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In September 2000, after the cinematic failure of Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Britt Allcroft stepped down as the company's CEO and soon, it was later reformed as Gullane Entertainment.
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Gullane Entertainment (formerly known as The Britt Allcroft Company) was a British independent production company which produced children's programming, including Thomas & Friends, Shining Time Station and The Magic Adventures of Mumfie, as well as the feature film, Thomas and the Magic Railroad. The company was owned by Britt Allcroft herself.
The "Gullane Entertainment" name (derived from their US distribution arm Gullane Pictures, which also produced several feature films) was adopted on 7 September 2000 after Britt Allcroft stepped down as sole producer during when it originally named The Britt Allcroft Company.
The company produced the third to fifth series (under its original name The Britt Allcroft Company), the feature film Thomas and the Magic Railroad (under their Gullane Pictures arm), Series 6, Series 7, and the Jack in the Pack spin-off series (under its current name), the latter two being co-produced with HiT Entertainment.
Throughout the years, Gullane acquired many other franchises to go along with Thomas & Friends and Magic Adventures of Mumfie, including Sooty, Art Attack, Fireman Sam, James the Cat, Captain Pugwash and Eckhart.
Charles Falzon served as President of Gullane Entertainment and it was co-founded by Britt Allcroft and Angus Wright.
The original end-board of the official name can be found on sixth series DVDs released in Australia, as well the US DVD Salty's Secret and the UK DVD The Fogman.
Gullane Entertainment was acquired by HiT Entertainment in 2002 and Gullane was defunct by the following year. 10 years later, HiT themselves had been purchased by Mattel.
UK and Irish VHS ReleasesWelsh VHS ReleaseUK and Irish DVD ReleasesAustralian VHS ReleasesNew Zealand VHS ReleasesUS and Canadian VHS Releases•Gullane Entertainment was acquired by HiT Entertainment in 2002, but the copyright of Thomas & Friends remained "Gullane (Thomas) Limited." or "Gullane (Thomas) LLC.", which is still used in all merchandise.
•As of Late 2021, the Gullane Entertainment logo has resurged on new All Engines Go! DVDs as an in-print name, distributed by NCircle Entertainment. The first time this had been done was the 2020 release of Magic Railroad on Blu-ray, which was distributed by Shout! Factory.
1.Britt Allcroft Co. Transforms Into Gullane Entertainment
2.Timeline on Guinness World Records
Gullane Entertainment was formed in September 2000 after Britt Allcroft left her self-named company. Before the formation, Allcroft used the Gullane name for Gullane Pictures, a subsidiary of her company which only produced Thomas and the Magic Railroad; the movie failed critically and commercially after its release, leading to Allcroft leaving ...
In February 1996, Britt Allcroft was approached by Barry London, then vice-chairman of Paramount Pictures, with an idea for a Thomas film. Britt signed a contract to write the script for the film with the working title Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
Britt Allcroft reacquired Magic Adventures of Mumfie in March 2008, while Richard Cadell would purchase the Sooty franchise and brand in June 2008. In February 2008, HIT sold the Guinness World Records brand and franchise to Ripley Entertainment.
In 2008, several years after she left her original company, Allcroft revived the Mumfie library, and a reboot series eventually aired in 2021. Allcroft wrote and directed Thomas and the Magic Railroad , a film based on the Thomas franchise, that was released in 2000.
In May 2000, Allcroft was a director and advisor of Gullane and she returned for the sixth series as executive producer alongside Peter Urie and had script consulting duties on the seventh series after the performance of Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
