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Williams Street

Williams Street

Atlanta-based animation production studio


Williams Street Productions, LLC,[1] d/b/a Williams Street and formerly known as Ghost Planet Industries, is an American animation and live action television production studio owned by the Warner Bros. Television Studios division of Warner Bros., a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. The studio is the in-house production arm of Adult Swim (the programming block on Cartoon Network). Mike Lazzo and Keith Crofford oversaw operations for the building for most of its existence.

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On December 16, 2019, co-founder Lazzo retired from the company,[2] with business partner and co-founder Crofford retiring the following year.[3] Michael Ouweleen was named president of Adult Swim on April 29, 2020.[4]

From November 27, 2019 to July 1, 2020 and since May 13, 2022, Ouweleen was named president of The Cartoon Network, Inc., which also oversees Adult Swim.[5]

Outside of the studio.

The current name of the company originates from the location of its headquarters building – which is also the home office for Cartoon Network and Adult Swim – at 1065 Williams Street NW in Atlanta, Georgia near the current offices of TBS and TNT on Techwood Drive.[6] The facility began as a carpet factory and was purchased by Turner as overflow offices for, among other things, set building and woodworking facilities, as well as CNN Field Engineering. Soon after CNN moved into the CNN Center in downtown Atlanta in the early 1980s, other Turner operations moved into the Techwood campus, an old country club which became the first headquarters for CNN.[6] The street is named for early Atlanta settler Ammi Williams.

The company's original name, Ghost Planet Industries, came from Space Ghost's fictional planet, where the animated talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast was purportedly filmed.[7]

The studio's production logo features a wavy, blurred gray image of Space Ghost's fictional studio, with the words "Williams Street" beneath it. The soundtrack of Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited's production logo – a rumbling drum roll and two clinks of a hammer – is often used while the GPI/Williams Street production card is shown.[8]

Filmography

TV animated series

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Failed pilots

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Specials

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Feature films

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Other

Games

This list is only for video games licensed by Williams Street Games; see Adult Swim Games for other video games produced after the label's dissolution.

Music

Williams Street formed their own music label, Williams Street Records. The label was created after Jason DeMarco, Adult Swim's vice president of strategic marketing and promotions, worked on Danger Doom, a project with Danger Mouse and MF Doom in 2005. Danger Mouse had previously worked on the music for Toonami and wanted to do an album that sampled that work. The group suggested the idea to Mike Lazzo; the project was successful. Williams Street Records now releases a majority of the music related to their shows. The label is managed by DeMarco.[38]

Homages

1065, the street number for Williams Street, is also the hull number for FishCenter Live's USS FishCenterprise (a parody of the original Star Trek's USS Enterprise).[39]

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References

Informational notes

  1. Part of Night of 1000 Pilots.
  2. Part of the online contest Big, Über, Network Sampling, sponsored by Burger King.
  3. Part of the online contest Adult Swim Pilots, sponsored by KFC.
  4. Part of Infomercials.

Citations

  1. "WILLIAMS STREET PRODUCTIONS, LLC, 07084936 - Georgia-register.com". www.georgia-register.com. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  2. Andreeva, Nellie (April 29, 2020). "Michael Ouweleen Named President Of Adult Swim". Deadline. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  3. Andreeva, Nellie (May 13, 2022). "Nancy Daniels To Run Turner Nets as Brett Weitz Leaves Warner Bros. Discovery". NextTV. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  4. P., Ken (July 7, 2003). "An Interview with Mike Lazzo". IGN. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  5. Lambert, Bryan (February 24, 2000). "The Unofficial Modern Space Ghost FAQ". homegame.org. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  6. Weprin, Alex (April 21, 2010). "Upfronts 2010: Cartoon Network Expands Its Sports Game". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  7. "YPFIGTH original short". Youtube. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  8. "Full episodes and TV Listings- Zap2it.com". September 1, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  9. Milligan, Mercedes (March 25, 2011). "Unleashing the Pizza-Loving Beast". Animation Magazine. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  10. "Major Lazer (TV Movie 2011)". IMDb. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  11. "Tight Bros Opening Credits". Vimeo. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  12. Sivak, Mykl G. (October 4, 2013). "filler 2: Tight Bros unproduced spec script". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  13. "Sperm Boat (TV Movie 2013)". IMDb. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  14. "Team Unicorn Sneak Peek at NerdHQ!". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  15. "Adult Swim Pilot or Real Florida". Vimeo. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  16. "Bento Box Entertainment – 2016 Demo Reel". Vimeo. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  17. "Demo Reel 2016". Vimeo. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  18. Rice, Lynette (June 15, 2022). "HBO Max Orders 'Scavengers Reign' To Series; Adult Animated Sci-Fi To Premiere In 2023". Deadline. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  19. "DAYWORLD – Cole Kush / Hello!". www.ckush.com. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  20. "LUSTY CREST". Vimeo. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  21. "Bad Manners – Pilot". Vimeo. March 26, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  22. "This is the best cartoon for people who enjoy On Cinema at the Cinema". Youtube. November 20, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  23. "Skeleton Landlord – (Development Meeting Pilot". YouTube. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  24. "Mister America". www.misteramericafilm.com.
  25. Milligan, Mercedes (September 2, 2019). "Adult Swim Teams with Production I.G for Junji Ito Adaptation 'Uzumaki'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  26. Heroes. "Justin Michael – HVE". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  27. Stutz, Collin (July 25, 2012). "Williams Street Records, Killer Mike Defy Music Business Model By Teaming with Adult Swim (Q&A)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  28. Hillebrand, Jörg; Schneider, Bernd (January 1, 2020). "Ex Astris Scientia – Visual Crossovers with Other Series/Movies". Ex Astris Scientia. ex-astris-scientia.org. Retrieved January 3, 2020.

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