Red Hour Productions
Red Hour Productions is an American film production company operated by actor Ben Stiller and 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 Fox.[1]
| Industry | Film, television, digital |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | United States |
Key people | Ben Stiller Stuart Cornfeld |
| Website | redhourfilms |
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 Zoolander, based on the male model character Stiller co-created with Drake Sather for the VH1 Fashion Awards.[3] Stiller co-wrote the screenplay with John Hamburg and directed the film. Red Hour Films also produced DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, starring Stiller and Vince Vaughn; Starsky and Hutch, starring Stiller and Owen Wilson; Blades of Glory, starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder; and Tropic Thunder, starring Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey, Jr.. Tropic Thunder earned an Academy Award nomination for Downey, Jr. and Golden Globe Award nominations for both Downey, Jr. and Tom Cruise. The film won "Best Comedy" at the Broadcast Critics Film Awards and the Hollywood Film Awards.[4]
Television
In November 2011, Red Hour announced a new television division to be headed by veteran film and TV 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]
Filmography
Films
| Year | Film | Director | Distributor | Co-Production with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Zoolander | Ben Stiller | Paramount Pictures | Village Roadshow Pictures VH1 Films NPV Entertainment Scott Rudin Productions |
| 2003 | Duplex | Danny DeVito | Miramax Films | Flower Films |
| 2004 | Starsky & Hutch | Todd Phillips | Warner Bros. Pictures | Dimension Films AR-TL Weed Road |
| DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | Rawson Marshall Thurber | 20th Century Fox | ||
| 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 |
DreamWorks Pictures MTV Films Smart Entertainment |
| 2008 | The Ruins | Carter Smith | DreamWorks Pictures Spyglass Entertainment | |
| Tropic Thunder | Ben Stiller | DreamWorks Pictures | ||
| 2011 | Submarine | Richard Ayoade | Optimum Releasing (United Kingdom) The Weinstein Company (United States) |
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 | Columbia Pictures Media Rights Capital | |
| The Big Year | David Frankel | 20th Century Fox | Deuce Three Ingenious Media Sunswept Entertainment TSG Entertainment | |
| 2012 | Vamps | Amy Heckerling | Anchor Bay Films | 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 | Endeavor Content |
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–present | In the Dark |
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.
- 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 7, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- https://www.deadline.com/2011/11/ben-stillers-red-hour-signs-deal-with-abc-studios-debbie-liebling-tapped-as-tv-head/
- https://www.deadline.com/2012/09/ben-stillers-red-hour-television-sells-two-comedies-to-abc-one-inspired-by-his-life/
- 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.