Shady_Acres_Entertainment

Shady Acres Entertainment

Shady Acres Entertainment

US film and television production company

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.[3][4] It is taken from his last name, Shadyac, which separated and became two words "Shady" and "Acres". 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).

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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

References

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    Cox, Dan (1999-03-05). "Shadyac's U turn". Variety. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
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    Petrikin, Chris (1999-06-16). "Shadyac's Shady Acres banner taps Brubaker". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
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    Lyons, Charles (2000-10-19). "Tieche lands deal with Shady Acres". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
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    Lyons, Charles; Dunkley, Cathy (2001-06-11). "Shady Acres buys romantic laffer pitch". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
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    Adalian, Josef (2000-01-20). "Inside Move". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  6. [6]
    Garrett, Diane (2008-02-15). "Universal cuts ties with Shadyac". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
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    "Dragonfly (2002)". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
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    "Dragonfly (2002) – Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
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    "Frequently Asked Questions". 2009-02-27. Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
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