Alcon Entertainment
Introduction '''Alcon Entertainment, LLC''' is an American independent film and television production company, founded in 1997 by film producers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove. Since its establishment, Alcon Entertainment has developed and financed films that are ultimately distributed – in the United States mostly, and internationally on occasion – by Warner Bros. Pictures, following a ten-year motion picture production agreement.
Company Alcon Entertainment was established on January 23, 1997, and founded by film producers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove, who are the co-CEOs of the company. The company is headquartered on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.Both Johnson and Kosove presented FedEx founder and chairman Frederick W. Smith with a proposal suggesting that an independent film company, backed by a capitalized individual or company, and aligned with a major studio for an exclusive distribution arrangement would reap profits on copyrighted assets over a set period of time.On February 18, 1998, Alcon Entertainment set up two greenlight projects, with Warner Bros. distributing a single project. On May 15, 1998, Alcon inked a second deal with Warner in which WB was allowed to distribute the film ''Lost & Found''.Alcon's first major feature film was the 1999 comedy ''Lost & Found''. In March 2000, following the success of its second film ''My Dog Skip'', Alcon entered into a long-term distribution agreement with Warner Bros. The agreement had WB in charge of worldwide distribution of a minimum of 10 films produced and financed by Alcon over the next five years. The agreement also allowed Warner to co-finance certain pictures with Alcon.Alcon and Warner signed a new agreement in February 2006, continuing their eight-year relationship, under which Warner Bros. would continue to distribute feature films developed and financed by Alcon. WB and Alcon extended the deal in 2015 which ended in 2019.On September 28, 2003, Alcon Entertainment had launched its television arm, with an exclusive co-production agreement at television studio Warner Bros. Television.In 2011, Alcon Entertainment acquired the entire brand and rights to the ''Blade Runner'' franchise, which encompasses movies, series, games and other franchise media such as books. On March 8, 2012, Alcon had inked an affiliate production company headed by 2S Films executive Molly Smith, Belle Pictures, to develop film projects.On October 6, 2016, Alcon opens up a new division titled Alcon Interactive Group which continues Alcon’s diversification beyond its core business of financing and producing feature films, having also established in the past years.
Filmography  Year Film Title Distributor Notes Budget Box office 1999 ''Lost & Found'' Warner Bros. First film $30 million $6,552,255 2000 ''My Dog Skip'' $6 million $35,512,760 ''Dude, Where's My Car?'' 20th Century Fox $13 million $73,180,723 2001 ''The Affair of the Necklace'' Warner Bros. $30 million $471,210 2002 ''Insomnia'' Co-produced with Section Eight Productions, international distribution by Summit Entertainment $46 million $113,714,830 2003 ''Love Don't Cost a Thing'' $21 million $21,924,226 2004 ''Chasing Liberty'' $23 million $12,313,323 2005 ''Racing Stripes'' international distribution by Summit Entertainment $30 million $90,754,475 ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' Co-produced with Alloy Entertainment, Di Novi Pictures and Martin Chase Productions $25 million $42,000,000 2006 ''16 Blocks'' Co-produced with Millennium Films, Equity Pictures, Nu Image, Emmett/Furla Films, Cheyenne Enterprises, ContentFilm International and The Donners' Company $55 million $65,664,721 ''The Wicker Man'' Co-produced with Millennium Films, Saturn Films, Equity Pictures, Emmett/Furla Films and Nu Image $40 million $38,755,073 2007 ''P.S. I Love You'' Co-produced with Grosvenor Park Productions, international distribution by Summit Entertainment $30 million $156,835,339 2008 ''One Missed Call'' Co-produced with Kadokawa Pictures, Equity Pictures and Intermedia $20 million $45,847,751 ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2'' Co-produced with Alloy Entertainment, Di Novi Pictures and Martin Chase Productions $27 million $44,352,417 2009 ''The Blind Side'' 2009 Academy Award for Best Actress Sandra Bullock $29 million $309,208,309 2010 ''The Book of Eli'' Co-produced with Silver Pictures, international distribution by Summit Entertainment $80 million $157,091,718 ''Lottery Ticket'' Co-produced with Cube Vision $17 million $24,819,879 2011 ''Something Borrowed'' Co-produced with 2S Films, international distribution by Summit Entertainment $35 million $60,183,821	 ''Dolphin Tale''  $37 million $95,404,397	 2012 ''Joyful Noise'' $25 million	 $31,158,113 ''What to Expect When You're Expecting'' Lionsgate Co-produced with Phoenix Pictures $40 million $41.102.171 ''Chernobyl Diaries'' Warner Bros. Co-produced with FilmNation Entertainment and Oren Peli/Brian Witten Productions $1 million $37,157,648  2013 ''Beautiful Creatures'' Co-produced with 3 Arts Entertainment, Belle Pictures, international distribution by Lionsgate through Summit Entertainment $60 million $60,052,138	  ''Prisoners'' Co-produced with 8:38 Productions, Madhouse Entertainment, international distribution by Lionsgate through Summit Entertainment $46 million $122,126,687	  2014 ''Transcendence'' Co-produced with DMG Entertainment and Straight Up Films, international distribution by Lionsgate through Summit Entertainment $100 million $103,039,258	  ''Dolphin Tale 2'' $36 million $57,824,533	  ''The Good Lie'' Co-produced with Imagine Entertainment, Black Label Media and Reliance Entertainment, international distribution by Lionsgate through Summit Entertainment $20 million $2,722,209 2015 ''The 33'' Co-produced with Phoenix Pictures, international distribution by Good Universe $26 million $24,902,723	  ''Point Break'' Co-produced with DMG Entertainment, Ehrman Productions and Babelsberg Studios, international distribution by Lionsgate through Summit Entertainment $100 million  $131,338,490	 2016 ''No Manches Frida'' Pantelion Films Co-produced with Constantin Film  $12,421,716	  2017 ''Blade Runner 2049'' Warner Bros. / Sony Pictures Releasing Co-produced with Columbia Pictures, Thunderbird Films and Scott Free Productions $150–185 million $259,239,658 ''Father Figures'' Warner Bros. Co-produced with The Montecito Picture Company and DMG Entertainment $25 million $25,601,244 2018 ''12 Strong'' Co-produced with Black Label Media, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Torridon Films, international distribution by Lionsgate $35 million $62,928,960 2019 ''No Manches Frida 2'' Pantelion Films Co-produced with Constantin Film  $26.4 million 2024 ''No Manches Frida 3''   ''The Garfield Movie'' Sony Pictures Releasing First animated film. Co-produced with Columbia Pictures and Paws, Inc.
Alcon Television Group  Year Title Network Notes Seasons Episodes 2015–22 ''The Expanse'' Syfy (2015–18)Amazon Prime Video (2019–22) Co-produced with Penguin in a Parka, SeanDanielCo (2015–18), Just So (2019–22), Hivemind (2019–22) and Amazon Studios (2019–22); distributed by Legendary Television Distribution 6 62 2016–18 ''Ice'' Audience Co-produced with Fuqua Films (2016), Entertainment One, IM Global Television (2016) and Bernero Productions (2018) 2 20 2017–22 ''Pete the Cat'' Amazon Prime Video Co-produced with Appian Way Productions and Surfer Jack Productions; distributed by Cake Entertainment 14 2021–22 ''Blade Runner: Black Lotus'' Adult SwimCrunchyroll Co-produced with Williams Street 1 13 2024 ''Hey A.J!'' Disney Junior Co-produced with Disney Junior and Surfing Giant Studios TBA TBA ''Blade Runner 2099'' Amazon Prime Video Co-produced with Scott Free Productions, Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television TBA TBA
Alcon Interactive Group  Year Title Developer(s) Platform(s) 2017 ''Blade Runner 2049 VR - Memory Lab''  Magnopus  Oculus 2018 ''Blade Runner: Revelations'' Seismic Games Google Daydream 2021 ''In My Shadow'' Playbae Windows ''Blade Runner: Rogue'' Next Games iOS 2022 ''Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition'' Nightdive Studios  Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One 2023 ''The Expanse: A Telltale Series'' Telltale GamesDeck Nine Games  Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S TBA ''Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth'' Annapurna Interactive Windows, TBA
Music In 2014, Alcon partnered with Sleeping Giant Media to form ASG Music Group. ASG is a full service music company and record label. In 2017, ASG released the Blade Runner 2049 soundtrack, produced by Grammy nominated producer Michael Hodges, Kayla Morrison and Ashley Culp, with Epic Records. The Album reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Soundtrack Sales Charts.
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