Hyperion Pictures

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,^[1][2] 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 and television productions

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

Feature films

• Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986, with The Kushner-Locke Company)
• The Runestone (1990)
• Playing by Heart (1998)
• Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)
• My Louisiana Sky (2001)
• Three Way (2004, Brainstorm Media)
• Marigold (2007)

Short films

• 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)
• Bone Chillers (1996, with ABC)
• ARK, the Adventures of Animal Rescue Kids (1997-1998, with Discovery Kids)

List of Hyperion Animation productions

Feature films

• The Brave Little Toaster (1987, with The Kushner-Locke Company and Walt Disney Pictures)
• Rover Dangerfield (1991, with Warner Bros. Family Entertainment)
• 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)
• O' Christmas Tree (1999) (DTV)
• Jingle Bells (1999) (TV)
• The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! (2000) (DTV)
• The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (2002, with Miramax Films) (DTV)
• The Proud Family Movie (2005, with Disney Channel) (TV)

Short films

• Itsy Bitsy Spider (1992, with Paramount Pictures)
• 1001 Nights: An Animation Symphony (1998, with Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra)

Television series

• 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)
• The Oz Kids (1996, with ABC)
• The Proud Family (2001–2005, with Disney Channel)
• Da Boom Crew (2004, with Kids' WB!)

Television specials

• The Sissy Duckling (1999, with HBO)

References

External links

• Official Hyperion Pictures website
• Hyperion Pictures at the Internet Movie Database
• Hyperion Pictures at the Big Cartoon DataBase