Plan B Entertainment

Plan B Entertainment, Inc.
Company typeDivision
IndustryMotion pictures, Entertainment
PredecessorBrad Grey Pictures
FoundedNovember 2, 2001 (2001-11-02)
Founders
Headquarters9150 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Key people
Products
ParentMediawan (60%)

Plan B Entertainment, Inc.,[1] more commonly known as Plan B, is an American production company founded on November 2, 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 company's movies, The Departed, 12 Years a Slave and Moonlight, have won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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 60% of the studio, while Plan B has also taken a stake in Mediawan.[7][8]

Production deals

Active

Former

Films

2000s

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

2010s

Year Title Director Distributor Oscar Best Picture
2010 Kick-Ass Matthew Vaughn Lionsgate Films
Eat, Pray, Love Ryan Murphy Columbia Pictures
2011 The Tree of Life Terrence Malick Fox Searchlight Pictures Nominated
Moneyball Bennett Miller Columbia Pictures Nominated
2012 Killing Them Softly Andrew Dominik The Weinstein Company
2013 Kick Ass 2 Jeff Wadlow Universal Pictures
World War Z Marc Forster Paramount Pictures
12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen Fox Searchlight Pictures Won
2014 Selma Ava DuVernay Paramount Pictures Nominated
2015 True Story Rupert Goold Fox Searchlight Pictures
The Big Short Adam McKay Paramount Pictures Nominated
2016 Moonlight Barry Jenkins A24 Won
The Lost City of Z James Gray Amazon Studios
Bleecker Street
Voyage of Time Terrence Malick IMAX Corporation
2017 War Machine David Michod Netflix
Okja Bong Joon-ho
Brad's Status Mike White Amazon Studios
2018 Beautiful Boy Felix Van Groeningen
If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins Annapurna Pictures
Vice Adam McKay Nominated
2019 The Last Black Man in San Francisco Joe Talbot A24
Ad Astra James Gray 20th Century Fox
The King David Michôd Netflix

2020s

Year Title Director Distributor Oscar Best Picture
2020 Irresistible Jon Stewart Focus Features
Kajillionaire Miranda July
Minari Lee Isaac Chung A24 Nominated
2022 Father of the Bride Gary Alazraki Warner Bros. Pictures
Blonde Andrew Dominik Netflix
She Said Maria Schrader Universal Pictures
Women Talking Sarah Polley United Artists Releasing Nominated
2023 Landscape with Invisible Hand Cory Finley Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Killer David Fincher Netflix
2024 Bob Marley: One Love Reinaldo Marcus Green Paramount Pictures
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Tim Burton Warner Bros. Pictures
Apocalypse in the Tropics Petra Costa Netflix
One to One: John & Yoko Kevin Macdonald Magnolia Pictures
Dogwoof (International)
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross Amazon MGM Studios Nominated
Wolfs Jon Watts Apple TV+
2025 Mickey 17 Bong Joon-ho Warner Bros. Pictures
Olmo Fernando Eimbcke Film Constellation
Bono: Stories of Surrender Andrew Dominik Apple TV+
F1 Joseph Kosinski Warner Bros. Pictures
Apple TV+ 		Nominated
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley Amy Berg Magnolia Pictures
Preparation for the Next Life[17] Bing Liu Amazon MGM Studios
Anemone[18] Ronan Day-Lewis Focus Features
Hedda[19] Nia DaCosta Amazon MGM Studios
The Voice of Hind Rajab[20] Kaouther Ben Hania Willa
H Is for Hawk[21] Philippa Lowthorpe Lionsgate

Upcoming

Year Title Director Distributor
2026 The Adventures of Cliff Booth David Fincher Netflix
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Jane Schoenbrun Mubi
TBA The Bell Jar[22] Sarah Polley Focus Features
The Chaperones[23] India Donaldson A24
The Greatest Race on Earth[24] N/a N/a
Heart of the Beast[25] David Ayer Paramount Pictures
Night People[26] N/a Warner Bros. Pictures
Playground[27] N/a Warner Bros. Pictures
The Riders Edward Berger A24
Wizards! David Michôd A24

TV

2000s

Year Title Network Notes
2008 Pretty/Handsome FX Pilot not picked up for series.

2010s

Year Title Network Notes
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.
2017–2024 Feud FX
2018–2019 Sweetbitter Starz Cancelled after two seasons.

2020s

Year Title Network Notes
2020–present Lego Masters Fox Series ongoing
2020 The Third Day Sky Atlantic, HBO Miniseries
2021 The Underground Railroad Amazon Prime Video
2022–2024 Outer Range Canceled after two seasons
2022 Paper Girls Cancelled after one season
High School Amazon Freevee
2023 Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity Amazon Prime Video Docuseries
2024–present 3 Body Problem Netflix Renewed for seasons 2 and 3
2025 Adolescence Miniseries

Upcoming

References

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Further reading

  • Hayes, Dade (December 15, 2006). "Golden Boy Shines Behind the Scenes". Daily Variety.
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