

The Stones met in 1999, on the Miami set of an indie skydiving thriller, Cutaway.

(They won’t disclose the brands they’re working with prior to the films’ release.) The couple’s next projects include the upcoming special ops thriller Land of Bad, starring Russell Crowe and Liam Hemsworth, and the military-cult movie Tin Soldier, featuring Jamie Foxx and Robert De Niro. By Adam’s reckoning, The Hurt Locker, winner of the best picture Oscar in 2010, was “our entrée into this a lottery ticket.” Since then, they’ve landed gear from top tactical-sector companies like AGM and London Bridge Trading in The Gray Man and Zero Dark Thirty, respectively, and served as matchmaker for defense giant Lockheed Martin to consult with director James Gray and his production team on his space-exploration epic Ad Astra. The Stones are among the leading independent product-placement specialists in Hollywood, and during a recent lunch on the terrace at the Polo Lounge, they spoke of how they’ve cornered enough of the market in what they term the “tactical space” that they’ve established a dedicated unit within their firm, Stone Management, called Modern Warfare to address it. Paramount's Chris McCarthy on the Future of 'Daily Show,' 'Yellowstone' Offshoots and Why Showtime Eulogies Are Premature
