Hyperion Pictures

Hyperion Pictures

Industry	Filmmaking
Founded	1984
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California
Key people	Thomas L. Wilhite Willard Carroll Chris Young
Subsidiaries	Hyperion Animation Company, Inc. Jambalaya Studios

Hyperion Pictures (a.k.a. Hyperion Films or Hyperion Studios) is an American film production company founded by Thomas L. Wilhite, who had previously been the head of motion picture and television produced for and owned by Walt Disney Productions, and writer/director Willard Carroll. The company produces both live-action and animated productions such as The Brave Little Toaster and The Runestone.

Hyperion's most recent release was the musical romantic comedy Marigold, filmed in India. Due to the film's poor reception, the majority of their productions such as Crawl and a CGI remake of The Brave Little Toaster have long since been in Development Hell.

A subsidiary of the company is Jambalaya Studios which has produced animated television series and feature films such as The Proud Family, Da Boom Crew, Bebe's Kids and The Proud Family Movie.

The company's mascot was Leslie McGroarty from Itsy Bitsy Spider, who appears in its production logo.

List of notable Hyperion features

Note: All of the productions from Hyperion Animation will be placed in bold.

Feature films

(TV) - Television film
(DTV) - Direct to video

• Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986, with The Kushner-Locke Company)
• The Brave Little Toaster (1987, with The Kushner-Locke Company)
• The Runestone (1990)
• Rover Dangerfield (1991, with Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Bébé's Kids (1992, with Paramount Pictures)
• The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997) (DTV)
• The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998) (DTV)
• Playing by Heart (1998)
• Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)
• O' Christmas Tree (1999) (DTV)
• Jingle Bells (1999) (TV)
• The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! (2000) (DTV)
• My Louisiana Sky (2001)
• The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (2002, with Miramax Films) (DTV)
• Three Way (2004, Brainstorm Media)
• The Proud Family Movie (2005, with Disney Channel) (TV)
• Marigold (2007)

Short films

• The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1992, with Paramount Pictures)
• Chunks of Life (1994, with MTV)
• The Need (2006)

Television series

• Amazing Stories (1985-1987) - Season 2, Episode 16: "The Family Dog" (1987, with NBC, Universal Television, Amblin Entertainment and The Kushner-Locke Company)
• The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1993-1994, with USA Network)
• Life with Louie (1995-1998, with FOX)
• The Adventures of Hyperman (1995-1996, with CBS)
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995-1999, with HBO)
• Bone Chillers (1996, with ABC)
• The Oz Kids (1996, with ABC)
• ARK, the Adventures of Animal Rescue Kids (1997-1998, with Discovery Kids)
• The Proud Family (2001-2005, with Disney Channel)
• Da Boom Crew (2004, with Kids' WB!)

Television specials

• The Oz Kids: Christmas in Oz (1996, with ABC)
• The Sissy Duckling (1999, with HBO)

External links

• Official Hyperion Pictures website
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