Marv Studios, formerly SKA Films, is a British independent production company owned and co-founded 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

SKA Films 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.

In 1999, Vaughn and Ritchie struck an agreement with Sony Pictures to distribute its next project, Snatch.

The team followed it up with their next big project Swept Away, starring Madonna. The film ended up being bombed critically and commercially. It went on to win the Golden Raspberry Awards in 2003.

Marv Films / Marv Studios 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.

In 2007, it signed a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to produce its feature films. Later that same year, Charlie Mitchell joined the company.

In 2009, Kris Thykier decided to leave Marv Films, in order to set up PeaPie Films, to produce new feature films.

In 2018, Vaughn launched its subsidiary Marv Studios to set up new feature film reboots.

Marv Music

In 2021, Marv launched a record label, Marv Music, in conjunction with Warner Music Group. The label is distributed under Warner's Parlophone unit.

Logo design The logo is notable due to its ever changing design over the years and depending on what movie it is attached to. It was initially the basic name written in Times New Roman over a regular background, until the release of Kick-Ass where the letters were presented in colorful paint over a blue background.

The logo soon gained notoriety starting with the release of Kick-Ass 2. The logo begins showcasing a Monocrhome CRT style first person shooting game before the camera pans up into a green dotted constellation. The green dots combine with red dots forming the MARV logo in an Ishihara plate design. This was done in reference to Matthew Vaughn himself who is color blind.

The current logo is that of a pair of rolling dice, with the black dots formed to resemble the individual letters of MARV.

Films Title Release date Director Producer Writer Production company Distributor Rotten Tomatoes as SKA Films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 28 August 1998Guy RitchieMatthew VaughnGuy Ritchie HandMade FilmsThe Steve Tisch CompanySummit Entertainment Gramercy PicturesColumbia TriStar Film Distributors InternationalPolyGram Filmed Entertainment 75% Snatch 23 August 2000 Screen Gems73% Mean Machine 26 December 2001 Barry Skolnick Tracy Keenan WynnCharlie FletcherChris BakerAndrew Day Paramount Pictures 34% Swept Away 11 October 2002 Guy Ritchie Guy Ritchie CODI SpA Screen Gems 5% as Marv Films Layer Cake 1 October 2004 Matthew Vaughn Adam BohlingDavid ReidMatthew VaughnJ. J. Connolly Sony Pictures Classics(Worldwide)Columbia Pictures(UK and Ireland) 81% Stardust 19 October 2007 Lorenzo di BonaventuraMichael DreyerNeil GaimanMatthew Vaughn Jane GoldmanMatthew Vaughn Ingenious Media Paramount Pictures 76% Harry Brown 11 November 2009 Daniel Barber Matthew VaughnKris ThykierMatthew BrownKeith Bell Gary Young UK Film CouncilHanWay FilmsPrescienceFramestore Features Lionsgate 64% Kick-Ass 26 March 2010 Matthew Vaughn Matthew VaughnBrad PittKris ThykierAdam BohlingTarquin PackDavid Reid Jane GoldmanMatthew Vaughn Plan B Entertainment LionsgateUniversal Pictures 75% The Debt 30 September 2011 John Madden Matthew VaughnKris Thykier Matthew VaughnJane GoldmanPeter Straughan Focus FeaturesMiramax 76% Kick-Ass 2 14 August 2013 Jeff Wadlow Adam BohlingTarquin PackDavid ReidMatthew Vaughn Jeff Wadlow Plan B EntertainmentDentsu Universal Pictures 31% Kingsman: The Secret Service 13 February 2015 Matthew Vaughn Matthew VaughnDavid ReidAdam Bohling Jane GoldmanMatthew Vaughn Cloudy ProductionsShangri-La Entertainment 20th Century Fox 74% Fantastic Four 7 August 2015 Josh Trank Gregory GoodmanSimon KinbergRobert KulzerHutch ParkerMatthew Vaughn Jeremy SlaterSimon KinbergJosh Trank Marvel EntertainmentConstantin FilmKinberg GenreRobert Kulzer Productions 9% Eddie the Eagle 26 February 2016 Dexter Fletcher Adam BohlingDavid ReidRupert MaconickValerie Van GalderMatthew Vaughn Sean MacaulaySimon Kelton Studio BabelsbergSaville Productions 80% Kingsman: The Golden Circle 20 September 2017 Matthew Vaughn Matthew VaughnDavid ReidAdam Bohling Jane GoldmanMatthew Vaughn Cloudy Productions 51% Rocketman 31 May 2019 Dexter Fletcher Adam BohlingDavid FurnishDavid ReidMatthew Vaughn Lee Hall Rocket PicturesNew Republic Pictures Paramount Pictures 89% as Marv Studios Silent Night 3 December 2021 Camille Griffin Matthew VaughnTrudie StylerCeline Rattray Camille Griffin Endeavor ContentMaven Screen Media AMC+RLJE Films 65% The King's Man 22 December 2021 Matthew Vaughn Matthew VaughnDavid ReidAdam Bohling Matthew VaughnKarl Gajdusek Cloudy Productions 20th Century Studios 43% Tetris 31 March 2023 Jon S. Baird Matthew VaughnLeonard BlavatnikGregor CameronGillian Berrie Noah Pink Apple StudiosAI FilmUnigram Apple TV+ 81% Argylle 2 February 2024 Matthew Vaughn Matthew VaughnAdam BohlingDavid ReidJason Fuchs Jason FuchsApple StudiosCloudy Productions Apple TV+Universal Pictures 35% Shiver13 August 2027Tim MillerMatthew VaughnAaron RyderIan ShorrRyder Picture CompanyWarner Bros. PicturesTBA Stuntnuts: The MovieTBADamien Walters Matthew VaughnJoby StephensMorgan CarlsonLuke GomesChristopher TomkinsDamien WaltersZebbo FilmsTBATBA Stuntnuts Does School Fight TBA Damien Walters Matthew VaughnJoby StephensMorgan CarlsonLuke GomesChristopher Tomkins Damien Walters Zebbo Films TBA TBA

Television Title First aired Last aired Showrunner Co-production Network Notesas SKA FilmsLock, Stock... 29 May 2000 11 July 2000Guy RitchieGinger ProductionsChannel 4Swag 23 March 2003 3 August 2004Guy RitchieMonkey KingdomFive

References

External links Official website