Thunder Road Pictures

Management

Producer Basil Iwanyk founded the film and television financing and production company Thunder Road Pictures in the mid 2000s. In January 2012, Peter Lawson left The Weinstein Company to join the Thunder Road as a President of Production, and then left in January 2014 for a job as exec VP of production and acquisitions at Open Road Films. As of October 2014, Jonathan Fuhrman is the Thunder Road's Executive Vice President (EVP) of Business Affairs.

Collaboration deals

In July 2012, after leaving Warner Bros. Television, Thunder Road signed a first look with Sony Pictures Television to develop television projects.

In May 2013, Thunder Road signed on a deal with Cutting Edge Group to finance the company's film music slate, and from that the first film getting covered was John Wick.

In June 2014, Thunder Road and Christian Angermayer's Film House Germany signed a deal to strengthen Thunder Road's financial capability to develop projects. In October 2014, Thunder Road and PalmStar Media signed on a deal in which the Thunder Road would receive $200 million annually to finance five to six $20-50 million budgeted indies within a year. It would also able the company to co-finance the development and production of larger studio projects.

In May 2015, Thunder Road renewed its slate agreement with Cutting Edge Group and its investment arm, Conduct, which finances the music budgets of films and television programs in exchange for IP rights to each project's original music.

Production

Thunder Road has been producing films since 2006, which included 2006's Firewall & We Are Marshall, 2009's Brooklyn's Finest, 2010's Clash of the Titans & The Town. The company also produced the three installments of The Expendables series. Clash of the Titans' sequel Wrath of the Titans was also produced by the company which released in 2012.

Film

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Television