Joel Simon American movie executive (WWE Studios), died from pancreatic cancer. he was , 59,

WWE Studios is a Los Angeles-based subsidiary of WWE, Inc., created in 2002 as WWE Films to develop and produce feature film properties died from pancreatic cancer. he was , 59.

History

To date, it has co-produced four films as well as independently produced six more (with another five announced for future production) with The Marine being the first developed solely by the company to reach the filming stage, while the first one to be theatrically released is See No Evil. Stone Cold Steve Austin is signed to star in three movies for WWE Studios.^[2] Before the formation of WWE Films the WWF had produced the 1989 film No Holds Barred featuring Hulk Hogan.
In 2006, WWE Films chose to further expand the variety of projects that it intends to pursue by also focusing made-for-television films and direct-to-video movies as well as other media platforms. WWE Films was renamed WWE Studios on July 21, 2008 to further represent the expansion of the WWE subsidiary.
Due to the WWE's adherence to the TV-PG rating, all future movies were subsequently switched from rated R to PG-13 in order to target a younger audience. Only three of the films produced by WWE Studios have surpassed the PG-13 rating; The Condemned, See No Evil and The Marine 2, have all received an R rating. ^[3] Former WWE Studios president Joel Simon died on June 19, 2011 after a four year battle with cancer. ^[4]

Filmography

As co-producers

• The Scorpion King (2002)
• The Rundown (2003)
• Walking Tall (2004)
• Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia (2009, Direct-to-DVD)

As sole producers

• The Mania of WrestleMania (2004) - A documentary film following the WWE roster through WrestleMania XIX
• See No Evil (2006)
• The Marine (2006)
• The Condemned (2007)
• 12 Rounds (2009)
• The Marine 2 (2009, Direct-to-DVD)
• Legendary (2010)
• Knucklehead (2010)
• The Chaperone (2011)
• That's What I Am (2011)
• Inside Out (TBA) ^[5]
• Family Reunion (TBA) ^[6]
• Bending The Rules (TBA) ^[7]
• Barricade (TBA) ^[8]
• No One Lives (TBA) ^[9]

Box office performance

Film	Release date	Box office revenue			Box office ranking	Reference
		Domestic	Foreign	Worldwide	United States
See No Evil	May 19, 2006	$15,032,800	$3,388,168	$18,420,968	#6	[10]
The Marine	October 13, 2006	$18,844,784	$3,320,824	$22,165,608	#6	[11]
The Condemned	April 27, 2007	$7,371,706	$1,263,477	$8,635,183	#9	[12]
12 Rounds	March 27, 2009	$12,234,694	$5,045,632	$17,280,326	#7	[13]
Legendary	September 10, 2010	$200,393	-	-	#38	[14]
Knucklehead	October 22, 2010	$1,000	-	-
The Chaperone	February 18, 2011	$14,400	-	-
That's What I Am	April 29, 2011	NA	-	-

Rental performance

Film	Release Date	Video Distributor	Rental Gross	Reference
See No Evil	November 28, 2006	Lions Gate Entertainment	$16.49 million	[15]
The Marine	January 30, 2007	20th Century Fox	$30.53 million	[16]
The Condemned	September 18, 2007	Lions Gate Entertainment	$22.30 million	[17]

To see more of who died in 2010 click here