C2 Pictures was an American

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, it specialized in film and

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History

The company was established in 1998 by

Carolco Pictures Carolco Pictures, Inc. was an American independent film studio that existed from 1976 to 1995, founded by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna. Kassar and Vajna ran Carolco together until 1989, when Vajna left to form Cinergi Pictures. Carolco hit ...

co-founders

Andrew G. Vajna Andrew G. Vajna (born András György Vajna; 1 August 1944 – 20 January 2019) was a Hungarian film producer whose films include the first three entries in the '' Rambo'' series, '' Total Recall'', '' Tombstone'', '' Die Hard with a Vengeance ...

(who had formed

Cinergi Pictures Cinergi Pictures Inc. was an American independent film production company founded by Andrew G. Vajna in 1989, after he had sold his interest in his first production company, Carolco International Pictures. The company had a number of major hit ...

until it folded in this same year) and

Mario Kassar Mario F. Kassar ( ar, ماريو قصار; born October 10, 1951) is a Lebanese film producer and industry executive who produced the first three films of the '' Rambo'' series, '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'', '' Total Recall'', ''The Doors, Ange ...

. In 1999, VCL Communications and Toho-Towa were attached as partners on the then-upcoming feature film '' Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines''. The company assigned

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the right to co-produce ''

Basic Instinct 2 ''Basic Instinct 2'' (also known as ''Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction'') is a 2006 erotic thriller film and the sequel to 1992's ''Basic Instinct''. The film was directed by Michael Caton-Jones and produced by Mario Kassar, Joel B. Michaels, ...

''. Both sequels were co-produced by international backer

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. The company's first production was action comedy film ''

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'' (2002). Though this film was the company's first, Kassar and Vajna's initial purpose for forming the new company was to resurrect the ''Terminator'' franchise.Mario Kassar - Biography
/ref> In 2008, the company fell into dormancy and eventually was dissolved.

Filmography

Television series

References

{{Authority control Film production companies of the United States Mass media companies established in 1998 1998 establishments in the United States Mass media companies disestablished in 2008