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Brownstone Productions
Company type Private
Industry Production company
FoundedOctober 16, 2002;21 years ago (2002-10-16) in Santa Clarita, California, U.S.
Founder
Headquarters Universal City, California, U.S.
Key people
  • Elizabeth Banks (CEO & CFO)
  • Max Handelman

Brownstone Productions is an American film and television production company founded by actress, director and producer Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman. It is known for producing films in the Pitch Perfect franchise, Charlie's Angels (2019) and Cocaine Bear (2023).

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History

Brownstone Productions was founded in October 2002 in Santa Clarita, California, U.S. by actress, director and producer Elizabeth Banks and her husband, sportswriter and producer Max Handelman.[ citation needed ] As of 2019, the company is headquartered inside the Universal Studios Lot in Universal City, California. [1]

In January 2015, the company signed a two-year first-look deal with Universal Pictures from 2015 to 2017. [2] In June 2015, the company signed a multi year production deal with Warner Bros. Television. [3]

In 2019, the company re-signed its first-look deal with Universal Pictures, and production deal with Warner Bros. Television. [1]

In June 2021, the company signed a first-look and multi-project development podcasting deal with Amazon, Inc.'s Audible. [4]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleDirectorGross (worldwide)NotesRef.
2009 Surrogates Jonathan Mostow $122.4 millionco-production with Mandeville Films, Top Shelf Productions and Touchstone Pictures [5]
2012 Pitch Perfect Jason Moore $115.4 millionco-production with Gold Circle Films and Universal Pictures [6]
2015 Pitch Perfect 2 Elizabeth Banks $287.5 million [7]
2017 The Most Hated Woman in America Tommy O'Haver —co-production with Untitled Entertainment [8]
Pitch Perfect 3 Trish Sie $185.4 millionco-production with Gold Circle Films and Universal Pictures [9]
Yours Sincerely, Lois WeberSvetlana Cvetko—Short documentary
co-production with Double Take Pictures and Metabook Films		 [10]
2019 Charlie's Angels Elizabeth Banks $73.3 millionco-production with 2.0 Entertainment, The Cantillon Company, Flower Films, Perfect World Pictures and Columbia Pictures [11]
2023 Cocaine Bear $85.3 millionco-production with Lord Miller Productions, Jurassic Party Productions and Universal Pictures [12]
Bottoms Emma Seligman $12.3 millionco-production with Orion Pictures [13]

Television

YearTitleNetworkNotesRef.
2015 Resident Advisors Hulu co-production with 301 Productions, Relief Productions and Paramount Digital Entertainment
2019–2021 Shrill co-production with Broadway Video and Warner Bros. Television [14]
2019–present Press Your Luck ABC co-production with The Carruthers Company and Fremantle
2022 Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin Peacock co-production with Mme. Anagram, Gold Circle Films and Universal Television [15]

In production

Films

Television

Podcasts

YearTitleHost(s)ProviderGenreNotesRef.
2021–presentMy Body, My Podcast Elizabeth Banks Audible Wellness, sex, motherhood with Audible Originals [4]
Fugly Comedy

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