Pacific Bay Entertainment is an American film and television production company based in

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and launched in 1997 by

Scott McAboy Scott McAboy (born February 21, 1975 in Malibu, California) is an American director and producer best known for the children's movies '' Splitting Adam'', '' Jinxed'', ''Big Time Movie'', '' Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library'', '' Swindle'', ...

and Amy Sydorick. Their slate of film and television projects Include: '' Jinxed,

Big Time Movie ''Big Time Movie'' (also known as ''Big Time Rush: The Movie'') is a 2012 musical comedy television film based on the Nickelodeon television series, ''Big Time Rush'' and the songs of The Beatles, which aired March 10, 2012 in the United States ...

, The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, Swindle,

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, Saved,

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, A Fairly Odd Summer, Santa Hunters, Splitting Adam, Legends of the Hidden Temple,

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'', '' Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library'' and '' Malibu Rescue''.

won Best Direction for the Children's Program category and Best Youth or Children's Program for '' Splitting Adam'' at the

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June 4, 2016. Amy Sydorick also won a Leo Award in 2015 for Best Youth or Children's Program for Santa Hunters. Most recently, McAboy won a Leo Award (2018) for Best Direction and Sydorick won for Best Program for '' Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library.'' For the last two decades, Pacific Bay Entertainment has worked with several studios including

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, Paramount Pictures,

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and

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. Most recently Pacific Bay is producing the

action films and series, '' Malibu Rescue.'' Pacific Bay Entertainment has locations in

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and

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Films

* ''Inferno'' (1998) * '' The Apartment Complex'' (1999) * ''The Burbs'' (2002) * '' Revenge'' (2007) * '' Gym Teacher: The Movie'' (2008) * ''

Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh ''Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh'' (also known as ''Drake & Josh: Best Christmas Ever'') is a 2008 American Christmas comedy television film based on the Nickelodeon sitcom ''Drake & Josh''. Drake Bell, Josh Peck, Miranda Cosgrove, Nancy Sullivan, ...

'' (2008) * ''

Spectacular! ''Spectacular!'' is a 2009 musical comedy-drama film that aired on Nickelodeon and YTV. It stars Canadian singer Nolan Gerard Funk, Australian singer Tammin Sursok, Victoria Justice and Simon Curtis with Matthew Bennett, Andrea Lewis, Shannon ...

'' (2009) * '' The Boy Who Cried Werewolf'' (2010) * ''

Best Player ''Best Player'' is a 2011 comedy television film that aired on Nickelodeon on March 13, 2011. The movie stars Jerry Trainor and Jennette McCurdy, from the show ''iCarly''. Filming started on October 24, 2009 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canad ...

'' (2011) * '' A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!'' (2011) * ''

'' (2012) * ''

A Fairly Odd Christmas ''A Fairly Odd Christmas'' (also known as ''A Fairly Odd Movie 2'') is a 2012 Live-action animated film, live-action/animated Christmas by medium, Christmas Comedy film, comedy television film. It is the sequel to the 2011 live-action TV film ''A ...

'' (2012) * '' Swindle'' (2013) * '' Jinxed'' (2013) * '' A Fairly Odd Summer'' (2014) * '' Santa Hunters'' (2014) * '' Splitting Adam'' (2015) * '' One Crazy Cruise'' (2015) * ''

Liar, Liar, Vampire ''Liar, Liar, Vampire'' is a 2015 comedy family film that was released on October 12, 2015 through Nickelodeon. The film was directed by Vince Marcello and stars Rahart Adams as a young student that is mistaken for a vampire and decides to encoura ...

'' (2015) * ''

'' (2016) * '' Legends of the Hidden Temple'' (2016) * '' Rufus 2'' (2017) * '' Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library'' (2017) * '' Blurt!'' (2018) * '' Malibu Rescue: The Movie'' (2019) * '' Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave'' (2021)

Television

* ''

Team Knight Rider ''Team Knight Rider'' (''TKR'') is an American action crime drama television series that was adapted from the ''Knight Rider'' franchise and ran in syndication between 1997 and 1998. ''TKR'' was created by writer/producers Rick Copp and David ...

'' (1997–98) * ''

'' (2000–03) * '' Gigantic'' (2010–11) * '' Malibu Rescue'' (2019)

References

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Pacific Bay Entertainment Canada

Leo Awards Winners 2015

Leo Award Winners 2016

External links

Pacific Bay Entertainment website

Kidscreen - Netflix Press Release for Malibu Rescue

Deadline - Pacific Bay Entertainment

Hollywood Reporter - Inside Voice

Business Wire - Inside Voice

Kidscreen - Inside Voice

Worldscreen - Inside Voice

TigerBeat - Inside Voice

YSBnow - Inside Voice

The Slanted - Inside Voice

VR Focus - Inside Voice

VR and Fun - Inside Voice

Entertainment Weekly - Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library

Kidscreen - Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library

Business Wire - Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library

Deadline - Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

Extra TV - Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library

World Screen - Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library

Nickelodeon Press Release - Legends of the Hidden Temple

Nickelodeon Press Release - Splitting Adam

TV by the Numbers Press Release - Rags

TV by the Numbers Press Release - Big Time Movie

Press Release - Big Time Movie

Leo Award Winner 2016

Malibu Rescue
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