Plan B Entertainment Explained

Plan B Entertainment, Inc.
Type:	Division
Industry:	Motion pictures, Entertainment
Predecessor:	Brad Grey Pictures
Location:	9150 Wilshire Boulevard Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
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.

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

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (2020–present)^[9]
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2002–2005)^[10] (2020–present)^[11]
• Amazon MGM Studios (2020–present)^[12]

Former

• Annapurna Pictures (2017–2020)^[13]
• New Regency (2014–2017)^{[14] [15]}
• RatPac Entertainment (2014–2017)^{[14] [15]}
• Paramount Pictures (2005–2013)^[16]

Films

2000s

Year	Title	Director	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

Year	Title	Director	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

Year	Title	Director	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		Reinaldo Marcus Green

Upcoming

• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)^[17]
• Wolfs (2024)^[18]
• Nickel Boys (2024)^{[19] [20]}
• Mickey 17 (2025)^[21]
• F1 (2025)^[22]
• Preparation for the Next Life (2025)
• Animal (TBA)^[23]
• Black Hole (TBA)^[24]
• The Husbands (TBA)^[25]
• Untitled Lee Isaac Chung film (TBA)
• Untitled Chris Cornell documentary (TBA)^[26]
• Once Upon a Time in Shaolin (TBA)^[27]
• The Water Dancer (TBA)^[28]
• Hedda (TBA)^[29]

Television

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–present	Feud	FX	Series ongoing
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
2024–present	3 Body Problem	Netflix	Renewed for seasons 2 & 3

Upcoming

• Naked By The Window (TBA) for Amazon Prime Video ^[30]

Further reading

• News: Golden Boy Shines Behind the Scenes. Hayes, Dade . Daily Variety. December 15, 2006.

External links

• Brad Pitt as a Producer on Box Office Mojo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Plan B Entertainment, Inc. . Manta.
2. News: Bennett . Jessica . 2019-09-10 . It's a New Morning for Jennifer Aniston . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-12-13 . 0362-4331.
3. Web site: Harris . Michael Fleming,Dana . Fleming . Michael . Harris . Dana . 2002-06-03 . Brads mad for WB pact . 2023-11-24 . Variety . en-US.
4. Kroll . Justin . Jeremy Kleiner Tapped as Co-President of Plan B Entertainment . . May 22, 2013 .
5. Web site: Hipes . Patrick . Plan B Trio To Receive PGA's David O. Selznick Award . Deadline . 13 February 2020 . December 12, 2019.
6. Web site: Fleming. Michael. 1997-02-11. Plan B cleans up with 'Dust' option. 2021-09-15. Variety. en-US.
7. Web site: Alex Sherman . 9 December 2022 . Brad Pitt sells 60% of his Plan B production company to French media conglomerate Mediawan, sources say . 5 June 2023 . CNBC.
8. Web site: Keslassy . Elsa . 2022-12-14 . Plan B Boasts Oscars and Brad Pitt, But Can New Owner Mediawan Get Audiences Back for Prestige Movies? . 2023-06-05 . Variety . en-US.
9. Web site: Kroll. Justin. Plan B Signs Second-Look Deal With MGM; Sets Untitled Pic From Lee Isaac Chung And Cory Finley's 'Landscape With Invisible Hand' Adaptation. Deadline. 23 December 2020. 18 December 2020.
10. Web site: Fleming. Michael. Plan C for Plan B?. Variety. 4 April 2018. January 3, 2005.
11. News: Donelly . Matt . Brad Pitt's Plan B Sets First-Look Film Deal With Warner Bros. Pictures (EXCLUSIVE) . 9 April 2020 . Variety . April 8, 2020.
12. Web site: White. Peter. Amazon Inks Exclusive Overall TV Deal With Brad Pitt's Plan B, Sets Mystery Drama 'Outer Range'. Deadline. 15 January 2020. January 14, 2020.
13. Web site: Ford. Rebecca. Brad Pitt's Plan B Inks Three-Year Deal With Annapurna. The Hollywood Reporter. 4 April 2018. May 4, 2017.
14. Web site: Fleming. Mike. Brad Pitt's Plan B Move Unveiled: Moving To Deal With New Regency And RatPac Partners James Packer And Brett Ratner. Deadline. 4 April 2018. December 10, 2013.
15. Web site: Fleming. Mike Jr.. Plan B On The Move; Is Annapurna New Home For Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner?. Deadline. 4 April 2018. April 6, 2017.
16. Web site: Masters. Kim. Brad Pitt and Brad Grey Break Up: Plan B to Exit Paramount (Exclusive). The Hollywood Reporter. 4 April 2018. December 10, 2013.
17. Web site: 'Beetlejuice 2': Brad Pitt's Plan B Boards Sequel In Early Development At Warner Bros. Deadline. Grobar, Matt. February 28, 2022. February 28, 2022.
18. Web site: Fleming. Mike Jr.. Apple Studios Lands Coveted Jon Watts-Directed Thriller To Star George Clooney & Brad Pitt. Deadline. 29 September 2021. 1 October 2021.
19. Web site: Grobar . Matt t . October 27, 2022 . Aunjanue Ellis & Four Others Set For RaMell Ross' Colson Whitehead Adaptation 'The Nickel Boys' For MGM's Orion; Plan B, Anonymous Producing . January 1, 2023 . Deadline Hollywood. January 1, 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230101014319/https://deadline.com/2022/10/aunjanue-ellis-four-others-set-for-ramell-ross-colson-whitehead-adaptation-the-nickel-boys-for-mgms-orion-plan-b-anonymous-producing-1235156604/.
20. Web site: Amazon MGM Studios & Orion Set Fall Release for Feature Take of Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel 'Nickel Boys' . 30 April 2024 .
21. Web site: Kroll. Justin. 19 January 2022. Bong Joon Ho Eyes Next Film At Warner Bros With Robert Pattinson In Talks To Star, Plan B Producing. 22 January 2022. Deadline.
22. Web site: Kroll. Justin. Apple In Homestretch On Brad Pitt Formula One Racing Film With 'Top Gun: Maverick's Joseph Kosinski, Jerry Bruckheimer, Ehren Kruger. Deadline. 3 January 2022. 16 January 2022.
23. Web site: Kroll . Justin . MGM Lands Rights To Lisa Taddeo's 'Animal' With Plan B Producing . Deadline . August 16, 2021.
24. Web site: McNary. Dave. 'Dope' Director Rick Famuyiwa Partners With Plan B, New Regency on 'Black Hole'. Variety. 15 May 2018. 28 February 2018.
25. Web site: Kroll. Justin. 15 June 2021. Kristen Wiig To Star In 'The Husbands', MGM And Plan B's Adaptation Of Chandler Baker Novel. 28 June 2021. Deadline.
26. Web site: Tapley . Kristopher . Halperin . Shirley . Chris Cornell Documentary in the Works From Brad Pitt and Peter Berg (EXCLUSIVE) . Variety . 9 November 2019 . 14 February 2019.
27. Web site: Sneider . Jeff . Exclusive: Wu-Tang Clan's 'Shaolin' Album Netflix Movie Lands 'Brittany Runs a Marathon' Director . Collider . 25 August 2020 . 24 August 2020.
28. Web site: Hipes. Patrick. MGM Lands Ta-Nehisi Coates' 'The Water Dancer' Film Adaptation From Plan B, Harpo Films And Kamilah Forbes. 23 December 2020. 10 November 2020.
29. Web site: Jackson . Angelique . Nia DaCosta to Write, Direct Feature Adaptation of Hedda Gabler for MGM's Orion Pictures, Plan B (EXCLUSIVE) . . 14 June 2023 . July 7, 2022.
30. Grobar, Matt (February 23, 2024). "America Ferrera Set For Series 'Naked By The Window' In Development At Amazon MGM Studios". Deadline. Retrieved March 13, 2024.