Universal Pictures

Universal Studios Inc., also known as Universal Pictures, is an American film production company headquartered in Universal City, California.

It owns the majority of rights to the character King Kong, and will co-produce the sequels to the 2013 film Pacific Rim with Legendary Pictures.

History
Universal was founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, and Jules Brulatour as Universal Film Manufacturing Company.

In 2013, Universal reached an agreement with Legendary Pictures to market, distribute and co-produce their films starting in 2014 following the expiration of the latter's deal with Warner Bros.