Playtone

Playtone Entertainment is an American film and television production company and record label established in 1998 by actor Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman.

It was named after the fictional record company "Playtone" in That Thing You Do!, written and directed by Hanks; it also uses the same company logo. 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 52 Emmy Awards, while garnering 107 Emmy Award Nominations.

Films

Released films

Release Date	Title	Director	Notes
December 22, 2000	Cast Away	Robert Zemeckis	distributed by 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Pictures, co-production with ImageMovers.
April 19, 2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Joel Zwick	distributed by IFC Films, co-production with HBO Films, Gold Circle Films and MPH Entertainment.
November 22, 2004	The Polar Express	Robert Zemeckis	distributed by Warner Bros., co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment, Shangri-La Entertainment, ImageMovers and Golden Mean
September 23, 2005	Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D	Mark Cowen	distributed by IMAX.
February 10, 2006	Neil Young: Heart of Gold	Jonathan Demme	distributed by Paramount Classics, co-production with Shangri-La Entertainment and Reprise Records.
July 26, 2006	The Ant Bully	John A. Davis	distributed by Warner Bros., co-production with Legendary Pictures, DNA Productions and Warner Bros. Animation.
November 10, 2006	Starter for 10	Tom Vaughan	distributed by Picturehouse and Icon Film Distribution, co-production with HBO Films, BBC Films and Neal Street Productions.
December 21, 2007	Charlie Wilson's War	Mike Nichols	distributed by Universal Studios, co-production with Relativity Media and Participant Productions.
January 18, 2008	The Great Buck Howard	Sean McGinly	distributed by Magnolia Pictures, co-production with Walden Media and Bristol Bay Productions.
July 18, 2008	Mamma Mia!	Phyllida Lloyd	distributed by Universal Studios, co-production with Littlestar.
October 10, 2008	City of Ember	Gil Kenan	distributed by 20th Century Fox, co-production with Walden Media.
June 5, 2009	My Life in Ruins	Donald Petrie	distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
October 16, 2009	Where the Wild Things Are	Spike Jonze	distributed by Warner Bros., co-production with Legendary Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and Wild Things Productions.
July 1, 2011	Larry Crowne	Tom Hanks	distributed by Universal Studios.
October 23, 2012	Parkland	Peter Landesman	distributed by Exclusive Media Group, co-production with American Film Company and Playtone.
March 25, 2016	My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2	Kirk Jones	distributed by Universal Pictures, co-production with Gold Circle Films and HBO Films.
April 22, 2016	A Hologram for the King	distributed by Lionsgate Films, Roadside Attractions and Saban Films, co-produced with X-Filme Creative Pool and Primeridian Entertainment.

Upcoming films

Release Date	Title	Notes
July 7, 2017	Spider-Man: Homecoming	distributed by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios, co-produced with LStar Capital and Pascal Pictures
TBA	American Idiot	distributed by Universal Studios.
	The Circle
	Spring Awakening

Television series

Band of Brothers (2001 miniseries)
My Big Fat Greek Life (2003) (with Brad Grey Television, Sony Pictures Television, & CBS)
Big Love (2006)
John Adams (2008 miniseries)
The Pacific (2010 miniseries)
Game Change (2012)
Olive Kitteridge (2014 miniseries)
Undaunted Courage^[1] (miniseries) (with Plan B, Class 5 Films, National Geographic Films, & HBO)
"CNN: The Sixties" (2014 documentary series)
"CNN: The Seventies" (2015 documentary series)
"CNN: The Eighties" (2016 documentary series)
Factory Man (pre-production)

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)

Web Series

Electric City (2012)

References

↑ Elizabeth Wagmeister (30 January 2015). "HBO Greenlights ‘Lewis and Clark’ Miniseries From Edward Norton, Brad Pitt & Tom Hanks". Variety.com. Variety. Retrieved 2015-01-15.

External links

Playtone at the Internet Movie Database
Playtone - Official Playtone Website

Tom Hanks

Director	That Thing You Do! (1996) Larry Crowne (2011)

Screenwriter	That Thing You Do! (1996) From the Earth to the Moon (1998, 4 episodes) Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005) Larry Crowne (2011)

Producer	Cast Away (2000) My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) Connie and Carla (2004) Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005) Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) The Ant Bully (2006) Starter for 10 (2006) Charlie Wilson's War (2007) The Great Buck Howard (2008) City of Ember (2008) Where the Wild Things Are (2009) Larry Crowne (2011) My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016)

Television	From the Earth to the Moon (1998) Band of Brothers (2001) My Big Fat Greek Life (2003) The Pacific (2010) Big Love (2006–2011) Game Change (2012)

Related	Filmography Playtone Awards and nominations Colin Hanks Rita Wilson

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