Happy Madison Productions
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Production company |
| Founded | December 10, 1999 |
| Founder | Adam Sandler |
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| Owners | Adam Sandler Jack Giarraputo |
| Parent | Happy Madison, Inc. |
Happy Madison Productions is an American film and television production company founded in 1999 by Adam Sandler,[1][2][3] which is best known for its comedy films. Happy Madison takes its name from the films Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison, two box office successes starring Sandler himself, both produced by Robert Simonds, written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy, and distributed by Universal Pictures. The elderly man depicted in the production logo is Sandler's late father, Stanley (who died in 2003), who voices the accompanying audio, "Terrific".[4]
In addition to various Sandler-produced films, the company has also released films produced by others, such as Steven Brill (Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds), Dennis Dugan (The Benchwarmers, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2), Frank Coraci (Click, Zookeeper, Blended), Fred Wolf (Strange Wilderness, The House Bunny), Tom Brady (The Animal, The Hot Chick, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star), Peter Segal (Anger Management, 50 First Dates, The Longest Yard), and Nicholaus Goossen (A Day with the Meatball, Grandma's Boy, The Shortcut).
The 1998 films The Waterboy and The Wedding Singer helped jump start Sandler's movie career and production company. He produced The Waterboy and co-wrote the script with Tim Herlihy. The film was extremely profitable, earning over $160 million in the United States alone and made Sandler a successful actor with The Waterboy becoming his second $100 million film in a year, along with The Wedding Singer.
The company's production office were formerly located in the Judy Garland Building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City but the company left after completion of Sandler's final contracted film for the studio, Pixels. Happy Madison, Inc. the parent company of Happy Madison Productions is run by Adam Sandler's brother Scott and is located in Manchester, New Hampshire.[5]
Its subsidiary Madison 23 Productions, was aimed towards the drama genre. It only produced two films Reign Over Me and Funny People, which both starred Sandler himself. Another subsidiary was Scary Madison Productions, which was aimed towards the horror genre and only produced the film The Shortcut.
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year | Title | Network | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2007–2013 | Rules of Engagement | CBS | with Game Six Productions, CBS Television Studios, and Sony Pictures Television | |
| 2008 | The Gong Show with Dave Attell | Comedy Central | with Sony Pictures Television | |
| 2010–2011 | Nick Swardson's Pretend Time | Comedy Central | with Culver Entertainment | |
| 2011–2012 | Breaking In | Fox | with Adam F. Goldberg Productions and Sony Pictures Television | |
| 2013–present | The Goldbergs | ABC | with Adam F. Goldberg Productions, Doug Robinson Productions (season 5–present), Swinging Cricket Productions (season 9), Script L. Shannon, Inc. (season 9), This Episode is Entirely a Work of Fiction, LLC (season 10–present), and Sony Pictures Television | |
| 2017 | Imaginary Mary | ABC | with Adam F. Goldberg Productions, ABC Studios, and Sony Pictures Television | [17] |
| 2019–2020 | Schooled | ABC | with Adam F. Goldberg Productions, Marc Firek Productions, Doug Robinson Productions, ABC Studios, and Sony Pictures Television |
Critical reception
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Happy Madison's films have, for the most part, received overwhelmingly negative reviews, while some drama films (Reign Over Me and Funny People) received mixed-to-positive from critics, with Sandler's performance garnered critical praise. The production company has put out four films considered to be some of the worst ever made, including two that have received a 0% score from Rotten Tomatoes.[18][19][20][21]
References
- ^ "Adam Sandler". Variety. 13 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "100% Fresh Trailer Teases Adam Sandler's Netflix Variety Special". ScreenRant. 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Locke, Taylor (2019-12-07). "Adam Sandler on being fired from 'Saturday Night Live' in 1995 before achieving massive success". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ "Happy Madison: 10 Things You Never Knew About Adam Sandler's Production Company". ScreenRant. 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ New Hampshire Secretary of State Corporate Information for Happy Madison, Inc.
- ^ "Grown Ups Sequel Planned". ComingSoon.net. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
- ^ "Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore Comedy Blended Set For May 23, 2014". ComingSoon.net. April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
- ^ "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 Set for April 17, 2015". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
- ^ "David Spade is Back for Joe Dirt 2!". Comingsoon.net. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "Look out, Adam Sandler! It's Donkey Kong's Space Invading Frogger!". Entertainment Weekly. November 10, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ N'Duka, Amanda (3 May 2017). "David Spade, Bridgit Mendler, Nat Faxon, & More Co-Star In 'Who Do You Think Would Win?' For Netflix". Deadline. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (10 January 2019). "New David Spade-Starring, Adam Sandler-Produced Netflix Movie Finds Director". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Adam Sandler's Next Netflix Movie Can Break Happy Madison's Losing Streak". ScreenRant. 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (12 July 2021). "Pierce Brosnan Joins Adam Devine in Netflix's Action-Comedy 'The Out-Laws'; Tyler Spindel To Direct". Deadline. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ Galuppo, Mia (24 January 2022). "Jodie Turner-Smith, Mark Strong Join Netflix's 'Murder Mystery 2'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- ^ Grobar, Matt (July 13, 2022). "Adam Sandler, Idina Menzel & 'SNL's Sarah Sherman Among Cast Set For Netflix's YA Comedy 'You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah'; Happy Madison & Alloy Entertainment Producing". Deadline. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 12, 2016). "Drama 'Notorious', Comedy 'Imaginary Mary' Picked Up To Series At ABC". Deadline.
- ^ "The tragedy of Adam Sandler". Salon. 2011-11-14. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
- ^ "Comedy about middle school statutory rape? Does Adam Sandler's That's My Boy go too far?". Fox News. 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
- ^ "Is Adam Sandler Serious With That's My Boy? | DrJays.com Live | Fashion. Music. Lifestyle". Live.drjays.com. 2012-05-21. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
- ^ "Adam Sandler's new movie That's My Boy exploits child victims of sexual assault. Please boycott the movie. | National Coalition For Men". NCFM. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
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- Happy Madison page on Sandler's website
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