| Type | Privately held |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film industry |
| Genre | Production company |
| Founded | Los Angeles, California U.S. (2003) |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Key people | Josh Schwartz Stephanie Savage |
| Products | Films Television series |
Fake Empire Productions (formerly College Hill Pictures, Inc.) is the production company created in 2003 by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage to produce their TV series' and upcoming movies. Most notable productions is the TV series developed by Schwartz and Savage, Gossip Girl and the TV series co-created by Schwartz, Chuck. The company was formed to focus on television projects and produce films, online series, music and books.[1] Schwartz had a production company before hand named College Hill Pictures, Inc. which folded in the making of Fake Empire.
The television part of the company is based at Warner Bros. TV, who distribute the Gossip Girl, Chuck and Hart of Dixie TV series'.[2] The film part of the company is based at Paramount Pictures and is run by Lis Rowinski.[3]
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The following table lists the production credits of Fake Empire, and it's previous incarnation, College Hill Pictures, Inc.
| Title | Format | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The O.C. | Television series | 2003–2007 |
| Gossip Girl | Television series | 2007–present |
| Chuck | Television series | 2007–2012 |
| Hart of Dixie | Television series | 2011-present |
| Fun Size | Film | 2012 |
The company's end-of-credits logo for College Hill (top right) used to be a note pad with 'College Hill Pictures, Inc.' written on the subject line. This logo was used for all seasons of The O.C. and for the first three seasons of both Gossip Girl and Chuck.
The new company's Fake Empire logo is a sketch pad with key features of the show drawn onto the pad with the name Fake Empire underneath. The pictures that are drawn onto the sketch pad for the end of Chuck's logo there is sketches of a laptop, the Nerd Herd car, a pair of Converse, a gun and a pocket protector (above).
On Gossip Girl's logo are sketches of a cell phone, a New York cab, a pair of shoes (which is a reference to the fashion on the show) and two New York sights (middle right).
On Hart of Dixie's (bottom right) logo there are sketches of the town gazebo, George Tucker's pick-up truck, Zoe's stethoscope (which ties into the medical aspect of the show), a pair of high heel shoes and Burt Reynolds (the mayor's pet alligator).
According to Deadline.com Fake Empire is set to produce and develop the Let It Snow novel into a feature film. The book is an anthology of three short stories and the plan is to make the film into a teenage Love Actually. The script will be written by Jordan Roter.[4]
Fake Empire are also set to develop a book named Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick into a feature film.[5] It was annoced that Schwartz was set to write and direct the Jay McInerney novel, Bright Lights, Big City with Fake Empire producing.
Schwartz will also be directing the upcoming Fake Empire produced movie, Fun Size which is a movie set over Halloween about a boy who helps his crush find her younger brother. The Fun Size movie will star Victoria Justice and Johnny Knoxville. In an interview with MTV, Victoria Justice described the movie as Superbad meets Adventures in Babysitting.[6] Fun Size will be released on October 12, 2012.[7]
On July 13th 2011, The Hollywood Reporter released the news that Fake Empire would be producing an upcoming film adaption of The Luxe (book series) to be also produced by Alloy Entertainment (who also produce the Fake Empire produced TV series Gossip Girl). The producers see the movie as a young Moulin Rouge, a music-driven story featuring contemporary artists and fashion set against a period backdrop.[8]
It was revealed on August 16th 2011, that a spin-off prequel TV series based on the Sex and the City TV series and The Carrie Diaries book series was in development with Fake Empire Productions to produce.[9]
On September 30th 2011, it was reported that Fake Empire had sold a half-hour comedy pilot script to FOX. The show is about three childhood friends who are now fathers. The script is written by Barry Schwartz, who is also set to co-executive produce.[10]
It was reported on October 19, 2011 that Fake Empire would be adapting the UK TV series Misfits into a US series. The series revolves around teenagers who find themselves in an electric storm which gives them superpowers. Creator of the UK series, Howard Overman will help to pen the US script and will be an executive producer.[11]
The Hollywood Reporter said that a novel named Forgotten, written by Cat Patrick is to be turned into a movie with Fake Empire to produce. The movie's screenplay will be written by Oren Uziel (True Grit).[12]
Paramount Pictures has acquired The Likeness, a novel by Tana French for Stephanie Savage to adapt and to produce with Josh Schwartz through Fake Empire. The book is a squeal to a 2008 novel named Into the Woods, which Paramount has also acquired.[13]
Fake Empire were set to produce an upcoming ABC television series named Georgetown, the series was to star Katie Cassidy but ABC decided not to pick up the series for their 2011-2012 season.
Staff members of Fake Empire, all of whom have production credits on at least one of the above shows/movies, have included, in alphabetical order:
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