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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film production Television production |
| Founded | January 23, 1998; 28 years ago (1998-01-23) inSanta Monica,California,United States |
| Founders | Tom Hanks Gary Goetzman |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Tom Hanks (CEO) Rita Wilson Hanks (CFO)[1] |
| Products | Motion pictures Television programs |
| Owner | Tom Hanks |
| Subsidiaries | Playtone Records |
| Website | Official website |
The Playtone Company (stylized on-screen asPLAY•TONE; a.k.a.Playtone Productions)[2] is an Americanfilm andtelevision production company established on January 23, 1998 by actorTom Hanks and producerGary Goetzman, and based inSanta Monica, California.
The company was named after the fictional record company of the same name in the 1996 filmThat 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 actualPlaytone Records label that year, with its first release beingthe film's soundtrack.
Playtone has had an exclusive television development deal withHBO since the company was formed. Over the course of that time, Playtone's projects for HBO have won 46Emmy Awards, while garnering 113 Emmy Award nominations.
| Year(s) | Title | Created by | Co-production(s) | Distributor | Original Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Released series | |||||
| 2001 | Band of Brothers | Tom Hanks andSteven 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 |
| 2006–2011 | Big Love | Mark V. Olsen andWill 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 andGary Goetzman | DreamWorks Television | ||
| 2012 | Game Change | Mark Halperin andJohn 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 | ||||
| 2024 | Masters of the Air[4] | John Shiban andJohn Orloff | Amblin Television /Apple Studios | Apple Inc. | Apple TV+ |
| Year(s) | Title | Created by | Co-production(s) | Distributor | Original Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Electric City | Tom Hanks | 6 Point Harness /Reliance Entertainment | Yahoo! | Yahoo! Screen |
