Smokehouse Pictures Explained

Smokehouse Pictures
Predecessor:Section Eight Productions
Location City:Burbank, California, United States
Industry:Motion pictures and television
Products:Film production
Type:Private

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.

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

In March 2023, the company returned to Warner Bros. for an overall film deal.[2]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmDirectorNotes
2008LeatherheadsGeorge Clooney
2009PlaygroundLibby Spears
The Men Who Stare at GoatsGrant Heslov
2010The AmericanAnton Corbijn
2011The Ides of MarchGeorge Clooney
2012ArgoBen AffleckBest Picture: Academy Award, AFI, Golden Globe, BAFTA
Best Director: Golden Globe, BAFTA
2013 August: Osage CountyJohn Wells
2014 The Monuments MenGeorge Clooney
2015 Our Brand Is Crisis
2016 Money Monster
2017 SuburbiconGeorge Clooney
2018 Ocean's 8
O.G.
2020 The Art of Political Murder
The Midnight Sky George Clooney
2021 The Tender Bar
2022 Ticket to Paradise
2023 The Boys in the Boat George Clooney
2024 Wolfs Post-production

Television

TitleFirst airedLast airedCo-productionNetworkNotes
Memphis Beat 2010 2011 TNT
Catch-22
On Becoming a God in Central Florida

Notes and References

  1. News: Smoke House Restaurant Marks 65 Years in Burbank . . October 12, 2011.
  2. Web site: George Clooney & Grant Heslov's Smokehouse Pictures Coming Home To Warner Bros In Film Deal With Co-Heads Mike De Luca & Pam Abdy. Fleming Jr.. Mike. 2023-03-27. Deadline. en. 2024-04-16.