Marv Studios

British production company

Not to be confused with Marvel Studios.

Marv Studios Limited

Logo used since 2021

Formerly| Speed 5779 Limited (August–September 1996)[1]
SKA Productions Limited (September 1996–July 1999)[1]
SKA Films Limited (1999–2003)
Marv Limited (October–November 2005)[2]
Marv Films Limited (November 2005–June 2018)[2]
Company type| Production company
Industry| Film and television production
Founded| 1997; 28 years ago (1997)
Founders| Guy Ritchie
Matthew Vaughn
Headquarters| London, England (main)

Key people

| Matthew Vaughn
Products| Films, television series
Website| 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, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The King's Man. The company name is an acronym deriving from Vaughn’s birth name: Matthew Allard Robert Vaughn.

## History

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### SKA Films

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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

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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

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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

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Title  | Release date  | Director  | Producer  | Writer  | Production company  | Distributor  | Rotten Tomatoes

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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%[14]
Snatch | August 23, 2000  |  | Screen Gems | 73%[15]
Mean Machine | December 26, 2001  | Barry Skolnick  | Tracy Keenan Wynn
Charlie Fletcher
Chris Baker
Andrew Day  |  | Paramount Pictures | 34%[16]
Swept Away | October 11, 2002  | Guy Ritchie  | Guy Ritchie  | CODI SpA  | Screen Gems  | 5%[17]
as Marv Films
Layer Cake | October 1, 2004  | Matthew Vaughn  | Adam Bohling
David Reid
Matthew Vaughn  | J. J. Connolly |  | Sony Pictures Classics
(Worldwide)
Columbia Pictures
(UK and Ireland)  | 81%[18]
Stardust | April 10, 2007  | Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Michael Dreyer
Neil Gaiman
Matthew Vaughn  | Jane Goldman
Matthew Vaughn  | Ingenious Media | Paramount Pictures | 76%[19]
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%[20]
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%[21]
The Debt | September 30, 2010  | John Madden | Matthew Vaughn
Kris Thykier  | Matthew Vaughn
Jane Goldman
Peter Straughan |  | Focus Features
Miramax | 76%[22]
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%[23]
Kingsman: The Secret Service | 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%[24]
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%[25]
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%[26]
Kingsman: The Golden Circle | September 20, 2017  | Matthew Vaughn  | Matthew Vaughn
David Reid
Adam Bohling  | Jane Goldman
Matthew Vaughn  | TSG Entertainment
Cloudy Productions  | 51%[27]
Rocketman | May 31, 2019  | Dexter Fletcher  | Adam Bohling
David Furnish
David Reid
Matthew Vaughn  | Lee Hall | Rocket Pictures
New Republic Pictures  | Paramount Pictures  | 89%[28]
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%[29]
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%[30]
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%[31]
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%[32]
Stuntnuts: The Movie[33] | TBA  | Damien Walters  | Matthew Vaughn
Joby Stephens
Morgan Carlson
Luke Gomes
Christopher Tomkins  | Damien Walters  | Zebbo Films  | TBA  | TBA
Stuntnuts Does School Fight | TBA  | Damien Walters  | Matthew Vaughn
Joby Stephens
Morgan Carlson
Luke Gomes
Christopher Tomkins  | Damien Walters  | Zebbo Films  | TBA  | TBA

## Television

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Title  | First aired  | Last aired  | Showrunner  | Co-production  | Network  | Notes

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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  | 20th Television | Hulu |

## References

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

## External links

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* Official website

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Matthew Vaughn

* Marv Studios

Director|

* Layer Cake (2004)
* Stardust (2007)
* Kick-Ass (2010)
* X-Men: First Class (2011)
* Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
* Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
* The King's Man (2021)
* Argylle (2024)

Writer|

* The Debt (2010)
* X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
* Stuntnuts: The Movie (TBA)
* Stuntnuts Does School Fight (TBA)

Producer only|

* The Innocent Sleep (1996)
* Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
* Snatch (2000)
* Mean Machine (2001)
* Swept Away (2002)
* Harry Brown (2009)
* Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
* Fantastic Four (2015)
* Eddie the Eagle (2015)
* Rocketman (2019)
* Silent Night (2021)
* Tetris (2023)

Other|

* Kingsman franchise (co-creator)

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Israel

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