# Marv Studios

Marv Studios, formerly SKA Films, is a British production company owned by Matthew Vaughn. It is best known for the motion pictures Layer Cake, Stardust, Kick-Ass, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The King's Man. The company name is an acronym deriving from Vaughn’s birth name: Matthew Allard Robert Vaughn.

## History
### SKA Films

In 1997, producer Matthew Vaughn and director Guy Ritchie launched their own company in the United Kingdom, with its first project being Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, which is for Handmade Films.
In 1999, Vaughn and Ritchie struck an agreement with Sony Pictures to distribute its next project, Snatch.
The team followed it up with their next big project Swept Away, starring Madonna. The film ended up being bombed critically and commercially. It went on to win the Golden Raspberry Awards in 2003.

### Marv Films / Marv Studios

Later that same year, Ritchie and Vaughn broke up ties, thus rebranding from SKA Films to Marv Films, and its first production under the new banner was Matthew Vaughn's directorial debut Layer Cake.
In 2007, it signed a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to produce its feature films. Later that same year, Charlie Mitchell joined the company.
In 2009, Kris Thykier decided to leave Marv Films, in order to set up PeaPie Films, to produce new feature films.
In 2018, Vaughn launched its subsidiary Marv Studios to set up new feature film reboots.

### Marv Music

In 2021, Marv launched a record label, Marv Music, in conjunction with Warner Music Group. The label is distributed under Warner's Parlophone unit.

## Films

| Title | Release date | Director | Producer | Writer | Production company | Distributor | Rotten Tomatoes |
| as SKA Films ||||||||
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | 28 August 1998 | Guy Ritchie | Matthew Vaughn | Guy Ritchie | HandMade Films The Steve Tisch Company Summit Entertainment | Gramercy Pictures Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | 75% |
| Snatch | August 23, 2000 | Guy Ritchie | Matthew Vaughn | Guy Ritchie | | Screen Gems | 73% |
| Mean Machine | December 26, 2001 | Barry Skolnick | Matthew Vaughn | Tracy Keenan Wynn Charlie Fletcher Chris Baker Andrew Day | | Paramount Pictures | 34% |
| Swept Away | October 11, 2002 | Guy Ritchie | Matthew Vaughn | Guy Ritchie | CODI SpA | Screen Gems | 5% |
| as Marv Films ||||||||
| Layer Cake | October 1, 2004 | Matthew Vaughn | Adam Bohling David Reid Matthew Vaughn | J. J. Connolly | | Sony Pictures Classics (Worldwide) Columbia Pictures (UK and Ireland) | 81% |
| Stardust | April 10, 2007 | Matthew Vaughn | Lorenzo di Bonaventura Michael Dreyer Neil Gaiman Matthew Vaughn | Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn | Ingenious Media | Paramount Pictures | 76% |
| Harry Brown | November 11, 2009 | Daniel Barber | Matthew Vaughn Kris Thykier Matthew Brown Keith Bell | Gary Young | UK Film Council HanWay Films Prescience Framestore Features | Lionsgate | 64% |
| Kick-Ass | March 26, 2010 | Matthew Vaughn | Matthew Vaughn Brad Pitt Kris Thykier Adam Bohling Tarquin Pack David Reid | Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn | Plan B Entertainment | Lionsgate Universal Pictures | 75% |
| The Debt | September 30, 2010 | John Madden | Matthew Vaughn Kris Thykier | Matthew Vaughn Jane Goldman Peter Straughan | | Focus Features Miramax | 76% |
| Kick-Ass 2 | August 14, 2013 | Jeff Wadlow | Adam Bohling Tarquin Pack David Reid Matthew Vaughn | Jeff Wadlow | Plan B Entertainment Dentsu | Universal Pictures | 31% |
| Kingsman: The Secret Service | February 13, 2015 | Matthew Vaughn | Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling | Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn | Cloudy Productions Shangri-La Entertainment TSG Entertainment | 20th Century Fox | 74% |
| Fantastic Four | August 7, 2015 | Josh Trank | Gregory Goodman Simon Kinberg Robert Kulzer Hutch Parker Matthew Vaughn | Jeremy Slater Simon Kinberg Josh Trank | Marvel Entertainment Constantin Film Kinberg Genre Robert Kulzer Productions TSG Entertainment | 20th Century Fox | 9% |
| Eddie the Eagle | February 26, 2016 | Dexter Fletcher | Adam Bohling David Reid Rupert Maconick Valerie Van Galder Matthew Vaughn | Sean Macaulay Simon Kelton | Studio Babelsberg Saville Productions TSG Entertainment | 20th Century Fox | 80% |
| Kingsman: The Golden Circle | September 20, 2017 | Matthew Vaughn | Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling | Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn | TSG Entertainment Cloudy Productions | 20th Century Fox | 51% |
| Rocketman | May 31, 2019 | Dexter Fletcher | Adam Bohling David Furnish David Reid Matthew Vaughn | Lee Hall | Rocket Pictures New Republic Pictures | Paramount Pictures | 89% |
| as Marv Studios ||||||||
| Silent Night | December 3, 2021 | Camille Griffin | Matthew Vaughn Trudie Styler Celine Rattray | Camille Griffin | Endeavor Content Maven Screen Media | AMC+ RLJE Films | 65% |
| The King's Man | December 22, 2021 | Matthew Vaughn | Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling | Matthew Vaughn Karl Gajdusek | Cloudy Productions | 20th Century Studios | 43% |
| Tetris | March 31, 2023 | Jon S. Baird | Matthew Vaughn Leonard Blavatnik Gregor Cameron Gillian Berrie | Noah Pink | Apple Studios AI Film Unigram | Apple TV+ | 81% |
| Argylle | February 2, 2024 | Matthew Vaughn | Matthew Vaughn Adam Bohling David Reid Jason Fuchs | Jason Fuchs | Apple Studios Cloudy Productions | Apple TV+ Universal Pictures | 35% |
| Stuntnuts: The Movie | TBA | Damien Walters | Matthew Vaughn Joby Stephens Morgan Carlson Luke Gomes Christopher Tomkins | Damien Walters | Zebbo Films | TBA | TBA |
| Stuntnuts Does School Fight | TBA | Damien Walters | Matthew Vaughn Joby Stephens Morgan Carlson Luke Gomes Christopher Tomkins | Damien Walters | Zebbo Films | TBA | TBA |

## Television

| Title | First aired | Last aired | Showrunner | Co-production | Network |
| as SKA Films |||||||
| Lock, Stock... | May 29, 2000 | July 11, 2000 | Guy Ritchie | Ginger Productions | Channel 4 |
| Swag | 2002 | 2004 | Guy Ritchie | | Five |
| as Marv Studios |||||||
| Untitled Statesman TV series | TBA | TBA | TBA | 20th Television | Hulu |