Williams Street Productions, LLC, (simply known as Williams Street, and formerly known as Ghost Planet Industries, named after the fictional television studio on Space Ghost's home planet), is an animation studio that is owned by Cartoon Network, a subsidiary of the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. The studio is the in-house production arm of Adult Swim, as well as the network's main headquarters. Keith Crofford and Mike Lazzo oversee operations for the studio building.
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Name and logo
The name originates from the location of the studios (which double as the home office for Adult Swim) at 1065 Williams Street NW in Atlanta, Georgia, near the current offices of TBS and TNT on Techwood Drive. They were the initial base for WTBS when it launched as a superstation in the mid-70s; it and other Turner operations moved into the Techwood campus (which was originally a country club, then the first HQ for CNN soon after CNN moved into the CNN Center in downtown Atlanta) in the early 1980s. The street is named for early Atlanta settler Ammi Williams.
The studio's production logo features a wavy gray image of Space Ghost's fictional studio from Space Ghost Coast to Coast, with the words "Williams Street" beneath it. The soundtrack of Mark VII Limited's production logo (the drum roll and the two clinks of the hammer) is often used while the GPI/Williams Street production card is shown.
In its early years, the Williams Street logo would often be followed by the original Cartoon Network checkerboard logo and the copyright byline against a black or white background. This was changed, in 2004, to a drawing of a skull with the CN checkerboard logo for its teeth accompanied by a man yelling "SKULL!!!". The inclusion of the Cartoon Network logo was removed in 2012, moving the copyright byline to beneath the Williams Street logo.
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Filmography
TV animated series
TV live-action series
Internet series
Failed pilots
Specials
Stand-alones
Blocks
Feature films
Future series and shows in development
Other
Games
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am (2007)
- Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (2008)
Music
Williams Street formed their own music label, Williams Street Records. The label was created after Jason Demarco, Adult Swim's vice president of strategic marketing and promotions, worked on Danger Doom, a project with Danger Mouse and MF Doom in 2005. Danger Mouse had previously worked on the music for Toonami and wanted to do an album that sampled that work. The group suggested the idea to Mike Lazzo; the project was successful. William Street Records now releases a majority of the music related to their shows. The label is managed by Demarco.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by Adult Swim
- Adult animation
- Radical Axis (studio)
- Cartoon Network Studios
References
External links
- Adult Swim official website
- Williams Street on IMDbPro (subscription required)
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