Red Granite Pictures is an American film finance, development, production, and distribution company, co-founded by Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland in 2010. Aziz and McFarland serve as co-Chairmen and producing partners. Randy Hermann serves as CFO, David Boyle serves as Business Affairs and Production Legal, David Koplan serves as President of Physical Production and Development, while Danny Dimbort and Christian Mercuri serve as co-Presidents of the distribution arm, Red Granite International. The company was formed in 2010 but formally announced its executive team in May 2011 at the Cannes Film Festival. Red Granite Pictures has developed, produced, and structured financing for a slate of films representing nearly $600 million in worldwide box office revenue.
Red Granite Pictures made its debut with Friends with Kids, a romantic comedy written and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt. Friends with Kids stars Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Adam Scott, and Megan Fox. Following Friends with Kids, Red Granite Pictures executive-produced and handled foreign distribution for the dramatic thriller Out of the Furnace starring Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana, Forest Whitaker, Casey Affleck and directed by Scott Cooper. Out of the Furnace was released on December 6, 2013 by Relativity Media.
Red Granite Pictures next released the highly anticipated film The Wolf of Wall Street on December 25, 2013. The Wolf of Wall Street was directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Jon Favreau and Rob Reiner. The Wolf of Wall Street is based on the memoir of the same name by stock-broker Jordan Belfort. The Wolf of Wall Street has achieved tremendous box office success and critical acclaim - including a Golden Globe win for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy for star Leonardo DiCaprio and five Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), Best Director (Martin Scorsese), Best Supporting Actor (Jonah Hill) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Terence Winter).
Following The Wolf of Wall Street, Red Granite Pictures produced Horns and Dumb and Dumber To. Horns, a supernatural thriller starring Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, Max Minghella, Joe Anderson, Heather Graham and directed by Alexandre Aja is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Joe Hill. Horns was released October 31, 2014 by Dimension-RADiUS. Dumb and Dumber To is an American buddy comedy film co-written and directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly. It is a sequel to the 1994 film Dumb and Dumber. The film stars Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Laurie Holden, Rob Riggle and Kathleen Turner. Dumb and Dumber To was released on November 14, 2014 by Universal Pictures and opened number one at the box office.
Paramount Pictures and Red Granite Pictures in association with Gary Sanchez Productions are currently working on the Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg comedy Daddy's Home (film). Red Granite Pictures will co-produce and co-finance the film, which Paramount Pictures will distribute worldwide. The film is scheduled to be released on December 25, 2015.
Red Granite’s development slate for 2015 includes The Brigands of Rattleborge and The General. The Brigands of Rattleborge, the blacklist’s number 1 script of 2006, is a western revenge story and The General is a gritty look at the story of George Washington.
Brad mène une vie heureuse : marié à Sara, déjà mère de deux enfants, Dylan et Megan, il travaille dans le monde de la radio. Mais un jour, alors que Brad a réussi (à force de patience et de temps) à apprivoiser les deux bambins, leur père biologique et ex-mari de Sara, Dusty, vient leur rendre visite. S'en suit un affrontement entre les deux hommes pour avoir l'affection des enfants.
Ig Perrish, jeune homme accusé du viol et du meurtre de sa petite amie, utilise des capacités paranormales nouvellement découvertes, dans sa quête pour trouver le véritable meurtrier. Il semble qu'après avoir proféré des jurons, il ait obtenu du diable le pouvoir du sérum de vérité, qui prend effet de façon permanente à partir de ses cornes, dont il est désormais affublé.
Dragna (Robert De Niro) confie une mission à son homme de main Jack (John Cusack), convoyer un sac jusqu'à la chambre 13 d'un motel miteux de Louisiane et l’attendre. Il ne recevra le paiement de cette mission qu'à la seule condition de ne pas regarder dans le sac.
Lloyd Christmas et Harry Dune se retrouvent cette fois manipulés par la séduisante et redoutable Adele Pichlow. Cette dernière compte utiliser les deux acolytes afin de se débarrasser d'un mari encombrant.
Evan Lake, un ancien agent de la CIA, diagnostiqué comme étant atteint de démence, apprend que son ennemi de toujours a refait surface. Il devient ensuite complètement obsédé par son désir de vengeance avant de totalement perdre la tête.
Le destin de deux frères dans une ville de la ceinture industrielle du Nord-est des États-Unis (Rust Belt) : Russel, soudeur dans une usine et Rodney, ex-soldat traumatisé par la guerre en Irak.
L'histoire vraie de Jordan Belfort, un courtier en bourse qui passa vingt mois en prison pour avoir refusé de participer à une gigantesque arnaque, dévoilant la corruption et l'implication de la pègre qui sévit à Wall Street et au-delà des États-Unis. L’argent. Le pouvoir. Les femmes. La drogue. Les tentations étaient là, à portée de main, et les autorités n’avaient aucune prise. Aux yeux de Jordan et de sa meute, la modestie était devenue complètement inutile. Trop n’était jamais assez…