PRODUCTIONS

The 2000's

January 2000 marked a major change for the company as it entered the 21st century. Chairman Roy Skeggs, who had been with the company since the 1960s, resigned and handed the business over to a private investment consortium which included advertising guru Charles Saatchi.

Over the next few years the company set about a new slate of proposed co-productions, and the first steps towards realising the potential of the Hammer brand in licensed merchandising.

2007 marked fifty years of Hammer horror, with various events to mark the occasion, including a restoration by the BFI of Hammer's original Dracula.

In ealry 2007 the company changed hands again, this time to a European consortium, headed by Dutch based Cyrte Investments BV. Backed by a $50million investment Hammer soon announced its return with Beyond the Rave, a co-production with MySpaceTV, unleashed via the internet in April 2008. With the arrival of Beyond the Rave, Hammer has made both its first dramatic production in nearly thirty years, and a return to horror. With further plans for both film and television having been announced, Hammer has truly risen from the grave....