Editing Lance Bass (section)

==Production company==
In January 2001, Bass formed his first film production company, A Happy Place, with film producers Rich Hull, Wendy Thorlakson and Joe Anderson.<ref name="A Happy Place">Gunn, Elston. [https://www.aintitcool.com/?q=node/17651 Elston Gunn's Weekly Recap] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191140/http://www.aintitcool.com/?q=node%2F17651 |date=March 3, 2016 }}. ''Ain't It Cool'' News. Retrieved December 7, 2007.</ref> The company was geared towards family-friendly films,<ref name="7th Heaven" /> and received the [[Movieguide]] award for "Excellence in Family-Oriented Programming" for its first feature film, [[On the Line (2001 film)|''On the Line'']].<ref name=Movieguide>{{cite web |title=Roth Talent Associates: Lance Bass |url=http://www.rothtalent.com/speakers/slist/Bass|access-date=December 3, 2007}}</ref> After ''On the Line'', A Happy Place changed its name to Bacon & Eggs<ref name="A Happy Place" /> and produced its second feature film, ''[[Lovewrecked]]'', in 2005. The film debuted on [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] in January 2007, starring [[Amanda Bynes]], [[Chris Carmack]], and [[Jamie-Lynn Sigler]], with Bass in a minor role. This too received mostly negative reviews.

Bass later formed a separate production company named Lance Bass Productions.<ref name="Cosmonaut 1" /> On May 14, 2007, [[Brian Graden]] announced that Lance Bass Productions would be working with the [[Logo (TV channel)|Logo]] network in executive producing a reality television show about the music business.<ref name="LOGO">{{cite magazine|url = https://variety.com/2007/tv/news/logo-s-in-sync-with-bass-1117964881/|title = Logo's in Sync With Bass|access-date = May 13, 2022|author = Clarke, John Jr.|date = May 14, 2007|magazine = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref name="NYTimesBook">{{cite news |author=Ryzik, Melena |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/fashion/21lance.html |title=Boy-Band Grad's Next Act |access-date=October 20, 2007 |newspaper=The New York Times | date=October 21, 2007}}</ref> It was reported that the show will focus on the creation and development of an all-gay boy band.<ref>{{cite web | title=Kim Kardashian Gets Classy in Playboy| date=October 22, 2007| work=Today| url=https://www.today.com/popculture/kim-kardashian-gets-classy-playboy-wbna21418391 | access-date=November 15, 2007}}</ref> To date no such project has been developed or aired.

In 2008, Bass co-produced ''[[The Grand (film)|The Grand]]'',<ref name=Variety>{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/49638/Lance%20Bass.html?dataSet=1 |title=Variety Profile: Lance Bass |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219012856/http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/49638/Lance%20Bass.html?dataSet=1 |archive-date=December 19, 2008 }}</ref> and Bass' company is reported to be developing a music [[docudrama]] about the life of rock bands on tour.<ref name="Christina Martin">{{cite web|url=http://www.sys-con.com/read/479285.htm|title=Q&A With Christina Martin|publisher=Sys-Con}}</ref>

In October 2011, Bass debuted his own boy band called Heart2Heart.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lance-bass-boy-band-heart2heart-facebook-official_n_1000615 | work=HuffPost | first=Stephanie | last=Marcus | title=Lance Bass's Boy Band Heart2Heart Releases 'Facebook Official' (VIDEO) | date=October 7, 2011|access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> In August 2013, Bass became an executive producer of the documentary film ''[[Kidnapped for Christ]]'' along with [[Mike C. Manning]]. The film sheds light on controversial [[behavior modification]] methods used on children, sent there by their parents, at an Evangelical Christian reform school in the Dominican Republic.<ref name="Kidnapped for Christ, The Wrap">{{cite news|last=Nededog|first=Jethro|title='N Sync Alum Lance Bass Joins 'Kidnapped for Christ' Doc as Executive Producer|url=https://www.thewrap.com/nsync-alum-lance-bass-joins-kidnapped-christ-doc-executive-producer-109556/|publisher=The Wrap|access-date=May 13, 2022|date=August 8, 2013}}</ref> The film was sold to [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]], to be released on television July 10, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kondolojy|first1=Amanda|title=Showtime Presents Award-Winning Documentary 'Kidnapped for Christ'|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/06/17/showtime-presents-award-winning-documentary-kidnapped-for-christ/274368/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622011221/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/06/17/showtime-presents-award-winning-documentary-kidnapped-for-christ/274368/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 22, 2014|website=Zap2It|publisher=TV by the Numbers|access-date=June 17, 2014}}</ref>