Fake Empire (company)

Fake Empire is the production company that was formed in 2010 by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage to develop and produce television series and feature films. Their most notable productions include the series Gossip Girl (developed by Schwartz and Savage), Chuck (co-created by Schwartz and Chris Fedak), Hart of Dixie (created by Leila Gerstein and produced by Schwartz, Savage, and their producing partner Len Goldstein), The Carrie Diaries (developed by Amy B. Harris and produced by Schwartz and Savage), Dynasty (developed by Sallie Patrick, Schwartz, and Savage), Marvel's Runaways (created for television by Schwartz and Savage), and The CW shows Nancy Drew and Tom Swift. The company was formed to focus on television projects and produce films, with the intent of branching out into online series, music and books.^[1] Schwartz formerly operated under the banner of College Hill Pictures, Inc., which folded in the making of Fake Empire. In 2010, the company developed a first look deal with Paramount.^[2] In 2013, Fake Empire was moved from Warners to ABC,^[3] which was followed by a deal with Universal in 2014.^[4]

Fake Empire

The first Fake Empire logo to be used as seen on the Gossip Girl TV series, featuring key elements of the show
Company type	Private
Industry	Film industry
Genre	Production company
Founded	2003; 22 years ago (2003), in Los Angeles, California, U.S. (as College Hill Pictures)
Founders	Josh Schwartz Stephanie Savage
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California , U.S.
Key people	Josh Schwartz Stephanie Savage
Products	Films Television series
Website	fakeempire.com

Both the film and television divisions of the company are overseen by Lis Rowinski.

Productions

The following tables lists the production credit of Fake Empire, and its previous incarnation, College Hill Pictures, Inc.

Films

Title	Year	Director	Note
Fun Size	2012	Josh Schwartz	With Nickelodeon Movies and Anonymous Content Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Endless Love	2014	Shana Feste	With Bluegrass Films Distributed by Universal Pictures

TV movies

Title	Year	Director	Network	Note
No Cameras Allowed[5]	2014	James Marcus Haney	MTV	With Union Entertainment

TV series

Title	Year	Network	Note
The O.C.	2003–2007	Fox	With Wonderland Sound and Vision, Warner Bros. Television and Hypnotic (season 1)
Gossip Girl	2007–2012	The CW	With Alloy Entertainment, CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television
Chuck		NBC	With Wonderland Sound and Vision and Warner Bros. Television
Hart of Dixie	2011–2015	The CW	With CBS Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television and Dogarooski Productions (season 4)
The Carrie Diaries	2013–2014		With A.B. Baby Productions and Warner Bros. Television
Cult	2013		With Rockne S. O'Bannon Television, CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television
The Astronaut Wives Club	2015	ABC	With Groundswell Productions and ABC Studios
Dynasty	2017–2022	The CW	With Richard and Esther Shapiro Productions, Rabbit Ears, Inc. and CBS Studios
Runaways	2017–2019	Hulu	With ABC Signature Studios and Marvel Television
Nancy Drew	2019–2023	The CW	With Warm Bloody Sunday Productions, Furious Productions and CBS Studios
Looking for Alaska	2019	Hulu	With Temple Hill Productions and Paramount Television Studios
Gossip Girl	2021–2023	HBO Max	With Alloy Entertainment, Random Acts Productions, CBS Studios and Warner Bros. Television Studios
Tom Swift	2022	The CW	With Furious Productions and CBS Studios
City on Fire	2023	Apple TV+	With Apple Studios

Web series

Title	Year	Website	Note
Rockville, CA	2009	The WB	With Expanded Entertainment and Warner Horizon Television
Gossip Girl: Chasing Dorota		The CW	With Alloy Entertainment, CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television