Shady Acres Entertainment

Shady Acres Entertainment

Company type	Production company
Industry	Film and television production
Founded	1999;26 years ago (1999)
Founder	Tom Shadyac
Headquarters	10 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California , United States
Products	Films, television series

Shady Acres Entertainment is an American film 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". It also derives from a fictional mental hospital from the first Ace Ventura film. 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).

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 the 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

• Dragonfly ^[7] (2002) (with Spyglass Entertainment) ^[8]
• Bruce Almighty (2003) (with Pit Bull Productions) ^[9]
• Accepted (2006)
• I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007) (with Relativity Media and Happy Madison Productions)
• Evan Almighty (2007) (with Original Film)
• I Am (2011) (with Homemade Canvas Productions)

Television series

• 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (2003) (with Touchstone Television)

References

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