinberg.

Quick Facts Industry, Founded ...

Genre Films
Industry	Film production
Founded	2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Founder	Simon Kinberg
Headquarters	United States
Key people	Simon Kinberg Aditya Sood

History

Genre Films in April 2010 signed a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox,^[1] which gave Fox "direct access" to ideas by Kinberg.^[2]

Aditya Sood became president of production, and Josh Feldman became director of development.

In December 2013, Genre Films renewed its deal with Fox for three additional years.^[3]

In 2016, the studio made its first leap onto television when ABC picked up Designated Survivor to series.^[4]

In July 2019, it was announced that Kinberg and his Genre Films would be leaving Fox after 20 years.^[5]

Filmography

Film

2010s

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Year	Title	Director	Distributor	Notes	Budget	Gross
2011	X-Men: First Class	Matthew Vaughn	20th Century Fox	uncredited; co-production with Marvel Entertainment, The Donners' Company, Bad Hat Harry Productions, Dune Entertainment and Ingenious Film Partners	$140–160 million	$353.6 million
2012	This Means War	McG		uncredited; co-production with Overbrook Entertainment and Robert Simonds Company	$65 million	$156.5 million
2012	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter	Timur Bekmambetov		uncredited; co-production with Bazelevs Company, Dune Entertainment and Tim Burton Productions	$99.5 million	$116.4 million
2013	Elysium	Neill Blomkamp	Sony Pictures Releasing	co-production with TriStar Pictures, Media Rights Capital, QED International and Alphacore	$115 million	$286.1 million
2014	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Bryan Singer	20th Century Fox	co-production with TSG Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment, Bad Hat Harry Productions and The Donners' Company	$200–220 million	$747.9 million
2014	Let's Be Cops	Luke Greenfield	20th Century Fox	co-production with TSG Entertainment	$17 million	$138.2 million
2015	Cinderella	Kenneth Branagh	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	co-production with Walt Disney Pictures, Allison Shearmur Productions and Beagle Pug Films	$95–100 million	$542.4 million
	Chappie	Neill Blomkamp	Sony Pictures Releasing	co-production with Columbia Pictures, MRC and LStar Capital	$49 million	$102.1 million
	Fantastic Four	Josh Trank	20th Century Fox	co-production with Marvel Entertainment, Constantin Film, Marv Films, Robert Kulzer Productions, Hutch Parker Entertainment and TSG Entertainment	$120–155 million	$167.9 million
	The Martian	Ridley Scott		co-production with Scott Free Productions and TSG Entertainment	$108 million	$630.2 million
2016	Deadpool	Tim Miller		co-production with Marvel Entertainment, The Donners' Company and TSG Entertainment	$58 million	$782.6 million
2016	X-Men: Apocalypse	Bryan Singer		co-production with Marvel Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Bad Hat Harry Productions, Hutch Parker Entertainment and The Donners' Company	$178 million	$543.9 million
2017	Logan	James Mangold		co-production with TSG Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment, Hutch Parker Entertainment and The Donners' Company	$97–127 million	$619 million
2017	Murder on the Orient Express	Kenneth Branagh		co-production with The Mark Gordon Company and Scott Free Productions	$55 million	$352.8 million
2018	Deadpool 2	David Leitch		co-production with TSG Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment, The Donners' Company and Maximum Effort	$110 million	$785.8 million
2019	Dark Phoenix	Simon Kinberg		co-production with Marvel Entertainment, The Donners' Company, TSG Entertainment and Hutch Parker Entertainment	$200 million	$252.4 million

2020s

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Year	Title	Director	Distributor	Notes	Budget	Gross
2020	The New Mutants	Josh Boone	20th Century Studios	co-production with Marvel Entertainment, Sunswept Entertainment and TSG Entertainment	$67-80 million	$49.1 million
2022	The 355	Simon Kinberg	Universal Pictures	co-production with Freckle Films and FilmNation Entertainment	$40–75 million	$27.9 million
2022	Death on the Nile	Kenneth Branagh	20th Century Studios	co-production with Scott Free Productions and The Mark Gordon Company	$90 million	$137.3 million
2023	A Haunting in Venice	Kenneth Branagh	20th Century Studios	co-production with The Mark Gordon Company and Scott Free Productions	$60 million	$122.3 million
2024	Lift	F. Gary Gray	Netflix	co-production with Hartbeat Productions and 6th & Idaho Productions	$100 million	—

Upcoming

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Release Date	Title	Director	Distributor	Notes
TBA	Avengelyne	Olivia Wilde	TBA	co-production with LuckyChap Entertainment^[6]
TBA	I Am Not Alone	Misha Green	Netflix	co-production with Bread & Circuses Entertainment & Freckle Pictures^[7]
TBA	Red Shirt	David Leitch	Prime Video	co-production with 87North & Free Association^[8]
TBA	The Running Man	Edgar Wright	Paramount Pictures	co-production with Complete Fiction^[9]^[10]
TBA	Untitled international heist film	Shawn Levy	Netflix	co-production with Maximum Effort^[11]

Television

2010s

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Years	Title	Creators	Network	Notes	Seasons	Episodes
2016–2019	Designated Survivor	David Guggenheim	ABC (seasons 1-2) Netflix (season 3)	co-production with The Mark Gordon Company (seasons 1-2), Entertainment One, ABC Studios (seasons 1-2) and Baer Bones (season 3)	3	53
2017–2019	Legion	Noah Hawley based on Legion by: Chris Claremont Bill Sienkiewicz	FX	co-production with 26 Keys Productions, The Donners' Company, Bad Hat Harry Productions (season 1), Marvel Television and FX Productions	3	27
2017–2019	The Gifted	Matt Nix based on X-Men by: Stan Lee Jack Kirby	Fox	co-production with Flying Glass of Milk Productions, The Donners' Company, Bad Hat Harry Productions, Marvel Television and 20th Century Fox Television	2	29
2019–2020	The Twilight Zone	based on The Twilight Zone created by: Rod Serling developed by: Simon Kinberg Jordan Peele Marco Ramirez	CBS All Access	co-production with Monkeypaw Productions and CBS Television Studios	1	10
2024	Sugar	Mark Protosevich	Apple TV+	co-production with Apple Studios, Protokino and Chapel Place Productions	1	8

References

[1]
Fleming, Mike (April 14, 2010). "Simon Kinberg Signs First Look Fox Deal". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
[2]
McClintock, Pamela (April 15, 2010). "Fox high on hyphenate Kinberg". Variety. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
[3]
Kit, Borys (December 5, 2013). "'X-Men' Writer-Producer Simon Kinberg Re-Ups at Fox". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
[4]
Andreeva, Nellie (2016-05-06). "Kiefer Sutherland ABC Drama 'Designated Survivor' Gets Formal Series Pickup, First Trailer; Eyes Jon Feldman As Showrunner". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
[5]
"Underway On '355' At Uni With 'The War Of The Worlds' Series For Apple, Simon Kinberg Ends Long Fox Run". Deadline Hollywood. 2019-07-09.
[6]
Fleming Jr., Mike (April 4, 2024). "LuckyChap Teaming With Olivia Wilde On 'Deadpool' Rob Liefeld's 'Avengelyne'? Get Your Checkbooks Ready: The Dish". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
[7]
Fleming Jr., Mike (March 10, 2023). "Netflix Wins Record Short Story Auction 'I Am Not Alone', Star Vehicle For Jessica Chastain; Misha Green To Write & Direct Grounded Sci-Fi Terror Tale". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
[8]
Fleming Jr., Mike (November 28, 2022). "Amazon Studios Lands Hot Package 'Red Shirt' From Channing Tatum, David Leitch and Simon Kinberg". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
[9]
Fleming Jr., Mike (February 19, 2021). "Edgar Wright To Direct Stephen King's 'The Running Man' At Paramount Pictures; Simon Kinberg's Genre Films Producing". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
[10]
Lang, Brent (April 11, 2024). "Glen Powell to Star in Edgar Wright's Stephen King Movie 'The Running Man' for Paramount". Variety. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
[11]
Fleming Jr., Mike (December 14, 2023). "'Deadpool 3's Shawn Levy Boards Ryan Reynolds Heist Comedy As Director & Producer At Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 12, 2024.

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