2014–present
In 2014, the success Shout! was having with complete-series box sets of such series as All in the Family,[61] Route 66,[62] and Barney Miller[63] extended to such properties as The Bob Newhart Show,[64] Hill Street Blues,[65] and a Blu-Ray release of Pee-Wee's Playhouse[66] and The Jeffersons.[67] In 2014, Shout! announced their acquisition of the rights to WKRP in Cincinnati,[68] with the intention of restoring all four seasons of the show "complete" (i.e., complete as legally possible) with their original musical scores.[69] The 2014 release was a monumental event for fans of the show, since the original DVD release in 2007 had been mired in squabbles regarding music rights.[70] In September 2014, Shout! acquired Westchester Films, an independent film company whose library includes the films of Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, the Marx Brothers, and Orson Welles, as well as eight Godzilla films, among others.[71] That same year, Shout! became the distributor of Super Sentai in North America.[72] In 2015, Shout! released Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger under the name Super Sentai Zyuranger: The Complete Series with English subtitles.[73][74]
IFC Midnight partnered with Scream Factory in February 2015 for exclusive home distribution, starting with The Babadook.[75] On February 5, 2015, Shout! Factory launched its flagship TV ad-supported streaming services online and via Roku. Available shows and movies included 16 Werner Herzog films, Roger Corman cult films, and TV shows including Father Knows Best and It's Garry Shandling's Show.[76] In June, Cinedigm took a minority stake in the company, while extending their home entertainment platform distribution agreement. Cinedigm and Shout! would then relaunch the Factory's streaming service and cross market each others' streaming services.[77]
In November 2015, Shout! announced it had acquired the rights to Mystery Science Theater 3000 from Best Brains Inc. and launched a "Bring Back MST3K" Kickstarter with the goal of producing up to 12 new feature-length episodes of the series, with series creator Joel Hodgson serving as executive producer.[78] In January 2016, Concord Bicycle Music bought the HighTone catalog from the company.[79] The same year, Shout! Factory released The Crush under subsidiary brand Scream Factory[80] and Long Way North.[81]
On January 10, 2017, Shout Factory acquired the worldwide television format and ancillary rights to Starcade with plans to reboot the series.[82] On January 17, Shout! Factory announced their acquisition of the broadcast and home media distribution rights for the first three Digimon Adventure tri. films with plans for a dual-language release on DVD and Blu-ray.[83] On May 18, Shout! Factory acquired the North American distribution rights to In This Corner of the World, with a U.S. theatrical release to take place on August 11, co-released by Funimation Films.[84] In October, it was revealed that Shout! Factory would be the distributor for GKIDS' North American re-releases of Studio Ghibli films formerly owned by Disney in the U.S. Titles included My Neighbor Totoro, Ponyo, Princess Mononoke
In November 2017, Shout! Factory announced the formation of Shout! Studios, a production and distribution arm that specializes in content development.[91] The first films to be distributed under the new banner included Humor Me, The House of Tomorrow, and Izzy Gets the F Across Town, all slated for 2018 premieres, along with Basmati Blues and Big Fish & Begonia (partnering with Funimation Films again for theatrical distribution).[92][93]
In March 2018, Shout! Factory teamed up with China-based Ace Film to acquired the New Horizons film library from its founder Roger Corman. Shout! will distribute this catalog in North America, Europe, Russia, and Australia.[94] Shout! also expanded its North American distribution deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment to cover over 135 films and TV series from ITV's library, with TV series includingThe Prisoner, Hammer House of Horror, several Gerry Anderson TV shows, and others.[95] In August, Shout! struck a multi-year deal with Sesame Workshop to distribute the Sesame Street home video library, taking over from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.[96]
In March 2020, Shout! Factory acquired a mix of worldwide, domestic, and international broadcast and select streaming rights to more than 20 TV series and movies and 900 hours of programming. This included Stephen J. Cannell's catalog of 1970s to 1990s shows, such as 21 Jump Street, Hunter, Wiseguy, The Commish, The Greatest American Hero, and Riptide.[97]
In July 2020, Shout! Factory announced a multi-year deal with Alliance Entertainment and Mill Creek Entertainment, which granted the exclusive SVOD and AVOD digital rights to the Ultra series, 1,100 episodes and 20 films previously acquired by Mill Creek. Shout! Factory will stream the catalog in North American countries (U.S. and Canada) through their services, Shout! TV and TokuSHOUTsu.
In February 2021, Shout! Factory made a deal with the animation studio Laika to release their films on home media in the United States. The deal included Laika's first four films, originally released by Focus Features, as well as new bonus material and packaging for each release.[98]
In February 2022, Shout! Factory acquired the American distribution rights to the TV series ALF, including its animated prequel series and its spin-off ALF Tales from Alien Productions and Lionsgate.[99] That same month, Shout! entered into an exclusive all-rights distribution arrangement with Amcomri Entertainment's United Kingdom-based subsidiary company, 101 Films.[100] Earlier that week, Shout! also acquired the library of Halcyon Studios,[101] a division of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment.[102]
In August 2022, Shout! Factory signed a worldwide distribution deal with The Jim Henson Company to bring 13 of Henson's programs and specials to home entertainment and streaming platforms in all territories, including Farscape and The Storyteller.[103] A similar worldwide distribution agreement with Henson went into effect on January 1, 2024 for streaming, video-on-demand, broadcast, digital download, packaged media and certain non-theatrical rights for the films Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, as well as behind-the-scenes specials, Inside the Labyrinth and The World of the Dark Crystal.[104]
In July 2023, Shout! Factory announced it had signed a North American distribution deal with Aardman Animations, covering four of Aardman's properties: Morph, Wallace and Gromit (except The Curse of the Were-Rabbit), Shaun the Sheep and Timmy Time.[105] That same month, the company announced its rebranding to Shout! Studios to match with its film distribution division.[106]
In May 2024, Shout! Studios took over the U.S. distribution rights to Tatsunoko Production's 1967 anime Speed Racer from Crunchyroll, which began with the digital release of the original television series of the same name and its Japanese-language version on June 1 of that year.[107]
In October 2024, Shout! Studios announced a multi-title distribution deal with Nash Entertainment to bring its library of unscripted shows to streaming and other platforms worldwide.[108]
In January 2025, Shout! acquired the rights to the Golden Princess movie library, including 156 Hong Kong cinema classics.[109] Later that month, Shout! announced it would be bringing five seminal Jet Li martial arts classics to 4K resolution.[110]
In April 2025, Shout! Studios acquired Gravitas Ventures from Anthem Sports & Entertainment, planning to use the company as a separate banner along with the main Shout! brand.[111]
In July 2025, Shout! Studios' parent company Oaktree Capital Management acquired FilmRise, and merged them into a holding company named Radial Entertainment.[112] That same month, Shout! appointed former Crunchyroll director Thomas Breckenridge to its newly created role of Director of Product Development and Marketing (Anime Content).[113]
In November 2025, it was announced that Shout! Factory's 4K and Blu-ray releases, including its Scream Factory horror catalog, would be available through GRUV Entertainment's GRUV.com moving forward, after ShoutFactory.com discontinued its standalone site.[114]
In early 2026, it was announced that GKIDS and Shout! Studios' Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025) had been nominated at the BAFTAs (British Academy of Film and Television Arts), Critics Choice Awards, Golden Globes, and Oscars in the best animated feature category.[115] The film would debut on Blu-ray on March 10, 2026.[116]
In March 2026, RiffTrax and Shout! Studios announced that almost $6 million had been raised through a Kickstarter campaign to create new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) and that new episodes were in the works.[117] Radial Entertainment, the entertainment company formed from the merger of Shout! Studios and FilmRise, obtained full ownership of the MST3K brand in January 2026.[118]
In April 2026, Shout! Studios and GKIDS announced the release Satoshi Kon’s directorial debut Perfect Blue (1997) on 4K UHD Blu-Ray. It would be released on June 16 as an all-new limited edition 3-Disc SteelBook.[119][120]
