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In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. In 1972 she launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, breaking another political barrier.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
| C2 Pictures | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Private |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Predecessor | Carolco Pictures Cinergi Pictures |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder | Mario Kassar Andrew G. Vajna |
| Defunct | 2008 |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Successor | The Halcyon Company |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Products | Motion pictures, television series and video games |
C2 Pictures was an American independent media-entertainment company that specialized in film and television production. It was founded in 1998 and dissolved in 2008.
The company was established in 1998 by Carolco Pictures co-founders Andrew G. Vajna (who had formed Cinergi Pictures until it folded in this same year) and Mario Kassar.[1] In 1999, VCL Communications and Toho-Towa were attached as partners on the then-upcoming feature film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.[2] The company assigned Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer the right to co-produce Basic Instinct 2.[3] Both sequels were co-produced by international backer Intermedia.[4]
The company's first production was the action comedy film I Spy (2002). Though this film was the company's first, Kassar and Vajna's initial purpose for forming the new company was to resurrect the Terminator franchise.[5] In 2008, the company fell into dormancy and eventually was dissolved.[6]
| Release date | Title | Director(s) | Production partner(s) | Distributor(s) | Budget | Box office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1, 2002 | I Spy | Betty Thomas | Columbia Pictures, Tall Trees Productions, Sheldon Leonard Productions |
Sony Pictures Releasing | $70 million[7] | $60.3 million[7] |
| July 2, 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines[8] | Jonathan Mostow | Columbia Pictures,[9] Intermedia Films[8] |
Warner Bros. Pictures (United States/Canada), Sony Pictures Releasing (International) |
$187.3 million ($167.3 million excluding production overhead) | $433.3 million[10] |
| March 31, 2006 | Basic Instinct 2 | Michael Caton-Jones | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Intermedia Films |
Sony Pictures Releasing | $70 million | $38.6 million[11] |
| November 10, 2006 | Children of Glory | Krisztina Goda | N/A | Bunyik Entertainment (United States) |
N/A | N/A |
| Year(s) | Title | Creator(s) | Production partner(s) | Distributor(s) | Original network | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Josh Friedman | co-production with Sarah Connor Pictures, Bartleby Company and Warner Bros. Television | Warner Bros. Television Distribution | Fox | first season only |
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C2 Pictures was an American independent media-entertainment company that specialized in film and television production. It was founded in 1998 and dissolved in 2008.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (sometimes abbreviated as Terminator: TSCC or simply TSCC) is an American science fiction drama television series. It aired on Fox from January 13, 2008 to April 10, 2009, spanning 31 episodes across two seasons. It is a spin-off from the Terminator film series, disregarding the events of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and picking up shortly after Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The series revolves around the lives of Sarah Connor (portrayed by Lena Headey) and her son John (Thomas Dekker), who work to prevent the creation of Skynet, an artificially intelligent computer system that will eventually launch a nuclear war on humans. The Sarah Connor Chronicles was created by writer and executive producer Josh Friedman, marking his television debut. Production companies included Warner Bros. Television and C2 Pictures, the latter replaced by The Halcyon Company in season two. The series was produced by C2 founders Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna, who also produced Terminator 3. Other producers included C2 executive James Middleton and David Nutter, who directed the pilot episode. The show's soundtrack was composed by Bear McCreary. The Sarah Connor Chronicles was greenlit in 2007 for a thirteen-episode season, which was reduced to nine episodes because of the Writers Guild of America strike. The series premiered mid-season and would go on to receive generally positive reviews, but it also saw low viewership ratings as it progressed through its second season. The Sarah Connor Chronicles was cancelled on May 18, 2009, despite a fan campaign urging Fox to renew it.
Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film studio and distribution arm of Skydance Motion Pictures, itself a division of Skydance Corporation. Founded on May 8, 1912, it is the sixth-oldest global film studio and the second-oldest in the United States behind Universal Pictures, and it is, along with its sister studio Warner Bros. Pictures, one of the "Big Four" film studios. In 1916, film producer Adolph Zukor put 24 actors and actresses under contract and honored each with a star on the logo. In 1967, the number of stars was reduced to 22 and their hidden meaning was dropped. In 2014, Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all of its films in digital form only. The most commercially successful film franchises from Paramount Pictures include Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Top Gun, Mission: Impossible, and Transformers. Additionally, the studio's library includes many notable films such as The Greatest Show on Earth, Rear Window, The Ten Commandments, Love Story, The Godfather, Grease, Ghost, Forrest Gump, Titanic and Saving Private Ryan, with four of the ten films winning the Academy Award for Best Picture, and all of them were among the highest-grossing films of all time, with Titanic breaking the record during its initial release. Paramount Pictures is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), and is currently one of seven film studios of Paramount Skydance Studios, alongside a 49% stake in Miramax, Paramount Players, a revival of Republic Pictures, and Skydance Animation.
Universal City Studios LLC (doing business as Universal Pictures), commonly known as Universal Studios or simply Universal, is an American film production and distribution company headquartered at the Universal Studios complex in Universal City, California. It serves as the flagship studio of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, the film studio arm of NBCUniversal, which is a subsidiary of Comcast. Founded on April 30, 1912, by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States and the fifth oldest globally after Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus and Nordisk Film, and is one of the "Big Four" film studios. Universal Pictures is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), and was one of the "Little Three" majors during Hollywood's golden age. It is currently one of eight film studios of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, alongside Focus Features, a 20% stake in Amblin Partners, a 50% stake in United International Pictures, Working Title Films, Universal Animation Studios, Illumination, and DreamWorks Animation. Woody Woodpecker, a cartoon character created by Walter Lantz, serves as the company's mascot.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
MORE →Shirley Chisholm, elected in 1968.