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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: |
27 | [[index]] |
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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