Impact Pictures

Impact Pictures
Formerly
    • Impact Pictures, Ltd.
    • Impact Pictures, LLC
    • Impact Pictures, Inc.
    • AB2 Digital Pictures
TypePrivate
IndustryFilm
IncorporatedDecember 6, 2000 (2000-12-06)
(as Impact Pictures, Ltd.)
Founded1992
Founder
DefunctJuly 8, 2014 (2014-07-08)
(as Impact Pictures, Ltd.)
FateDissolved via voluntary strike-off (as Impact Pictures, Ltd.)
HeadquartersDelaware, U.S. (as of 2026)
ProductsMotion pictures
ParentConstantin Film
(c. 2003–2009)

Impact Pictures is an independent film production company founded in 1992 by British producer Jeremy Bolt and filmmaker Paul W. S. Anderson. Aside from Anderson's film projects (including the Resident Evil film series), the company has also been involved in a number of TV and independent productions.

Although the production entity operated from the early 1990s, the UK private limited company Impact Pictures Limited was formally incorporated on 6 December 2000, with Bolt as the company secretary and Anderson as the company director. Impact Pictures Limited was dissolved via voluntary strike-off on 8 July 2014. The company continued to be credited simply as "Impact Pictures" on films; related entities or copyright claimants in the United States have included Impact Pictures, LLC and Impact Pictures, Inc. Production credits have also appeared under Canadian (credited as Impact Canada on Resident Evil: Apocalypse) and U.S. branches. Monster Hunter (2020) used the name AB2 Digital Pictures for the company.

By 2000, Impact Pictures was based in both the United Kingdom and the United States and entered a joint venture with the German company Constantin Film to co-produce films. From circa 2003 and continuing during the co-productions of The Dark (2005) and Pandorum (2009), it operated as a subsidiary of Constantin. According to Constantin Film as of March 2006, Impact Pictures Ltd. was based in London and Impact Pictures LLC was based in Delaware; Constantin held a 100% equity interest in the Ltd. company and a 51% equity interest in the LLC. Impact Pictures LLC still exists in Delaware as of 2026 and is partnered with the Swiss company Highlight Event and Entertainment AG. Impact Pictures has also worked with several other larger studios, most frequently Davis Films and Screen Gems.

Films

References

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  3. ↑ "Paul W.S. Anderson". Variety. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
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  5. ↑ "Certificate of Incorporation of a Private Limited Company" (pdf). Companies House. 6 December 2000. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
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  7. ↑ "The Dark". publicrecords.copyright.gov. United States Copyright Office. 2005. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "Resident Evil: Afterlife". publicrecords.copyright.gov. United States Copyright Office. 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
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  12. ↑ Perry, Douglass C. (26 February 2003). "Reflections Drives to the Movies". IGN. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  13. 1 2 "Annual Report 2006" (PDF). Constantin Film AG. 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  14. ↑ McNary, Dave (9 May 2008). "Quaid, Foster set for 'Pandorum'". Variety. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  15. ↑ "Annual Report 2025" (PDF). Highlight Event and Entertainment AG. Pratteln, Switzerland: Highlight Event and Entertainment AG. 30 April 2026. p. 18. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
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  17. ↑ McCarthy, Todd (28 June 1999). "Vigo: Passion for Life". Variety. Retrieved 16 January 2026.