Playtone
American film and television production company
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::summary American film and television production company ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | The Playtone Company |
| logo | Playtone.svg |
| type | Private |
| industry | Film production |
| Television production | |
| founded | in Santa Monica, California, United States |
| founders | Tom Hanks |
| Gary Goetzman | |
| location_city | Santa Monica, California |
| location_country | United States |
| key_people | Tom Hanks (CEO) |
| Rita Wilson Hanks (CFO) | |
| products | Motion pictures |
| Television programs | |
| owner | Tom Hanks |
| subsid | Playtone Records |
| website | |
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| name = The Playtone Company | logo = Playtone.svg | type = Private | industry = Film production Television production | founded = in Santa Monica, California, United States | founders = Tom Hanks Gary Goetzman | location_city = Santa Monica, California | location_country = United States | area_served = | key_people = Tom Hanks (CEO) Rita Wilson Hanks (CFO) | products = Motion pictures Television programs | owner = Tom Hanks | num_employees = | parent = | subsid = Playtone Records | website =
The Playtone Company (stylized on-screen as PLAY•TONE; a.k.a. Playtone Productions) is an American film and television production company established on January 23, 1998 by actor Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman, and based in Santa Monica, California.
The company 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 matter. 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.
Filmography
Feature films
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Series
Television series
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| Year(s) | Title | Created by | Co-production(s) | Distributor | Original Network | Released series | Band of Brothers | My Big Fat Greek Life | Big Love | John Adams | The Pacific | Game Change | Olive Kitteridge | The Sixties | The Seventies | The Eighties | The Nineties | The 2000s | The Movies | The 2010s | Masters of the Air |
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| 2001 | Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg | DreamWorks Television | Warner Bros. Television | HBO | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Nia Vardalos and Marsh McCall | Brad Grey Productions / Marsh McCall Productions | Sony Pictures Television | CBS | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–11 | Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer | Anima Sola Productions | Warner Bros. Television | HBO | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | David Coatsworth and Steve Shareshian | High Noon Productions / Mid Atlantic Films | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman | DreamWorks Television | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Mark Halperin and John Heilemann | HBO Films | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Elizabeth Strout | As Is Productions | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog | Herzog & Company | CNN | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | John Shiban and John Orloff | Amblin Television / Apple Studios | Apple Inc. | Apple TV+ | |||||||||||||||||
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Web series
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| Year(s) | Title | Created by | Co-production(s) | Distributor | Original Network | Electric City |
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| 2012 | Tom Hanks | 6 Point Harness / Reliance Entertainment | Yahoo! | Yahoo! Screen | ||
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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)
References
References
- "The Playtone Company - SI-COMPLETE - 02/08/2016".
- Chu, Karen. (2011-06-11). "Tom Hanks' Playtone Productions Announces Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods,' Mattel's 'Major Matt Mason,' Green Day's 'American Idiot' (Exclusive)".
- Rice, Lynette. (February 28, 2024). "Apple TV+ Reveals Premiere Date, Trailer For 'The Bloody Hundredth' Doc From Playtone-Amblin".
- Guthrie, Marisa. (January 18, 2013). "HBO Developing Third WWII Miniseries with Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg (Exclusive)".
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