Tollin/Robbins Productions

Tollin/Robbins Productions (or simply known as TRP) is an American movie and television production company operated by Mike Tollin and Brian Robbins, the latter probably best known for his role as Eric Mardian in the 1980s TV series Head of the Class. Joe Davola is also an unofficial partner in the company and has co-produced many of the company's productions along with Robbins and Tollin since 2000. Despite his involvement with the company, the production firm's name remains Tollin/Robbins Productions.

History

Tollion/Robbins Productions was formed by Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin around 1997 with early films were sports documentaries.[1]

In 2002, Tollin/Robbins Productions (T/RP) agreed to a two year first look movie deal With Paramount Pictures while having a TV joint venture agreement with Warner Bros.. With the Paramount agreement, T/RP hired Caitlin Scanlon to head the film division which will produce or direct 2-3 films a year.[2]

While two of their pilots are in consideration for pick up on ABC in April 2003, Tollin/Robbins has agreed to a two year development deal, included a two year option, profit sharing and outside sales, with Touchstone Television. In May, T/RP's agreement with Warner Bros. expired.[3]

Under the ABC Studio (formerly Touchstone TV) deal, two series were developed, NBC drama “Inconceivable” and ABC comedy “Savages”, that reached the small screen in the 2005-2006 season but where quickly canceled. NBC Universal TV Studio ended their TV production agreement in June 2006 with TRP with no series produced under the deal.[1]

In March 2007 with the expiration of TRP's production deal with Disney, Tollin and Robbins decided to scale back operations of TRP with the both of them taking on project independent of TRP. Robbins signed a two year first look production deal with DreamWorks, while Tollin had two movies in the works with one at Lionsgate and the other with Greenestreet Pictures and Mandeville Films. TRP would handle existing production and various projects already under development.[1]

In March 2010, Tollin/Robbins sued Warner Bros. over claims of misdealing in the amount of $100 million over the profits of the Smallville series in selling the show to affiliates The WB and The CW and by later including DC Comics as a profit participate. In January 2013, T/RP settled out of court with Warner Bros.[4]

Movies

List of TV Shows

Duration Title Network
1994–2005 All That Nickelodeon[3]
1996–2000 Kenan & Kel[1] Nickelodeon
1998–2003 Cousin Skeeter Nickelodeon
1999–2002 The Amanda Show[1] Nickelodeon
2000 Hype The WB
2001–11 Smallville The WB / The CW[3]
2001–02 The Nightmare Room Kids WB!
2002–03 The Nick Cannon Show Nickelodeon[3]
2002–03 Slamball TNN / Spike TV[3]
2002–06 What I Like About You[1] The WB
2002–03 Birds of Prey The WB
2003–04 I'm with Her ABC
2003–12 One Tree Hill[1] The WB / The CW
2004 The Days ABC
2005 Global Frequency The WB
2005 Inconceivable[1]
2005 “Savages” ABC[1]
2006 Crumbs ABC
2006 Bonds on Bonds ESPN
2007 The Bronx Is Burning ESPN[1]
“Arliss”[1]
“Unstrung” Disney[1]
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 McNary, Dave; Adalian, Josef (March 12, 2007). "Robbins, Tollin reduce joint projects". Variety. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Dunkley, Cathy (February 20, 2002). "Scanlon to lead film for Tollin/Robbins". Variety (Variety Media, LLC). Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 James, Meg (April 18, 2003). "Disney Lures 'Smallville' Team to Touchstone". Los Angeles Times (Tribune). Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ Gardner, Eriq (January 3, 2013). "Warner Bros. Settles Big 'Smallville' Vertical Integration Lawsuit". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 16, 2015.

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