S1 Media

**S1 Media** is a media company founded by Micheal Christchurch and is based in Eugene, Oregon, United States. There are currently three headquarters located in United States, Canada, and Japan.

The company was founded with the goal of helping to produce for the film industry and television. They called themselves "A company without any restricted boundaries", suggesting they're willing to take risks to entertain people of all kinds through different media formats of all kinds.

## History

### 1995-1997

S1 was originally created as a name for Micheal Christchrurch’s Film and TV works. It was created when The Misadventures of Captain Bluetooth was in development.

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### 2011-2018

On June 24th, 2019, S1 purchased Clearwater Animation (including its divisions) for $23 million. The studios were restructured two months later and the company was renamed Clearwater Studios. Some of their studios were sold off to other companies, dissolved into Clearwater’s studios, or went independent over the course of the next two years (DevilFish is the only division to have its name remain intact and still used to this day after its merger into its Los Angeles studio)

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### 2019-present

On February 15th, 2021, S1 Media announced that they had acquired the rights to the Greeny Phatom franchise and its IP from The Walt Disney Company, but have allowed 20th Television, FX Networks, and 20th Century Studios to continue working with the IP. S1 Media will now be involved with all Greeny Phatom related works. They have announced that they will be working on two spin-offs for Netflix and are planned to be released this year and next year. Following this announcement, they also revealed that they have acquired GreenyWorld Studios to work on any projects in the Greeny Phatom franchise.

They also announced that the entire series as well as its spin-offs (pre-Disney shows only) will be made to watch on their OTT streaming service, RED

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## Subsidaries

### United States

#### Current

* Zero Productions (founded in 2013 as Zero Company LLC, focuses on Live Action shows and films. Mostly operates as a brand separate from S1.)
* RED Media (founded in 2019 as a division of RED, focuses on original content for the RED streaming service as well as other streaming services)
* Zeeky (founded in 2014, handles the management of comics based on S1's properties)
* S1 Interactive (founded in 2006, focused on video games based on S1's properties.)
* Clearwater Studios (founded by Terry Ward in 2009 as Clearwater Partners II LLC, operated as a independent company until it was purchased by S1 in 2017 and was restructured and renamed to Clearwater Studios as part of a joint-venture deal between S1 and Terry Ward.
	+ Clearwater Studios Austin (trading as **El Cadaver Productions**, founded in 2018, located in Austin, Texas.)
	+ Clearwater Studios New England (founded in March 2018, located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Formerly called Gladusaurus Productions Boston.)
	+ Clearwater Studios Los Angeles (known as **DB/Clearwater Productions**, founded in January 2017 as a division of Clearwater Studios. Formerly a division of the Clearwater LA Studios but was merged into Clearwater LA Studios as part of the restructuring as a result of being purchased by S1 Media.)
	+ Clearwater Studios Florida (founded in August 2009, located at the Clearwater Animation headquarters in Clearwater, Florida, United States.)
		- Clearwater Television, founded in January 2018.

* Artisan Entertainment (founded in 1983 as U.S.A. Home Video, also formerly known as International Video Entertainment, Inc. and Live Entertainment and dissolved in 2004 into Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Lionsgate Films, revived in 2015 as part of a joint-venture deal with Lionsgate, mostly focused on indie films as well as distributor for direct-to-video releases)
	+ Artisan Television Productions (founded in 2017)
	+ Family Home Entertainment (founded in 1981, defunct in 2005 after being dissolved into Lionsgate Home Entertainment, revived in 2015, focused on family direct-to-video releases)
* GreenyWorld Studios (founded in 1985 by Gree G. and Robert Stainton, joint-venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company, and WarnerMedia.)
	+ GreenyWorld Studios Austin
	+ GreenyWorld Home Entertainment
	+ GreenyWorld Interactive

* EVOLVE Music Group (founded in 2018 as a result of the announcement of Nothing Records, Two-Hour Parking Records, and IKI Music Management.)
	+ EVOLVE Records (founded in 2016, Owned by EMG and Atlantic Records Group.)
	+ Nothing Records (founded in 1992 by Trent Reznor and John Malm Jr., defunct in 2004, revived as a division of EMG as part of its creation in 2018.)
	+ Two-Hour Parking Records (founded in 2018 as part of EMG's creation.)
	+ EXE-5 (Founded in 2019, purchased by EMG and became a division of EVOLVE for experimental genre releases)
	+ IKI Music Management (founded in 2018 as part of the creation of EMG. Operates as a management group for EVOLVE and the other EMG divisions.)

#### Former

* Greeny Phatom Productions LLC (sold off to Greenyworld Studios and later dissolved in 2018.)
* Glass Ball Media (acquired from Glass Ball Productions in 2018. Dissolved into CWLA in 2020 due to not being viable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff was transferred over to CWLA)
* Herding Malpass Productions (founded in 2018, dissolved into CWLA in 2020 due to not being viable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff was transferred over to CWLA.)
* DevilFish Studios, (founded in 2014 as Libum Animation, split into DF Studios (animation) and DF Creative FX (visual effects) in 2015. The animation studio was acquired in March 2018, while it's visual effects counterpart was merged into CWLA that same year. The company was dissolved into CWLA in 2019 as part of a extension of CWLA, the DevilFish brand name remains intact as of 2021)
* Magnificent Seven Productions (dissolved into CWF as part of the 2018 restructuring of Clearwater Studios)
* Fremulon (also known as **Schur Films**, dissolved into CWF as part of the 2018 restructuring of Clearwater Studios)
* Mutant Enemy Productions (became independent in 2019)

### International

#### Current

* S1 Studios Japan (founded in 2000, operates as a distributor for S1's films and television shows and contributed as an animation studio for the Lotrek franchise)
* S1 Studios Canada (founded in 1998 as Bounce Asset Partners I, L.P., located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Renamed to S1 Canada as a result of restructuring of Clearwater Studios after it's purchase by S1 Media.)
	+ Bounce+ (a visual effects and branding subsidiary, responsible for S1 Media's rebrand in 2019)

## Filmography

### Released Films

* **BLVCK MVGIK** (with 20th Century Fox and Fox Animation Studios / released in 1997)
* **Dark Blue Apollo** (with Paramount Pictures and MTV Films / released in 2000)
* **Captain Bluetooth** (with 20th Century Fox and Film Roman / released in 2003)
* **Lotrek** (with Paramount Pictures and Square Enix Visual Works / released in 2006)
* **Reston, Virginia** (with Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures / released in 2008)
* **Babylon** (with Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures / released in 2010)
* **Reject Z.E.R.O.** (with Paramount Pictures, MTV Films, and Clearwater Animation / released in 2013)
* **WN Presents: Bionight** (with Paramount Pictures, MTV Films, Village Roadshow Pictures, EVOLVE Records, and Warner Music Group / released in 2016)
* **BLVCK MVGIK: The Summoning** (with Lionsgate / released in 2018)
* **Reality Check** (with Paramount Players, Clearwater Animation, MTV Films, and Silver Pictures / released in 2021)

#### Short Films

* **Lotrek: Behind the Doors of Alicom** (released as a bonus feature in the DVD release of Lotrek, produced by S1 Japan Studios and Production I.G / released in 2006)
* **Examing The Footage** (released as a bonus feature in the Blu-Ray and DVD releases of Reality Check, produced by S1 Media and Clearwater Animation / released in 2021)

### Released Shows

#### TV Series

* **The Adventures of Captain Bluetooth** (with 20th Century Fox Television and Film Roman, released in 1993 / active from 1993-1998, 2005-2008 / aired on Fox)
* **BLVCK MVGIK: The Animated Series** (with 20th Century Fox Television and Fox Television Animation, released in 2004 / active from 2004 to 2007 / aired on Fox)
* **Lotrek: Revelations** (with Square Enix Visual Works and MTV Production Development, released in 2008 / active from 2008 to 2010 / aired on MTV2)
* **Greeny Phatom: The Slimeo Take** (with FX Networks, BBC Studios, Zero Productions, and Clearwater Productions, released in 2015 / Active from 2015 to present-day / aired on FX)
* **Lotrek: Into The Badlands** (with Square Enix Visual Works, RED Media, and CBS Studios, released in 2017 / active from 2017 to present-day / aired on Spike (2017-2018), Paramount Network (2018-2021), Paramount+ (2021-present)
* The Powerpuff Girls: New Generation (with Williams Street and Studio 4°C, released in 2018 / active from 2018 to 2021 / aired on Adult Swim/Toonami)
* LAZER (with RED Media, Clearwater Animation, and Hulu, released in 2019 / Active from 2019 to present-day / aired on Hulu)
* YOUTH (with Williams Street and Studio 4°C, released in 2022 / active from 2022 to present-day / aired on Adult Swim

#### Television Films

* The Powerpuff Girls: The Lost Kingdom trilogy (with Mainframe Entertainment and Cartoon Network / released through 2004-2006)

### Upcoming Projects

* Non-Stop (with Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Clearwater Studios / release date: September 2021)
* Girls' Night Out (with 20th Century Studios, Orion Pictures, and Gannett Film Productions / release date: November 2021)
* 127779 (with Paramount Pictures / release date: TBA!)
* Arother (with 20th Century Studios and DB/Clearwater Productions / release date: TBA)
* The Misadventures of Deborah (with Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, ShadowMachine, DB/Clearwater Productions, and FXP, co-produced with BBC Studios and Channel 4 Television Corporation / release date: TBA / airing on FX)
* Visions: A Lotrek Story (with Square Enix Image Studio Division, HBO, and Paramount Television Studios / release date: TBA / airing on HBO)
* The Hunting Party: A Lotrek Story (with Polygon Pictures, Square Enix Image Studio Division, HBO, and Paramount Television Studios / release date: TBA / airing on HBO)
* Untitled Cookie Run anime series (with Devsisters and Toei Animation / released date: TBA)