Playtone

Playtone

Playtone

American film and television production company

This article is about the production company. For the 1950s Swedish rock n roll band, see The Playtones.

Playtone (stylized on-screen as PLAY•TONE; a.k.a. Playtone Productions and The Playtone Company)[2][3] is an American film and television production company established in 1998 by actor Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman.

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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.

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References

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    Chu, Karen (June 11, 2011). "Tom Hanks' Playtone Productions Announces Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods,' Mattel's 'Major Matt Mason,' Green Day's 'American Idiot' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
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    "The Playtone Company". Open Corporates. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
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    Guthrie, Marisa (January 18, 2013). "HBO Developing Third WWII Miniseries with Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
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