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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
As sole producers

Box office performance

Film
Release date
Box office revenue
Box office ranking
Reference
Domestic
Foreign
Worldwide
United States
May 19, 2006
$15,032,800
$3,388,168
$18,420,968
#6
October 13, 2006
$18,844,784
$3,320,824
$22,165,608
#6
April 27, 2007
$7,371,706
$1,263,477
$8,635,183
#9
March 27, 2009
$12,234,694
$5,045,632
$17,280,326
#7
September 10, 2010
$200,393
-
-
#38
October 22, 2010
$1,000
-
-


February 18, 2011
$14,400
-
-


April 29, 2011
NA
-
-


Rental performance

Film
Release Date
Video Distributor
Rental Gross
Reference
November 28, 2006
$16.49 million
January 30, 2007
$30.53 million
September 18, 2007
$22.30 million

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