Red Hour Productions
| Company type | Los Angeles, California, United States |
|---|---|
Key people | Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld |
| Subsidiaries | Red Hour Television Red Hour Digital |
| Website | RedHourFilms.com |
Red Hour Productions is an American film production company operated by actor Ben Stiller and formerly with producer Stuart Cornfeld. In the past, Red Hour has had first-look deals with New Line Cinema, and currently has an exclusive first-look feature deal with 20th Century Studios.[1][citation needed]
History
Film
The name was derived from a 1967 Star Trek episode, "The Return of the Archons", which features a scheduled alien riot.[2]
The first film produced by Red Hour was the 2001 comedy film
Television
In November 2011, Red Hour announced a new television division to be headed by veteran film and television executive Debbie Liebling, and signed an overall deal with ABC Studios.[5] In its first development season, Red Hour Television sold two comedies to ABC, Please Knock and The Notorious Mollie Flowers.[6]
Digital
In 2010, Red Hour Digital, a subsidiary of Red Hour Films, signed a two-year first look digital deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment.[7] Under the new two-year deal, Red Hour planned to develop original digital media properties that can be launched on a variety of formats, including live action and animated webisodes, and social media games on both digital and mobile platforms.[8] As a deep admirer of FAANG technology companies, it was Stuart Cornfeld's dying wish for Red Hour Productions to score at least a $10 million deal with Netflix, something Ben Stiller plans to finalize by the end of 2020.[9]
Filmography
Films
| Year | Film | Director | Distributor | Co-Production with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Zoolander | Ben Stiller | Paramount Pictures | Scott Rudin Productions
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| 2003 | Duplex | Danny DeVito | Miramax Films
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Flower Films |
| 2004 | Starsky & Hutch | Todd Phillips | Warner Bros. Pictures | Dimension Films AR-TL Weed Road |
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
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Rawson Marshall Thurber | 20th Century Fox
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| 2006 | Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | Liam Lynch | New Line Cinema | |
| 2007 | Blades of Glory | Will Speck Josh Gordon |
Paramount Pictures DreamWorks Pictures |
MTV Films Smart Entertainment |
| 2008 | The Ruins | Carter Smith | DreamWorks Pictures Spyglass Entertainment
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| Tropic Thunder | Ben Stiller | DreamWorks Pictures | ||
| 2011 | Submarine | Richard Ayoade | Optimum Releasing (United Kingdom) (United States)
The Weinstein Company |
Warp Films Film4 Productions UK Film Council Wales Creative IP Fund Film Agency for Wales Protagonist Pictures |
| 30 Minutes or Less | Ruben Fleischer | Sony Pictures Releasing
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Media Rights Capital
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| The Big Year | David Frankel | 20th Century Fox | Dune Entertainment
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| 2012 | Vamps | Amy Heckerling | Anchor Bay Films
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Lucky Monkey Pictures |
| 2013 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Ben Stiller | 20th Century Fox Samuel Goldwyn Films |
New Line Cinema TSG Entertainment |
| 2016 | Zoolander 2 | Paramount Pictures | Scott Rudin Productions | |
| Why Him? | John Hamburg | 20th Century Fox | 21 Laps Entertainment TSG Entertainment | |
| 2017 | The Polka King | Maya Forbes Wallace Wolodarsky |
Netflix | Electric Dynamite Permut Presentations ShivHans Pictures |
| 2018 | Alex Strangelove | Craig Johnson | Mighty Engine STX Entertainment | |
| The Package | Jake Szymanski | Mail Order Company | ||
| 2019 | Plus One | Jeff Chan & Andrew Rhymer | RLJE Films | Studio 71 Bindery Films |
| 2020 | Friendsgiving | Nicol Paone | Saban Films
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Endeavor Content
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| TBA | Nutcrackers | David Gordon Green | TBA | Rough House Pictures Rivulet Films |
Television
| Year | Series |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Heat Vision and Jack |
| 2007 | The Station (TV movie) |
| 2012 | Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable (TV movie) |
| 2013–14 | The Birthday Boys |
| 2014–16 | The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail |
| 2015 | Big Time in Hollywood, FL |
| 2015 | Another Period |
| 2015 | Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer (TV movie) |
| 2016 | Zoolander: Super Model (TV movie) |
| 2018 | Escape at Dannemora |
| 2019–2022 | In the Dark |
| 2022–present | Severance |
| 2023 | High Desert |
Web series
| Years | Series |
|---|---|
| 2010–2011 | Stiller and Meara |
| 2012–2013 | Burning Love |
| 2014 | Next Time on Lonny |
Documentaries
| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Untitled Christine Taylor Project |
| 2007 | The Making of "The Pick of Destiny" |
| 2009 | The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story |
| 2015 | Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder |
References
- ^ Red Hour Fox. July 31, 2009. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
- ^ Silverstein, Adam (April 19, 2009). "Stiller: 'J.J. Abrams did great job'". Digital Spy. Retrieved January 13, 2010.
- ^ Itzkoff, Dave (October 20, 2010). "Zoolander Is Bringing His Fashion Sense to the Web". New York Times Arts Beat. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ "THE 14th CRITICS' CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS NOMINEES". Broadcast Film Critics Association. January 8, 2009. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2011-11-11). "Ben Stiller's Red Hour Signs Deal With ABC Studios; Debbie Liebling To Run TV Unit". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2012-09-22). "Ben Stiller's Red Hour Television Sells Two Comedies To ABC; One Inspired By His Life". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ Graser, Marc (October 20, 2010). "Red Hour inks Paramount digital pact". VARIETY. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ Spiers, Katherine (October 20, 2010). "Paramount Digital, Ben Stiller's Red Hour Sign First-Look Deal". The Wrap. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ "Stuart Cornfeld, Producer of 'Tropic Thunder' and 'Zoolander,' Dies at 67". June 26, 2020.
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