Plan B Entertainment

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Plan B Entertainment, Inc.
Company type Division
Industry Motion pictures, Entertainment
PredecessorBrad Grey Pictures
FoundedNovember 2, 2001;22 years ago (2001-11-02)
Founders
Headquarters9150 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Key people
Products
Parent Mediawan (60%)

Plan B Entertainment, Inc., [1] more commonly known as Plan B, is an American production company founded in November in 2001 by Brad Pitt, Brad Grey, Kristin Hahn and Jennifer Aniston. [2] The company first signed with Warner Bros. as a replacement for Brad Grey Pictures, a company operated by Brad Grey. [3] In 2005, after Pitt and Aniston divorced, Grey became the CEO of Paramount Pictures and Pitt became the sole owner of the company. The president of the company was for many years Dede Gardner, but she and Pitt named Jeremy Kleiner co-president with Gardner in 2013. [4] Three of the production company's movies, The Departed , 12 Years a Slave and Moonlight , have won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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Pitt, Gardner and Kleiner received the Producers Guild of America's David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures in 2020. [5]

This name was previously used for an unrelated production company that was headed by Bruce Berman from 1996 to 1997. [6]

In December 2022, it was reported that Mediawan has acquired a significant stake in the studio, while Plan B has also taken a stake in Mediawan. [7] [8]

Production deals

Active

Former

Films

2000s

YearTitleDirector Oscar Best Picture
2004 Troy Wolfgang Petersen
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tim Burton
2006 The Departed Martin Scorsese Won
Running with Scissors Ryan Murphy
2007 Year of the Dog Mike White
A Mighty Heart Michael Winterbottom
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Andrew Dominik
2009 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Rebecca Miller
The Time Traveler's Wife Robert Schwentke

2010s

YearTitleDirector Oscar Best Picture
2010 Kick-Ass Matthew Vaughn
Eat, Pray, Love Ryan Murphy
2011 The Tree of Life Terrence Malick Nominated
Moneyball Bennett Miller Nominated
2012 Killing Them Softly Andrew Dominik
2013 Kick Ass 2 Jeff Wadlow
World War Z Marc Forster
12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen Won
2014 Selma Ava DuVernay Nominated
2015 True Story Rupert Goold
The Big Short Adam McKay Nominated
2016 Moonlight Barry Jenkins Won
The Lost City of Z James Gray
Voyage of Time Terrence Malick
2017 War Machine David Michod
Okja Bong Joon-ho
Brad's Status Mike White
2018 Beautiful Boy Felix Van Groeningen
If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins
Vice Adam McKay Nominated
2019 The Last Black Man in San Francisco Joe Talbot
Ad Astra James Gray
The King David Michôd

2020s

YearTitleDirector Oscar Best Picture
2020 Irresistible Jon Stewart
Kajillionaire Miranda July
Minari Lee Isaac Chung Nominated
2022 Father of the Bride Gary Alazraki
Blonde Andrew Dominik
She Said Maria Schrader
Women Talking Sarah Polley Nominated
2023 Landscape with Invisible Hand Cory Finley
The Killer David Fincher
2024 Bob Marley: One Love Reinaldo Marcus Green

Upcoming

Television

2000s

YearTitleNetworkNotes
2008 Pretty/Handsome FX Pilot not picked up for series.

2010s

YearTitleNetworkNotes
2014–2015 Resurrection ABC Cancelled after two seasons.
2014–2016 Deadbeat Hulu Cancelled after three seasons.
2014 Nightingale HBO Television film
The Normal Heart
2016–2019 The OA Netflix Cancelled after two seasons.
2017–present Feud FX Series ongoing
2018–2019 Sweetbitter Starz Cancelled after two seasons.

2020s

YearTitleNetworkNotes
2020–present Lego Masters Fox Series ongoing
2020 The Third Day Sky Atlantic, HBO Miniseries
2021 The Underground Railroad Amazon Prime Video
2022–present Outer Range Renewed
2022 Paper Girls Cancelled after one season
High School Amazon Freevee Series ongoing
2024 3 Body Problem Netflix

Upcoming

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