# Playtone

The Playtone Company (stylized on-screen as PLAY•TONE; a.k.a. Playtone Productions) is an American film and television production company established in 1998 by actor Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman.
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

| Year | Film | Directed by | Production partner(s) | Distributor(s) |
| Released films |||||
| 2000 | Cast Away | Robert Zemeckis | ImageMovers | 20th Century Fox (North America) DreamWorks Pictures (International) |
| 2002 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Joel Zwick | Gold Circle Films, HBO Films and MPH Entertainment | IFC Films |
| 2004 | The Polar Express | Robert Zemeckis | Castle Rock Entertainment, ImageMovers and Shangri-La Entertainment | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D | Mark Cowen | — | IMAX |
| 2006 | Neil Young: Heart of Gold | Jonathan Demme | Reprise Records and Shangri-La Entertainment | Paramount Classics |
| 2006 | The Ant Bully | John A. Davis | DNA Productions and Legendary Pictures | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 2006 | Starter for 10 | Tom Vaughan | BBC Films, HBO Films and Neal Street Productions | Picturehouse (United States) Icon Film Distribution (United Kingdom) |
| 2007 | Charlie Wilson's War | Mike Nichols | Participant Productions and Relativity Media | Universal Pictures |
| 2008 | The Great Buck Howard | Sean McGinly | Bristol Bay Productions and Walden Media | Magnolia Pictures |
| 2008 | Mamma Mia! | Phyllida Lloyd | Relativity Media and Littlestar | Universal Pictures |
| 2008 | City of Ember | Gil Kenan | Walden Media | 20th Century Fox |
| 2009 | My Life in Ruins | Donald Petrie | — | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Spike Jonze | Legendary Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 2011 | Larry Crowne | Tom Hanks | Vendôme Pictures | Universal Pictures |
| 2013 | Parkland | Peter Landesman | American Film Company | Exclusive Media Group |
| 2016 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | Kirk Jones | Gold Circle Films and HBO Films | Universal Pictures |
| 2016 | A Hologram for the King | Tom Tykwer | X-Filme Creative Pool and Primeridian Entertainment | Lionsgate Films Roadside Attractions Saban Films |
| 2017 | The Circle | James Ponsoldt | Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Likely Story | EuropaCorp STX Entertainment |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Ol Parker | Legendary Pictures and Littlestar | Universal Pictures |
| 2020 | Greyhound | Aaron Schneider | Sony Pictures, Stage 6 Films, Bron Studios, FilmNation Entertainment, Sycamore Pictures and Zhengfu Pictures | Apple TV+ |
| 2020 | News of the World | Paul Greengrass | Pretty Pictures | Universal Pictures (United States) Netflix (International) |
| 2023 | A Man Called Otto | Marc Forster | Columbia Pictures, Stage 6 Films, SF Studios, Artistic Films, 2DUX², Big Indie and STXfilms | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2023 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 | Nia Vardalos | Gold Circle Films and HBO Films | Focus Features |
| 2024 | The Bloody Hundredth | Mark Herzog Laurent Bouzereau | Amblin Television and Herzog & Co. | Apple TV+ |
| Upcoming films |||||
| 2024 | Here | Robert Zemeckis | Miramax and ImageMovers | TriStar Pictures (through Sony Pictures Releasing) |
| TBA | Beautiful | TBA | Columbia Pictures | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| TBA | Spring Awakening | TBA | — | TBA |

## 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 | Warner Bros. Television | HBO |
| 2010 | The Pacific | Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman | DreamWorks Television | Warner Bros. Television | HBO |
| 2012 | Game Change | Mark Halperin and John Heilemann | HBO Films | Warner Bros. Television | HBO |
| 2014 | Olive Kitteridge | Elizabeth Strout | As Is Productions | Warner Bros. Television | HBO |
| 2014 | The Sixties | Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog | Herzog & Company | Warner Bros. Television | CNN |
| 2015 | The Seventies | Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog | Herzog & Company | Warner Bros. Television | CNN |
| 2016 | The Eighties | Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog | Herzog & Company | Warner Bros. Television | CNN |
| 2017 | The Nineties | Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog | Herzog & Company | Warner Bros. Television | CNN |
| 2018 | The 2000s | Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog | Herzog & Company | Warner Bros. Television | CNN |
| 2019 | The Movies | Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog | Herzog & Company | Warner Bros. Television | CNN |
| 2023 | The 2010s | Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog | Herzog & Company | Warner Bros. Television | CNN |
| 2024 | Masters of the Air | John Shiban and John Orloff | Amblin Television / Apple Studios | 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)