Plotagon Goldwyn Pictures

Logo of Plotagon Goldwyn Pictures from 2019-2022

**Plotagon Goldwyn Pictures** (formerly known as **Plotagon Pictures** from 2017-2018, initialized as **PGP**) was a British media company, involved primarily in the production of feature films.

PGP was founded in 2017, initially under the name Plotagon Pictures. They started off on a lot of money spent quickly with their first feature, investing a lot of money into newfound animation techniques.

Their first feature, The Lizzie Movie, was their most critically successful. Their third and final feature, The Second Lizzie Movie: The World at Control was their most financially successful.

After another financial success with Jackster’s Big Movie, their revenue went well over $1 billion. A few months after the film’s release, the company merged with a newly established, unknown company called Plotagon Goldwyn Mayer, and became Plotagon Goldwyn Pictures.

At their peak, PGP had a total net worth of nearly $5 billion. However, in 2020, the company started to suffer from the effects of COVID-19, losing money quarter over quarter. The company then ran into a state of poor management, and with newfound negative opinions on their catalogue, they were downgraded to a mini-major film studio in 2021.

On January 12, 2021, JPW Pictures bought the division Sweden Films and the independent Oslo Productions for $100 million, the two were later merged into a subsidiary named Time Films.

By the end of 2021, PGP were in a dire financial state, having lost billions of dollars in a span of less than two years, with COVID-19, bad management, delays, overinvestments, poor company decisions and declining sales/reputation being blamed.

On February 5, 2022, PGP filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and reorganization, after losing a lawsuit from JPW Pictures, regarding failed marketing for Misfortunate World, and poor working conditions within the company. Almost a fifth of the company's workforce were laid off with immediate effect.

On February 17, 2022, PGP announced that they were searching for a buyer, and if one was not found within 48 hours, the company would be forced to liquidate. The company's financial state was so bad, that even with all their valuable assets paid off, they still would have owed around $800-900 million in debt.

Hours later, the company's founder struck a deal with Sammy Knight, founder of Prehistoric Pictures. Knight initially had plans to buy the company, but with PGP's founder refusing, he decided to invest in a new studio that PGP's founder would start, called "Frisson Pictures". Knight gave $350 million to Jackster Does Plotagon to get his new studio founded, thus leaving Plotagon Goldwyn's fate sealed.

The next day, on February 17, 2022, Plotagon Goldwyn Pictures converted their Chapter 11 bankruptcy to Chapter 7, and announced that they would be ceasing all operations immediately. The remaining 559 workers at PGP were transferred to Jackster's new studio. After that, the company ended all operations after less than 5 years of operation.

## Filmography

### Other

* *Happy Wheels 2: Virtual Madness* (2019; co-production)
* *Misfortunate World* (2022; additional animation, last film to be involved in before shortly ceasing operations)
* *Happy Wheels 3: Multi-Insanity* (2023; additional animation, ceased operations before production was complete)

### Cancelled films

* *Tara Conlan: Zombie Warrior* (2018)
* *Jackster's BIGGER Movie (planned in 2018, production never began)*
* *The Lizzie Movie (Director's Cut) (2019)*
* *Untitled Lizzie Christmas movie (production started in 2020, only 2-3 minutes were completed before cancellation)*