Playtone
Playtone (stylized on-screen as PLAY•TONE; a.k.a. Playtone Productions and The Playtone Company)[2][3] is an American film and television production company established in 1998 by actor Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman.
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film production Television production |
| Founded | January 23, 1998 in Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Founders | Tom Hanks Gary Goetzman |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Tom Hanks (Co-founder & CEO) Rita Wilson Hanks (CFO)[1] |
| Owner | Tom Hanks |
| Subsidiaries | Playtone Records |
| Website | https://www.playtone-productions.com/ |
It was named after the fictional record company of the same name in the 1996 film That Thing You Do!, written and directed by Hanks; it also uses the same company logo, typically revealed on-screen with a brief instrumental snippet of the titular song itself, with some variations in each film depending on subject manner. The success of the film served as a spring-board to launch an actual Playtone Records label. Playtone has had an exclusive television development deal with HBO since the company was formed. Over the course of that time, Playtone's projects for HBO have won 46 Emmy Awards, while garnering 113 Emmy Award nominations.
Films
Television series
| Aired | Series | Created by | Production partner(s) | Distributor | Original Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Released series | |||||
| 2001 | Band of Brothers | Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg | DreamWorks Television | Warner Bros. Television | HBO |
| 2003 | My Big Fat Greek Life | Nia Vardalos and Marsh McCall | Brad Grey Productions / Marsh McCall Productions | Sony Pictures Television | CBS |
| 2006–11 | Big Love | Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer | Anima Sola Productions | Warner Bros. Television | HBO |
| 2008 | John Adams | David Coatsworth and Steve Shareshian | High Noon Productions / Mid Atlantic Films | ||
| 2010 | The Pacific | Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman | DreamWorks Television | ||
| 2012 | Game Change | Mark Halperin and John Heilemann | HBO Films | ||
| 2014 | Olive Kitteridge | Elizabeth Strout | As Is Productions | ||
| The Sixties | Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog | Herzog & Company | CNN | ||
| 2015 | The Seventies | ||||
| 2016 | The Eighties | ||||
| 2017 | The Nineties | ||||
| 2018 | The 2000s | ||||
| 2019 | The Movies | ||||
| 2023 | The 2010s | ||||
| Upcoming series | |||||
| 2024 | Masters of the Air[4] | Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman | Amblin Television / Parliament of Owls | Apple Inc. | Apple TV+ |
Web series
| Aired | Series | Created by | Production partner(s) | Distributor | Original Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Electric City | Tom Hanks | 6 Point Harness / Reliance Entertainment | Yahoo! | Yahoo! Screen |
Playtone Records releases
- That Thing You Do! soundtrack (1996)
- The Sopranos soundtrack
- The Sopranos: Peppers & Eggs soundtrack
- Bring It On soundtrack (2000)
- Josie and the Pussycats soundtrack (2001)
- Band of Brothers soundtrack (2001)
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding soundtrack (2002)
- The Truth About Charlie soundtrack (2002)
- Starter for 10 soundtrack (2006)
See also
References
- "The Playtone Company - SI-COMPLETE - 02/08/2016". Scribd. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- Chu, Karen (June 11, 2011). "Tom Hanks' Playtone Productions Announces Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods,' Mattel's 'Major Matt Mason,' Green Day's 'American Idiot' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
- "The Playtone Company". Open Corporates. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
- Guthrie, Marisa (January 18, 2013). "HBO Developing Third WWII Miniseries with Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
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