Apple TV+ has entered into a multi year overall deal with Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s multiple-award-winning production company Playtone. Together they will exclusively produce, develop and distribute all forms of television globally encompassing series, limited series, documentaries and unscripted projects.
This deal is an extension of the relation between Apple and Playtone who along with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television are already working on a limited drama series ‘Masters of the Air’ starring an ensemble cast including Austin Butler (‘Elvis’). This highly anticipated drama follows the true, deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler’s doorstep.
Also, Tom Hanks wrote and starred in Apple’s superhit Original film ‘Greyhound’ that got nominated for Academy Awards and was produced by Goetzman. A sequel for the same is already in the works.
Playtone (‘The Pacific’, ‘’Band of Brothers’, ‘John Adams’, ‘Olive Kitteridge’) is known for making outstanding award winning content that are both loved by the public and the critics. Their television productions have earned six Emmy Awards for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie, four Golden Globe Awards for Best Mini Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, and five Peabody Awards. Moreover, Hanks and Goetzman have also received PGA’s Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television.