Red Hour Productions is an American film and television production company operated by actor Ben Stiller and formerly with the late producer Stuart Cornfeld. In the past, Red Hour has had first-look deals with New Line Cinema and 20th Century Fox.[1][citation needed] The name was derived from a 1967 Star Trek episode, “The Return of the Archons“, which features a scheduled alien riot.[2]
The company’s official mascot is a jester.
History
Film
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 television 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 | Story by | Screenplay by | Producer(s) | Distributor | Co-production with | Budget | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Zoolander | Ben Stiller | Drake Sather Ben Stiller |
Drake Sather Ben Stiller John Hamburg |
Scott Rudin Ben Stiller Stuart Cornfeld |
Paramount Pictures | Village Roadshow Pictures VH1 Films NPV Entertainment Scott Rudin Productions |
$28 million | $60.8 million |
| 2003 | Duplex | Danny DeVito | Larry Doyle | Stuart Cornfeld Ben Stiller Jeremy Kramer Nancy Juvonen Drew Barrymore |
Miramax Films | Flower Films | $40 million | $19.3 million | |
| 2004 | Starsky & Hutch | Todd Phillips | Stevie Long John O’Brien |
John O’Brien Todd Phillips Scot Armstrong |
William Blinn Stuart Cornfeld Akiva Goldsman Tony Ludwig Alan Riche |
Warner Bros. Pictures | Dimension Films AR-TL Weed Road |
$60 million | $170 million |
| DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | Rawson Marshall Thurber | Ben Stiller Stuart Cornfeld |
20th Century Fox | $20 million | $168.4 million | ||||
| 2006 | Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | Liam Lynch | Jack Black Kyle Gass Liam Lynch |
Jack Black Kyle Gass Stuart Cornfeld Lauren Ashwell |
New Line Cinema | $19–20 million | $13.9 million | ||
| 2007 | Blades of Glory | Will Speck Josh Gordon |
Busy Philipps Craig Cox Jeff Cox |
Jeff Cox Craig Cox John Altschuler Dave Krinsky |
Ben Stiller John Jacobs Stuart Cornfeld |
Paramount Pictures | DreamWorks Pictures MTV Films Smart Entertainment |
$61 million | $145.7 million |
| 2008 | The Ruins | Carter Smith | Scott B. Smith | Stuart Cornfeld Jeremy Kramer Chris Bender |
DreamWorks Pictures Spyglass Entertainment |
$25 million | $22.9 million | ||
| Tropic Thunder | Ben Stiller | Ben Stiller Justin Theroux |
Justin Theroux Ben Stiller Etan Cohen |
Stuart Cornfeld Ben Stiller Eric McLeod |
DreamWorks Pictures | $90–92 million | $195.7 million | ||
| 2011 | Submarine | Richard Ayoade | Mary Burke Mark Herbert Andy Stebbing |
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 |
$1.5 million | $4.6 million | ||
| 30 Minutes or Less | Ruben Fleischer | Michael Diliberti Matthew Sullivan |
Michael Diliberti | Stuart Cornfeld Ben Stiller Jeremy Kramer |
Sony Pictures Releasing | Columbia Pictures Media Rights Capital |
$28 million | $40.7 million | |
| The Big Year | David Frankel | Howard Franklin | Karen Rosenfelt Stuart Cornfeld Curtis Hanson |
20th Century Fox | Deuce Three Ingenious Media Sunswept Entertainment Dune Entertainment |
$41 million | $7.4 million | ||
| 2012 | Vamps | Amy Heckerling | Lauren Versel Molly Hassell Stuart Cornfeld Maria Teresa Arida Adam Brightman |
Anchor Bay Films | Lucky Monkey Pictures | $92,748 | |||
| 2013 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Ben Stiller | Steve Conrad | Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. John Goldwyn Stuart Cornfeld Ben Stiller |
20th Century Fox Samuel Goldwyn Films |
New Line Cinema | $90 million | $188.3 million | |
| 2016 | Zoolander 2 | Justin Theroux Ben Stiller Nicholas Stoller John Hamburg |
Ben Stiller Stuart Cornfeld Scott Rudin Clayton Townsend Jeff Mann |
Paramount Pictures | Scott Rudin Productions | $50–55 million | $56.7 million | ||
| Why Him? | John Hamburg | Jonah Hill John Hamburg Ian Helfer |
John Hamburg Ian Helfer |
Shawn Levy Dan Levine Ben Stiller Jonah Hill |
20th Century Fox | 21 Laps Entertainment | $38–52 million | $118.1 million | |
| 2017 | The Polka King | Maya Forbes | Maya Forbes Wallace Wolodarsky |
Jack Black Stuart Cornfeld Monica Levinson Priyanka Mattoo David Permut Shivani Rawat Wallace Wolodarsky |
Netflix | Electric Dynamite Permut Presentations ShivHans Pictures |
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| 2018 | Alex Strangelove | Craig Johnson | Jared Goldman Ben Stiller Nicholas Weinstock |
Mighty Engine STX Entertainment |
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| The Package | Jake Szymanski | Kevin Burrows Matt Mider |
Ben Stiller Nicky Weinstock Blake Anderson Adam Devine Anders Holm Kyle Newacheck Ross Dinerstein |
Mail Order Company | |||||
| 2019 | Plus One | Jeff Chan Andrew Rhymer |
Deborah Liebling Ross Putman Jeremy Reitz Jeff Chan Andrew Rhymer Greg Beauchamp |
RLJE Films | Studio 71 Bindery Films |
$44,112 | |||
| 2020 | Friendsgiving | Nicol Paone | Malin Åkerman Haroon Saleem Ben Stiller Nicholas Weinstock |
Saban Films | Endeavor Content | ||||
| 2026 | Focker-in-Law | John Hamburg | Jane Rosenthal Robert De Niro Jay Roach Ben Stiller John Lesher John Hamburg |
Universal Pictures (United States) Paramount Pictures (International) |
Tribeca Enterprises Delirious Media Particular Pictures |
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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 |
| 2019–2022 | In the Dark |
| 2022–present | Severance |
| 2023 | High Desert |
| 2026 | Born to Bowl |
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 |
| 2025 | Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost |
References
- ^ Red Hour Fox. July 31, 2009. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021.
- ^ 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 24, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (November 11, 2011). “Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Signs Deal With ABC Studios; Debbie Liebling To Run TV Unit”. Deadline. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (September 22, 2012). “Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Television Sells Two Comedies To ABC; One Inspired By His Life”. Deadline. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ^ 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.
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