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Chernin Entertainment

Playa Vista, California(approximate location)

Chernin Entertainment, the production shingle behind Rise of the Planet of the Apes, is dipping into its discretionary fund to pick up the movie rights to Noon, a sci-fi short by Kasra Farahani.

From their site

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Who works there

  • Kasra Farahania concept artist and art director on such m
  • Benjamin Buttonand as an art director on Thor, Men In Blac
  • Jeno ToppingChernin’s president of film and TV who anno
  • Connor Schellformer senior executive at ESPN, to produce
  • Peter Cherninchairman and CEO of the Chernin Entertainme
  • Christian Bale; director Ted Melfi’s “Hidden Figures” starr

Listed on the company’s own site. People move on; this is not a current roster.

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
Founded2009Wikidata
Founded byPeter CherninWikidata
Social
Statusactive2026 credit i

How their work is rated

Average rating
7.2IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

41 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars2of9nominations22%
Emmys0of9nominations0%

239 wins from 961 nominations across all awards

Box office
$1.9bn

Combined US gross, 22 of 47 titles

Mostly
drama, action, comedy
Active
2011–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
61%
Best known for
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 44 of 47 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
1528 seasons

2011–2026

Television rating
7.4IMDb

Their films average 7.1, so the television rates 0.3 higher.

Networks
  • FOX5
  • Netflix4
  • Apple TV3
  • STARZ1
  • A&E1

Across 14 series matched to TMDB, 336 episodes. 2 still returning or in production.

Longest runningNew Girl · 7 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 71

32 films · 15 TV titles

Titles per year47 titles · busiest 2011 with 5

47 titles across 16 years, averaging 2.9 a year. The last five years hold at 2.6 a year.

Quality over time41 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
3579their average 7.2200020102020

Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 7.3 across 28 titles. The 23 titles since 2017 average 7.2, holding at their 7.2 overall. 13 of 41 rated titles sit above their 7.2 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Francis Lawrence2
  • Matt Reeves2
  • Theodore Melfi2
  • Paul Feig2
Writers
  • Rick Jaffa3
  • Brendan O'Brien2
  • Mark Bomback2
  • Katie Dippold2
  • Theodore Melfi2
Notable cast
  • Andy Serkis4
  • Jason Momoa3
  • Melissa McCarthy3
  • Idris Elba2
  • Christian Bale2
Genres
  • Drama26 of 42
  • Action17 of 42
  • Comedy13 of 42
  • Adventure9 of 42
  • Crime8 of 42

Names appearing on two or more of Chernin Entertainment’s produced titles, across the 42 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with10 companies

Companies that appear alongside Chernin Entertainment on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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