Lorenzo di Bonaventura

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Lorenzo di Bonaventura
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di Bonaventura at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego
Born c. 1957
Occupation Film producer

Lorenzo di Bonaventura (born 1957) is an American film producer and founder of his company Di Bonaventura Pictures. He is best known for producing Transformers films.

Life and career

Bonaventura spent the 1990s as an executive at Warner Bros. Pictures, eventually rising to president of worldwide production. His production company Di Bonaventura Pictures is based at Paramount Pictures. His tenure at Warner Bros. included discovering and shepherding The Matrix into production, and the purchase of the rights to the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling.

Bonaventura has purchased the film rights to the six-part series of fantasy novels The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott.[1] Di Bonaventura said that Scott's "fantastic series is a natural evolution from 'Harry Potter'."

Personal life

Bonaventura attended Harvard University.[citation needed] He later received an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.[citation needed] His father, Mario di Bonaventura, was a symphony conductor.[citation needed]

Filmography

Year(s) Title(s) Director(s) Writer(s) Based on Distributor(s) Budget Gross Rotten Tomatoes
2005 Constantine Francis Lawrence Kevin Brodbin and Frank A. Cappello John Constantine
by Alan Moore
Stephen R. Bissette
John Totleben		 Warner Bros. $100 million $230.9 million 46%>[2]
Four Brothers John Singleton David Elliot and Paul Lovett The Sons of Katie Elder
by Henry Hathaway		 Paramount Pictures $45 million $92 million 52%[3]
Doom Andrzej Bartkowiak David Callaham and Wesley Strick Doom 1993 game
by id Software		 Universal Studios $60 million $55 million 19%
Derailed Mikael Håfström Stuart Beattie Derailed
by James Siegel		 The Weinstein Company
Buena Vista International		 $22 million $57 million 20%[4]
2007 Shooter Antoine Fuqua Jonathan Lemkin Point of Impact
by Stephen Hunter		 Paramount Pictures $61 million $95.7 million 48%[5]
1408 Mikael Håfström Matt Greenberg, Scott Alexander
and Larry Karaszewski		 1408
by Stephen King		 Dimension Films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer		 $25 million $132 million 78%[6]
Transformers Michael Bay Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci Transformers
by Hasbro		 DreamWorks Pictures
Paramount Pictures		 $150 million $709.7 million 57%[7]
Stardust Matthew Vaughn Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman Stardust
by Neil Gaiman		 Paramount Pictures $88.5 million $135.6 million 76%[8]
2009 Imagine That Karey Kirkpatrick Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson — Paramount Pictures
Nickelodeon Movies		 $55 million $22 million 40%[9]
Transformers:
Revenge of the Fallen		 Michael Bay Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
and Ehren Kruger		 Transformers
by Hasbro		 DreamWorks Pictures
Paramount Pictures		 $200 million $836.3 million 19%[10]
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Stephen Sommers Stuart Beattie, David Elliot, Paul Lovett,
Michael B. Gordon and Stephen Summers		 G.I. Joe
by Hasbro		 Paramount Pictures $175 million $302.5 million 35%[lower-alpha 1]
2010 Salt Phillip Noyce Kurt Wimmer — Columbia Pictures $110 million $293.5 million 62%
RED Robert Schwentke Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber Red
by Warren Ellis
Cully Hamner		 Summit Entertainment $58 million $199 million 72%[11]
2011 Transformers:
Dark of the Moon		 Michael Bay Ehren Kruger Transformers
by Hasbro		 Paramount Pictures $195 million $1.124 billion 35%[12]
2012 The Devil Inside William Brent Bell William Brent Bell and Matthew Peterman — $1 million $101.8 million 6%[13]
Man on a Ledge Asger Leth Pablo Fenjves — Summit Entertainment $42 million $46.2 million 31%[14]
2013 The Last Stand Kim Jee-woon Andrew Knauer — Lionsgate $45 million $48 million 60%[15]
Side Effects Steven Soderbergh Scott Z. Burns — Open Road Films $30 million $60 million 83%[16]
G.I. Joe: Retaliation Steven Soderbergh Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick G.I. Joe
by Hasbro		 Paramount Pictures $30 million $60 million 83%[16]
RED 2 Dean Parisot Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber Red
by Warren Ellis
Cully Hamner		 Summit Entertainment $84 million $148.1 million 42%
2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Kenneth Branagh Adam Cozad and David Koepp Jack Ryan
by Tom Clancy		 Paramount Pictures $60 million $135.5 million 56%[17]
Transformers:
Age of Extinction		 Michael Bay Ehren Kruger Transformers
by Hasbro		 $210 million $1.104 billion 18%[18]
2016 Kidnap Luis Prieto Knate Gwaltney — Relativity Media
2017 Transformers 5 Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner Transformers
by Hasbro		 Paramount Pictures

Television

Notes

  1. ↑ Template:Rotten Tomatoes score

References

  1. ↑ Interview with Lorenzo di Bonaventura at Transformers At The Moon
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  3. ↑ Four Brothers at Rotten Tomatoes
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  14. ↑ Man on a Ledge – Rotten Tomatoes
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