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| Type | Joint venture |
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| Industry | Production company |
| Founded | July 1997 [1] |
| Products | Saturday Night Live, A Night at the Roxbury, Superstar, The Ladies Man [2] |
| Owner(s) | Lorne Michaels Universal Television |
SNL Studios is a production company, founded in late 1997 as a joint venture between Saturday Night Live executive producer Lorne Michaels and NBC Studios (now Universal Television, the production arm of NBCUniversal).[1] [3] While this venture also initially included Paramount Pictures, it was dissolved following NBC's merger with Universal Studios. On the television side, SNL Studios produces Saturday Night Live in association with Broadway Video. [4] Film productions, typically off-shoots of Saturday Night Live' sketches, include, among others, A Night at the Roxbury and Superstar.
Following the announcement of the creation of SNL Studios, veteran Saturday Night Live producer Marci Klein was named as the president of SNL Studios Television in December 1999, while Richard Feldman was appointed head of SNL Studios Films in June of the same year. [5]
Productions[edit]
| Title | Release Date | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| America's Most Terrible Things (TV) | Abandoned | ||
| August Blow Out | In Development | ||
| The Caddy (Remake) [6] | In Development | ||
| The Ladies Man | 2000-10-13 | Released | |
| MacGruber | 2010-05-21 | Released | |
| Mean Girls | 2004-04-30 | Released | |
| A Night at the Roxbury | 1998-10-01 | Released | |
| Sebastian Knight | In Development | ||
| Saturday Night Live | 1999 - | Ongoing | |
| Superstar | 1999-10-05 | Released | |
| Untitled Horatio Sanz Comedy [7] | Abandoned | ||
| Untitled Michael Richards Comedy (TV) [5] | Abandoned | ||
| Untitled Tim Meadows Comedy (TV) | Abandoned | Part of overall development deal [8] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "NBC, Par to form 'SNL' pic team". Variety. 1998-06-29. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ^ SNL Studios on the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Studios see green in less-than-worthy 'SNL' film spinoffs". Los Angeles Times. 1999-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/about/
- ^ a b "Klein on top of SNL Studios TV". The Hollywood Reporter. 1999-11-29. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ "Another stroke for Par 'Caddy'". The Hollywood Reporter. 1999-11-15. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ "Sanz to serve up comedy for Par, SNL, NBC". The Hollywood Reporter. 2000-09-01. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ "SNL Studios in series deal with Meadows". The Hollywood Reporter. 1999-11-19. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
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