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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Original Film''' is a production company founded in | '''Original Film''' is a production company founded in 1990 by Neal H. Moritz and Bruce Mellon as a film producer and a commercial company. Its first film was a 1990 television film known as ''Framed''. In 1991, David Heyman joined the company as an employee of the motion picture department. The company made three films during this time, ''Juice'', ''The Stoned Age'' and the TV movie ''Blind Justice''; all three were credited under "Moritz/Heyman Productions". In 1993, Stokley Chaffin joined the company. Heyman later resigned to form [[Heyday Films]], while Chaffin left in 2001. | ||
Moritz struck a long-time production deal with [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] in 1997; it lasted until 2019. Brad Luff joined Original Film at this time; he left in 2003 to run [[Morgan Creek Entertainment]]. Between 1997 and 2003, some of Moritz' films were credited under the banner "[[Neal H. Moritz Productions]]". | |||
Original Film continued to expand in 1998, when Moritz struck a deal with [[Newmarket Films|Newmarket Capital Group]] to produce lower-budget feature films. The company expanded further in 1999, when Moritz started producing television shows with the debut of ''Shasta McNasty'' (produced under the Neal H. Moritz Productions banner). Mark Rossen joined the company at the same time. In 2001, Moritz produced ''The Fast and The Furious'', the first movie in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise, which remains one of Original Film's best-known franchises. | |||
Moritz expanded Original Film further in 2002, launching a partnership with fellow talent agency Marty Adelstein to head "Original", a film and television managing company that comprises Original Film's assets. Dawn Parouse joined the company later that year; she and Adelstein would go on to form [[Adelstein/Parouse Productions]]. Moritz later struck a deal with [[20th Century Fox Television (1994-2020)|20th Century Fox Television]] to produce television shows; this spawned four shows, ''Greg the Bunny'' (which the company went uncredited for), ''Tru Calling'', ''Point Pleasant'' and ''Prison Break''. | |||
Moritz split the film and managing business in 2004. Former [[Mandalay Pictures]] employee Ori Marmur joined the company at the same time. Two years later, Moritz expanded his deal with Sony Pictures to television with a new deal with [[Sony Pictures Television]]; this went into effect in 2010 with the debut of ''The Big C'' and still remains. | |||
Moritz signed a new feature film deal with [[Paramount Pictures]], which he worked with on ''Juice'', in 2017; the deal went into effect in 2019, with Moritz's first film under the deal, ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', being released in 2020. In August 2020, the deal was extended until 2023, and in April 2024, it was extended further until 2027. However, Original Film continues to work with Sony Pictures on films (mostly sequels) related to those Moritz produced when he was still aligned with Sony, as well as [[Universal Pictures]] on the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise. As of today, Original Film is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with Moritz as the company's CEO. | |||
Prior to 2000, the company didn't use a logo; earlier films (e.g. ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' and its first sequel) either merely used an in-credit notice (a credit for Moritz himself (i.e. "A Neal H. Moritz Production") was used for films produced under the "Neal H. Moritz Productions" banner, as was the credit "A Moritz/Heyman Production" for ''Juice'', ''The Stoned Age'' and ''Blind Justice'', and ''Volcano'' credits the company as "Moritz Original") or, in the case of ''Framed'', carried no credit for the company at all. | |||
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*It debuted on ''The Skulls'', and also appeared on its sequels, as well as the direct-to-video film ''Cruel Intentions 2'', and ''Slackers''. | *It debuted on ''The Skulls'', and also appeared on its sequels, as well as the direct-to-video film ''Cruel Intentions 2'', and ''Slackers''. | ||
*It also appears on ''Return of Cabin by the Lake''. | *It also appears on ''Return of Cabin by the Lake''. | ||
*Most movies, including ''The Fast and the Furious'', that film's first sequel, ''2 Fast 2 Furious'', ''Saving Silverman'', ''Not Another Teen Movie'', and ''XXX'', don't have this logo, instead using an in-credit notice. | *Most movies, including ''The Fast and the Furious'', that film's first sequel, ''2 Fast 2 Furious'', ''Saving Silverman'', ''Not Another Teen Movie'', and ''XXX'', don't have this logo, instead using an in-credit notice (both ''Fast & Furious'' films released during this logo's lifespan instead credits Moritz himself, as does ''XXX''). | ||
===3rd Logo (August 8, 2003-)=== | ===3rd Logo (August 8, 2003-)=== | ||