Valhalla Entertainment
| File:Valhalla Entertainment logo.png | |
| Company type | Production company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film, Television |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Founder | Gale Anne Hurd |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Gale Anne Hurd |
Valhalla Entertainment is an American television and film production company best known for producing AMC's The Walking Dead television series and its companion series, Fear the Walking Dead. Valhalla has an overall deal with Universal Cable Productions to develop new television and digital programs.[1] Valhalla also currently produces USA Network's drama series, Falling Water, and Amazon's original series, Lore.
History
Formerly Pacific Western Productions, the company was founded by producer Gale Anne Hurd in 1982[2] and changed its name to Valhalla Motion Pictures on July 13, 2010. On February 7, 2017 Valhalla Motion Pictures merged into Valhalla Entertainment, which was originally formed in 1996.
Filmography
- The Terminator (1984) (as Pacific Western Productions)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (as Pacific Western Productions)
- Raising Cain (1992) (as Pacific Western Productions)
- No Escape (1994) (as Pacific Western Productions)
- Safe Passage (1994) (as Pacific Western Productions)
- The Relic (1997) (as Pacific Western Productions)
- Dante's Peak (1997) (as Pacific Western Productions)
- Switchback (1997) (as Pacific Western Productions)
- Armageddon (1998)
- Dead Man on Campus (1998) (as Pacific Western Productions)
- Virus (1999)
- Dick (1999) (as Pacific Western Productions)
- Clockstoppers (2002)
- Hulk (2003)
- The Punisher (2004)
- Æon Flux (2005)
- Welcome to the Jungle (2007)
- The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- Punisher: War Zone (2008)
- Hell Fest (2018)
Television
- Adventure Inc. (2002)
- The Wronged Man (2010) (TV movie)
- The Walking Dead (2010)
- Last Man Standing (2011) (TV movie)
- Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
- Hunters (2016)
- Falling Water (2016)
- Lore (2017)
Documentaries
- True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers (2002)
- Choctaw Code Talkers (2010)
- Mankiller (2017)
Comic Books
Valhalla has created a six-issue mini-series comic book, The Scourge, for Aspen Comics, and a four-issue comic book mini-series, ANTI, for 12 Gauge Comics.[3] Dead Man's Run, which was created for Aspen Comics by Greg Pak.[4]
Logo
On March 24, 2016 the United States Patent and Trademark Office denied a trademark registration by Valhalla Game Studios on the grounds there was likelihood of confusion between Valhalla Motion Pictures and Valhalla Games Studios' mark.[5]
References
- ^ Gale Anne Hurd Renews Valhalla Entertainment Deal with Universal Cable Productions
- ^ Gale Anne Hurd Biography - IMDB
- ^ Walking Dead Producer Gale Anne Hurd Talks Comic Book Movies
- ^ Pak, Aspen and Valhalla Entertainment Team Up for “Dead Man’s Run”
- ^ United States Patent and Trademark Office Opposition No. 91206662