Line #176 Creator/ShoutFactory


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3	Shout! Studios (previously known as Shout! Factory) is an entertainment company founded in 2003 by Richard Foos (co-founder of Creator/RhinoRecords), Bob Emmer (former Creator/WarnerMusicGroup and Rhino executive) and Garson Foos (former Rhino executive, and Richard's brother) initially as a specialty music label. It focuses on enriched music catalog reissues, home video/DVD projects, and television properties.
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5	Conceived as a retro pop culture label, Shout! Factory DVD projects include:
6	* Live music shows (by acts such as Music/XUSBand, The Blasters, Music/{{Heart\|Band}} and Music/BarenakedLadies
7	* Music documentaries (''The Fearless Freaks'', about the Music/FlamingLips, and ''The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle'', about the Music/SexPistols)
8	* Animation (including multiple ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'' seasons, ''Animation/{{Pucca}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/CodeMonkeys'')
9	* Live-action television (''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'', ''Series/MySoCalledLife'', ''Inside The Actors' Studio'', ''Series/CaliforniaDreams'', ''Series/SmallWonder'', ''Franchise/PowerRangers''[[labelnote:*]] and ''Franchise/SuperSentai''[[/labelnote]] and ''Series/{{ALF}}'')
10	* Productions by Creator/DICEntertainment (including the [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBrosDic Mario]] television shows, ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989 The Legend of Zelda]]'', the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' television shows and ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}'')
11	* Sports (including Major League Baseball and Warren Miller ski titles)
12	* MerchandiseDriven Creator/{{Hasbro}} cartoons (including ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', ''Franchise/GIJoe'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'', ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' and ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'')
13	* 1990s Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} programs (such as ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'' and ''Series/HeyDude'').[[note]]Rights to the Nickelodeon shows relapsed to Creator/{{Paramount}} starting in 2018.[[/note]]
14	* The majority of Creator/JohnCarpenter's films, including the whole of the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' film series.
15	* All of Creator/{{Laika}}'s films up to ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings''.
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17	Shout! Factory has the home video rights to ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' (which was formerly distributed by Rhino) and is a producer for the 2017 revival series ''Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return''. They have a reputation for rereleasing obscure titles on DVD, and successfully securing seemingly unreleasable episodes of ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'', such as the ''Film/{{Gamera}}'' films and others licensed from Sandy Frank. Creator/SabanBrands granted Shout! the rights to distribute their {{tokusatsu}} adaptations, including the first 17 seasons of ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. When North American distribution of several Creator/StudioGhibli movies shifted from Creator/{{Disney}} to GKIDS, Shout! Factory distributed the home media re-releases. They had the home video rights to the Disney series ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', and Creator/{{Netflix}} and Creator/ProductionIG's ''Anime/BTheBeginning''[[note]]along with the [=YouTube=] streaming rights for the latter, sub-licensed from Anime Limited in the UK.[[/note]]. In 2020, they acquired the distribution rights to most of the Creator/StephenJCannell Productions catalog.
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19	Shout! Factory CD and music DVD products are distributed by Creator/SonyMusicEntertainment. Beginning in June 2007, their nonmusic DVD titles are distributed by Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment.
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21	Due to the sheer amount of content they have, they have their own free streaming service, [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/ Shout! Factory TV]], which can be accessed through apps of its own and via other streaming services like Creator/PlutoTV.
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23	Shout! Studios, launched in 2017, is their arm focused on content development, such as theatrical distribution for films and producing original television programming.
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26	The distribution and production arm Shout! Studios has released the following original productions:
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28	* ''Film/{{Abduction\|2019}}'' (2019)
29	* ''Film/{{Ambition}}''
30	* ''Film/BasmatiBlues''
31	* ''Animation/BigFishAndBegonia'' (co-distributed with Creator/FUNimation)
32	* ''Film/CampColdBrook''
33	* ''Film/TheHouseOfTomorrow''
34	* ''Film/HumorMe''
35	* ''Manga/InThisCornerOfTheWorld'' (co-distributed with Creator/FUNimation)
36	* ''Film/ItsyBitsy''
37	* ''Film/IzzyGetsTheFuckAcrossTown''
38	* ''Film/JaySebringCuttingToTheTruth''
39	* ''Film/LanguageLessons''
40	* ''Animation/TheLegendOfHei''
41	* ''Film/LetsScareJulie''
42	* ''Anime/LizAndTheBlueBird''
43	* ''WesternAnimation/LongWayNorth'' (US theatrical)
44	* ''Anime/MAQUIAWhenThePromisedFlowerBlooms''
45	* ''Series/MemoryHole''
46	* ''Film/{{Misbehaviour}}''
47	* ''Film/MystifyMichaelHutchence''
48	* ''Anime/PenguinHighway''
49	* ''Anime/{{Poupelle of Chimney Town}}''
50	* ''Film/{{Proximity}}''
51	* ''Anime/ASilentVoice''
52	* ''Film/{{Staged}}''
53	* ''Film/StandingUpFallingDown''
54	* ''Film/WhatWeLeftBehindStarTrekDS9''
55	[[/index]]
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59	Scream Factory is their sublabel that specializes in {{Horror}} films. It has an extensive catalog with several categories, including The All Night Horror Marathon [[note]](''Film/TheDungeonmaster'', ''Film/TheOuting'', and ''Film/TheVagrant'')[[/note]], The ''Amityville'' Triple Feature [[note]](''Film/TheAmityvilleHorror1979'', ''Film/AmityvilleIIThePossession'', and ''Film/Amityville3D'')[[/note]], The ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' Collection, ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'': The Complete Collection, and The Creator/VincentPrice Collection.[[note]](''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'', ''Film/DrPhibesRisesAgain'', ''Film/TheMasqueOfTheRedDeath'', and ''Film/WitchfinderGeneral'')[[/note]]

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