Smokehouse Pictures

Smokehouse Pictures is an American film and television production company. The company was founded in 2006 by George Clooney and Grant Heslov after the shutdown of Section Eight Productions. Its name is taken from the Smoke House restaurant, located across the street from Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California.^[1]

The company signed a long-term production and development agreement with Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Bros. Television in July 2006.^[2]

In June 2009, the company signed an exclusive two-year theatrical development and production deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment.^[3]^[4]

In March 2023, the company returned to Warner Bros. for an overall film deal.^[5]

Filmography

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^ George Clooney's Smoke House Signs First-Look Deal With WB, Monsters & Critics, archived from the original on March 2, 2014
^ George Clooney and Smoke House Move From Warner Bros to Sony, MTV Movies Blog, archived from the original on September 19, 2015
^ Clooney and Heslov's Smokehouse Moves to Sony, Screen Daily, June 30, 2009, retrieved July 17, 2024
^ Fleming Jr., Mike (March 27, 2023). "George Clooney & Grant Heslov's Smokehouse Pictures Coming Home To Warner Bros In Film Deal With Co-Heads Mike De Luca & Pam Abdy". Deadline. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
^ Sony Dates Apple's 'Wolfs' & 'Project Artemis For 2024, Deadline, December 21, 2023, retrieved July 17, 2024