MTV Entertainment Studios
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Formerly called
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MTV Productions (1991–1995) MTV Films (1996–2020) MTV Production Development (2003–2018) MTV Studios (2018–2021) |
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Industry | Motion picture Television production |
Predecessor | Film Brands |
Founded | 1991 (as MTV Productions) 1996 (as MTV Films) |
Headquarters | Hollywood, California, U.S. |
Key people
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Chris McCarthy Albert Berger David Gale Ron Yerxa |
Owner | Paramount Global |
Parent | MTV Entertainment Group (Paramount Media Networks) |
Divisions | MTV Animation MTV Documentary Films Comedy Partners |
MTV Entertainment Studios is the film and television production arm of MTV Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Founded in 1991 as MTV Productions, it is a consolidation of the former MTV Films group established in 1996 and the MTV Production Development/MTV Studios group of 2003–2021, it has produced original television shows like Beavis and Butt-Head, Æon Flux, Jackass, My Super Sweet 16, Daria, Celebrity Deathmatch, Clone High and The Real World and films such as Election, and Napoleon Dynamite. Its films are released by fellow Paramount Global division Paramount Pictures. The MTV Films unit was once part of Paramount Players until 2020.
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History
MTV Productions originally started in 1991, and went into expansion two years later, with Doug Herzog serving as president of the unit. Its expansion was to produce shows for theatrical release, broadcast TV and cable, syndication and the international marketplace.[1] MTV then signed a two-picture deal with Geffen Pictures to start making motion pictures afterwards.[2]
Only one movie came out of the deal due to the 1994 acquisition of Paramount Pictures by MTV's parent company Viacom, Joe's Apartment, based on a short aired on MTV, came out on July 26, 1996, which grossed $4.6 million on a $13 million budget, making it a box office bomb.[3] Shortly afterwards, MTV Productions tried for an entertainment strip Real Time, to be distributed by Viacom Enterprises, which was owned by MTV's parent Viacom, and scheduled on air for the 1994–95 season, but it was never materialized.[4]
Shortly after Viacom bought out Paramount Pictures, Paramount began to distribute material from MTV and Nickelodeon, with their respective movie divisions.[5] Shortly after The Arsenio Hall Show was cancelled, Paramount began distributing and producing MTV's The Jon Stewart Show for the syndication market.[6]
In 1994, the Paramount Television Group and MTV Productions signed a deal to develop projects commissioned by MTV, and gave Paramount the right of first refusal on projects developed by MTV.[7] By 1995, David Gale was named head of MTV Films.[8]
MTV developed its first feature film in collaboration with Paramount Pictures, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, based on the MTV cartoon Beavis and Butt-Head, which grossed $63.1 million on a $12 million budget.[9]
For the 1997–98 television season, MTV Productions has briefly dabbled into network television production, in conjunction with Paramount Network Television, sister sibling of Viacom, to produce the NBC comedy Jenny, the UPN (then-sister of MTV) comedy Hitz, and the WB drama Three, but none of them got success beyond its first season.[10]
On August 21, 1998, MTV Films has released another film, Dead Man on Campus, which starred Tom Everett Scott and Mark-Paul Gosselaar, which met negative reviews from critics, and it was a box office bomb, grossing $15.1 million on a $14 million budget.[11]
MTV Films made its next feature film project, 200 Cigarettes, released on February 26, 1999, which was a box office bomb, grossing $6.8 million on a $6 million budget.[12]
In 2001, MTV produced Zoolander under the VH1 Films branding, which grossed $60.7 million on a $28 million budget.[13]
In 2003, MTV announced a theatrical feature film adaptation of Celebrity Deathmatch, with creator Eric Fogel as writer, producer, and director, but it was cancelled by the end of the year before production could begin due to MTV being less interested in animation.
On August 21, 2006, Nickelodeon Movies, Comedy Central Films, and MTV Films became full labels of the Paramount Motion Pictures Group. By 2017, Paramount Players was created as a joint venture with MTV Films, Nickelodeon Movies, and BET Films. In 2019, MTV Studios launched MTV Documentary Films, a label producing and acquiring documentary features. In 2020, MTV Films was folded into MTV Studios. The following year, MTV Studios became MTV Entertainment Studios, encompassing content for and based on all of MTV Entertainment Group's brands.
Films
Theatrically released
Title | Release date | Production company(s) | Distribution | Budget | Gross |
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Joe's Apartment | July 26, 1996 | Geffen Pictures / Blue Sky Studios (animation) | Warner Bros. | $13 million | $4,619,014 |
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | December 20, 1996 | MTV Animation / Geffen Pictures / Judgemental Films | Paramount Pictures | $12 million | $63,118,386 |
Dead Man on Campus | August 21, 1998 | Pacific Western Productions | $14 million | $15,064,946 | |
Varsity Blues | January 15, 1999 | Tollin/Robbins Productions | $16 million | $54,294,169 | |
200 Cigarettes | February 26, 1999 | Lakeshore Entertainment | $6 million | $6,852,450 | |
Election | May 7, 1999 | Bona Fide Productions | $25 million | $14,902,041 | |
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | June 30, 1999 | Under Comedy Central Films; Scott Rudin Productions / Braniff Productions | Paramount Pictures (USA) Warner Bros. (International) |
$21 million | $83,137,603 |
The Wood | July 16, 1999 | Paramount Pictures | $6 million | $25,059,640 | |
The Original Kings of Comedy | August 18, 2000 | Latham Entertainment / 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks | $3 million | $38,182,790 | |
Save the Last Dance | January 12, 2001 | Cort/Madden Productions | $13 million | $131,706,809 | |
Pootie Tang | June 29, 2001 | Chris Rock Productions / HBO Downtown Productions / 3 Arts Entertainment / Alphaville Films | $7 million | $3,313,583 | |
Zoolander | September 28, 2001 | Under VH1 Films; Village Roadshow Pictures / NPV Entertainment / Red Hour Productions / Scott Rudin Productions | $28 million | $60,780,981 | |
Orange County | January 11, 2002 | Scott Rudin Productions | $18 million | $41,032,915 | |
Crossroads | February 15, 2002 | Zomba Films | $12 million | $61,141,030 | |
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat | August 2, 2002 | Runteldat Entertainment | $3 million | $19,184,820 | |
Jackass: The Movie | October 25, 2002 | Dickhouse Productions / Lynch Siderow Productions | $5 million | $79,493,831 | |
Better Luck Tomorrow | April 11, 2003 | $250,000 | $3,809,226 | ||
The Fighting Temptations | September 19, 2003 | Handprint Films | $30 million | $32,750,821 | |
Tupac: Resurrection | November 14, 2003 | Amaru Entertainment | $300,000 | $7,808,524 | |
The Perfect Score | January 30, 2004 | Spyglass Entertainment / Tollin/Robbins Productions | $10,876,805 | ||
Napoleon Dynamite | August 27, 2004 | HH Films | Fox Searchlight Pictures (USA) Paramount Pictures (International) |
$400,000 | $46,118,097 |
Coach Carter | January 14, 2005 | Tollin/Robbins Productions | Paramount Pictures | $30 million | $76,669,806 |
The Longest Yard | May 27, 2005 | Columbia Pictures / Happy Madison Productions / Callahan Filmworks | Paramount Pictures (USA) Sony Pictures (International) |
$82 million | $190,320,568 |
Hustle & Flow | July 22, 2005 | Paramount Classics / New Deal Entertainment | Paramount Pictures | $2.8 million | $23,563,727 |
Murderball | July 22, 2005 | Participant Media / A&E IndieFilms | THINKFilm | $350,000 | $1,750,211 |
Get Rich or Die Tryin' | November 9, 2005 | G-Unit Films / Interscope/Shady/Aftermath Films | Paramount Pictures | $40 million | $46,442,528 |
Æon Flux | December 2, 2005 | Lakeshore Entertainment / Valhalla Motion Pictures | $62 million | $52,304,001 | |
Strangers with Candy | June 28, 2006 | Under Comedy Central Films; Worldwide Pants / Robert/Davis Films | THINKFilm | $2.3 million | |
Broken Bridges | September 6, 2006 | Under CMT Films | Paramount Classics | $11 million | $252,539 |
Jackass Number Two | September 22, 2006 | Dickhouse Productions / Lynch Siderow Productions | Paramount Pictures | $11.5 million | $84,618,532 |
Freedom Writers | January 5, 2007 | Jersey Films / 2S Films | $21 million | $43,090,741 | |
Reno 911!: Miami | February 23, 2007 | Under Comedy Central Films; High Sierra Carpeting / Jersey Films / Double Feature Films / Principato-Young Entertainment | 20th Century Fox (USA) Paramount Pictures (International) |
$10 million | $22,021,262 |
Blades of Glory | March 30, 2007 | DreamWorks Pictures / Red Hour Films / Smart Entertainment | Paramount Pictures | $53 million | $145,708,642 |
How She Move | January 25, 2008 | Celluloid Dreams / Sienna Films | Paramount Vantage | $17 million | $8,533,187 |
Stop-Loss | March 28, 2008 | Paramount Pictures | $25 million | $11,207,130 | |
The Foot Fist Way | May 30, 2008 | Gary Sanchez Productions / You Know I Can't Kiss You, Inc. | Paramount Vantage | $79,000 | $245,292 |
Dance Flick | May 22, 2009 | Wayans Bros. Entertainment | Paramount Pictures | $25 million | $31,439,140 |
Jackass 3D | October 15, 2010 | Dickhouse Productions | $20 million | $170,256,125 | |
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never | February 11, 2011 | Insurge Pictures / AEG Live / Island Records / Scooter Braun Films / L.A. Reid Media | $13 million | $98,441,954 | |
Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | September 9, 2011 | Under Comedy Central Films; Codeblack Entertainment / Hartbeat Productions / Usual Suspects Productions | AMC Theatres | $750,000 | $7,706,436 |
Footloose | October 14, 2011 | Spyglass Entertainment / Unique Features / Dylan Sellers / Weston Pictures / Zadan/Meron / Southern Cross the Dog / Storyline Entertainment | Paramount Pictures | $24 million | $62,701,289 |
Katy Perry: Part of Me | July 3, 2012 | Insurge Pictures / Imagine Entertainment / AEG Live / Magical Elves Productions / Splinter Films / Pulse Films / EMI Music | $12 million | $31,911,815 | |
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | January 25, 2013 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Gary Sanchez Productions / Studio Babelsberg / Flynn Picture Company | $50 million | $225,703,475 | |
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | October 25, 2013 | Dickhouse Productions | $15 million | $151,826,547 | |
Project Almanac | January 30, 2015 | Insurge Pictures / Platinum Dunes | $12 million | $32,200,000 | |
76 Days | December 4, 2020 | Distribution only; 76 Days LLC / Ford Foundation / XTR / Sundance Institute[14] | Under MTV Documentary Films | ||
Finding Yingying | December 11, 2020 | Distribution only; Kartemquin Films / Mitten Media / Nika Media[15] | |||
17 Blocks | February 19, 2021 | Distribution only; Beachside Films / Bunny Lake Films / 21 Balloons Productions[16] | |||
Pink Skies Ahead | May 8, 2021 | Distribution only; Stampede Ventures / Divide/Conquer / Foton Pictures / Glanzrock Productions[17] | |||
Ascension | October 8, 2021 | Distribution only; XTR / Firelight Media / Field of Vision / Cinereach / Chicken & Egg Pictures / The Sundance Institute / San Francisco Film Society[18] | Under MTV Documentary Films | $17,200 | |
Jackass Forever | February 4, 2022 | Dickhouse Productions / Gorilla Flicks | Paramount Pictures | $10 million | $60,850,771 |
Direct-to-video
Title | Release date | Production company(s) | Distribution | Budget |
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Save the Last Dance 2 | October 6, 2006 | Paramount Home Entertainment | $5 million | |
Beneath | August 7, 2007 | |||
Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute to Evel Knievel | May 27, 2008 | Dickhouse Productions | ||
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! | April 20, 2010 | Double Hemm / 6 Point Harness | $350,000 |
Streaming
Title | Release date | Production company(s) | Service | Budget |
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Eli | October 18, 2019 | Paramount Players / Intrepid Pictures / Bellevue Productions | Netflix | $11 million |
Madame X | September 23, 2021 | Paramount+ | ||
South Park: Post Covid | November 25, 2021 | Comedy Partners / South Park Studios | ||
South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid | December 16, 2021 | Comedy Partners / South Park Studios | ||
Three Months | February 23, 2022 | The Allegiance Theater | ||
South Park: The Streaming Wars | June 1, 2022 | Comedy Partners / South Park Studios | ||
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe | June 23, 2022 | Titmouse, Inc. / Judgemental Films / 3 Arts Entertainment |
Upcoming films
Title | Release date | Production company(s) | Distribution / Service |
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Untitled Amy York Rubin and Bo Burnham Project | TBA | Paramount Players | Paramount+ |
Untitled Teen Wolf film adaptation | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | ||
Untitled Workaholics film | Comedy Partners | ||
Finestkind |
Television
Television series
Television specials
Title | Network | Original run | Production company(s) |
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CMT Music Awards | CMT | 1964–present | Switched On Entertainment |
MTV New Year's Eve specials | MTV | 1981–2014 | MTV News |
MTV Music Video Awards | 1984–present | Den of Thieves | |
Camp MTV | 1989 | ||
MTV Movie & TV Awards | 1992–present | Den of Thieves | |
VH1 Honors | VH1 | 1994 | Ken Ehrlich Productions |
VH1 Fashion and Music Awards | 1995 | ||
My VH1 Music Awards | 2000–2001 | ||
CBS News on Logo: Special Report on AIDS | Logo TV | 2005 | CBS News |
A Colbert Christmas | Comedy Central | 2008 | Comedy Partners / Spartina Productions |
Bam's World Domination | Paramount Network | 2010 | Spike Cable Networks Inc. / Time Inc. Studios / Capital V Productions |
Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words | Comedy Central | Comedy Partners / 3 Arts Entertainment / Art & Industry | |
The Comedy Awards | 2011–2012 | Comedy Partners | |
Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts | 2011 | Comedy Partners / Irwin Entertainment / Black Hearts Productions | |
Norm Macdonald: Me Doing Standup | Comedy Partners / Irwin Entertainment / Norm Macdonald Productions / Brillstein Entertainment Partners | ||
Jo Koy: Lights Out | 2012 | Comedy Partners / Art & Industry | |
Jeff Ross Roasts America | Comedy Partners / Enough with the Bread Already Productions / Tagline Television | ||
D.L. Hughley: The Endangered List | Comedy Partners / Five Timez Productions / Kahn Miller Greenberg / 3 Arts Entertainment | ||
Al Madrigal: Why Is The Rabbit Crying? | 2013 | Comedy Partners / Pupcake Productions / Brillstein Entertainment Partners | |
Neal Brennan: Woman and Black Dudes | 2014 | Comedy Partners / Neal Brennan, Inc. / Irwin Entertainment / Brillstein Entertainment Partners | |
The T Word | MTV | Ish Entertainment / Gigantic! Productions | |
Ari Shaffir: Paid Regular | Comedy Central | 2015 | Comedy Partners / Tax Industries / Art & Industry |
Bridget Everest: Gynecological Wonder | Comedy Partners / Red Hour Productions / Beavertail Productions | ||
Steve Rannazzisi: Breaking Dad | Comedy Partners / Thank You, Brain! Productions / Brillstein Entertainment Partners | ||
Nikki Glasser: Perfect | 2016 | Comedy Partners / Irwin Entertainment / Perfect / Convy Entertainment / Brillstein Entertainment Partners | |
Big Jay Oakerson: Live at Wembley Hall | Comedy Partners / Angry Buddha Films / ScooBADoo Productions / Jax Media | ||
Roy Wood Jr.: Father Figure | 2017 | Comedy Partners / Art & Industry | |
In Session Live with Dr. Jess | VH1 | 2018 | Big Fish Entertainment / CThaGodWorld Productions |
RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular | World of Wonder | ||
The Challenge: CT's Getting Married | MTV | Bunim/Murray Productions | |
Hollywood Exes: Reunited | VH1 | 2020 | New Pop Culture Productions |
Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch | Paramount+ | 2021 | World of Wonder |
Roy Wood Jr.: Imperfect Messenger | Comedy Central | Comedy Partners / Bob Bain Productions / Mainstay Entertainment | |
Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon | Paramount+ | Comedy Partners / High Sierra Carpeting |
Television movies
Title | Network | Original run | Production company(s) |
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Two of Us | VH1 | 2000 | Viacom Productions |
2gether | MTV | Keystone Pictures / 2gether Productions | |
Jailbait | Once Upon a Time Films | ||
Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back | VH1 | ||
Is It Fall Yet? | MTV | MTV Animation | |
Love Song | Viacom Productions | ||
The Way She Moves | VH1 | 2001 | Wilshire Court Productions / Charter Films / Randwell |
Anatomy of a Hate Crime | MTV | Team Entertainment | |
Too Leight: The MC Hammer Story | VH1 | Wilshire Court Productions / Charter Films | |
Warning: Parental Advisory | 2002 | ||
Windy City Heat | Comedy Central | 2003 | Comedy Partners / Jackhole Productions / Dakota Pictures |
The Hebrew Hammer | ContentFilm / Intrinsic Value Films | ||
Fat Camp: An MTV Docs Movie Presentation | MTV | 2006 | Gigantic Productions |
All You've Got | Paramount Home Entertainment | ||
Totally Awesome | VH1 | Paramount Home Entertainment / 3 Arts Entertainment / The Weinstein Company | |
Super Sweet 16: The Movie | MTV | 2007 | Paramount Home Entertainment |
My Super Psycho Sweet 16 | 2009 | In Cahoots Media, Inc. / The Popfilms Movie Company | |
My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 | 2010 | ||
Alternate History: Nazi's Win WW2 | Paramount Network | 2011 | Spike Cable Networks Inc. / Flight 33 Productions |
6 Days to Air | Comedy Central | 2011 | Comedy Partners |
My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 3 | MTV | 2012 | In Cahoots Media, Inc. / The Popfilms Movie Company |
Eugene! | Comedy Central | Comedy Partners / Jax Media | |
CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story | VH1 | 2013 | VH1 Productions / Diggit Entertainment Group / In Cahoots Media, Inc. / The Popfilms Movie Company |
The Breaks | VH1 | 2016 | VH1 Productions |
Dashing in December | Paramount Network | 2020 | The Ninth House |
Adventures in Christmasing | VH1 | 2021 | Johnson Production Group / K-Lab Studios |
The Bitch Who Stole Christmas | World of Wonder | ||
A Clüsterfünke Christmas | Comedy Central | Comedy Partners / Lighthouse Pictures / Wishing Floor Films | |
Hip Hop Family Christmas | VH1 | Foxhole / Nexus Films | |
Hot Mess Holiday | Comedy Central | Comedy Partners / Gunpowder & Sky | |
Let's Get Merried | VH1 | UnbeliEVAble Entertainment / Blue Ice Pictures | |
Miracle Across 125th Street | Ncredible Entertainment / Capital Arts | ||
Jodie | Comedy Central | TBA | |
Washingtonia |
Awards and nominations
Academy Awards
Year | Category | Film | Winner/nominee(s) | Result |
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2000 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Election[20] | Alexander Payne Jim Taylor |
Nominated |
2004 | Best Documentary Feature | Tupac: Resurrection[21] | Lauren Lazin Karolyn Ali |
Nominated |
2006 | Murderball[22] | Henry Alex Rubin Dana Adam Shapiro |
Nominated | |
Best Original Song | Hustle & Flow[23] | Jordan Houston Cedric Coleman Paul Beauregard ("It's Hard out Here for a Pimp") |
Won | |
Best Actor | Terrence Howard | Nominated | ||
2014 | Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa[24] | Stephen Prouty | Nominated |
2022 | Best Documentary Feature | Ascension[25] | Jessica Kingdom Kira Simon-Kennedy Nathan Truesdell |
Nominated |
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