| Industry | Animation |
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| Founded | April 12, 1993 |
| Founder | Columbia Pictures Television |
| Fate | Dormancy |
| Headquarters | 10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California |
| Products | Animated television series |
| Owner | Sony |
| Parent | Sony Pictures Television (Sony Pictures Entertainment) |
Adelaide Productions is a television animation division of Sony Pictures Television that was founded on April 12, 1993, by Columbia Pictures Television[1] and was incorporated seven days later.[2] It has also been titled Columbia TriStar Animation and Columbia TriStar Children's Television.
As of 2021, Adelaide Productions has been dormant of making animated TV shows, and had not made any new ones since 2009, but its status is still listed as "active".[1][2] Its duties have been taken over by Sony Pictures Animation.
Filmography[]
| Years | Title | Creator/ Developer(s) |
Network | Notes |
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| 1996 | Project G.e.e.K.e.R. |
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CBS | Co-produced with Doug² |
| 1996–1999 | Jumanji | Chris Van Allsburg | Co-produced with Interscope Communications and Teitler Film; based on the 1995 film by TriStar Pictures and the book by Chris Van Allsburg | |
| 1997 | Extreme Ghostbusters |
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Syndication | Sequel to The Real Ghostbusters |
| 1997–1998 | Channel Umptee-3 |
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Kids' WB | Co-produced by Act III Television and Enchanté George; executive produced by live-action TV veteran Norman Lear |
| 1997–2001 | Men in Black: The Series |
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Co-produced with Amblin Entertainment; based on the 1997 film by Columbia Pictures and the Malibu comic by Lowell Cunningham | |
| 1998–2000 | Godzilla: The Series |
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Fox Kids | Co-produced with Toho and Centropolis Television; based on the 1998 film by TriStar Pictures |
| 1999–2000 | Dilbert |
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UPN | Co-produced with Idbox and United Media; with overseas work done by Rough Draft Studios and Yeson Animation Studios; based on the comic strip by Scott Adams |
| Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles |
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Syndication | Co-produced with Verhoeven-Marshall, Foundation Imaging, Hyper Image, Rainbow Studios, and Flat Earth Productions; based on the 1997 film by TriStar Pictures and the novel Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein; also known as Starship Troopers: The Series. | |
| 1999–2001 | Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot |
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Fox Kids | Co-produced with Dark Horse Entertainment; based on the comic book by Frank Miller and Geoff Darrow. |
| 1999–2005 | Dragon Tales |
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PBS Kids | Co-produced with Children's Television Workshop (season 1) and Sesame Workshop (seasons 2-3). |
| 2000 | Sammy |
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NBC | Co-produced with Brad Grey Television and Desert Rat Productions. |
| 2000–2002 | Max Steel |
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Co-produced with Foundation Imaging (season 1), Mainframe Entertainment (seasons 2 and 3), and Netter Digital Animation; based on the toyline by Mattel. |
| 2000–2005 | Jackie Chan Adventures |
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Kids' WB | Co-produced with The JC Group and Blue Train Entertainment. |
| 2001–2002 | Harold and the Purple Crayon |
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HBO | Based on the book by Crockett Johnson. |
| Heavy Gear: The Animated Series |
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Syndication | Co-produced with Mainframe Entertainment, Dream Pod 9, and Paradox Entertainment; based on the video game by Pierre Ouelled and Dream Pod 9, licensed by Paradox Entertainment. | |
| 2002 | Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl | Roman Dirge | ScreenBlast | Based on the comics by Roman Dirge and the poem by Edgar Allan Poe. |
| Phantom Investigators |
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Kids' WB | Co-produced with (W)Holesome Products, Inc. | |
| 2003 | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series |
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MTV | Co-produced by Mainframe Entertainment and Marvel Entertainment. |
| Stuart Little | E. B. White (characters) | HBO | Co-produced by Red Wagon Entertainment; based on the films by Columbia Pictures and the characters by E. B. White. | |
| 2003–2004 | Astro Boy | Osamu Tezuka | Co-produced by Tezuka Productions for the American version; based on the characters by Osamu Tezuka. | |
| 2005–2014 | The Boondocks | Aaron McGruder | Adult Swim | Co-produced with Rebel Base Productions; based on the comic strip by Aaron McGruder. |
| 2008–2009 | The Spectacular Spider-Man |
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Co-produced by Marvel Entertainment and Culver Entertainment. |
| 2009 | Sit Down, Shut Up | Mitchell Hurwitz | Fox | co-produced by Tantamount Studios, ITV Studios, and 20th Century Fox Television; remake of the original Australian 2001 series of the same name. |
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ADELAIDE PRODUCTIONS, INC. businessprofiles.com, Retrieved on 31 March 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 ADELAIDE PRODUCTIONS, INC. bizapedia.com, Retrieved on 31 March 2015
External links[]
- Adelaide Productions at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Adelaide Productions on IMDb (subscription required)
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| 1990s | Jumanji (1996–1999) • Project G.e.e.K.e.R. (1996) • Extreme Ghostbusters (1997) • Men in Black: The Series (1997–2001) • Channel Umptee-3 (1997–1998) • Godzilla: The Series (1998–2000) • Dilbert (1999–2000) • Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000) • Dragon Tales (1999–2005) • Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (1999–2001) | |
| 2000s | Max Steel (2000–2002) • Sammy (2000) • Jackie Chan Adventures (2000–2005) • Heavy Gear (2001–2002) • Harold and the Purple Crayon (2001–2002) • Phantom Investigators (2002) • Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl (2002) • Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003) • Stuart Little (2003) • Astro Boy (2003–2004) • The Boondocks (2005–2014) • The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–2009) • Sit Down, Shut Up (2009) | |
| See also | Sony Pictures Television • Screen Gems Cartoons • Sony Pictures Animation • Sony Pictures Imageworks | |
| Sony Pictures Animation | ||
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| Feature films | Computer-animated | Open Season (2006) • Surf's Up (2007) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) • Hotel Transylvania (2012) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) • Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) • Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) • The Emoji Movie (2017) • The Star (2017) • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (accolades) • The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) |
| Live-action/animated | The Smurfs (2011) • The Smurfs 2 (2013) • Goosebumps (2015) • Peter Rabbit (2018) • Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) | |
| Produced with Aardman Animations |
Arthur Christmas (2011) • The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) | |
| Upcoming films | Connected (2020) • Vivo (2021) • Hotel Transylvania 4 (2021) • Wish Dragon (2021) • Untitled Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse sequel (2022) | |
| Direct-to-video | Open Season 2 (2008) • Open Season 3 (2010) • Open Season: Scared Silly (2015) • Surf's Up 2: WaveMania (2017) | |
| Television series | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–18) • Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–present) • The Boondocks (2020) | |
| Online series | Go! Cartoons (2017–18) | |
| Short films | Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run (2007) • The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas (2007) • The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011) • So You Want to Be a Pirate! (2012) • Goodnight Mr. Foot (2012) • The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013) • Super Manny (2013) • Earl Scouts (2013) • Steve's First Bath (2014) • Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear (2014) • Puppy! (2017) • Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham (2019) • Hair Love (2019) | |
| Franchises | Open Season (2006–15) • Surf's Up (2007–17) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009–18) • The Smurfs (2011–17) • Hotel Transylvania (2012–21) • Goosebumps (2015–18) | |
| See also | The ChubbChubbs! (2002) • Early Bloomer (2003) • Sony Pictures Imageworks • Cartoon Hangover • Screen Gems Cartoons • List of productions (unproduced projects) • Riki Group • The Angry Birds Movie (2016) • Sausage Party (2016) • Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021) | |
Animation industry in the United States
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| Companies/studios | Active | 21st Century Fox (20th Century Fox Animation • Blue Sky Studios • Fox Television Animation) • Ace & Son • Augenblick Studios • Bento Box Entertainment • The Curiosity Company • DHX Media (WildBrain) • Disney (Disney Television Animation • DisneyToon Studios • Industrial Light & Magic • Lucasfilm Animation • Marvel Animation • Pixar Animation Studios • Walt Disney Animation Studios) • Film Roman • Floyd County Productions • Frederator Studios (Frederator Films) • Fuzzy Door Productions • Golden Films • Hasbro (Hasbro Studios) • Jim Henson's Creature Shop • Kinofilm • Klasky Csupo • Laika • Little Airplane Productions • Man of Action Studios • Marza Animation Planet • Mattel (Hot Animation) • Mexopolis • Mondo Media (6 Point Harness) • NBCUniversal (DreamWorks Animation • Big Idea Entertainment • DreamWorks Classics • Harvey Entertainment • Jay Ward Productions • Illumination Entertainment • Universal Animation Studios • PorchLight Entertainment • Radical Axis • Reel FX Creative Studios • Renegade Animation • Rough Draft Studios • ShadowMachine • Sony Pictures (Adelaide Productions • Sony Pictures Animation • Sony Pictures Imageworks) • Splash Entertainment • Sprite Animation Studios • Spümcø • Stoopid Monkey • Time Warner (Cartoon Network Studios • Warner Bros. Animation • Williams Street) • Titmouse, Inc. • United Plankton Pictures • Vanguard Animation • Viacom (MTV Animation • Nick Digital • Nickelodeon Animation Studio • Paramount Animation) • World Events Productions |
| Defunct | 70/30 Productions • Amblimation • Animation Collective • Animation Lab • Animation Magic • Cartoon Pizza • Circle 7 Animation • Cookie Jar Group • Crest Animation Productions • Curious Pictures • DePatie-Freleng Enterprises • DIC Entertainment • DNA Productions • Famous Studios • Filmation • Fleischer Studios • Fox Animation Studios • Hanna-Barbera • Jetlag Productions • Kroyer Films • Laugh-O-Gram Studio • Marvel Productions • MGM-Pathé Communications • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation • MGM Animation/Visual Arts • MGM Cartoons) • Pacific Data Images • Rankin/Bass Productions • Ruby-Spears • Screen Gems Cartoons • Skellington Productions • Soup2Nuts • Sullivan Bluth Studios • Sunbow Entertainment • Terrytoons • United Productions of America • Van Beuren Studios • Walter Lantz Productions • Warner Bros. Cartoons • Will Vinton Studios • Williams Street West | |
| Industry associations | The Animation Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 839 • ASIFA-Hollywood | |
| Awards | Academy Awards • Annie Award • Daytime Emmy Award • Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards • Primetime Emmy Award | |
| History | Silent era • Golden age (World War II) • Television era • Modern era | |
| Genres | Animated Infomercial • Animated sitcom • Buddy film • Comedy-drama • Superhero fiction • Western | |
| Related topics | American Comics (History of American comics • Tijuana bible) • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces • Flash animation | |