Rough House Pictures

Rough House Pictures is an American television and film production company founded by Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, and Jody Hill in 2009.

Rough House Pictures

Company type	Private
Industry	Production company
Founded	December 2009; 15 years ago (2009-12) in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Founder	Danny McBride David Gordon Green Jody Hill
Headquarters	Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Website	www.roughhousepictures.com

It is known for producing the television series Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals, The Righteous Gemstones, and Telemarketers, and producing the films The Sitter (2011), Arizona (2018), Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), and Halloween Ends (2022).

History

In December 2009, the company was founded by American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer Danny McBride, filmmaker David Gordon Green, and actor and filmmaker Jody Hill in Los Angeles, California. In the inception of the company, it entered a two-year first-look deal with Mandate Pictures, and Matt Reilly joined as head of production.^[1]

In August 2011, the company entered a one-year television production deal at 20th Century Fox Television.^[2] In 2016, the company entered a two-year overall deal with Home Box Office, Inc.^[3]

In July 2017, the company moved its production offices from Hollywood, Los Angeles, California to Charleston, South Carolina where the company's production, The Righteous Gemstones, is set.^[4][5][6]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Network	Notes	Ref.
2009–2013	Eastbound & Down	HBO	with Gary Sanchez Productions and Enemy MIGs Productions	[2]
2011	Good Vibes	MTV	with Werner Entertainment, Not the QB Pro., 6 Point Harness, Warner Horizon Television, and MTV Production Development	[7]
2014	Chozen	FX	with Floyd County Productions and FX Productions	[8]
2016–2017	Vice Principals	HBO	with HBO Entertainment	[9]
2017	There's... Johnny!	Hulu[a]	with Nuance Productions and Comedy Dynamics	[10]
2017	Tarantula	TBS	with Rough Draft Studios, Solid Brass, and Studio T	[11]
2019–present	The Righteous Gemstones	HBO	with HBO Entertainment	[12]
2023	Telemarketers	HBO	with Elara Pictures, All Facts, and HBO Documentary Films	[13]

Film

Year	Title	Director	Gross (worldwide)	Notes	Ref.
2011	The Catechism Cataclysm	Todd Rohal	—		[14]
2011	The Sitter	David Gordon Green	$34.9 million	with Michael De Luca Productions and 20th Century Fox	[15]
2012	The Comedy	Rick Alverson	—	with Greyshack Films, Glass Eye Pix, Made Bed Productions, and Jagjaguwar	[16]
2013	Prince Avalanche	David Gordon Green	$442,313	with To Get to the Other Side, Muskat Filmed Properties, Dogfish Pictures, Lankn Partners, DreamBridge Films, and The Bear Media	[17]
2013	Joe	David Gordon Green	$2.4 million	with Worldview Entertainment, DreamBridge Films, and Muskat Filmed Properties	[18]
2014	Camp X-Ray	Peter Sattler	$60,581	with GNK Productions, Gotham Group, and The Young Gang	[19]
2014	Manglehorn	David Gordon Green	$459,636	with Worldview Entertainment	[20]
2015	Hot Sugar's Cold World	Adam Bhala Lough	—		[21]
2016	Fraud	Dean Fleischer Camp	—	with Memory	[22]
2016	Donald Cried	Kristopher Avedisian	$61,406	with Electric Chinoland	[23]
2016	Hunter Gatherer	Josh Locy	—	with Secret Intimacies, Mama Bear Studios, and Unbundled Underground	[24]
2017	Dayveon	Amman Abbasi	—	with Mama Bear Studios, Meridian Entertainment, Muskat Filmed Properties, Salem Street Entertainment, and Symbolic Exchange	[25]
2017	Flower	Max Winkler	$380,553	with Diablo Entertainment	[26]
2017	Gemini	Aaron Katz	$200,340	with Neon, Film Science, Syncopated Films, and Pastel Productions	[27]
2018	The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter	Jody Hill	—	with Scott Rudin Productions	[28]
2018	Arizona	Jonathan Watson	—	with Imperative Entertainment	[29]
2018	Halloween	David Gordon Green	$259.9 million	with Blumhouse Productions, Trancas International Films, Miramax, and Universal Pictures	[30]
2020	Fatman	Eshom Nelms Ian Nelms	$1.7 million	with Fortitude International, Mammoth Entertainment, Sprockefeller Pictures, and Ingenious Media	[31]
2021	Halloween Kills	David Gordon Green	$133.4 million	with Blumhouse Productions, Trancas International Films, Miramax, and Universal Pictures	[32]
2022	Halloween Ends	David Gordon Green	$105.4 million	with Blumhouse Productions, Trancas International Films, Miramax, and Universal Pictures	[33]
2023	The Exorcist: Believer	David Gordon Green	$133.8 million	with Blumhouse Productions and Morgan Creek Entertainment	[34]
2024	Nutcrackers	David Gordon Green	—	with Red Hour Productions and Rivulet Films	[35]

Notes

1. There's... Johnny! was ordered by Seeso and originally scheduled to premiere on that streaming service. Following the service's closure, Hulu acquired the rights to stream the series.