Summer Task 4 - Media Institutions

1) The Big Six are a group of large corporations that control media companies in the United States of America.

2) The Big Six are: Comcast, The Walt Disney Company, 21st Century Fox, Time Warner, Viacom and CBS corporation. Comcast own companies such as Universal Pictures, NBC and MSNBC. Disney own companies such as Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar. 21st Century Fox own companies such as National Geographic, Fox News and The Wall Street Journal. Time Warner own companies such as CNN, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Viacom own companies such as MTV, Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures. CBS own companies such as the CBS TV network and sports network.

3) Comcast-The Purge Election Year

•  Budget: $10 million
• Cast: Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Christy Coco, Mykelti Williamson, Joseph Julian Soria, Betty Gabriel, Terry Serpico, Edwin Hodge, Kyle Secor and Liza Colón-Zayas
• Release date: 1st July 2016
• Directed by James DeMonaco
• Box Office: $96.1 million

Walt Disney Company- Jungle Book 

• Budget: $175 million
• Cast: Neel Sethi, Ritesh Rajan, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Walken, Garry Shandling, Brighton Rose, Jon Favreau, Sam Raimi, Russell Peters, Madeleine Favreau and Sara Arrington
• Release dates: 4th April 2016 (El Capitan Theatre) and 15th April 2016 (United States)
• Directed by Jon Favreau
• Box Office: $940.7 million

21st Century Fox- Deadpool

• Budget: $58 million
• Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T. J. Miller, Gina Carano, Leslie Uggams, Brianna Hildebrand, Stefan Kapičić and Karan Soni
• Release dates: 8th February 2016 (Le Grand Rex) and 12th February 2016 (United States)
• Directed by Tim Miller
• Box Office: $782.6 million

Time Warner-Conjuring 2

• Budget: $40 million
• Cast: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Frances O'Connor, Madison Wolfe, Simon McBurney, Franka Potente, Lauren Esposito, Patrick McAuley, Benjamin Haigh, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Simon Delaney, Shannon Kook, Sterling Jerins, Bob Adrian, Abhi Sinha, Robin Atkin Downes, Bonnie Aarons and Javier Botet
• Release dates: 7th June 2016 (TCL Chinese Theatre) and 10th June 2016 (United States)
• Directed by James Wan
• Box Office: $315.7 million

Viacom-Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation

• Budget: $150 million
• Cast: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Alec Baldwin, Jens Hultén, Simon McBurney, Zhang Jingchu, Tom Hollander and Hermione Corfield
• Release dates: 23rd July 2015 (Vienna State Opera) and 31st July 2015 (United States
• Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
• Box Office: $682.3 million

CBS- Get a Job

• Cast: Miles Teller, Anna Kendrick, Brandon T. Jackson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Nicholas Braun, Cameron Richardson, Marcia Gay Harden, Alison Brie, Bryan Cranston, Jorge Garcia, John C. McGinley, John Cho, Greg Germann, Bruce Davison, Ethan Dizon and Jay Pharoah
• Directed by Dylan Kidd
• Release date: 25th March 2016 (United States)