Type Production company Key people Dan Angel (CCO) Founded 2003 | Industry Production Website thehatcheryllc.com Headquarters Burbank, California | |
Parent organizations American Greetings, Mandalay Entertainment Founders Margaret Loesch, Bruce Stein | ||
The Hatchery, LLC is an American media production company owned by American Greetings and Mandalay Entertainment and located in Burbank, California.
In 2003, Margaret Loesch and Bruce Stein formed Hatchery with financing from Peter Guber and Paul Schaeffer of Mandalay Entertainment Group. In December 2004, American Greetings Corporation purchased a major stake in the company, joining Mandalay in joint ownership. American Greetings thereafter licensed their characters (Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake) in various filmed projects with Harchery, which will market their products via American Greetings' 600 stores and 35,000 greeting-card retail locations.
The Hatchery produced two programs that air on The Hub cable channel: R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour and Dan Vs..