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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Ascendant Pictures.jpg|thumb|Ascendant Pictures]]'''Ascendant Pictures''' was a film development, production, finance and foreign distribution company co-founded by [[StarCitizen:Chris Roberts]] and where [[StarCitizen:Ortwin Freyermuth|Ortwin Freyermouth]] was Production Counsel. <br />
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== History ==<br />
Chris Roberts co-founded Ascendant Pictures in March of 2002, not long after he left [[StarCitizen:Digital Anvil]] following its sale to Microsoft and after the subsequent creation of [[StarCitizen:Point of No Return Entertainment]].<br />
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Chris Roberts was a producer for among others ''Edison'', ''Timber Falls'', ''Outlander'', ''Who's Your Caddy?'', ''The Big White'', ''Ask the Dust'', ''Lucky Number Slevin'' and ''Lord of War'' as well as ''The Punisher'' TV serie''.''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330793/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cdt_c_24 The Punisher credits], imdb</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0094902 Ascendant Pictures on imdb]</ref><br />
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[[StarCitizen:John Schimmel]] was president of production.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOx_AMnt3ac John Schimmel - Screenwriting, Behind Enemy Lines,] Connie Martinson, YouTube, 25 févr. 2014</ref><br />
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Ascendant Pictures had 20% first money in, last money out.<ref>[https://youtu.be/ZZWKR-r-2AQ?feature=shared&t=2820 Star Citizen Live: Talkin' VFX], Star Citizen, YouTube, 3 mars 2023</ref><br />
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Kevin Costner sued Ascendant Pictures at the end of 2005, claiming it reneged on a deal to pay him $8 million to act in a comedy. however Ascendant Pictures denied wrongdoing and the suit was settled.<ref>[https://archive.ph/JjFR1 Oscar winner Sues Production Company], LawyersAndSettlements, Mar-6-08, archived</ref><ref>[https://archive.ph/luHSN Kevin Costner settles over failed film], Los Angeles Daily News, 03/05/08, archived</ref> <br />
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Ascendant Pictures used the German investment fund VIP Medienfonds which turned out to use a tax scheme to raise US$920 million over time from thousands of German investors to bankroll various productions including Hollywood movies. in 2006 the German government stopped the practice, and the fund’s founder Andreas Schmid was sentenced to six years in jail for tax fraud. Chris Roberts and Ortwin Freyermuth were not implicated.<ref>[https://slate.com/culture/2005/11/no-more-free-money.html Hollywood’s Big Loss], Slate, Nov 21, 2005</ref><ref>[https://variety.com/2007/biz/markets-festivals/schmid-found-guilty-of-tax-fraud-1117975900/ Schmid found guilty of tax fraud], Variety, Nov 13, 2007</ref><br />
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Chris Roberts sold Ascendant Pictures in 2010 to Bigfoot Entertainment.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110425185308/https://bigfoot.com/up-press-releases-172.php Bigfoot Entertainment Acquires Ascendant Pictures], press release, Bigfoot Entertainment, July 6, 2010</ref><br />
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== Trivia ==<br />
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* [[StarCitizen:Star Citizen|''Star Citizen'']] has a [[StarCitizen:Face Melter T-Shirt]] reminiscent of ''The Punisher'' logo.<br />
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