Sunday Night Productions

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Sunday Night Productions
Company type Private
Industry Production company
Founded2013;11 years ago (2013)
Founder John Krasinski
Allyson Seeger
Headquarters
Santa Monica, California
,
U.S.
Key people
John Krasinski (Chairman and CEO)

Sunday Night Productions is an American film and television production company founded by John Krasinski and Allyson Seeger in 2013. It has produced the television series Lip Sync Battle , Dream Corp LLC , and Jack Ryan , the YouTube streaming news show Some Good News (2020), and the films Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009), Promised Land (2012), The Hollars (2016), and A Quiet Place Part II (2020).

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History

In 2013, John Krasinski and Allyson Seeger formed Sunday Night Productions with Krasinski's earnings from The Office . [1] In May 2014, Krasinski and Seeger produced his film The Hollars , [2] which was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics. [3] In September 2014, Krasinski would produce both Shawn Wines' law student turned garbage collection comedy, as well as Josh Siegal and Dylan Morgan's workplace/family hybrid through Sunday Night for NBC, but, there have been no further developments for both shows. [4] In November 2015, it was announced that Krasinski and Seeger will co-produce Dream Corp, LLC with Stephen Merchant for Adult Swim. [5] In September 2016, it was announced that Krasinski and Seeger will co-produce Alex Carter's adaptation of the My Bad Parent book and blog for Fox, but there have been no further developments since. [6] In March 2017, it was announced that Krasinski and Seeger will co-produce the film A Quiet Place with Platinum Dunes for Paramount Pictures, with Krasinski also co-writing and directing. [7]

Projects previously and currently in development

In 2013, Krasinski sold a spec script to produce an action-adventure movie he wrote with Oren Uziel for Warner Bros. [8] In April 2018, Krasinski and Platinum Dunes will produce the sci-fi thriller Life on Mars, based on a short story by Cecil Castellucci for Paramount. [9] In May 2018, Sunday Night will produce Krasinski and Aaron Sorkin's Chateut Marmont miniseries The Hotel on Sunset, for HBO. [10] In July 2018, Sunday Night will co-produce a Marc Rich biopic with Matt Damon in talks to play Rich. [11] On March 22, 2019, Sunday Night announced that it would produce the film adaptation of Rebecca Alexander's memoir Not Fade Away for Annapurna Pictures along with David O. Russell, with Emily Blunt in talks to play Alexander. [12] In November 2020, Krasinski will produce A Quiet Place: Day One , which Jeff Nichols will be originally attached to write and direct before Michael Sarnoski took over. [13] In March 2021, Krasinski and Platinum Dunes will produce Natalie Erika James' psychological thriller Apartment 7A, for Paramount Players. [14] In May 2021, the company signed a first look deal with Paramount, which was extended further in April 2024. [15] [16]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleDirectorDistributor(s)NotesBudgetGross (worldwide)
2009 Brief Interviews with Hideous Men John Krasinski IFC Films ——$33,745
2012 Promised Land Gus Van Sant Focus Features with Participant Media, Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Pearl Street Films $15 million$11 million
2016 The Hollars John Krasinski Sony Pictures Classics with Groundswell Productions and Sycamore Pictures $3.8 million$1.1 million
2018 A Quiet Place Paramount Pictures with Platinum Dunes $17 million$350.3 million
2020 A Quiet Place Part II $55 million$297.4 million
2024 IF with Maximum Effort $110 million$181.3 million
A Quiet Place: Day One Michael Sarnoski with Platinum Dunes$67 million$261.8 million
Apartment 7A Natalie Erika Jameswith Paramount Players and Platinum Dunes——

Television

YearTitleCreator(s)NetworkNotes
2015–2019 Lip Sync Battle John Krasinski
Stephen Merchant 		Paramount Network with Eight Million Plus Productions, Matador Content, Four Eyes Entertainment and Casey Patterson Entertainment
2016–2020 Dream Corp LLC Daniel Stessen Adult Swim with Caviar Content (season 1), Alive and Kicking, Inc. (season 2) and Williams Street
2018–2023 Jack Ryan Carlton Cuse
Graham Roland 		Amazon Prime Video with Amazon Studios, Paramount Television Studios, Platinum Dunes, Skydance Television, Genre Arts, and Push, Boot. (seasons 1–2)
2020 Some Good News John Krasinski YouTube —
2023–present Curses! Jim Cooper
Jeff Dixon		 Apple TV+ with DreamWorks Animation Television

Upcoming

Films

Television

Awards and recognition

Critics' Choice Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2019 Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie A Quiet Place Won [19]
Best Structured Series Lip Sync Battle Nominated [20]

Emmy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018 Outstanding Structured Reality Program Lip Sync Battle Nominated [21]
2017 Outstanding Structured Reality Program Lip Sync Battle Nominated
2016 Outstanding Structured Reality Program Lip Sync Battle Nominated

Producers Guild of America Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Outstanding Producer of Competition Television Lip Sync Battle Nominated [22]
2017Outstanding Producer of Competition Television Lip Sync Battle Nominated [23]

Webby Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2020Webby Award for Special Achievement Some Good News Won [24]
2019Webby Award for Video - TrailerDream Corp LLC Dream SequenceNominated [25]

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