Original Film

Original Film is an American film and television production company founded by Neal H. Moritz.[1][2][3][4] Notable films the company has produced include the Fast & Furious franchise.

Original Film
TypePrivate
IndustryFilm industry
Entertainment
Founded1990 (1990)
FoundersNeal H. Moritz
Bruce Mellon
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Neal H. Moritz (founder, CEO)
ServicesFilm Production
Television Production
Websitewww.originalfilm.com

History

Original Film was started out in the early 1990s by Neal H. Moritz and Bruce Mellon as a film producer and a commercial company.[5][6][7]

In 1991, David Heyman joined as employee of the motion picture department. He later resigned to join Heyday Films.[8] In 1993, Stokley Chaffin joined the company. He stayed on with the company for eight years until 2001.[9]

In 1997, the studio struck a long-time partnership deal with Sony Pictures, and it remained until 2019.[10][11] At the same time, Brad Luff joined the company. He left in 2003 to run Morgan Creek Productions.[12] In 1998, the studio struck a deal with Newmarket Capital Group to produce lower-budget feature films.[13]

In 1999, the studio made its first foray on television with the debut of Shasta McNasty. At the same time, Mark Rossen joined the company.[14]

In 2002, Moritz launched a partnership with fellow talent agency Marty Adelstein to head a film and television managing company Original, that comprises the assets of the company.[15] Later that year, Dawn Parouse joined the company, and later the studio struck a deal with 20th Century Fox Television to produce television shows.[16]

In 2004, the film and managing business has been split up.[17] At the same time, Ori Marmur, formerly of Mandalay Pictures (in which the studio developed the I Know What You Did Last Summer films for Mandalay) joined the company.[18] Two years later, Moritz struck a deal with Sony Pictures Television to produce television shows.[19]

In 2017, the studio signed a feature film production deal with Paramount Pictures to produce feature films, starting in 2019.[20] Its deal was recently extended until 2023.[21]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Distributor Co-production companies Notes Budget Gross
1990 Framed Dean Parisot HBO HBO Pictures Television film; Uncredited N/A
1992 Juice Ernest R. Dickerson Paramount Pictures Island World Credited as Moritz/Heyman Production $5 million $20.1 million
1994 The Stoned Age James Melkonian Trimark Pictures N/A N/A
Blind Justice Richard Spence HBO HBO Pictures Television film; Credited as Moritz/Heyman Production
1997 Buster Pointdexter: Online Gavin Bowden Island Def Jam Music Group N/A Short film
Volcano Mick Jackson 20th Century Fox Fox 2000 Pictures
Donner-Shuler Donner Productions
Credited as Moritz Original $90 million $122.8 million
I Know What You Did Last Summer Jim Gillespie Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Mandalay Entertainment
Credited as Neal H. Moritz Production $17 million $125.2 million
1998 Reason Thirteen C. Jay Cox TLA Releasing N/A Short film N/A
The Rat Pack Rob Cohen HBO HBO Pictures Television film
Urban Legend Jamie Blanks Sony Pictures Releasing TriStar Pictures
Phoenix Pictures
$14 million $72.5 million
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Danny Cannon Columbia Pictures
Mandalay Entertainment
Credited as Neal H. Moritz Production $24 million $84 million
1999 Cruel Intentions Roger Kumble Columbia Pictures
Newmarket Capital Group
$10.5 million $76.3 million
Blue Streak Les Mayfield Columbia Pictures
The IndieProd Company
Jaffe Productions
Credited as Neal H. Moritz Production $36 million $117.7 million
Monster! John Lafia UPN Village Roadshow Pictures
Wilshire Court Productions
Television film N/A
Held Up Steve Rash Trimark Pictures N/A $8 million $4 million
2000 Cabin by the Lake Po-Chih Leong USA Network Great Falls Productions
USA Cable Entertainment
Television film N/A
The Skulls Rob Cohen Universal Pictures Newmarket Capital Group $15 million $50.8 million
Urban Legends: Final Cut John Ottman Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Phoenix Pictures
$14 million $38.6 million
Cruel Intentions 2 Roger Kumble Columbia TriStar Home Video Newmarket Capital Group Direct-to-video N/A
Hendrix Leon Ichaso Showtime MGM Television Television film
2001 Shotgun Love Dolls T. J. Scott MTV Alliance Atlantis
Saving Silverman Dennis Dugan Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Village Roadshow Pictures
$22 million $26 million
The Fast and the Furious Rob Cohen Universal Pictures Mediastream Film GmbH & Co. Productions KG $38 million $207.3 million
Class Warfare Richard Shepard USA Network British Columbia Film Commission
Dogwood Pictures
Jaffe/Braunstein Films
Muse Entertainment Enterprises
Television film N/A
Return to Cabin by the Lake Po-Chih Leong Great Falls Productions
USA Cable Entertainment
Soul Survivors Stephen Carpenter Artisan Entertainment N/A $17 million $4.2 million
The Glass House Daniel Sackheim Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures $30 million $23.6 million
Not Another Teen Movie Joel Gallen $15 million $66.5 million
2002 Slackers Dewey Nicks Screen Gems
Alliance Atlantis
$14 million $6.4 million
The Skulls II Joe Chappelle Universal Studios Home Video Newmarket Capital Group Direct-to-video N/A
XXX Rob Cohen Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios
$88.3 million $277.4 million
Sweet Home Alabama Andy Tennant Buena Vista Pictures Touchstone Pictures $30 million $180.6 million
2003 Vegas Dick Frederick King Keller UPN 20th Century Fox Television Television film N/A
Static Lee Perkins N/A Flat Out Films
Random Noise Productions
Short film
2 Fast 2 Furious John Singleton Universal Pictures Mikona Productions GmbH & Co. KG $76 million $236.3 million
S.W.A.T. Clark Johnson Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Camelot Pictures
Chris Lee Productions
$70 million $207.2 million
Out of Time Carl Franklin MGM Distribution Co. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Monarch Pictures
$50 million $55.5 million
2004 Torque Joseph Kahn Warner Bros. Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures $40 million $46.5 million
The Skulls III J. Miles Dale Universal Studios Home Video Newmarket Films Direct-to-video N/A
Cruel Intentions 3 Scott Ziehl Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment Direct-to-video
2005 XXX: State of the Union Lee Tamahori Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios
$113.1 million $71.1 million
Devour David Winkler Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Newmarket Films
Bigel Entertainment
Direct-to-video N/A
Stealth Rob Cohen Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Phoenix Pictures
Laura Ziskin Productions
$135 million $76.9 million
2006 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Justin Lin Universal Pictures Relativity Media $85 million $159 million
Click Frank Coraci Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios
Happy Madison Productions
$82.5 million $240.7 million
I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer Sylvain White Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Destination Films
Mandalay Pictures
Direct-to-video N/A
Gridiron Gang Phil Joanou Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Relativity Media
$30 million $41 million
2007 Evan Almighty Tom Shadyac Universal Pictures Relativity Media
Spyglass Entertainment
Shady Acres Entertainment
$175 million $173.4 million
I Am Legend Francis Lawrence Warner Bros. Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures
Weed Road Pictures
Overbrook Entertainment
Heyday Films
$150 million $585.3 million
2008 Vantage Point Pete Travis Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Relativity Meida
$40 million $152 million
Prom Night Nelson McCormick Screen Gems
Newmarket Films
$20 million $57.2 million
Made of Honor Paul Weiland Columbia Pictures
Relativity Media
$40 million $106.4 million
SIS John Herzfeld Spike Shoot L.A. Crew
Sony Pictures Television
Television film N/A
2009 Fast & Furious Justin Lin Universal Pictures Relativity Media
One Race Films
$85 million $363.2 million
2010 The Bounty Hunter Andy Tennant Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Relativity Meida
$40–45 million $136.3 million
2011 The Green Hornet Michel Gondry $120 million $227.8 million
S.W.A.T.: Firefight Benny Boom Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Stage 6 Films
RCR Media Group
Direct-to-video N/A
Battle: Los Angeles Jonathan Liebesman Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Relativity Media
$100 million $211.8 million
Fast Five Justin Lin Universal Pictures One Race Films $125 million $626.1 million
The Change-Up David Dobkin Relativity Media
Big Kid Pictures
$52 million $75.5 million
2012 21 Jump Street Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Relativity Media
SJC Studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
$54.7 million $201.5 million
Total Recall Len Wiseman Columbia Pictures $125 million $198.5 million
2013 Jack the Giant Slayer Bryan Singer Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema
Legendary Pictures
Bad Hat Harry Productions
$195–220 million $197.7 million
Dead Man Down Niels Arden Oplev FilmDistrict Frequency Films
IM Global
WWE Studios
$30 million $18.1 million
Fast & Furious 6 Justin Lin Universal Pictures Relativity Media
One Race Films
$160–260 million $788.7 million
R.I.P.D. Robert Schwentke Dark Horse Entertainment $130–154 million $78.3 million
2014 Search Party Scot Armstrong Focus World Gold Circle Entertainment
American Work
N/A $117,295
22 Jump Street Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
LStar Capital
MRC
Cannell Studios
Storyville
75 Year Plan Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
$50–84.5 million $331.3 million
2015 Furious 7 James Wan Universal Pictures MRC
One Race Films
$190–250 million $1.515 billion
Goosebumps Rob Letterman Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Animation
LStar Capital
Village Roadshow Pictures
Scholastic Entertainment
$58–84 million $158.3 million
2016 Passengers Morten Tyldum Columbia Pictures
Village Roadshow Pictures
Start Motion Pictures
LStar Capital
Wanda Pictures
Company Films
$110–150 million $303.1 million
2017 The Fate of the Furious F. Gary Gray Universal Pictures One Race Films $250 million $1.236 billion
S.W.A.T.: Under Siege Tony Giglio Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Destination Films Direct-to-video N/A
2018 Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween Ari Sandel Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Animation
Scholastic Entertainment
Silvertongue Films
$35 million $93.3 million
Hunter Killer Donovan Marsh Lionsgate Summit Premiere
Millennium Media
Relativity Media
G-BASE
Tucker Tooley Entertainment
$40 million $31.7 million
2019 Escape Room Adam Robitel Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures $9 million $155.7 million
The Art of Racing in the Rain Simon Curtis Walt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
20th Century Fox
Fox 2000 Pictures
Starbucks Entertainment
Shifting Gears Productions
$18 million $33.8 million
2020 Sonic the Hedgehog Jeff Fowler Paramount Pictures Sega Sammy Group
Marza Animation Planet
Blur Studio
$85–90 million $319.7 million
Spenser Confidential Peter Berg Netflix Closest to the Hole Productions
Leverage Entertainment
Film 44
N/A
Bloodshot David S. F. Wilson Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Bona Film Group
Cross Creek Pictures
Annabell Pictures
The Hideaway Entertainment
One Race Films
Valiant Entertainment
$45 million $29.2 million
2021 F9 Justin Lin Universal Pictures One Race Films
Roth/Kirschenbaum Films
Perfect Storm Entertainment
$200–225 million $716.6 million
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions Adam Robitel Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures $15 million $51.8 million
2022 Sonic the Hedgehog 2[22][23] Jeff Fowler Paramount Pictures Sega Sammy Group
Marza Animation Planet
Blur Studio
$90–110 million $401.8 million
The Princess Le-Van Kiet Disney Platform Distribution 20th Century Studios Released on Hulu in United States and Disney+ internationally. N/A
2023 Fast X Louis Leterrier Universal Pictures One Race Films
Roth/Kirschenbaum Films
Perfect Storm Entertainment
$340 million

Upcoming

Release date Title Distributor Notes
December 20, 2024 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Paramount Pictures co-production with Sega Sammy Group, Marza Animation Planet and Blur Studio[24]
April 4, 2025 Fast XI Universal Pictures co-production with One Race Films[25][26][27]

Undated films

Release date Title Notes Production Status
TBA[28] Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Reyes Distributed by Universal Pictures; co-production with One Race Films, FlynnPictureCo., Seven Bucks Productions, Chris Morgan Productions, Roth/Kirschenbaum Films In development/Pre-production
TBA Beach Read Distributed by 20th Century Studios[29] In development
Untitled Cliffhanger sequel Co-production with Balboa Productions and Rocket Science[30]In development/Pre-production
Harbinger Distributed by Paramount Pictures;[31] co-production with Valiant Entertainment and Roth/Kirschenbaum Films In development
Untitled I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing; co-production with Columbia Pictures[32]
Untitled Max Payne reboot Distributed by 20th Century Studios;[33] co-production with Municipal Pictures, Taylor Made and Film 44
Rosaline Palmer Takes The Cake Distributed by Paramount Pictures[34]
To Catch a Thief Distributed by Paramount Pictures; co-production with Pilot Wave[35]
Untitled TikTok horror film Distributed by Paramount Pictures[36]

Television series

Year Title Creator Network Co-production companies Notes Seasons Episodes
1999–2000 Shasta McNasty Jeff Eastin UPN Columbia TriStar Television Credited as Neal H. Moritz Production 1 22
2002 Greg the Bunny Steven Levitan
Spencer Chinoy
Dan Milano
Fox Steven Levitan Productions
20th Century Fox Television
Uncredited 13
2003–2005 Tru Calling Jon Harmon Feldman "Oh That Gus!", Inc.
20th Century Fox Television
Credited as Original Television 2 26
2005 Point Pleasant John McLaughlin
Marti Noxon
20th Century Fox Television 1 13
2005–2009; 2017 Prison Break Paul Scheuring Rat Entertainment (pilot)
Adelstein/Parouse Productions (2005–2009)
Adelstein Productions (2017)
Dawn Olmstead Productions (2017)
One Light Road Productions (2017)
20th Century Fox Television
Credited as Original Television (2005–2009) 5 90
2010–2013 The Big C Darlene Hunt Showtime Perkins Street Productions
Sony Pictures Television
4 40
2013 Save Me John Scott Shepherd NBC Sony Pictures Television 1 13
2016–2019 Preacher the comic book by:
Garth Ennis
Steve Dillion
developed by:
Sam Catlin
Seth Rogen
Evan Goldberg
AMC Woodbridge Productions (2016)
KFL Nightsky Productions (2017)
Short Drive Entertainment
Point Grey Pictures
Kickstart Productions
AMC Studios
Sony Pictures Television
4 40
2017–present S.W.A.T. the 1975 series by:
Robert Hammer
Rick Husky
developed by:
Shawn Ryan
Aaron Rahsaan Thomas
CBS MiddKid Productions
ART Productions
Perfect Storm Entertainment
CBS Studios
Sony Pictures Television
6 127
2017–2019 Happy! Grant Morrison
Darick Robertson
Syfy Hypernormal (2019)
Littleton Road
Universal Cable Productions
2 18
2019–present The Boys the comic book by:
Garth Ennis
Darick Robertson
developed by:
Eric Kripke
Amazon Prime Video Kripke Enterprises
Point Grey Pictures
Kickstart Entertainment
KFL Nightsky Productions
Amazon Studios
Sony Pictures Television Studios
3 24
2019–2021 Fast & Furious: Spy Racers characters by:
Gary Scott Thompson
Netflix DreamWorks Animation Television
Universal Pictures
Uncredited 6 52
2021 I Know What You Did Last Summer novel by:
Lois Duncan
created by:
Sara Goodman
Amazon Prime Video Off Center, Inc.
Mandalay Television
Atomic Monster
Amazon Studios
Sony Pictures Television Studios
1 8
2022 The Boys Presents: Diabolical the comic book by:
Garth Ennis
Darick Robertson
created by:
Eric Kripke
Simon Racioppa
Seth Rogen
Evan Goldberg
Kripke Enterprises
Point Grey Pictures
Titmouse, Inc.
Amazon Studios
Sony Pictures Television Studios
2023–present Gen V the comic books The Boys Volume 4 — "We Gotta Go Now" and G-Men by:
Garth Ennis
Darick Robertson
developed by:
Michele Fazekas
Tara Butters
Kripke Enterprises
Point Grey Pictures
Fazekas & Butters
Kickstart Entertainment
KFL Nightsky Productions
Amazon Studios
Sony Pictures Television
2023–present Goosebumps characters by:
R. L. Stine
developed by:
Nicholas Stoller
Rob Letterman
Disney+
Hulu
Stoller Global Solutions
Scholastic Entertainment
Sony Pictures Television
1 10

Undated series

Year Title Creator Network Co-production companies Notes Seasons Episodes
2023 Knuckles the video game series by:
Sega
developed by:
John Whittington
Paramount+ Paramount Pictures
Sega of America

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