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Founders
  
Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks

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Founded
  
1996, Santa Monica, California, United States

Films produced
  
My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Mamma Mia!, The Polar Express, A Hologram for the King, Cast Away

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

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It was named after the fictional record company "Play-Tone" 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.

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)
  • The Sixties (2014 documentary series)
  • The Seventies (2015 documentary series)
  • The Eighties (2016 documentary series)
  • The Nineties (2017 documentary series)
  • Factory Man (pre-production)
  • Lewis and Clark (miniseries) (with Plan B, Class 5 Films, National Geographic Films, & HBO)

    • 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

    Playtone Wikipedia
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