Legendary

Will Legendary CEO Thomas Tull Quit Warner's? Tension High Over NYT Piece (Exclusive)

February 1, 2013 By Sharon Waxman 15 weeks ago

Legendary CEO Thomas Tull is mulling ending his relationship with the studio when his deal is up at the end of this year, TheWrap has learned

  

Dan Lin, Roy Lee Counter Sue Legendary over 'Godzilla'

January 17, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 17 weeks ago

Legendary sued the producers as part of its efforts to kick them off the project

  

Legendary Raises $443M from Waddell & Reed

December 18, 2012 By Brent Lang 22 weeks ago

Financing will be used for Legendary's film, publishing and digital businesses

  

Warner Bros. to Convert Guillermo Del Toro's 'Pacific Rim' Into 3D

September 12, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 35 weeks ago

"Pacfic Rim" stars Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba and Rinko Kikuchi

  

Legendary Closes $275M in New Financing

April 4, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Legendary has raised new funding from investors including Breyer Capital, Accel Partners, Peter Thiel and Gordy Crawford

  

Legendary Kills 'Paradise Lost' Production

February 9, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The adaptation of John Milton's poem was to star Bradley Cooper and Benjamin Walker

  

'Hercules' Star Kevin Sorbo Suffered Strokes While Filming

October 3, 2011 By Kimberly Potts 1 year ago

Sorbo says guest stars and script rewrites allowed him to keep his health woes secret while filming on "Hercules" continued

  

Jon Jashni Promoted to President of Legendary Pictures

September 20, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

In addition to holding the newly created title, he'll remain chief creative officer of Thomas Tull's production and financing company

  

Legendary Gets $220M Investor for China Filmmaking Venture

August 21, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Paul Y. Engineering Group will take a 50% stake in the new company to fund two English-language, event-style films per year for global audiences

  

Charlie Day Circling Around 'Pacific Rim'

June 17, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Guillermo del Toro is directing the Legendary Pictures thriller

  

Legendary Pictures Making Jackie Robinson Biopic

June 1, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Brian Helgeland is writing and directing the movie, and has the cooperation of the Robinson family; former Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook is executive producer

  

Report: Legendary Pictures on the Hunt for $900M Credit Line

April 15, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

New financing would run through 2016

  

Accel Partners Buys $40M in Legendary Shares

April 6, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Venture capitalist Jim Breyer has previously invested in Groupon and Facebook

  

'Tudors' Star Henry Cavill Set to Play Superman

January 30, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

British actor picked by Warner and Legendary to take on the dual role of Clark Kent and the Man of Steel in Zack Snyder's upcoming rendering of classic comic icon

  

Thomas Tull Increases Stake in Legendary

October 4, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Partnering with Fidelity and Fortress, company's founder has bought out original investors

  

TCA: A Big Day for Syfy

July 30, 2010 By Hunter Walker 2 years ago

Syfy announced its new development slate, a start date for "Hunting Hollywood, good news for "Fact or Faked" and an episode of "Ghost Hunters" featuring "The Real Housewives of Atlanta"

  

'Hangover' Stars Earn Hefty Raise for WB's Sequel

March 30, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 3 years ago

Director-producer Todd Phillips will receive around $10 million against 10 percent of the film's first dollar gross

  

Legendary, WB Fire Up 'Godzilla' Reboot

March 29, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 3 years ago

The studios are eyeing a 2012 release date, though no director has been attached yet

  

New Deal, Show for 'How I Met Your Mother' Guys

January 24, 2010 By Josef Adalian 3 years ago

Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, a rich new eight-figure deal in hand, finally ready to step up to bat again with a new project

  

Bryan Singer Sticks Sword Into 'Excalibur' Redo

August 21, 2009 By Lew Harris 3 years ago

WB and Legendary have labored for months to pull together the rights.