Fake Empire Productions
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Fake Empire Productions (formerly College Hill Pictures, Inc.) is the production company
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...

 created in 2003 by Josh Schwartz
Josh Schwartz
-Film school at USC:In 1995, Schwartz realized his boyhood dream of attending film school to study screen and television writing at the University of Southern California...

 and Stephanie Savage
Stephanie Savage
Stephanie Savage is a Canadian screenwriter and television producer. Savage is best known for developing The CW's teen drama series, Gossip Girl from the novel series, and being an executive producer of the Fox series The O.C....

 to produce their TV series' and upcoming movies. Most notable productions is the TV series developed by Schwartz and Savage, Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl (TV series)
Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series was created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and premiered on The CW on September 19, 2007...

 and the TV series co-created by Schwartz, Chuck
Chuck (TV series)
Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...

. The company was formed to focus on television projects and produce films, online series, music and books. 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'. The film part of the company is based at Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...

 and is run by Lis Rowinski.

Productions

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.
The O.C.
The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on the Fox television network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 21, 2007, running a total of four seasons...

Television series 2003–2007
Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl (TV series)
Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series was created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and premiered on The CW on September 19, 2007...

Television series 2007–present
Chuck
Chuck (TV series)
Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...

Television series 2007–2012
Hart of Dixie Television series 2011-present
Fun Size Film 2012

Logo

The company's end-of-credits logo
Production logo
A production logo, vanity card, vanity plate, vanity logo or vogo is a logo used by movie studios and television production companies to brand what they produce. Vanity logos are usually seen at the beginning of a theatrical movie , or at the end of a television program or TV movie...

 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
Chuck (TV series)
Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...

 logo there is sketches of a laptop, the Nerd Herd car, a pair of Converse
Converse
Converse is an American shoe company that has been making shoes, lifestyle fashion and athletic apparel since the early 20th century. Converse is one of the earliest pioneers in the sneaker and sporting good industry founded in 1908.- 1908–1941: Early days :...

, a gun and a pocket protector (above).

On Gossip Girl's
Gossip Girl (TV series)
Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series was created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and premiered on The CW on September 19, 2007...

 logo are sketches of a cell phone, a New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 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).

Productions in development

According to Deadline.com
Deadline.com
Deadline.com, part of Jay Penske's PMC, is an online magazine, founded and edited by Nikki Finke.-Publication:The site is updated several times a day, with the infotainment industry as its focus.-History:...

 Fake Empire is set to produce and develop the Let It Snow
Let It Snow (novel)
Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances is a compilation novel written by Maureen Johnson, John Green, and Lauren Myracle. The novel follows the lives of teenagers in a small city called Gracetown in the middle of a snow storm...

 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
Love Actually
Love Actually is a 2003 British romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis. The screenplay delves into different aspects of love as shown through ten separate stories involving a wide variety of individuals, many of whom are shown to be interlinked as their tales progress...

. The script will be written by Jordan Roter.

Fake Empire are also set to develop a book named Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick into a feature film. It was annoced that Schwartz was set to write and direct the Jay McInerney
Jay McInerney
John Barrett McInerney Jr. is an American writer. His novels include Bright Lights, Big City; Ransom; Story of My Life; Brightness Falls; and The Last of the Savages...

 novel, Bright Lights, Big City
Bright Lights, Big City (novel)
Bright Lights, Big City is an American novel by Jay McInerney, published by Vintage Books on August 12, 1984.- Plot :It is written about a character's time spent caught up in, and notably escaping from, the mid-1980s New York City fast lane. It is one of the few well-known English-language novels...

 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
Victoria Justice
Victoria Justice is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and dancer. She debuted as an actress at the age of 10 and has since appeared in several films and television series including the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 and Victorious...

 and Johnny Knoxville
Johnny Knoxville
Philip John Clapp , better known by his stage name Johnny Knoxville, is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, stunt performer, best known for being the co-creator and principal star of the MTV reality series Jackass, with the catchphrase "I'm Johnny Knoxville, and welcome to Jackass."-Early...

. In an interview with MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

, Victoria Justice described the movie as Superbad meets Adventures in Babysitting
Adventures in Babysitting
Adventures in Babysitting is a 1987 American comedy film written by David Simkins, directed by Chris Columbus, and starring Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Penelope Ann Miller, Bradley Whitford, and a brief cameo by blues singer/guitarist Albert Collins...

. Fun Size will be released on October 12, 2012.

On July 13th 2011, The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
Formerly a daily trade magazine, The Hollywood Reporter re-launched in late 2010 as a unique hybrid publication serving the entertainment industry and a consumer audience...

 released the news that Fake Empire would be producing an upcoming film adaption of The Luxe (book series)
The Luxe
The Luxe is a young adult novel by author Anna Godbersen. It follows the lives of Manhattan's upper class in 1899. The introduction centers around two sisters, one of whom is said to have died after being thrown from her friend's carriage into the Hudson...

 to be also produced by Alloy Entertainment
Alloy Entertainment
Alloy Entertainment is a book-packaging division of the Alloy Media + Marketing company—an American provider of media programs. Alloy is a leading producer of "chick lit"-style novels created for teenage and young adult audiences...

 (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.

It was revealed on August 16th 2011, that a spin-off prequel TV series based on the Sex and the City
Sex and the City
Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...

 TV series and The Carrie Diaries
The Carrie Diaries
The Carrie Diaries is a book series written by Candace Bushnell. The series is a prequel to Sex and the City, and will follow the character of Carrie Bradshaw during her senior year of High School during the early 1980s and part of her life in New York working as a writer...

 book series was in development with Fake Empire Productions to produce.

On September 30th 2011, it was reported that Fake Empire had sold a half-hour comedy pilot script to FOX
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...

. 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.

It was reported on October 19, 2011 that Fake Empire would be adapting the UK TV series Misfits
Misfits (TV series)
Misfits is a British science fiction comedy-drama television series about a group of young offenders forced to work in a community service programme, where they obtain supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm. The first series started broadcasting on 12 November 2009 on E4, and was...

 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
Howard Overman
Howard Overman is a television writer who has written scripts for serial dramas such as Hotel Babylon, New Tricks, Hustle, Harley Street and Merlin....

 will help to pen the US script and will be an executive producer.

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
True Grit
True Grit is a 1969 American Western film written by Marguerite Roberts and directed by Henry Hathaway. It is the first adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel True Grit. John Wayne stars as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn and won his only Academy Award for his performance in this film...

).

Paramount Pictures has acquired The Likeness, a novel by Tana French
Tana French
Tana French is an Irish novelist and theatrical actress. Her debut novel In the Woods , a psychological mystery, won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Barry awards for best first novel...

 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
Into the Woods
Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986, and premiered on Broadway in 1987. Bernadette Peters' performance as the Witch and Joanna Gleason's portrayal of the Baker's Wife brought acclaim...

, which Paramount has also acquired.

Failed productions

Fake Empire were set to produce an upcoming ABC television series named Georgetown, the series was to star Katie Cassidy
Katie Cassidy
Katherine Evelyn Anita "Katie" Cassidy is an American actress who has performed in The CW TV series Melrose Place, Supernatural, Harper's Island, and Gossip Girl, and on the films When a Stranger Calls, Black Christmas, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Taken, Monte Carlo, and has roles in the upcoming...

 but ABC decided not to pick up the series for their 2011-2012 season.

Members

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:
  • Bob DeLaurentis
    Bob DeLaurentis
    Robert "Bob" DeLaurentis is an American writer and producer.DeLaurentis wrote the 1982 film, A Little Sex, and has also written a proposed script for a Dr. Who film. He has both written and produced for television shows including The O.C., Providence and Alfred Hitchcock Presents...

  • Bob Levy
  • Dave Bartis
    Dave Bartis
    David "Dave" Bartis is an American producer.-Early life:He is a graduate of McLean High School, located in Mclean, Virginia. Bartis earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and American Literature from Brown University...

  • Doug Liman
    Doug Liman
    Douglas Eric "Doug" Liman is an American film director and producer best known for Swingers , The Bourne Identity , Mr. & Mrs. Smith , Jumper , and Fair Game .-Early life:...

  • Jason Ensler
    Jason Ensler
    Jason Ensler is an American film & television director and producer. He has directed episodes of The West Wing, Chuck, Gossip Girl, Psych, Ed, Scrubs and My Name Is Earl. He directed and produced all six episodes of the critically acclaimed and short lived TV series Andy Barker, P.I....

  • Josh Stephens
  • Josh Schwartz
    Josh Schwartz
    -Film school at USC:In 1995, Schwartz realized his boyhood dream of attending film school to study screen and television writing at the University of Southern California...

  • Joshua Safran
  • Leila Gerstein
    Leila Gerstein
    Leila Gerstein is an American television producer and screenwriter.Gerstein has written for television shows, including The O.C. and Life As We Know It, and written and produced episodes of Eli Stone. She was praised for her use of "sharp dialogue" in The O.C. episode "The Metamorphosis"...

  • Leonard Goldstein
  • Leslie Morgenstein
    Leslie Morgenstein
    Leslie Morgenstein is the president and chief executive of Alloy Entertainment. He has been credited with facilitating the adaptation of a number of book titles into television series. Examples include Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, The Secret Circle and The Nine Lives of...

  • Len Goldstein
  • Lis Rowinski
  • McG
    McG
    Joseph McGinty Nichol , better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television, as well as a former record producer....

  • Stephanie Savage
    Stephanie Savage
    Stephanie Savage is a Canadian screenwriter and television producer. Savage is best known for developing The CW's teen drama series, Gossip Girl from the novel series, and being an executive producer of the Fox series The O.C....

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