Todd Garner, the head of Broken Road Productions, is a veteran producer and Hollywood creative executive with a remarkable gift for creating and nurturing mainstream, commercial motion pictures. In various capacities throughout his career, Garner has developed, overseen, executive produced or produced well over 170 movies, many of them major hits for their respective studios. Formerly a founding partner of Revolution Studios and before that co-head of production at Walt Disney Studios, Garner founded Broken Road Productions in summer 2005. In the last sixteen years, Broken Road has produced 25 movies and 3 TV series.

After producing the runaway hit PAUL BLART: MALL COP and its sequel, which combined grossed over $290 million in worldwide box office, Broken Road produced KNIGHT AND DAY for Fox grossing over $261 million worldwide, MGM & Sony’s ZOOKEEPER which grossed $170 million, and INTO THE STORM for New Line, which grossed over $161 million worldwide. In November 2018, Screen Gems’ THE POSSESSION OF HANNAH GRACE starring Shay Mitchell and Stana Katic finished with a stellar $45M WW on a $6M budget. Released summer 2019 was New Line Cinema’s TAG, starring Jon Hamm, Ed Helms, Jake Johnson and Isla Fisher, and February 2019 featured the release of ISN’T IT ROMANTIC starring Rebel Wilson, Liam Hemsworth, Adam DeVine, and Priyanka Chopra. Most recently, Garner released the Universal drama ALL MY LIFE in December 2020.

Garner’s most recent feature film is MORTAL KOMBAT, which was released both in theaters and on HBO Max on April 23, 2021 and opened in the #1 spot at the box office. He is also in post-production on VACATION FRIENDS starring John Cena and Lil Rel Howery at Fox/Hulu. Earlier this year, he released the Netflix sitcom “The Crew” starring Kevin James. The Bert Kreischer series “The Cabin” premiered on Netflix in October 2020.

Garner was an Executive Producer on films such as XXX, ANGER MANAGEMENT and 13 GOING ON 30. He joined Revolution as a partner in May 2000 and was responsible for overseeing all aspects of development and production for the company’s motion pictures during its remarkable first five years. During his tenure, Garner oversaw such hit Revolution films as BLACK HAWK DOWN, PUNCH DRUNK LOVE and HELLBOY.

Todd currently hosts “The Producer’s Guide: Todd Garner & Hollywood’s Elite,” which takes an in depth look at the movie business and what it takes to be a producer in today’s world.

Link to “The Producer’s Guide: Todd Garner & Hollywood’s Elite” below:

https://www.podcastone.com/the-producers-guide-with-todd-garner