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| Formerly | Pacific Western Productions (1982–1998) |
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Film Television |
| Founded | 1982; 43 years ago (1982) (asPacific Western Productions) 1998; 27 years ago (1998) (asValhalla Entertainment) |
| Founder | Gale Anne Hurd |
| Headquarters | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California |
Key people | Gale Anne Hurd |
Valhalla Entertainment Productions, Inc. is an American film and televisionproduction company founded by producerGale Anne Hurd in 1982. Their productions includeAMC'sThe Walking Dead television series, its companion series,Fear the Walking Dead, and the spin-off,The Walking Dead: World Beyond.
Formerly Pacific Western Productions, the company was founded by producerGale Anne Hurd in 1982,[1] and it was folded into Valhalla Motion Pictures in 2000.
In 1988, Gale Anne Hurd launched a labelNo Frills Film, devoted to producing lower budget and independent films, usually with the nature of B-movie.[2] In 1993, No Frills Film was merged into Pacific Western Productions.[citation needed]
Five years later, Gale Anne Hurd formed another production label,Valhalla Motion Pictures, which was ultimately merged with Pacific Western Productions in 2000.[3] The same year it signed a first-look deal with Kinowelt USA,[4] which was acquired byStudioCanal[5] after Kinowelt was forced into bankruptcy.[6]
In 2001, Valhalla Motion Pictures launched a television division that its main focus was on producing television shows and movies for networks and syndication.[7]
Valhalla had an overall deal withUniversal Cable Productions to develop new television and digital programs,[8] which was renewed in 2015.[9] Valhalla producedUSA Network's drama series,Falling Water,[10] andAmazon's original series,Lore.[11]
In the comic book industry, Valhalla has created a six-issue mini-series comic book,The Scourge, forAspen Comics, and a four-issue comic book mini-series,ANTI, for 12 Gauge Comics.[12]Dead Man's Run, which was created for Aspen Comics byGreg Pak.[13]
On February 7, 2017, Valhalla Motion Pictures merged into Valhalla Entertainment, which was originally formed in 1996.
| Year | Film | Details | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director(s) | Writer(s) | Distributor(s) | Budget(s) | Gross | ||
| 1984 | The Terminator | James Cameron | James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd | Orion Pictures | $6.4 million | $78.3 million |
| 1986 | Aliens | Story by: James Cameron andDavid Giler andWalter Hill Screenplay by: James Cameron Based on characters by:Dan O'Bannon andRonald Shusett | 20th Century Fox | $17–18 million | $131.3–183.3 million | |
| 1988 | Bad Dreams | Andrew Fleming | Story by: Andrew Fleming and Michael Dick and P.J. Pettiette and Yuri Zeltser Screenplay by: Andrew Fleming andSteven E. de Souza | $4.5 million | $9.8 million | |
| Alien Nation | Graham Bake | Rocknee S. O'Bannon | $16 million | $32.2 million | ||
| 1989 | The Abyss | James Cameron | $43–47 million | $89.8 million | ||
| 1990 | Downtown | Richard Benjamin | Nat Mauldin | $10 million | $2.34 million | |
| Tremors | Ron Underwood | Story by: Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson and Ron Underwood Screenplay by: Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson | Universal Studios | $11 million | $16 million | |
| 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | James Cameron | James Cameron andWilliam Wisher Jr. | TriStar Pictures | $94 million | $523.7 million |
| 1992 | The Waterdance | Neal Jimenez andMichael Steinberg | Neal Jimenez | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | TBA | $1.7 million |
| Raising Cain | Brian De Palma | Universal Studios | $12 million | $37 million | ||
| 1994 | No Escape | Martin Campbell | Michael Gaylin andJoel Gross | Savoy Pictures(US & UK) Columbia Pictures(International) | $20 million | $15.3 million |
| Safe Passage | Robert Allan Ackerman | Deena Goldstone | New Line Cinema | TBA | $1.6 million | |
| 1997 | The Relic | Peter Hyams | Amy Holden Jones and John Raffo andRick Jaffa & Amanda Silver | Paramount Pictures(US) Universal Studios(international) | $60 million | $48 million |
| Dante's Peak | Roger Donaldson | Leslie Bohem | Universal Studios | $116 million | $178.1 million | |
| Switchback | Jeb Stuart | Paramount Pictures | $38 million | $6.5 million | ||
| 1998 | Armageddon | Michael Bay | Story by:Robert Roy Pool and Jonathan Hensleigh Screenplay by: Jonathan Hensleigh andTony Gilroy andShane Salerno andJ. J. Abrams | Buena Vista Pictures | $140 million | $553.7 million |
| Dead Man on Campus | Alan Cohn | Story by: Anthony Abrams and Adam Larson Broder Screenplay by: Michael Traeger andMike White | Paramount Pictures | $14 million | $15 million | |
| 1999 | Virus | John Bruno | Dennis Feldman andChuck Pfarrer | Universal Studios | $75 million | $30.7 million |
| Dick | Andrew Fleming | Andrew Fleming andSheryl Longin | Columbia Pictures | $13 million | $6.3 million | |
| 2002 | Clockstoppers | Jonathan Frakes | Story by:Rob Hedden and Andy Hedden and J. David Stem andDavid N. Weiss Screenplay by: Rob Hedden and J. David Stem and David N. Weiss | Paramount Pictures | $26 million | $38.8 million |
| 2003 | Hulk | Ang Lee | Story by:James Schamus Screenplay by: James Schamus andMichael France and John Turman | Universal Studios | $137 million | $245.4 million |
| 2004 | The Punisher | Jonathan Hensleigh | Jonathan Hensleigh and Michael France | Lionsgate Films(US & Canada) Columbia Pictures(International) | $33 million | $54.7 million |
| 2005 | Æon Flux | Karyn Kusama | Phil Hay andMatt Manfredi | Paramount Pictures | $65 million | $52.3 million |
| 2007 | Welcome to the Jungle | Jonathan Hensleigh | Dimension Films | 200,000 | TBA | |
| 2008 | The Incredible Hulk | Louis Leterrier | Zak Penn[N 1] | Universal Studios | $150 million | $263.4 million |
| Punisher: War Zone | Lexi Alexander | Art Marcum & Matt Holloway andNick Santora | Lionsgate Films | $35 million | $10.1 million | |
| 2018 | Hell Fest | Gregory Plotkin | Story by: William Penick and Christopher Sey andStephen Susco Screenplay by: Seth M. Sherwood andBlair Butler and Akela Cooper | CBS Films Lionsgate Films | $5.5 million | $17.5 million |
| Year | Comic book(s) | Details | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher(s) | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Issue(s) | Reference(s) | ||
| 2010–2011 | The Scourge | Aspen Comics | Scott Lobdell | Eric Battle | 6 | [16] |
| 2011–2013 | Dead Man's Run | Greg Pak | Tony Parker | 7 | [17] | |
| 2012–2013 | ANTI | 12 Gauge Comics | Peter Calloway | Brian Stelfreeze | 4 | [18] |
| Year | Documentary film | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director(s) | Writer(s) | Distributor(s) | ||
| 2002 | True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers | Valerie Red-Horse | PBS | |
| 2010 | Choctaw Code Talkers | Native American Public Telecommunications | ||
| 2017 | Mankiller | PBS | ||
| 2022 | The YouTube Effect | Alex Winter | Kanopy Drafthouse Films | |
| Year | Television movie | Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director(s) | Writer(s) | Network(s) | Distributor(s) | ||
| 1991 | Cast a Deadly Spell | Martin Campbell | Joseph Dougherty | HBO | |
| 1994 | Witch Hunt | Paul Schrader | |||
| 1995 | Sugartime | John N. Smith | Written by:Martyn Burke Suggested by the bookRoemer: Man Against the Mob by:William F. Roemer Jr. | ||
| 2010 | The Wronged Man | Tom McLoughlin | Based on the magazine article by: Andrew Corsello Written by: Teena Booth | Lifetime Movie Network | Sony Pictures Television |
| 2011 | Last Man Standing | Ernest Dickerson | Jolene Rice and Adam Beason | Lifetime Television | |
On March 24, 2016, theUnited States Patent and Trademark Office denied a trademark registration byValhalla Game Studios on the grounds there was likelihood of confusion between Valhalla Motion Pictures and Valhalla Games Studios' mark.[19]