Playtone

...Jackson on "The Way You Make Me Feel." Following Hanks' introduction (his production company, Playtone, was producing the show for HBO, which will air the concert on November 29), the curtain rose on Jerry Lee Lewis, the 74-year-old...

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...scribe Kirk Ellis, who won for outstanding writing in a longform, also took a dig at the current campaign when he thanked HBO and Playtone execs for "this amazing opportunity to talk about a period in our history when articulate men...

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...to the American public." Playtone has produced such projects for HBO as the drama "Big Love" and the miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon," "Band of Brothers" and the upcoming "John Adams" and "The Pacific." "Big Love" star Bill Paxton...

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...group, also playing the role of a music producer. Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman went on to create Playtone, a record and film production company named for the record company in the film. Hanks executive produced, co-wrote, and...

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...with Mark's." Though Cahill cautions that any potential adaptation is "still in the very early stages," Hilton and Williams's family say that HBO and Tom Hanks's production company, Playtone, are both aware of the project. Those who knew...

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...something you'd see in the mainstream." Wragge said. "When I heard it was HBO and I heard that Playtone, Tom Hanks' company, were producing it, I thought, there must be something to this. When I read the script, the creators, Mark Olsen, Will...

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..."The Three Stooges." HBO and Playtone previously collaborated on the acclaimed 2001 miniseries "Band of Brothers," which received six Emmys(R), including Outstanding Miniseries, and the Golden Globe for best miniseries. In addition, Hanks was...

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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Hanks' shingle, Playtone, will develop and produce a 10-part miniseries based on Vincent Bugliosi's recently published tome, Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The...

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...Miniseries. Tom Hanks, whose Playtone company produced the epic, said in his acceptance speech, "The election between Jefferson and Adams was filled with innuendo, lies, a bitter partisan press and disinformation." Then added...

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