Marv Studios Explained

Marv Studios Limited
Former Name:	Speed 5779 Limited (August–September 1996)^[1] SKA Productions Limited (September 1996–July 1999) SKA Films Limited (1999–2003) Marv Limited (October–November 2005)^[2] Marv Films Limited (November 2005–June 2018)
Type:	Production company
Industry:	Film and television production
Founders:	Guy Ritchie Matthew Vaughn
Location:	London, England (main)
Key People:	Matthew Vaughn
Products:	Films, television series
Homepage:	Official website

Marv Studios, formerly SKA Films, is a British production company owned by Matthew Vaughn. It is best known for the motion pictures Layer Cake, Stardust, Kick-Ass, , and The King's Man. The company name is an acronym deriving from Vaughn’s birth name: Matthew Allard Robert Vaughn.

History

SKA Films

In 1997, producer Matthew Vaughn and director Guy Ritchie launched their own company in the United Kingdom, with its first project being Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, which is for Handmade Films.^[3]

In 1999, Vaughn and Ritchie struck an agreement with Sony Pictures to distribute its next project, Snatch.^[4]

The team followed it up with their next big project Swept Away, starring Madonna.^[5] The film ended up being bombed critically and commercially.^[6] It went on to win the Golden Raspberry Awards in 2003.^[7]

Marv Films / Marv Studios

Later that same year, Ritchie and Vaughn broke up ties, thus rebranding from SKA Films to Marv Films, and its first production under the new banner was Matthew Vaughn's directorial debut Layer Cake.^[8]

In 2007, it signed a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to produce its feature films.^[9] Later that same year, Charlie Mitchell joined the company.^[10]

In 2009, Kris Thykier decided to leave Marv Films, in order to set up PeaPie Films, to produce new feature films.^[11]

In 2018, Vaughn launched its subsidiary Marv Studios to set up new feature film reboots.^[12]

Marv Music

In 2021, Marv launched a record label, Marv Music, in conjunction with Warner Music Group. The label is distributed under Warner's Parlophone unit.^[13]

Films

Title	Release date	Director	Producer	Writer	Production company	Distributor	Rotten Tomatoes
as SKA Films
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	28 August 1998	Guy Ritchie	Matthew Vaughn	Guy Ritchie	HandMade Films The Steve Tisch Company Summit Entertainment	Gramercy Pictures Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International PolyGram Filmed Entertainment	75%
Snatch	August 23, 2000					Screen Gems	73%
Mean Machine	December 26, 2001	Barry Skolnick		Tracy Keenan Wynn Charlie Fletcher Chris Baker Andrew Day		Paramount Pictures	34%
Swept Away	October 11, 2002	Guy Ritchie		Guy Ritchie	CODI SpA	Screen Gems	5%
as Marv Films
Layer Cake	October 1, 2004	Matthew Vaughn	Adam Bohling David Reid Matthew Vaughn	J. J. Connolly		Sony Pictures Classics Columbia Pictures	81%^[14]
Stardust	April 10, 2007		Lorenzo di Bonaventura Michael Dreyer Neil Gaiman Matthew Vaughn	Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn	Ingenious Media	Paramount Pictures	76%^[15]
Harry Brown	November 11, 2009	Daniel Barber	Matthew Vaughn Kris Thykier Matthew Brown Keith Bell	Gary Young	UK Film Council HanWay Films Prescience Framestore Features	Lionsgate	64%^[16]
Kick-Ass	March 26, 2010	Matthew Vaughn	Matthew Vaughn Brad Pitt Kris Thykier Adam Bohling Tarquin Pack David Reid	Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn	Plan B Entertainment	Lionsgate Universal Pictures	75%^[17]
The Debt	September 30, 2010	John Madden	Matthew Vaughn Kris Thykier	Matthew Vaughn Jane Goldman Peter Straughan		Focus Features Miramax	76%^[18]
Kick-Ass 2	August 14, 2013	Jeff Wadlow	Adam Bohling Tarquin Pack David Reid Matthew Vaughn	Jeff Wadlow	Plan B Entertainment Dentsu	Universal Pictures	31%^[19]
	February 13, 2015	Matthew Vaughn	Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling	Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn	Cloudy Productions Shangri-La Entertainment TSG Entertainment	20th Century Fox	74%^[20]
Fantastic Four	August 7, 2015	Josh Trank	Gregory Goodman Simon Kinberg Robert Kulzer Hutch Parker Matthew Vaughn	Jeremy Slater Simon Kinberg Josh Trank	Marvel Entertainment Constantin Film Kinberg Genre Robert Kulzer Productions TSG Entertainment		9%^[21]
Eddie the Eagle	February 26, 2016	Dexter Fletcher	Adam Bohling David Reid Rupert Maconick Valerie Van Galder Matthew Vaughn	Sean Macaulay Simon Kelton	Studio Babelsberg Saville Productions TSG Entertainment		80%^[22]
	September 20, 2017	Matthew Vaughn	Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling	Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn	TSG Entertainment Cloudy Productions		51%^[23]
Rocketman	May 31, 2019	Dexter Fletcher	Adam Bohling David Furnish David Reid Matthew Vaughn	Lee Hall	Rocket Pictures New Republic Pictures	Paramount Pictures	89%^[24]
as Marv Studios
Silent Night	December 3, 2021	Camille Griffin	Matthew Vaughn Trudie Styler Celine Rattray	Camille Griffin	Endeavor Content Maven Screen Media	AMC+ RLJE Films	65%^[25]
The King's Man	December 22, 2021	Matthew Vaughn	Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling	Matthew Vaughn Karl Gajdusek	Cloudy Productions	20th Century Studios	43%^[26]
Tetris	March 31, 2023	Jon S. Baird	Matthew Vaughn Leonard Blavatnik Gregor Cameron Gillian Berrie	Noah Pink	Apple Studios AI Film Unigram	Apple TV+	81%^[27]
Argylle	February 2, 2024	Matthew Vaughn	Matthew Vaughn Adam Bohling David Reid Jason Fuchs	Jason Fuchs	Apple Studios Cloudy Productions	Apple TV+ Universal Pictures	35%^[28]
	TBA	Matthew Vaughn	Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling		TSG Entertainment Cloudy Productions	20th Century Studios
Project X		Matthew Vaughn	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
School Fight		Damien Walters	Matthew Vaughn Joby Stephens Morgan Carlson Luke Gomes Christopher Tomkins	Damien Walters	Zebbo Films	TBA	TBA
		Matthew Vaughn	TBA	Matthew Vaughn	Cloudy Productions	20th Century Studios
The Stuntman^[29]		Damien Walters		Damien Walters	Zebbo Films	TBA

Television

Title	First aired	Last aired	Showrunner	Co-production	Network	Notes
as SKA Films
Lock, Stock...	May 29, 2000	July 11, 2000	Guy Ritchie	Ginger Productions	Channel 4
Swag	2002	2004	Guy Ritchie		Five
as Marv Studios
Untitled Statesman TV series	TBA	TBA	TBA

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1996-08-30 . SKA Films Limited overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK . 2024-03-15 . . en.
2. Web site: 2005-10-10 . Marv Studios Limited overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK . 2024-03-15 . . en.
3. Web site: Paragon unveils 5 new HandMade pix. 1997-02-21. Variety. en. 2020-05-29.
4. Web site: Sony, Ska make 'Diamonds' deal. Petrikin. Chris. 1999-01-07. Variety. en. 2020-05-29. Carver. Benedict.
5. Web site: Newlyweds 'Swept'. Dawtrey. Adam. 2001-07-27. Variety. en. 2020-05-29.
6. Web site: MADONNA BOMBS – 'SWEPT AWAY' IS LATEST WA$HOUT IN LONG LINE OF FLOPS. Hoffmann. Bill. 2002-10-15. New York Post. en. 2020-05-29.
7. News: 2003-03-24. Madonna sweeps board at annual Raspberry awards. en-GB. The Guardian. 2020-05-29. 0261-3077.
8. Web site: Vaughn takes 'Cake,' Ritchie fires 'Revolver'. Dawtrey. Adam. 2003-06-15. Variety. en. 2020-05-29.
9. Web site: Sony, Marv Films pact. Garrett. Diane. 2007-06-16. Variety. en. 2020-05-29.
10. Web site: Mitchell joins MARV Films. Dawtrey. Adam. 2007-12-07. Variety. en. 2020-05-29.
11. Web site: Thykier exits Marv, sets up PeaPie. Jaafar. Ali. 2009-07-06. Variety. en. 2020-05-29.
12. Web site: Matthew Vaughn Plans 'Kick-Ass' Reboot & 'Kingsman' Spinoff, Launches Marv Studios. Wiseman. Andreas. 2018-06-08. Deadline. en. 2020-05-29.
13. Web site: WARNER LAUNCHES JV LABEL MARV MUSIC WITH BRITISH PRODUCTION COMPANY MARV, COLIN BARLOW JOINS AS PRESIDENT. Needham. Jack. 2021-11-11. Music Business Worldwide. en. 2021-11-11.
14. Web site: Layer Cake. Flixster. Rotten Tomatoes. 27 October 2012.
15. Web site: Stardust. Flixster. Rotten Tomatoes. 2008-03-17 .
16. Web site: Rotten Tomatoes. . 2010-09-05.
17. Web site: Kick-Ass (2010). Rotten Tomatoes. 21 February 2015.
18. Web site: The Debt. Rotten Tomatoes. November 1, 2011.
19. Web site: Kick-Ass 2 (2013). Rotten Tomatoes. December 8, 2016.
20. Web site: Kingsman: The Secret Service. Rotten Tomatoes. 21 September 2017.
21. Web site: Fantastic Four (2015). Flixster. Rotten Tomatoes. November 9, 2015.
22. Web site: Eddie the Eagle (2016). Rotten Tomatoes. June 21, 2016.
23. Web site: Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017). Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. 9 October 2017.
24. Web site: Rocketman (2019). Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. 1 October 2019.
25. Web site: Silent Night. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. 26 September 2021.
26. Web site: The King's Man. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. 24 December 2021.
27. Web site: Tetris. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. 1 April 2023.
28. Web site: Argylle. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. February 2, 2024.
29. Web site: Yossman. K. J.. Matthew Vaughn Starts Production on The Stuntman, Next Film in Kick-Ass Universe Directed by Damien Walters (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. 29 February 2024. 29 February 2024.