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| Industry | Motion picture |
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| Founded | 2005; 21 years ago (2005) |
| Founder | Nicolas Chartier |
| Headquarters | , United States |
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| Products | Motion pictures |
| Website | voltagepictures |
Voltage Pictures is an American filmproduction anddistribution company founded byNicolas Chartier in 2005. It has assembled over 180 motion pictures, earning the company a total of twoGolden Globe Awards and nineAcademy Awards.
Recently released by Voltage isThe Marksman starring Liam Neeson which opened on January 12, 2021 via Open Road; the second installment of theAfter franchise,After We Collided, starringJosephine Langford andHero Fiennes Tiffin.
Additional releases includeI Feel Pretty starring Amy Schumer and Michelle Williams, which grossed nearly $100 million worldwide upon its release in 2018,Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile starring Zac Efron and Lily Collins, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film festival and subsequently sold to Netflix, andAva, directed by Tate Taylor and starring Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, John Malkovich, Common, Geena Davis, and Joan Chen.
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The Voltage sales slate includes the thrillerFear of Rain starringHarry Connick Jr. andKatherine Heigl, which was released February 12, 2021, via Lionsgate, andBody Brokers, which was released February 12, 2021, via Vertical Entertainment. Other titles include the gangster crime biopicLanksy starringHarvey Keitel,Sam Worthington and Annasophia Robb, the political biopicReagan, starringDennis Quaid,Penelope Ann Miller with Academy Award winnerJon Voight, the horror-thrillerThe Seventh Day starringGuy Pearce, and the war-thrillerCondor's Nest starringArnold Vosloo.
Voltage Pictures has produced two seasons ofTrue Justice starring Steven Seagal which aired on 5USA, the 6 episode seriesAge of the Living Dead / Age of the Undead, and most recently serving as executive producers onSix which is currently airing on The History Channel.
The Hurt Locker, starring Jeremy Renner took home six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay in 2009.Dallas Buyers Club, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto and Jennifer Garner. The film received three Academy Awards, including Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, and two Golden Globes, again in the two acting categories.
In 2014, Voltage Pictures filed a slew of"John Doe" lawsuits against individuals they accused oftorrenting the filmDallas Buyers Club, which Voltage had produced.[1]
In 2018, it was discovered that Voltage was attempting to sue 55,000 Canadians for sharing their films online.[2] Policy experts have called this move a case ofcopyright trolling.[3]
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