Happy Madison Productions

Happy Madison Productions is a Los Angeles-based entertainment company. It deals with production of movies and television programs. It was founded by actor and comedian Adam Sandler on December 10, 1999. Sandler is also the CEO and co-owner of Happy Madison, with Jack Giarraputo. The company was named after Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison, two movies starring Sandler. The man on the logo of the company is Sandler's father, Stanley, who says the word "Terrific".ScreenRant: Happy Madison: 10 Things You Never Knew About Adam Sandler's Production Company.

The company used to be headquartered in the Judy Garland Building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California. Happy Madison's parent company is Happy Madison Inc. The parent company is headed by Scott, the brother of Adam Sandler, and is based in Manchester, New Hampshire.New Hampshire Secretary of State Corporate Information for Happy Madison, Inc..

 List of Happy Madison's productions 
 Films 
 1999: Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
 2000: Little Nicky
 2001: Joe Dirt
 2001: The Animal
 2002: Mr. Deeds
 2002: The Master of Disguise
 2002: Eight Crazy Nights
 2002: The Hot Chick
 2003: Anger Management
 2003: Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
 2004: 50 First Dates
 2005: The Longest Yard
 2005: Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
 2006: Grandma's Boy
 2006: The Benchwarmers
 2006: Click
 2007: Reign Over Me (as Madison 23 Productions)
 2007: I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
 2008: Strange Wilderness
 2008: You Don't Mess with the Zohan
 2008: The House Bunny
 2008: Bedtime Stories
 2009: Paul Blart: Mall Cop
 2009: Funny People (as Madison 23 Productions)
 2009: The Shortcut (as Scary Madison Productions)
 2010: Grown Ups
 2011: Just Go with It
 2011: Zookeeper
 2011: Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
 2011: Jack and Jill
 2012: That's My Boy
 2012: Here Comes the Boom
 2013: Grown Ups 2ComingSoon.net: Grown Ups Sequel Planned .
 2014: BlendedDeadline Hollywood: Adam Sandler Swaps Paramount Western For Blended Family Fare At Warner Bros.ComingSoon.net: Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore Comedy Blended Set For May 23, 2014 .
 2015: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2ComingSoon.net: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 Set for April 17, 2015 .
 2015: Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful LoserComingSoon.net: David Spade is Back for Joe Dirt 2!.
 2015: PixelsEntertainment Weekly: Look out, Adam Sandler! It's Donkey Kong's Space Invading Frogger! .ComingSoon.net: Michelle Monaghan Joins the Cast of Pixels .
 2015: The Ridiculous 6
 2016: The Do-Over
 2017: Sandy Wexler
 2018: The Week Of
 2018: Father of the YearDeadline Hollywood: David Spade, Bridgit Mendler, Nat Faxon, & More Co-Star In 'Who Do You Think Would Win?' For Netflix.
 2018: 100% Fresh
 2019: Murder Mystery
 2020: The Wrong MissyThe Hollywood Reporter: New David Spade-Starring, Adam Sandler-Produced Netflix Movie Finds Director.
 2020: Hubie Halloween
 2022: HustleScreenRant: Adam Sandler's Next Netflix Movie Can Break Happy Madison's Losing Streak.

 TV series 
 2007–2013: Rules of Engagement (co-production with Game Six Productions, CBS Television Studios and Sony Pictures Television)
 2008: The Gong Show with Dave Attell
 2010–2011: Nick Swardson's Pretend Time (co-production with Culver Entertainment)
 2011–2012: Breaking In (co-production with Adam F. Goldberg Productions and Sony Pictures Television)
 2013–present: The Goldbergs (co-production with Adam F. Goldberg Productions, Doug Robinson Productions (season 5–present) and Sony Pictures Television)
 2017: Imaginary Mary (co-production with Adam F. Goldberg Productions, ABC Studios and Sony Pictures Television)Deadline Hollywood: Drama 'Notorious', Comedy 'Imaginary Mary' Picked Up To Series At ABC.
 2019–2020: Schooled (co-production with Adam F. Goldberg Productions, Marc Firek Productions, Doug Robinson Productions, ABC Studios and Sony Pictures Television)

 Critical reception 
Most of the studio's movies received negative reactions from critics.Salon: The tragedy of Adam Sandler.Fox News: Comedy about middle school statutory rape? Does Adam Sandler's That's My Boy go too far?Live.drjays.com: Is Adam Sandler Serious With That's My Boy?. archived versionNCFM: Adam Sandler's new movie That's My Boy exploits child victims of sexual assault. Please boycott the movie Four of them are considered some of the worst movies of all time. Two of those were rated 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.Rotten Tomatoes: The Ridiculous 6 (2015).Rotten Tomatoes: Father of the Year (2018).

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official website of Happy Madison on Adam Sandler's page
 Happy Madison Productions at IMDb

Category:American movie studios