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| {{Infobox company | | {{Infobox company |
| | name = Working Title Films Limited | | | name = Working Title Films Limited |
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| | logo_caption = Logo used since 2008 | | | logo_caption = Logo used since December 2008 |
| | former_name = {{Ubl | | | former_name = {{Ubl |
| | Visionensure Limited (October 1992 – December 1992) | | | Visionensure Limited (October 1992 – December 1992) |
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| ==Company history== | | ==Company history== |
| Bevan and Radclyffe were partners in pop music promotional company, Aldabra, and set up Working Title Films in [[London]] in 1983 where they were commissioned by newly created UK broadcaster, [[Channel Four Television Corporation|Channel 4]], to make a television film, ''[[My Beautiful Laundrette]]'' (1985), directed by [[Stephen Frears]]. ''My Beautiful Launderette'' was a success at the [[Edinburgh Film Festival]] and received a theatrical release, where it was successful internationally. Accountant Graham Bradstreet joined as a third partner in 1986.<ref name=mile>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=14 December 1998|page=106|title=WT milestones}}</ref> | | Bevan and Radclyffe were partners in pop music promotional company, Aldabra, and set up Working Title Films in [[London]] in 1983 where they were commissioned by newly created UK broadcaster, [[Channel Four Television Corporation|Channel 4]], to make a television film, ''[[My Beautiful Laundrette]]'' (1985), directed by [[Stephen Frears]]. ''My Beautiful Laundrette'' was a success at the [[Edinburgh Film Festival]] and received a theatrical release, where it was successful internationally. Accountant Graham Bradstreet joined as a third partner in 1986.<ref name=mile>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=14 December 1998|page=106|title=WT milestones}}</ref> |
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| ''[[A World Apart (1988 film)|A World Apart]]'' was entered in competition at the [[1988 Cannes Film Festival]] and won the [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Special Grand Prize of the Jury]]. ''[[The Tall Guy]]'' (1988) saw the feature film debut of screenwriter [[Richard Curtis]] and director [[Mel Smith]].<ref name=mile/> | | ''[[A World Apart (1988 film)|A World Apart]]'' was entered in competition at the [[1988 Cannes Film Festival]] and won the [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Special Grand Prize of the Jury]]. ''[[The Tall Guy]]'' (1988) saw the feature film debut of screenwriter [[Richard Curtis]] and director [[Mel Smith]].<ref name=mile/> |
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| WTTV has offices in London and Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=31 July 2018|date=17 October 2014|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/bbc-america-london-spy-miniseries-ben-whishaw-jim-broadbent-1201332632/|title=BBC America Co-Producing 'London Spy' Miniseries with Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent|author=Prudom, Laura|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/exec/liza-chasin/|title=Liza Chasin|work=Variety|date=22 September 2013|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> | | WTTV has offices in London and Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=31 July 2018|date=17 October 2014|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/bbc-america-london-spy-miniseries-ben-whishaw-jim-broadbent-1201332632/|title=BBC America Co-Producing 'London Spy' Miniseries with Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent|author=Prudom, Laura|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/exec/liza-chasin/|title=Liza Chasin|work=Variety|date=22 September 2013|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> |
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| ===TV productions===
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| | ''[[The Borrowers (1992 TV series)|The Borrowers]]'' || 1992 || || [[BBC Two]] ||
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| | ''[[Tales of the City (1993 miniseries)|Tales of the City]]'' || 1993 || [[Propaganda Films]] || [[Channel Four]] ||
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| | ''[[The Baldy Man]]'' || 1994–1999 || [[ITV Central|Central Independent Television]] || [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] ||
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| | ''[[Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series)|Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)]]'' || 2000–2002 || || [[BBC One]] ||
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| | ''[[The Tudors]]'' || 2007–2011 || [[Endemol Shine North America|Reveville Erie]]<br />Octagon Entertainment<br />[[Peace Arch Entertainment]]<br />[[Showtime Networks]] || [[BBC Two]]<br />[[CBC Television]]<br />[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]<br />[[TV3 (Ireland)|TV3]] ||
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| | ''[[Love Bites (TV series)|Love Bites]]'' || 2011 || Loud Blouse Productions<br />[[Universal Television]] || [[NBC]] ||
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| | ''[[Yonderland]]'' || 2013–2016 || || [[Sky One|Sky 1]] ||
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| | ''[[About a Boy (TV series)|About a Boy]]'' || 2014–2015 || [[Jason Katims|True Jack Productions]]<br />[[TriBeCa Productions]]<br />[[Universal Television]] || [[NBC]] ||
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| | ''[[You, Me and the Apocalypse]]'' || rowspan="2" | 2015 || [[BigBalls Films]]<br />[[British Sky Broadcasting]]<br />[[NBCUniversal International Studios]] || [[Sky One|Sky 1]]<br />[[NBC]] ||
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| | ''[[London Spy]]'' || NBCUniversal International Studios<br />[[BBC America]] || [[BBC Two]] ||
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| | ''[[Gypsy (TV series)|Gypsy]]'' || 2017 || Rhythm Arts Entertainment<br />Pen and Paper Industries<br />Universal Television || [[Netflix]] ||
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| | ''[[Hanna (TV series)|Hanna]]'' || 2019–2021 || [[Amazon Studios]]<br />Tomorrow Studios<br />[[Focus Features]]<br />[[NBCUniversal International Studios]] || [[Amazon Prime Video]] ||
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| | ''[[The Case Against Adnan Syed]]'' || 2019 || Instinct Productions<br />Disarming Films<br />HBO Documentary Films<br />NBCUniversal International Studios || [[HBO]] ||
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| | ''[[Tales of the City (2019 miniseries)|Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City]]'' || 2019 || Sweatpants Productions<br />Universal Television<br />NBCUniversal International Studios || Netflix ||
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| | ''[[The Luminaries (miniseries)|The Luminaries]]'' || 2020 || Southern Light Films<br />TVNZ<br />[[Fremantle (company)|Fremantle]]<br />Silver Reel || [[TVNZ]]<br />BBC One ||
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| | ''[[We Are Lady Parts]]'' || 2021–present || || Channel 4 ||
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| | ''[[Everything I Know About Love (TV series)|Everything I Know About Love]]'' || 2022 || Universal International Studios || [[BBC One]] ||
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| | ''[[Too Much (TV series)|Too Much]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/lena-dunham-co-creates-netflix-series-too-much-1234934195/|website=Indie Wire|accessdate=15 April 2025|title= Lena Dunham Co-Creates Netflix Series 'Too Much' Starring Will Sharpe and Megan Stalter|first=Samantha|last=Bergeson|date=11 December 2023}}</ref> || TBA || Universal International Studios<br>[[Good Thing Going Productions|Good Thing Going]] || Netflix ||
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| ==1991 ITV franchise bid== | | ==1991 ITV franchise bid== |
| In 1991, Working Title was involved in a bid for the London Weekend ITV licence. Working Title, Mentorn, Palace and PolyGram wanted to take over from [[London Weekend Television]] and broadcast to London under the name London Independent Broadcasting. In the event LWT retained its licence; London Independent Broadcasting's proposals were deemed by the [[Independent Television Commission]], which was overseeing the bid process, to fail the quality threshold.<ref>Davidson, Andrew, Under the Hammer: The ITV Franchise Battle, William Heinemann Ltd., p. 297.</ref> | | In 1991, Working Title was involved in a bid for the London Weekend ITV licence. Working Title, Mentorn, Palace and PolyGram wanted to take over from [[London Weekend Television]] and broadcast to London under the name London Independent Broadcasting. In the event LWT retained its licence; London Independent Broadcasting's proposals were deemed by the [[Independent Television Commission]], which was overseeing the bid process, to fail the quality threshold.<ref>Davidson, Andrew, Under the Hammer: The ITV Franchise Battle, William Heinemann Ltd., p. 297.</ref> |
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| ==Films== | | == Filmography == |
| ===1980s===
| | {{main|List of Working Title Films productions}} |
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| |align=right|15 November 1985||''[[My Beautiful Laundrette]]''||with [[Channel Four Films]]
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| |align=right|24 July 1987||''[[Wish You Were Here (1987 film)|Wish You Were Here]]''||with Channel Four Films
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| |align=right|30 October 1987||''[[Sammy and Rosie Get Laid]]''||with Channel Four Films
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| |align=right|17 June 1988||''[[A World Apart (1988 film)|A World Apart]]''||
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| |align=right|10 September 1988||''[[Paperhouse (film)|Paperhouse]]''|| with [[Vestron Pictures]]
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| |align=right|13 April 1989||''[[The Tall Guy]]''||with [[London Weekend Television]]
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| |align=right|19 May 1989||''[[For Queen and Country]]''||
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| |align=right|14 November 1989||''[[Diamond Skulls]]''||
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| ===1990s===
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| {| class="wikitable sortable" | |
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| !Notes
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| |align=right|22 June 1990||''[[Fools of Fortune]]''||with [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] and [[Channel Four Films]]
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| |align=right|27 July 1990||''[[Chicago Joe and the Showgirl]]''||with [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] and [[New Line Cinema]]
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| |align=right|13 May 1991||''[[Robin Hood (1991 British film)|Robin Hood]]''||
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| |align=right|24 May 1991||''[[Drop Dead Fred]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and [[New Line Cinema]]
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| |align=right|21 August 1991||''[[Barton Fink]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and [[20th Century Fox]]
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| |align=right|18 October 1991||''[[Edward II (film)|Edward II]]''||
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| |align=right|13 December 1991||''[[London Kills Me]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and [[Fine Line Features]]
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| |align=right|15 May 1992||''[[Rubin & Ed]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
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| |align=right|17 July 1992||''Dakota Road''||with Channel Four Films, British Screen Productions and Mayfair Entertainment
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| |align=right|4 September 1992||''[[Bob Roberts]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, [[Paramount Pictures]], [[Miramax Films]] and [[Artisan Entertainment|LIVE Entertainment]]
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| |align=right|23 April 1993||''[[Map of the Human Heart]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Miramax Films
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| |align=right|14 May 1993||''[[Posse (1993 film)|Posse]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and [[Gramercy Pictures]]
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| |align=right|8 October 1993||''[[The Young Americans (film)|The Young Americans]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and [[Live Entertainment]]
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| |align=right|4 February 1994||''[[Romeo Is Bleeding]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
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| |align=right|9 March 1994||''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, [[Channel Four Films]] and Gramercy Pictures
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| |align=right|11 March 1994||''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, [[Warner Bros.]] and [[Silver Pictures]]
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| |align=right|3 May 1995||''[[Panther (film)|Panther]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
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| |align=right|5 May 1995||''[[French Kiss (1995 film)|French Kiss]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and [[20th Century Fox]]
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| |align=right|29 September 1995||''[[Moonlight and Valentino]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
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| |align=right|29 December 1995||''[[Dead Man Walking (film)|Dead Man Walking]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
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| |align=right|8 March 1996||''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
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| |align=right|22 March 1996||''[[Land and Freedom (film)|Land and Freedom]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
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| |align=right|20 September 1996||''[[Loch Ness (film)|Loch Ness]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
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| |align=right|7 March 1997||''[[The Eighth Day (1996 film)|The Eighth Day]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
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| |align=right|2 August 1997||''[[Bean (film)|Bean]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, [[Tiger Aspect Productions|Tiger Aspect Films]] and Gramercy Pictures
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| |align=right|3 October 1997||''[[The Matchmaker (1997 film)|The Matchmaker]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
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| | align=right|5 December 1997||''[[The Borrowers (1997 film)|The Borrowers]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
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| |align=right|6 March 1998||''[[The Big Lebowski]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
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| |align=right|22 November 1998||''[[Elizabeth (film)|Elizabeth]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, [[StudioCanal]], [[Channel Four Films]] and Gramercy Pictures
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| |align=right|29 January 1999||''[[The Hi-Lo Country]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
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| |align=right|28 May 1999||''[[Notting Hill (film)|Notting Hill]]''||with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, StudioCanal and [[Universal Pictures]]
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| |align=right|1 October 1999||''[[Plunkett & Macleane]]''||with StudioCanal, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
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| ===2000s===
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| |align=right|31 March 2000||''[[High Fidelity (film)|High Fidelity]]''||with [[Touchstone Pictures]]
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| |align=right|13 October 2000||''[[Billy Elliot]]''||with [[BBC Films]], [[Tiger Aspect Productions]], [[StudioCanal]] and [[Universal Pictures]]
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| |align=right|2 December 2000||''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]''||with [[Touchstone Pictures]], [[Universal Pictures]] and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|8 December 2000 || ''[[The Man Who Cried]]'' ||with [[StudioCanal]], [[Universal Pictures]] and Adventure Pictures
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| |align=right|13 April 2001||''[[Bridget Jones's Diary (film)|Bridget Jones's Diary]]''||with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and [[Miramax|Miramax Films]]
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| |align=right|17 August 2001||''[[Captain Corelli's Mandolin (film)|Captain Corelli's Mandolin]]''||with [[Universal Pictures]], [[StudioCanal]] and [[Miramax|Miramax Films]]
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| |align=right|2 November 2001||''[[The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)|The Man Who Wasn't There]]''||with [[USA Films]], [[Gramercy Pictures]] and [[Good Machine]]
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| |align=right|18 January 2002||''[[Long Time Dead]]''||with Universal Pictures and Focus Features
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| |align=right|1 March 2002||''[[40 Days and 40 Nights]]''||with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Miramax Films
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| |align=right|22 March 2002||''[[Ali G Indahouse]]''||with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|17 May 2002||''[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]''||with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and [[TriBeCa Productions]]
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| |align=right|31 January 2003|| ''[[The Guru (2002 film)|The Guru]]'' || co-production with StudioCanal and Universal Pictures
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| |align=right|27 March 2003||''[[Ned Kelly (2003 film)|Ned Kelly]]''||with Focus Features and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|16 May 2003||''[[The Shape of Things]]''||with [[Focus Features]] and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|18 July 2003||''[[Johnny English]]''||with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|14 November 2003||''[[Love Actually]]''||with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and [[DNA Films]]
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| |align=right|5 December 2003||''[[Thirteen (2003 film)|Thirteen]]''||with [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]], Universal Pictures and [[Antidote Films]]
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| |align=right|30 July 2004||''[[Thunderbirds (2004 film)|Thunderbirds]]''||with StudioCanal and Universal Pictures
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| |align=right|17 September 2004||''[[Wimbledon (film)|Wimbledon]]''||with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|24 September 2004||''[[Shaun of the Dead]]''||with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and [[Rogue Pictures]]
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| |align=right|15 October 2004||''[[Inside I'm Dancing]]''||with Focus Features and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|19 November 2004||''[[Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason]]''||with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Miramax Films
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| |align=right|25 March 2005||''[[Mickybo and Me]]''||with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, [[Irish Film Board]], [[Northern Ireland Screen|Northern Ireland Film & Television Commission]], WT<sup>2</sup> Productions and [[Moving Picture Company]]
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| |align=right|22 April 2005||''[[The Interpreter (2005 film)|The Interpreter]]''||with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|23 November 2005||''[[Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)|Pride & Prejudice]]''||with Focus Features and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|27 January 2006||''[[Nanny McPhee]]''||with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
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| |align=right|28 April 2006||''[[United 93 (film)|United 93]]''||with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|27 October 2006||''[[Catch a Fire (film)|Catch a Fire]]''||with Focus Features and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|26 January 2007||''[[Smokin' Aces]]''||with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|20 April 2007||''[[Hot Fuzz]]''||with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Rogue Pictures
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| |align=right|24 August 2007||''[[Mr. Bean's Holiday]]''||with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and [[Tiger Aspect Productions|Tiger Aspect Films]]
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| | align=right|12 October 2007||''[[Elizabeth: The Golden Age]]''||with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|7 December 2007||''[[Atonement (2007 film)|Atonement]]''||with Focus Features and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|14 February 2008||''[[Definitely, Maybe]]''||with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|12 September 2008||''[[Burn After Reading]]''||with Focus Features, [[Relativity Media]] and StudioCanal
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| |align=right| 5 December 2008||''[[Frost/Nixon (film)|Frost/Nixon]]''||with Universal Pictures, [[Imagine Entertainment]] and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|17 April 2009||''[[State of Play (film)|State of Play]]''||with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|24 April 2009||''[[The Soloist]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/the-soloist/5000379.article|title = The Soloist}}</ref>||with [[DreamWorks Pictures]], Universal Pictures, [[Participant (company)|Participant Media]], StudioCanal and Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment<ref>https://cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu/events/2010/October/RussKrasnoffProducer {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
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| |align=right|2 October 2009||''[[A Serious Man]]''||with Focus Features, Relativity Media and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|13 November 2009||''[[The Boat That Rocked]]''||with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
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| ===2010s===
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| |align=right|12 March 2010||''[[Green Zone (film)|Green Zone]]''||with [[Universal Pictures]] and [[StudioCanal]]
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| | align="right"|20 August 2010|| ''[[Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang]]'' ||with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|18 March 2011||''[[Paul (2011 film)|Paul]]''||with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|12 August 2011||''[[Senna (film)|Senna]]''||with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|21 October 2011||''[[Johnny English Reborn]]''||with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|9 December 2011||''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]''||with [[Focus Features]] and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|13 January 2012||''[[Contraband (2012 film)|Contraband]]''||with Universal Pictures, [[Relativity Media]], Blueeyes Productions, Leverage Entertainment and Closest to the Hole Productions
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| |align=right|3 February 2012||''[[Big Miracle]]''||with Universal Pictures and [[Anonymous Content]]
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| |align=right|16 November 2012||''[[Anna Karenina (2012 film)|Anna Karenina]]''||with Focus Features and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|25 December 2012||''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''||with Universal Pictures, [[Relativity Media]] and Cameron Mackintosh, Ltd.
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| |align=right|23 August 2013||''[[The World's End (film)|The World's End]]''||with Universal Pictures, Focus Features, and Relativity Media
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| |align=right|28 August 2013||''[[Closed Circuit (2013 film)|Closed Circuit]]''||with Universal Pictures and Focus Features
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| |align=right|20 September 2013||''[[Rush (2013 film)|Rush]]''||with Universal Pictures, [[Imagine Entertainment]], Exclusive Media, [[Cross Creek Pictures]] and [[Revolution Films]]
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| |align=right|1 November 2013||''[[About Time (2013 film)|About Time]]''||with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
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| |align=right|28 August 2014||''[[The Two Faces of January (film)|The Two Faces of January]]''||with StudioCanal and [[Magnolia Pictures]]
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| |align=right|9 October 2014||''[[Trash (2014 film)|Trash]]''||with StudioCanal, O2 Filmes and PeaPie Films
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| |align=right|7 November 2014||''[[The Theory of Everything (2014 film)|The Theory of Everything]]''||with Focus Features
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| |align=right|28 August 2015||''[[We Are Your Friends (film)|We Are Your Friends]]''||with [[Warner Bros. Pictures]], StudioCanal and [[RatPac Entertainment]]
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| |align=right|18 September 2015||''[[Everest (2015 film)|Everest]]''||with Universal Pictures, [[Walden Media]] and Cross Creek Pictures
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| |align=right|14 October 2015||''[[The Program (2015 film)|The Program]]''||with StudioCanal
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| |align=right|20 November 2015||''[[Legend (2015 film)|Legend]]''||with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Cross Creek Pictures and Anton Capital Entertainment
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| |align=right|27 November 2015||''[[The Danish Girl (film)|The Danish Girl]]''||with Pretty Pictures, Revision Pictures, Senator Global Productions, Universal Pictures International and Focus Features
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| |align=right|5 February 2016||''[[Hail, Caesar!]]''||with Universal Pictures and Mike Zoss Productions
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| |align=right|11 March 2016||''[[Grimsby (film)|The Brothers Grimsby]]''||with [[Columbia Pictures]], [[Village Roadshow Pictures]] [[Big Talk Productions]] and Four by Two Productions
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| |align=right|16 September 2016||''[[Bridget Jones's Baby]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bridget-jones-hugh-grant-working-title-286909|title='Bridget Jones 3' Producer Admits Delay, Vows to Shoot Film in 2012|author=Stuart Kemp, Matthew Belloni|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=3 February 2012|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>||with [[StudioCanal]], [[Miramax]] and [[Universal Pictures]]
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| |align=right|30 June 2017||''[[Baby Driver]]''||with Big Talk Productions, [[TriStar Pictures]] and [[Media Rights Capital]]
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| |align=right|15 September 2017||''[[Victoria and Abdul (film)|Victoria and Abdul]]''||with [[BBC Films]], Focus Features and Universal Pictures
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| |align=right|13 October 2017||''[[The Snowman (2017 film)|The Snowman]]''||with Universal Pictures, [[Perfect World Pictures]] and Another Park Film
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| |align=right|12 January 2018||''[[Darkest Hour (film)|Darkest Hour]]''||with Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Perfect World Pictures
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| |align=right|16 March 2018||''[[Entebbe (film)|7 Days in Entebbe]]''||with [[Participant Media]] and Focus Features
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| |align=right|26 October 2018||''[[Johnny English Strikes Again]]''||with StudioCanal, Perfect World Pictures and Universal Pictures
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| |align=right|7 December 2018||''[[Mary Queen of Scots (2018 film)|Mary Queen of Scots]]''||with Perfect World Pictures and Focus Features
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| |align=right|25 January 2019||''[[The Kid Who Would Be King]]'' ||with Big Talk Productions, [[TSG Entertainment]] and [[20th Century Fox]]
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| |align=right|28 June 2019|| ''[[Yesterday (2019 film)|Yesterday]]'' ||with Universal Pictures, Perfect World Pictures and Decibel Films
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| |align=right|20 December 2019|| ''[[Cats (2019 film)|Cats]]'' || with Universal Pictures, [[Amblin Entertainment]], Monumental Pictures and [[Really Useful Group]]
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| |align=right|21 February 2020||''[[Emma (2020 film)|Emma]]'' || with [[Focus Features]], [[Blueprint Pictures]] and [[Perfect World Pictures]]
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| |align=right|29 May 2020||''[[The High Note]]'' || with Focus Features and Perfect World Pictures
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| |align=right|15 June 2020||''[[Radioactive (film)|Radioactive]]'' || with [[StudioCanal]] and [[Amazon Studios]]
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| |align=right|16 October 2020||''[[Rebecca (2020 film)|Rebecca]]'' || with [[Netflix]] and [[Big Talk Productions]]
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| | align="right"| 29 October 2021 || ''[[Last Night in Soho]]'' || with Focus Features, [[Film4 Productions]] and Complete Fiction
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| | align="right"| 25 February 2022 || ''[[Cyrano (film)|Cyrano]]'' || with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] and [[Bron Creative]]
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| | align="right"| 23 September 2022|| ''[[Catherine Called Birdy (film)|Catherine Called Birdy]]'' || with Amazon Studios and Good Thing Going<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/lena-dunham-launches-new-production-company-1233470|title=Lena Dunham Launches New Production Company|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Lesley|last=Goldberg|date=21 August 2019|access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref>
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| |align=right|21 October 2022
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| |''[[Ticket to Paradise (2022 film)|Ticket to Paradise]]''
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| |with [[Universal Pictures]], Red Om Films, and [[Smokehouse Pictures]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=26 February 2021 |title=George Clooney & Julia Roberts Re-Team In 'Ticket To Paradise;' Ol Parker Directs For Universal, Working Title |url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/george-clooney-julia-roberts-reteam-ticket-to-paradise-universal-pictures-working-title-romantic-comedy-1234701238/ |access-date=26 February 2021 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
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| |align="right" | 11 November 2022|| ''[[The Swimmers (2022 film)|The Swimmers]]'' || with Netflix<ref>{{cite web|first=Scott|last=Roxborough|title=Real-life Sisters Cast to Star in Netflix/Working Title Drama 'The Swimmers' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-the-swimmers-sally-el-hosaini |date=20 April 2021|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>
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| |align="right"| 9 December 2022|| ''[[Matilda the Musical (film)|Matilda the Musical]]'' || with Netflix, [[TriStar Pictures]] and the Roald Dahl Story Company<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/matilda-musical-film-confirmed-2020_50722.html|title=New Matilda film confirmed – expected to start shooting later this year|last=Wood|first=Alex|work=WhatsOnStage|date=17 January 2020|access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref>
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| | align="right"| 24 February 2023||''[[What's Love Got to Do with It? (2022 film)|What's Love Got to Do with It?]]'' || with [[StudioCanal]] and Instinct Productions<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/lily-james-shazad-latif-emma-thompson-shekhar-kapur-jemima-khan-movie-working-title-whats-love-got-do-with-it-1234607540/|title=Lily James, Shazad Latif & Emma Thompson To Star In Working Title Rom-Com 'What's Love Got To Do With It?' From Jemima Khan & Shekhar Kapur; Studiocanal Launches Sales — AFM Hot Pic|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|date=2 November 2020|access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
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| | align="right"|28 April 2023||''[[Polite Society (film)|Polite Society]]'' || with [[Focus Features]] and Parkville Pictures<ref>{{Cite web|last=Galuppo|first=Mia|date=February 15, 2022|title='We Are Lady Parts' Creator Sets Feature Debut 'Polite Society' at Focus, Working Title|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/we-are-lady-parts-nida-manzoor-movie-1235093949/|access-date=26 June 2022|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
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| |align="right"|22 November 2023
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| |''[[Genie (2023 film)|Genie]]'' || with [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]], Universal Pictures, and Linden Productions<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=2022-12-14 |title= Melissa McCarthy To Star In Richard Curtis-Scripted Christmas Comedy For Universal, Working Title & Peacock; Sam Boyd To Direct |url= https://deadline.com/2022/12/melissa-mccarthy-stars-richard-curtis-scripted-christmas-comedy-universal-working-title-peacock-sam-boyd-directs-1235199151/ |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2023-11-01 |title=Melissa McCarthy, Paapa Essiedu's Peacock Comedy 'Genie' From 'Love Actually's Richard Curtis Gets Premiere Date, Trailer, First Look Photos |url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/melissa-mccarthy-movie-genie-premiere-date-trailer-first-look-1235589552/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| |align="right"|23 February 2024
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| |''[[Drive-Away Dolls]]'' || with [[Focus Features]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=2022-04-01 |title=Ethan Coen Sets Next Feature With Focus And Working Title |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/ethan-coen-focus-working-title-1234992302/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| |align=right|20 September 2024||''[[The Substance]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Demi Moore & Margaret Qualley To Star In Universal/Working Title's 'The Substance'; 'Revenge' Helmer Coralie Fargeat Directs Her Script|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/demi-moore-margaret-qualley-coralie-fargeat-the-substance-universal-working-title-1234923309/|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=31 January 2022|access-date=26 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/mubi-coralie-fargeat-the-substance-cannes-1235908530/|title= Mubi Acquires Coralie Fargeat's Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid Body Horror Movie 'The Substance' Ahead Of Cannes Debut|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Melanie|last=Goodfellow|date=May 8, 2024|access-date=May 8, 2024}}</ref>||with Blacksmith and [[Mubi (streaming service)|Mubi]]
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| |align=right|1 November 2024||''[[Blitz (2024 film)|Blitz]]''
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| |with [[Apple TV+]], [[Regency Enterprises]], [[Regency Enterprises|New Regency]] and Lammas Park<ref>{{cite web|title=Apple Lands Steve McQueen's Next Feature Film 'Blitz'|url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/apple-steve-mcqueens-blitz-1235038723/|last=Kroll|first=Justin|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=6 June 2022|access-date=26 June 2022}}</ref>
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| |align=right|13 February 2025||''[[Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy]]''<ref name="Deadline">{{cite web|title=Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant & Emma Thompson To Return For 'Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy'; Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall Also Set|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=9 April 2024|access-date=9 April 2024|url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy-renee-zellweger-returning-universal-1235878931/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Renée Zellweger Set to Return for New 'Bridget Jones' Movie|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Boys|last=Kit|date=9 April 2024|access-date=9 April 2024|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/fourth-bridget-jones-movie-renee-zellweger-hugh-grant-1235869927/}}</ref>||with [[Miramax]], [[StudioCanal]] and [[Universal Pictures]]
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| |align=right|22 August 2025||{{pending film|[[Honey Don't!]]}}
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| |with [[Focus Features]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grobar|first=Matt|date=January 24, 2024|title=Margaret Qualley To Reteam With Ethan Coen On 'Honey Don't!'; Aubrey Plaza & Chris Evans Also Set For Focus Features Comedy|url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/honey-dont-margaret-qualley-ethan-coen-1235803703/|access-date=August 18, 2024|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
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| |align=right|13 February 2026||{{pending film|[[Crime 101 (2026 film)|Crime 101]]}}
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| |with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], [[Raw TV|Raw]], and the Story Company<ref>{{Cite web |first1=Mike Jr. |last1=Fleming |first2=Justin |last2=Kroll |date=2023-08-23 |title=Amazon & Netflix In Bidding Battle For 'Crime 101': Don Winslow Novella Has Chris Hemsworth, Pedro Pascal, Director Bart Layton Attached; Deal Could Hit $100M |url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/chris-hemsworth-pedro-pascal-don-winslow-crime-101-bart-layton-amazon-netflix-auction-bidding-battle-1235530106/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mcclintock |first=Pamela |title=Box Office: Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry's 'Crime 101' Lands Presidents' Day Weekend 2026 Release (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/chris-hemsworth-halle-berry-crime-101-2026-release-1236204739/ |date=April 30, 2025 |access-date=May 5, 2025 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>
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| |align=right|13 November 2026||{{pending film|[[Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie]]}}
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| |with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], Lord Miller Productions and Three Strange Angels<ref>{{cite web|last=Grobar|first=Matt|title=Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, Nicholas Braun, Nicholas Galitzine & More To Star In Amazon MGM Comedy ''Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie''|url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/three-bags-full-hugh-jackman-to-star-in-amazon-mgm-movie-1235961378/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=June 7, 2024|access-date=June 7, 2024}}</ref>
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| | {{pending film|[[CC: Emily]]}}
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| |with [[Focus Features]] and Parkville Pictures<ref>{{cite web|last=Goldbart|first=Max|title='Mare Of Easttown' Star Angourie Rice & Spike Fearn Leading UK-Set Romcom 'CC: Emily' From Focus Features, Working Title|url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/angourie-rice-spike-fearn-cc-emily-working-title-focus-features-1236051061/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=August 27, 2024|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref>
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| |{{pending film|Falling}}
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| |with [[Universal Pictures]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=As T.J. Newman Is Set To Adapt Debut Novel 'Falling', Her Follow-up 'Drowning: The Rescue Of Flight 1421' Drops In Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/t-j-newman-adapt-debut-novel-falling-followup-drowning-the-rescue-of-flight-1421-drops-1235306079/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 21, 2023}}</ref>
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| |{{pending film|[[Goodbye June (film)|Goodbye June]]}}
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| |with [[Netflix]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/kate-winslet-directorial-debut-goodbye-june-netflix-1236291498/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|accessdate=February 16, 2025|title=Kate Winslet To Make Directorial Debut With 'Goodbye June' For Netflix|first=Zac|last=Ntim|date=February 16, 2025}}</ref>
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| |{{pending film|In Five Years}}
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| |with [[New Line Cinema]] and [[HBO Max|Max]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2022-04-22 |title=New Line Acquires Rebecca Serle's Novel 'In Five Years' For HBO Max; Aimee Lagos To Adapt |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/new-line-in-five-years-hbo-max-aimee-lagos-1235008025/ |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| |{{pending film|[[Johnny English (film series)#Future|Johnny English 4]]}}|| with [[StudioCanal]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-09 |title=Johnny English 4' to film in Malta and UK this summer |url= https://www.screendaily.com/news/johnny-english-4-to-film-in-malta-and-uk-this-summer/5190280.article |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Screendaily |language=en}}</ref>
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| |{{pending film|[[Pressure (upcoming film)|Pressure]]}}
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| |with [[StudioCanal]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2024-07-14 |title=Andrew Scott, Fresh Off Emmy Nomination, Set To Star In Studiocanal & Working Title D-Day Movie 'Pressure' About The Historic Normandy Landings |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/andrew-scott-emmy-nomination-d-day-movie-pressure-working-title-studiocanal-1236014176/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| |{{pending film|Relax}}
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| |with Independent Entertainment<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2023-05-10 |title=Frankie Goes To Hollywood Biopic 'Relax' In The Works With 'It's A Sin' Star Callum Scott Howells, Working Title & Independent Entertainment — Cannes Market |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/frankie-goes-hollywood-relax-movie-its-sin-callum-scott-howells-working-title-cannes-1235360208/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| |{{pending film|Sense and Sensibility}}
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| | with [[Focus Features]] and November Pictures<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grobar|first=Matt|title=Daisy Edgar-Jones To Topline Adaptation Of Jane Austen's 'Sense And Sensibility' For Focus Features & Working Title|url=https://deadline.com/2025/06/sense-and-sensibility-daisy-edgar-jones-focus-features-1236442278/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=25 June 2025|access-date=25 June 2025}}</ref>
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| | {{pending film|Unreasonable Behaviour}} || with Hardy Son & Baker<ref>{{cite web|title=Angelina Jolie To Direct Movie 'Unreasonable Behaviour' About Revered War Photographer Don McCullin; Working Title & Hardy Son & Baker Producing|url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/angelina-jolie-direct-movie-don-mccullin-working-title-tom-hardy-1234618636/|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=19 November 2020|access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref>
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| | {{Pending film|italic=no| Untitled [[Anna May Wong]] biopic }} || with Significant Productions<ref>{{cite web|title=Gemma Chan, Nina Yang Bongiovi Developing Anna May Wong Biopic With Working Title Films (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/anna-may-wong-biopic-gemma-chan-1235118243/|last=Sun|first=Rebecca|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=24 March 2022|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref>
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| | {{Pending film|italic=no|[[Baby Driver#Possible sequel|Untitled ''Baby Driver'' sequel]]}} || with [[TriStar Pictures]], [[MRC (company)|MRC]], and [[Big Talk Productions]]<ref name=Entcast>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/12/04/edgar-wright-baby-driver-success-sequel-spacey/|title=How director Edgar Wright steered Baby Driver to global success|first=Clark|last=Collis|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=6 October 2018|date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207102916/https://ew.com/movies/2017/12/04/edgar-wright-baby-driver-success-sequel-spacey/|archive-date=7 December 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/baby-driver-sequel-2/ |title='Baby Driver' Sequel "Being Hammered Out," Edgar Wright Plans to Write the Screenplay |author=Hall, Jacob |publisher=[[/Film]] |date=5 December 2017 |access-date=6 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/edgar-wright-next-film-psychological-horror-plus-baby-driver-2-update-exclusive/|title=Edgar Wright's Next Film Is A Psychological Horror, Plus Baby Driver 2 Update – Exclusive|first1=Ben|last1=Travis|first2=John|last2=Nugent|work=Empire|date=21 January 2019|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref>
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Working Title Films Limited, formerly Visionensure Limited and Working Title Limited, is a British film and television production company that is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, which is itself a division of Comcast. The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. Bevan and Eric Fellner are now the co-chairmen of the company.
Company history
Bevan and Radclyffe were partners in pop music promotional company, Aldabra, and set up Working Title Films in London in 1983 where they were commissioned by newly created UK broadcaster, Channel 4, to make a television film, My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), directed by Stephen Frears. My Beautiful Laundrette was a success at the Edinburgh Film Festival and received a theatrical release, where it was successful internationally. Accountant Graham Bradstreet joined as a third partner in 1986.[1]
A World Apart was entered in competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and won the Special Grand Prize of the Jury. The Tall Guy (1988) saw the feature film debut of screenwriter Richard Curtis and director Mel Smith.[1]
In 1988, Michael Kuhn of PolyGram started to work with the company and in 1989 PolyGram acquired 49% of the company and they jointly launched Manifesto Film Sales.[2] Manifesto's first third-party pick up for distribution was the Coen brothers' Barton Fink (1991).[3] Bradstreet left the company in 1990 and Radclyffe a year later, with Eric Fellner, a fellow independent film producer, joining the company in 1991.[4][2][1] The same year, Kuhn set up PolyGram Filmed Entertainment which acquired 100% of Working Title in 1992.[2][1]
Paul Webster set up an office in Los Angeles in 1991 and producer Liza Chasin was appointed as president of production.[5] Webster produced the company's first American films, Rubin & Ed and Drop Dead Fred. Working Title also made Tim Robbins' directorial debut, Bob Roberts (1992).[1]
The company was incorporated and registered as a private limited company in the UK on 14 October 1992, as Visionensure Limited. On 18 December 1992 its name was changed to Working Title Limited, before rebranding as Working Title Films Limited on 20 February 1995.[6]
Gramercy Pictures began distributing the company's films in the United States, starting with Posse (1993). In 1994, the company's Four Weddings and a Funeral, written by Curtis, became the highest-grossing British film of all time with a gross of $245 million.[2][1] They also made the Coen brothers' The Hudsucker Proxy (1994). In 1996, Robbins' Dead Man Walking was the company's first film to win an Academy Award, with Susan Sarandon winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. The Coen brothers' Fargo (1996) won two Academy Awards the following year. The company had another major success with Bean (1997) directed by Smith and co-written by Curtis, grossing $251 million.[1]
In 1998, PolyGram was sold to the Seagram company and merged with MCA Music Entertainment, to form Universal Music Group. PolyGram Films was folded into Universal Pictures. In 1999, Seagram sold the bulk of its library of PolyGram films released up until 31 March 1996 to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).[7] 1999 also saw the company's highest-grossing film to date with Notting Hill, again written by Curtis, with a gross of $364 million.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Around 2003, New Zealand-born producer Tim White was appointed head of the Australian branch of Working Title Films, and during this time executive produced Gregor Jordan's Ned Kelly.[8][9]
Although contractually allowed to produce any film with a budget of up to $35 million, on a practical basis, Bevan and Fellner consult with studio executives at Working Title's parent company NBCUniversal.[10] Working Title company renewed its first look deal with Universal Pictures in 2020.[11]
WT2 Productions
In 1999, Bevan and Fellner launched a subsidiary company named Working Title 2 Productions, commonly known as WT2. The company is an independent film production arm run by Natascha Wharton, and has produced films that include Billy Elliot, Shaun of the Dead and The Calcium Kid.[4]
Television division
Working Title has been active in television production since the beginning of the 1990s.[12] In February 2010, Working Title officially launched its television division as a joint venture with parent company NBCUniversal, itself owned by Comcast.[13] Since then, they have produced content for both British and American television.[14][15] Notable productions and co productions developed by Working Title Television (WTTV)[16] include NBC's About a Boy, and Showtime's The Tudors.[12]
WTTV has offices in London and Los Angeles.[17][18]
1991 ITV franchise bid
In 1991, Working Title was involved in a bid for the London Weekend ITV licence. Working Title, Mentorn, Palace and PolyGram wanted to take over from London Weekend Television and broadcast to London under the name London Independent Broadcasting. In the event LWT retained its licence; London Independent Broadcasting's proposals were deemed by the Independent Television Commission, which was overseeing the bid process, to fail the quality threshold.[19]
Filmography
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Davidson, Andrew, Under the Hammer: The ITV Franchise Battle, William Heinemann Ltd., p. 297.
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Further reading
External links
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