Brownstone Productions

Brownstone Productions, Inc. 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).

Brownstone Productions, Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Production company
Founded	October 16, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-10-16) in Santa Clarita, California, U.S.
Founder	Elizabeth Banks Max Handelman
Headquarters	Universal City, California
Key people	Elizabeth Banks (CEO & CFO) Max Handelman

History

Brownstone Productions was founded in October 2002 in Santa Clarita, California by actress, director and producer Elizabeth Banks and her husband, sportswriter and producer Max Handelman.^{[citation needed]} As of 2019, the company is headquartered at 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, Brownstone 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

Year	Title	Director	Gross (worldwide)	Notes	Ref.
2009	Surrogates	Jonathan Mostow	$122.4 million	Co-production with Mandeville Films, Top Shelf Productions, and Touchstone Pictures	[5]
2012	Pitch Perfect	Jason Moore	$115.4 million	Co-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 million	Co-production with Gold Circle Films and Universal Pictures	[9]
	Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber	Svetlana Cvetko	—	A short documentary, co-production with Double Take Pictures and Metabook Films	[10]
2019	Charlie's Angels	Elizabeth Banks	$73.3 million	Co-production with 2.0 Entertainment, The Cantillon Company, Flower Films, Perfect World Pictures, and Columbia Pictures	[11]
2023	Cocaine Bear		$90 million	Co-production with Lord Miller Productions, Jurassic Party Productions and Universal Pictures	[12]
	Bottoms	Emma Seligman	$13.6 million	Co-production with Orion Pictures	[13]

Upcoming

• DreamQuil (with HanWay Films, Patriot Pictures, Big Valley Pictures, and Landay Entertainment)^[14]

Television

Year	Title	Network	Notes	Ref.
2015	Resident Advisors	Hulu	Co-production with 301 Productions, Relief Productions, and Paramount Digital Entertainment
2019–2021	Shrill		Co-production with Broadway Video, Rushfield Productions, and Warner Bros. Television	[15]
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	[16]

In development

Films

• Foreign Relations (with Amazon MGM Studios)^[17]

Television

• The Better Sister (2025) (with Iron Ocean, Fortunate Jack Productions, Tomorrow Studios, and Amazon MGM Studios)^[18]
• The Miniature Wife (with Media Res)

Podcasts

Year	Title	Host(s)	Provider	Genre	Notes	Ref.
2021–present	My Body, My Podcast	Elizabeth Banks	Audible	Wellness, sex, motherhood	With Audible Originals	[4]
	Fugly			Comedy