Fruit Tree (company)

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Ali Herting
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Fruit Tree is an American film and television production company, founded by Emma Stone and Dave McCary in 2020. The company has produced the films When You Finish Saving the World (2022), and Problemista (2023).

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History

In August 2020, it was announced Emma Stone and Dave McCary had launched Fruit Tree, a production company producing film and television series, with a first-look television deal at A24. [1] In October 2020, Ali Herting joined the company as a producer. [2]

The company's debut feature When You Finish Saving the World , directed by Jesse Eisenberg, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in January 2022. The film was released in January 2023, by A24. [3] Fruit Tree's first television project The Curse , starring Stone alongside co-creators Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, premiered on Showtime in November 2023.

Fruit Tree once again collaborated with A24 on Problemista , directed, written and co-starring Julio Torres. The film was released in March 2024. [4] I Saw the TV Glow, written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun, was released in theaters by A24 on 3 May 2024 [5] .

Future projects

Fantasmas , a second collaboration with Torres, will premiere on HBO in June 2024. [6] A Real Pain , a second collaboration with Eisenberg, is due to be released in October 2024 by Searchlight Pictures. [7]

Fruit Tree and A24 are developing an adaption of A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham for Max. [8] The companies have also secured the rights to an unreleased novel by Ben Mezrich on the Carlsen–Niemann controversy, with Fielder attached to direct. [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorDistributor
2022 When You Finish Saving the World Jesse Eisenberg A24
2023 Problemista Julio Torres
2024 I Saw the TV Glow Jane Schoenbrun

Upcoming

YearTitleDirectorDistributor
2024 A Real Pain Jesse Eisenberg Searchlight Pictures [10]
TBABugonia Yorgos Lanthimos Focus Features [11]
TBACheckmate Nathan Fielder A24 [9]

Television

YearTitleNetwork
2023–present The Curse Showtime

Upcoming

YearTitleNetwork
2024 Fantasmas HBO
TBAA Flicker in the Dark Max

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