Shady Acres Entertainment Explained

Shady Acres Entertainment
Type:Production company
Founder:Tom Shadyac
Hq Location:10 Universal City Plaza
Hq Location City:Universal City, California
Hq Location Country:United States
Industry:Film and television production
Products:Films, television series

Shady Acres Entertainment is a production company founded in 1999 by producer and director Tom Shadyac.[1] [2] [3] It is based at Universal Studios.[4] It is taken from his last name, Shadyac, which separated and became two words "Shady" and "Acres". It also derives from a fictional mental hospital from the first Ace Ventura film. Shady Acres signed a production deal with Universal to produce films while its lone television series was co-produced by Touchstone Television (now ABC Signature).

On June 4, 1999, Shady Acres received a television shingle, which would be based at Touchstone Television (now ABC Signature). Although the company produced a handful of pilots, only one of them would go on the air.[5]

On February 14, 2008, Universal decided to cut ties with that Shady Acres Entertainment studio, and became an independent production outfit.[6]

Nicole Pritchett was the head of development and production at Shady Acres Entertainment from 2009 until 2015, along with one of the Producers of the documentary I AM.

Filmography

Television series

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cox. Dan. 1999-03-05. Shadyac's U turn. 2021-05-31. Variety. en-US.
  2. Web site: Petrikin. Chris. 1999-06-16. Shadyac's Shady Acres banner taps Brubaker. 2021-03-29. Variety.
  3. Web site: Lyons. Charles. 2000-10-19. Tieche lands deal with Shady Acres. 2021-03-29. Variety.
  4. Web site: Lyons. Charles. Dunkley. Cathy. 2001-06-11. Shady Acres buys romantic laffer pitch. 2021-03-29. Variety.
  5. Web site: Adalian. Josef. 2000-01-20. Inside Move. 2021-12-20. Variety. en-US.
  6. Web site: Garrett. Diane. 2008-02-15. Universal cuts ties with Shadyac. 2021-12-20. Variety. en-US.
  7. Web site: Dragonfly (2002). 2021-03-29. catalog.afi.com.
  8. Web site: Dragonfly (2002) – Financial Information. 2021-03-29. The Numbers.
  9. Web site: 2009-02-27. Frequently Asked Questions. 2021-03-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20090227120240/http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/info/faqs.html?answer=21. 2009-02-27.