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). The films Poor Things (2023) and Bugonia (2025) both received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture, while the documentary series The Yogurt Shop Murders (2025–2026) was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series.
History In August 2020, it was announced that 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. In October 2020, Ali Herting joined the company as a producer.
The company's debut feature When You Finish Saving the World, directed by Jesse Eisenberg, which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in January 2022. The film was released in January 2023, by A24. 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. I Saw the TV Glow, written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun, was released in theaters by A24 on May 3, 2024. Fantasmas, a second collaboration with Torres, premiered on HBO on June 7, 2024.
A Real Pain, a second collaboration with Eisenberg, was released on November 1, 2024 by Searchlight Pictures. Kieran Culkin, who co-starred alongside Eisenberg, received a Golden Globe, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), and an Oscar for his supporting role.
Fruit Tree's first documentary project, The Yogurt Shop Murders directed by Margaret Brown focusing on the 1991 Austin yogurt shop killings, had its world premiere at South by Southwest in 2025.
The company's next feature film was Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia (2025), which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival on August 28, 2025. The film received four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Actress (for Stone), Adapted Screenplay, and Original Score.
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. In October 2024, the company entered into a first-look production deal with Universal Pictures.
Filmography
Film Year Title Director Distributor 2022 When You Finish Saving the WorldJesse Eisenberg A24 2023 ProblemistaJulio Torres Poor ThingsYorgos LanthimosSearchlight Pictures2024 I Saw the TV GlowJane SchoenbrunA24A Real PainJesse EisenbergSearchlight Pictures 2025 Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos Focus Features
Upcoming Year Title Director Distributor2026 The Debut Jesse Eisenberg A242027 The Catch Dave McCary Universal Pictures scope="row" rowspan=3 Checkmate Nathan Fielder A24 Dennis Emily Mortimer A24 Untitled film Maya Erskine A24
Development Year Title Production Companies Distributor scope="row" Untitled Miss Piggy film Walt Disney Studios, The Muppets Studio, Excellent Cadaver Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
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 2025–2026 The Yogurt Shop Murders HBO Documentary Films, A24, Pig Village Exit Partyhttps://deadline.com/2026/03/laika-emma-stone-exit-party-series-adaptation-1236763441/ Laika Studios
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