Plan B Entertainment, Inc., more commonly known as Plan B, is an American

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founded in November in 2001 by Brad Grey,

Brad Pitt William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Awar ...

Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress and film producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Since her career ...

and Kristin Hahn. In 2005, after Pitt and Aniston divorced, Grey became the CEO of

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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. Three of the production company's movies, ''

The Departed ''The Departed'' is a 2006 American epic crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan. It is both a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film '' Infernal Affairs'' and also loosely based on the real-life Boston Win ...

'', '' 12 Years a Slave'' and ''

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'', have won the

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. Pitt, Gardner and Kleiner received the

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's David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures in 2020. This name was previously used for an unrelated production company that was headed by Bruce Berman from 1996 to 1997. On October 30, 2022, it was reported that Mediawan was in talks to acquiring in a significant stake of the studio.

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(since 2020) *

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(2002–2005) (since 2020) *

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(since 2020)

Former

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(2017–2020) * New Regency (2014–2017) *

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(2014–2017) *

(2005–2013)

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*'' Landscape with Invisible Hand'' (2023) *'' Mickey 17'' (2024) *''Animal'' (TBA) *''

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'' (TBA) *''The Husbands'' (TBA) *Untitled ''

Beetlejuice ''Beetlejuice'' is a 1988 American fantasy horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton, written by Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, and Warren Skaaren, produced by The Geffen Company, distributed by Warner Bros., and starring Alec Baldwin, ...

'' sequel (TBA) *Untitled Lee Isaac Chung film (TBA) *Untitled

Chris Cornell Christopher John Cornell (né Boyle; July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017) was an American singer and musician best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary lyricist and songwriter for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave ...

documentary (TBA) *Untitled Joseph Kosinski film (TBA) *Untitled

Jon Watts Jonathan Watts (born June 28, 1981) is an American filmmaker. His credits include directing the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero films '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'', '' Spider-Man: Far From Home'', and '' Spider-Man: No Way Home''. He was ...

film (TBA) *''Once Upon a Time in Shaolin'' (TBA) *''The Water Dancer'' (TBA)

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*'' The Three-Body Problem'' (TBA)

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Brad Pitt as a Producer
on

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