Collective Pictures

**Collective Pictures** is a Canadian production company founded in 2010 by Jeff Chan.

The company is based out of Toronto, ON and specializes in the creation of compelling content for global audiences. Notable work includes the sci-fi film franchise *Code 8*, the romantic drama *Float* (Lionsgate, Wattpad, Elevation) and the indie comedy Racewalkers.

## History

Chan, one of *Playback*‘s “5 to Watch” in 2014, rose to prominence after creating the viral Activision short film *Find Makarov*. The “fan video” caught the attention of Activision, which then commissioned Chan to direct a non-canonical prequel short film titled *Find Makarov: Operation Kingsfish* for *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II*.

### Code 8 Series

Collective Pictures released a 10 minute short film entitled 'Code 8; on Youtube in March 2016. Centered around the 4% of people living in fictional Lincoln City who possess special abilities, the sci-fi fantasy stressed individual power over technological superiority and military authority. The short has accumulated over 6.8 million views as of January 2024.

The short acted as a teaser for the potential feature film. An Indiegogo fundraising campaign, spearheaded by Collective, Robbie Amell, and Stephen Amell, asking for $200,000 was launched on March 23, 2016. The campaign reached its goal within 36 hours and reached $2.4 million by April 24, 2016. Fundraising closed with $3.4 million on December 31, 2019, with the continued campaign helping recover costs of DVD pressings and the distribution to contributors of perks, wardrobe and props from the production. A four-minute segment of the film's closing credits shows a list of only some of the 30,810 contributors to the fundraising campaign. The first announcement of additional cast came on June 12, 2017, when Laysla De Oliveira joined the film.

*Code 8* set the record for the highest grossing day-and-date release for Elevation Pictures in Canada and Vertical Entertainment in the U.S, and eventually earned $5 million in VOD revenue through Apple, Amazon and Vudu. The film, also financed by Telefilm and U.K. based Fyzz Facility, reached No. 1 on Netflix’s Top 10 list in the U.S., France, Australia, UK, Mexico and Brazil. Following Code 8's success, a sequel was announced in June 2021. Netflix announced they had acquired the sequel to Code 8 and would release it exclusively to their platform.

On June 1, 2021, it was announced Robbie Amell and Stephen Amell would produce the sequel alongside Collective and reprise their roles from the original film. On June 14, Ted Sarandos announced Netflix had acquired the rights to the feature film. Filming was scheduled to begin in Toronto in October 2021. Cast members confirmed filming had begun in November 2021, with Amell teasing the possibility of *Code 8: Part III*. *Code 8: Part II* began filming in the fourth quarter of 2021 and will be released February 26, 2024 on Netflix.

## Crowd-funding

Collective Pictures raised $2.4 million CAD ($1.1 million USD) from more than 30,000 supporters for Code 8 (2016) on the crowdfunding site, Indiegogo. The campaign raised far past its initial $200,000 goal, making it the largest-ever crowd-funded campaign for a Canadian film on any crowd-funding platform.

## External links

* Official Website

1. ↑ https://playbackonline.ca/2016/04/20/code-8-sets-indiegogo-record/#:~:text=Code%208%20has%20raised%20more,Indiegogo%20confirmed%20to%20Playback%20Daily.
2. ↑ https://youtu.be/DqO90q0WZ0M?si=qUU4v9twl8V6yylJ
3. ↑ https://playbackonline.ca/2021/06/02/code-8-sequel-in-the-works/