Fruit Tree (company)
American film production company
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Fruit Tree is an American film and television production company, founded by Emma Stone and Dave McCary in 2020. The company's productions include When You Finish Saving the World (2022), The Curse (2023), I Saw The TV Glow and A Real Pain (2024).
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| Industry | Film |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 |
| Founder | |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Ali Herting |
| Website | fruit-tree |
History
In August 2020, it was announced Emma Stone and Dave McCary had launched Fruit Tree, a production company producing film and television series, with a first-look television deal at A24.[1] In October 2020, Ali Herting joined the company as a producer.[2]
The company's debut feature When You Finish Saving the World, directed by Jesse Eisenberg, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in January 2022. The film was released in January 2023, by A24.[3] Fruit Tree's first television project The Curse, starring Stone alongside co-creators Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, premiered on Showtime in November 2023.
Fruit Tree once again collaborated with A24 on Problemista, directed, written and co-starring Julio Torres. The film was released in March 2024.[4] I Saw the TV Glow, written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun, was released in theaters by A24 on 3 May 2024.[5] Fantasmas, a second collaboration with Torres, premiered on HBO on June 7, 2024.[6]
A Real Pain, a second collaboration with Eisenberg, was released on November 1, 2024 by Searchlight Pictures.[7][8]
Fruit Tree's first documentary project, The Yogurt Shop Murders directed by Margaret Brown focusing on the 1991 Austin yogurt shop killings will have its world premiere at South by Southwest.[9]
Future projects
Fruit Tree have secured the rights to an unreleased novel by Ben Mezrich on the Carlsen–Niemann controversy, with Fielder attached to direct.[10] In October 2024, the company entered into a first-look production deal with Universal Pictures.[11]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | When You Finish Saving the World | Jesse Eisenberg | A24 |
| 2023 | Problemista | Julio Torres | |
| Poor Things | Yorgos Lanthimos | Searchlight Pictures | |
| 2024 | I Saw the TV Glow | Jane Schoenbrun | A24 |
| A Real Pain | Jesse Eisenberg | Searchlight Pictures[12] | |
| 2025 | Bugonia | Yorgos Lanthimos | Focus Features[13] |
Upcoming
| Year | Title | Director | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Debut | Jesse Eisenberg | A24[14] |
| TBA | Checkmate | Nathan Fielder | A24[10] |
| Dennis | Emily Mortimer | A24[15] | |
| Untitled film | Maya Erskine | A24[16] |
Development
| Year | Title | Production Companies | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | Untitled Miss Piggy film | Walt Disney Studios, The Muppets Studio, Excellent Cadaver | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[17][18] |
Television
| Year | Title | Production Companies | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–2024 | The Curse | A24, Blow Out Productions, Elara Pictures, Showtime Studios | Showtime |
| 2024 | Fantasmas | Irony Point, 3 Arts Entertainment | HBO |
| 2025–present | The Yogurt Shop Murders | HBO Documentary Films, A24, Pig Village | |
| TBA | Exit Party[19] | Laika Studios | TBA |