Blueprint Pictures
IndustryMotion pictures
Founded2005; 19 years ago (2005) (London, England)
FounderGraham Broadbent and Peter Czernin
Headquarters32–36 Great Portland St.,
London, United Kingdom
Products
Websiteblueprintpictures.com

Blueprint Pictures is an independent film and television production company founded in 2005 by producers Graham Broadbent and Peter Czernin. Sony Pictures Television has owned a small stake in Blueprint Television since 2016.[1]

In 2008, Blueprint Pictures produced Martin McDonagh’s film In Bruges, starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, in conjunction with Film4 Productions.[2] Blueprint also produced McDonagh's second feature Seven Psychopaths, starring Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, and Sam Rockwell.[3]

In 2017, Blueprint produced Martin McDonagh's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri with Film4 Productions,[4] starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, and Peter Dinklage. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, won two,[5] and won 5 BAFTAs[6] as well as 4 Golden Globes.[7]

2018 saw the release of Mike Newell’s The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society[8] starring Lily James and Michiel Huisman, and the BBC television show A Very English Scandal, starring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw and directed by Stephen Frears.[9]

Other Blueprint productions include The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and its sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel starring Judi Dench and Bill Nighy,[10] The Riot Club starring Sam Claflin, Max Irons, and Douglas Booth and directed by Lone Scherfig,[11] and Becoming Jane starring Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy.[12] Blueprint's first television drama, The Outcast, was shown on BBC1 in 2015.[13]

Filmography

Year Film title Director Distributor
2007 Wind Chill Gregory Jacobs TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing
2007 Becoming Jane Julian Jarrold Buena Vista International, Miramax Films
2008 In Bruges Martin McDonagh Universal Studios, Focus Features
2011 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel John Madden Fox Searchlight Pictures
2012 Seven Psychopaths Martin McDonagh CBS Films, Momentum Pictures
2012 Now Is Good Ol Parker Warner Bros. Pictures
2014 The Riot Club Lone Scherfig Universal Pictures, IFC Films
2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel John Madden Fox Searchlight Pictures
2015 The Outcast (TV series) Iain Softley BBC
2016 The Last Dragonslayer (TV movie) Jamie Magnus Stone Sony Pictures Television
2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh Fox Searchlight Pictures
2017 The Mercy James Marsh StudioCanal
2018 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mike Newell
2018 A Very English Scandal (TV series) Stephen Frears Sony Pictures Television
2020 Emma. Autumn de Wilde Focus Features
2021 The Last Letter from Your Lover Augustine Frizzell Netflix, StudioCanal
A Boy Called Christmas Gil Kenan
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh Searchlight Pictures
2023 All of Us Strangers Andrew Haigh

References

  1. ^ Jaafar, Ali. "Sony Pictures TV Acquires Stake in TV Arm of Blueprint Pictures". Deadline Hollywood.
  2. ^ "In Bruges". IMDb.
  3. ^ "Seven Psychopaths". IMDb.
  4. ^ "Film releases". Variety Insight. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)Archived
  5. ^ Donnelly, Jim. "OSCAR WINNERS 2018: SEE THE FULL LIST". Oscar.go.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Film in 2018". BAFTA.
  7. ^ "Winners & Nominees 2018". Goldenglobes.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  8. ^ Wiseman, Andreas. "Netflix Takes U.S. & Key Markets on Lily James Romance 'Guernsey' By 'Three Billboards' Producer Blueprint Pictures". Deadline Hollywood.
  9. ^ Mead, Rebecca (28 June 2018). "The Very English Politics of 'A Very English Scandal'". The New Yorker.
  10. ^ Mendelson, Scott. "Review: 'The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' Is The Second Best Film In The Series". Forbes.
  11. ^ Williams, Sally. "The Riot Club: Behind the scenes". The Telegraph.
  12. ^ Bennett, Ray (12 March 2007). "Becoming Jane". The Hollywood Reporter.
  13. ^ Raeside, Julia (13 July 2015). "The Outcast review – 'I feared for Sadie Jones's adaptation of her perfect novel – but it is excellent'". TheGuardian.com.
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