The Halcyon Company is an American privately financed, media development company headed by Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek. They are perhaps best known for acquiring in 2007 the development rights to the Terminator franchise.
History[]
The company was co-founded by Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek in 2006.[1]
In May 2007, Halcyon acquired all of the rights in relationship to the Terminator franchise. These rights include the right to produce any future Terminator films, as well as all future merchandising and licensing rights, certain future revenues derived from Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, as well as certain rights in the television project Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and the sole right to produce all future Terminator projects in any new or existing media.
Warner Bros. acquired the North American distribution rights, allowing them to distribute the fourth Terminator film, Terminator Salvation. In November 2007, the company reported that it was creating its own video games subsidiary, Halcyon Games, and would be making a video game adaptation of the upcoming film. The film began production in early 2008. Despite making a healthy profit on the movie, Halcyon filed for bankruptcy in 2009 as a response to a lawsuit from their financier due to payment problems.[2]
After much financial trouble the company decided to bankruptcy auction off the rights to the entire Terminator franchise in January 2010. The rights were acquired on 2010 by Pacificor, a hedge fund company who was the largest creditor in Halcyon's bankruptcy proceedings.[3]
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External links[]
- The Halcyon Company on Wikipedia