In 2010, Red Hour Digital, a subsidiary of Red Hour Films, signed a two-year first look digital deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment. In its first development season, Red Hour Television sold two comedies to ABC, Please Knock and The Notorious Mollie Flowers. In November 2011, Red Hour announced a new television division to be headed by veteran film and television executive Debbie Liebling, and signed an overall deal with ABC Studios.

The film won 'Best Comedy' at the Broadcast Critics Film Awards and the Hollywood Film Awards. and Golden Globe Award nominations for both Downey, Jr. Tropic Thunder earned an Academy Award nomination for Downey, Jr. Red Hour Films also produced DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, starring Stiller and Vince Vaughn Starsky and Hutch, starring Stiller and Owen Wilson Blades of Glory, starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder and Tropic Thunder, starring Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey, Jr. Stiller co-wrote the screenplay with John Hamburg and directed the film. The first film produced by Red Hour was the 2001 comedy film Zoolander, based on the male model character Stiller co-created with Drake Sather for the VH1 Fashion Awards.

The name was derived from a 1967 Star Trek episode, ' The Return of the Archons', which features a scheduled alien riot. In the past, Red Hour has had first-look deals with New Line Cinema, and currently has an exclusive first-look feature deal with 20th Century Studios. Red Hour Productions is an American film production company operated by actor Ben Stiller and formerly with producer Stuart Cornfeld.

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