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| Formerly | Hasbro Studios, LLC (2009–2019) |
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| Company type | In-name-only unit ofHasbro Entertainment |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Predecessors | Claster Television Hasbro Entertainment (first incarnation) |
| Founded | March 6, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-03-06) inLos Angeles,California, United States |
| Defunct | October 9, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-10-09) |
| Fate | Absorbed into eOne (nowLionsgate Canada) with its library integrated into Hasbro Entertainment |
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| Headquarters | , United States |
Number of locations | 3 |
Production output | |
| Services | Licensing |
| Parent | Hasbro |
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| Website | Official website (now redirected to Lionsgate website) |
Allspark, formerly known asHasbro Studios, LLC,[1] was an American production and distribution company owned by toy and multimedia companyHasbro and based inBurbank, California that was in operation from 2009 to 2019. Originally just a television division, many of its shows were based on Hasbro properties and were broadcast on multiple media platforms, including Hasbro's joint ventureDiscovery Family.[2][3]
Allspark Pictures was Allspark's live-action production label, whileAllspark Animation was its animation production label.[4]Cake Mix Studio was the company'sRhode Island–based producer of commercials and short form content.[2]
Production and distribution of film and television content based on Hasbro properties shifted to Entertainment One (or eOne for short) following its acquisition by Hasbro on December 30, 2019 and under the leadership of Entertainment One presidentDarren Throop, president of family brands Olivier Dumont and formerHBO head of programming Michael Lombardo.[5][6] As a result, Allspark was absorbed into Entertainment One. However, in late-2022, Hasbro announced their intent to sell eOne with companies such asFremantle (who dropped out of the bid),Lionsgate,Legendary,CVC Capital Partners andGoDigital Media Group bidding for the acquisition, a transaction that would place the distribution rights to the Allspark library and newer content back to Hasbro. It was ultimately decided that on August 3, 2023,Lionsgate announced that it would acquire Entertainment One for $500 million. The deal closed on December 27, 2023[7] and Entertainment One got renamed toLionsgate Canada on June 7, 2024.[8][9]
In August 2023, Hasbro announced a new banner titledHasbro Entertainment.[10]
In the early 1980s, when Hasbro began creating animated series based on their properties, they hiredSunbow Productions, who was already producing commercials for them, to create such series asG.I. Joe andThe Transformers which would besyndicated by Hasbro'sClaster Television subsidiary.[11] In May 2008, Hasbro reacquired the Sunbow-produced animated series based on their properties fromTV-Loonland AG for $7 million. The funds would help TV-Loonland AG (the owner of the Sunbow catalogue) to pay off its debts, and for Hasbro to create programs in-house.[11]
Hasbro Studios was founded in 2009 for TV development, production and distribution, with Stephen J. Davis as president.[2] On October 10, 2010, Hasbro Studios andDiscovery Communications relaunched the channel formerly known asDiscovery Kids asThe Hub (Now known as Discovery Family). On November 9, 2010, Hasbro Studios signed an agreement with Canadian media companyCorus Entertainment to broadcast their productions onYTV andTeletoon.[12] On October 6, 2011, Hasbro Studios signed an agreement with seven US and international airlines, such asContinental Airlines andQantas, to broadcast shows on their planes.[13] In March 2012, the studio started venturing into foreign co-productions starting withPlay-Doh (DoPei Le Doh), mixed animation and live action series with Toonmax, part of theShanghai Media Group.[4]
In December 2012, Hasbro transferred all entertainment divisions to Hasbro Studios, including their Los Angeles–based film group, and Cake Mix Studio, the company's Rhode Island–based producer of commercials and short form content.[2] On February 28, 2013, the studio laid off three staffers in its Game & Reality Show Production & Development department, which was moved under vice president Kevin Belinkoff along with the animation department's management and outside creative consultants.[14]
In August 2014, Josh Feldman was appointed as head of development for Hasbro Studios, as he will oversee live-action and TV series.[15] On October 20, the studio announced the new film finance production label Allspark Pictures.[3]
Hasbro Studios released its first non-soundtrack album,Truly Outrageous: A Tribute to Starlight Records, withLegacy Recordings on August 7, 2015. This promotion album forJem film consisted of remakes of classicJem TV series songs.[16]
On December 15, 2015, Hasbro Studios andParamount Pictures have signed a deal to create afive-property movie universe produced by Hasbro's Allspark Pictures and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The properties in this movie-verse areG.I. Joe,Micronauts,Visionairies,M.A.S.K. andRom.[17]
After two attempted films forStretch Armstrong, the property was picked up byNetflix in January 2016 for a full order as a 26-episode animated series, making it the first deal between the company and the streaming service.[18] By March 2017, Hasbro Studios' executive staff and its animation and toy prototyping teams moved to the Burbank office building.[19] In 2017, Hasbro Studios launched its first franchise throughYouTube calledHanazuki: Full of Treasures.[20]
On November 3, 2017, Hasbro Studios and Paramount extended their relationship, with an exclusive five year production deal for Allspark Pictures and Allspark Animation to create original and franchise-based films. Both Allspark units were newly formed (Allspark Pictures was formerly a film finance label), with the film unit led by Greg Mooradian and the animation unit led byMeghan McCarthy. Paramount and Hasbro would also work together on TV series.[21]
With the loss of theJurassic Park license in 2016, Hasbro launched a new dinosaurs based franchise, its second new studio property, with itsChomp Squad animated series on January 6, 2018.[20] On May 1, 2018, Hasbro announced that they were acquiringPower Rangers and other entertainment assets fromSaban Capital Group, which was completed on June 12, 2018.[22] At the time,Power Rangers was renewed for three more seasons until 2021,[23][24] and the animated seriesTreehouse Detectives had nearly two seasons produced.[25]
On March 26, 2019, Stephen Davis announced that Hasbro Studios would be rebranded as "Allspark", named after the fictional artifact featured in theTransformers franchise.[26]
On May 7, 2019, Allspark andBoulder Media announced a new feature animation studio. The companies had bid on an old ferry terminal for the studio, but were turned down by the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in previous attempts.[27]
On December 30, 2019, Hasbro completed the acquisition of the Canadian entertainment companyEntertainment One.[28][5][6]
On October 9, 2020, eOne took over as Hasbro's new production arm and began development and distribution of content based on Hasbro properties from the toy company, resulting in Allspark being absorbed into the acquired company.[failed verification (See discussion.)][7]
On August 22, 2022,Bloomberg reported that Hasbro was seeking to sell or restructure its media assets, including eOne, On the same dayDarren Throop was announced to be stepping down as the company's CEO by the end of the year. On November 1, 2022, Hasbro soldBoulder Media to Australian media company Princess Pictures.[29]
On November 17, 2022, Hasbro announced they were putting the entirety of Entertainment One up for sale, including all of their non-Hasbro assets ranging from scripted and unscripted television and films, but would exclude the company's ex-children's properties, which were already consolidated under Hasbro. Four months later, it was reported thatFremantle,Lionsgate andLegendary Entertainment are interested in the buyout.
The following month, it was reported Lionsgate and Legendary remained among the four potential buyers, the other two being CVC Capital Partners and GoDigital Media Group. Fremantle however dropped out of contention following an increase in the selling price, which was beyond what the company was willing to pay for the assets.
However, on April 20, 2023, Hasbro entered talks to sell eOne back to its founder Darren Throop.[30] On July 17, 2023,Deadline reported that Lionsgate was a frontrunner to acquireEntertainment One.[31] On August 3, 2023, Lionsgate announced that it would acquire Entertainment One for $500 million. The deal closed on December 27, 2023.[32]
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| Formerly | Hasbro Films Hasbro Film Group |
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| Company type | Division |
| Industry | Film production |
| Founded | May 2008; 17 years ago (2008-05) |
| Defunct | 2020; 5 years ago (2020) |
| Fate | Merged withEntertainment One |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Greg Mooradian (president, Allspark Pictures)[21] |
Production output | Film |
| Services | Film development |
| Owner | Hasbro |
| Parent | Entertainment One |
Allspark Pictures, formerlyHasbro Films, orHasbro Film Group, was a film production within Allspark, a subsidiary ofHasbro tasked with developing films for Hasbro properties.[33]
In 1986,The Transformers: The Movie andMy Little Pony: The Movie, animated theatrical films based on Hasbro properties, were released.Waddingtons, later purchased by Hasbro in 1994,[34] Clue's US licensee, licensed aClue film, released in 1985. Hasbro had previously licensedTransformers toDreamWorks for alive action film released in 2007.[35] TheTransformers franchise continued solely withParamount Pictures, the distribution of and acquirer of DreamWorks, with the addition of theG.I. Joe property.[36]
Hasbro andUniversal Pictures signed an agreement in February 2008 to derive and produce four films from seven Hasbro properties:Battleship,Candy Land,Clue,Magic: The Gathering,Monopoly,Ouija, andStretch Armstrong. Hasbro was to pay for all development costs for the films and Universal was supposed to pay $5 million per property not made into films.[36] In May, Bennett Schneir was hired to lead its film division[37] while Hasbro also reacquired animated series based on their properties fromSunbow Productions.[11]
By January 2012, all Hasbro properties at Universal — except forBattleship andOuija — were halted in development. While Hasbro's film division continued to have an office on the Universal lot, Hasbro was able to take the Universal agreement properties to any studio.[36] Universal paid a multimillion-dollar fee instead of the $5 million per property to depart from the agreement.[38]
On 31 January 2012, it was announced thatColumbia Pictures,Happy Madison, andAdam Sandler were in final negotiations to develop theCandy Land film.[39] In February,Stretch Armstrong was set up withRelativity Media.[36] In October, Hasbro signed a three picture co-production two-year deal which includes a first look provision withEmmett/Furla forMonopoly,Action Man, andHungry Hungry Hippos, with Envision Entertainment's partners Stepan Martisoyan and Remington Chase as co-financiers.[40] In December, Hasbro transferred the feature films division into Hasbro Studios along with its other short film division.[2] By October 10, 2013, Relativity and Hasbro had removed theStretch Armstrong movie from their schedules.[41]
Hasbro filed suit against Sweetpea Entertainment and Warner Bros. on May 12, 2013, regarding the announcedDungeons & Dragons (D&D) movie based on Chainmail. Hasbro had asserted that rights had reverted to Hasbro, while Sweetpea felt they had the rights under a 1994 agreement withTSR. Hasbro had reportedly just agreed to license D&D movie rights to Universal.[42] On August 3, 2015,Warner Bros. announced that they will be developing aDungeons & Dragons movie as a resolution to the lawsuit. The film will be based on the Forgotten Realms campaign world withCourtney Solomon and Roy Lee producing,David Leslie Johnson writing the screenplay, and produced by Sweetpea Entertainment and Allspark Pictures.[43]
In January 2014, Hasbro announced a franchise film deal with20th Century Fox forMagic: The Gathering by its subsidiaryWizards of the Coast.[44] In October 2014, the studio announced its film self-finance/co-finance label Allspark Pictures with its first existing projectJem and the Holograms, along withMy Little Pony: The Movie.[3]
Hasbro's first original film project,Hacker Camp, was assigned to writer Tripper Clancy in February 2015.[45] By July 2015, the Monopoly satire film with Emmett/Furla was set aside with Hasbro announcing thatLionsgate will distribute a Monopoly film withAndrew Niccol writing the film as a family-friendly action adventure film[46] co-financed and produced by Lionsgate and Hasbro's Allspark Pictures.[47]
Films' parent unit, Hasbro Studios, on December 15, 2015, agreed with Paramount Pictures to a deal creating a five-property movie universe by financing unit Allspark Pictures and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The properties in this movie-verse areG.I. Joe,Micronauts,Visionaries,M.A.S.K. andRom. A writers’ room was organized to develop a "creative roadmap".[17] On April 21, 2016, The Hollywood Reporter has reported thatMichael Chabon,Brian K. Vaughan,Nicole Perlman, Lindsey Beer, Cheo Coker,John Francis Daley &Jonathan Goldstein, Joe Robert Cole,Jeff Pinkner, Nicole Riegel and Geneva Robertson has joined the writers room.[48]
On November 2, 2016,The Weinstein Company has announced that aFurby movie is in development as a live action/CG-animated movie produced under the TWC-Dimension label.[49]
After two attempts to purchase or merge with a filmed entertainment company,DreamWorks Animation andLionsgate, fell apart due to pricing differences, Hasbro Studios moved to create a full-fledged movie studio. Thus in October 2017, the company hired Greg Mooradian, currently working at Fox 2000, as president of Allspark Pictures starting January 2018. Variety's sources also indicated that the company was looking for financing for a while in the hundred million dollars range.[50]
By November 2017, a five-year exclusive distribution and production pact was signed between Hasbro and Paramount Pictures for Allspark Pictures and Allspark Animation films. PlusMeghan McCarthy was promoted to head up for Allspark Animation.[51]
| Title | Production partner | Premiere | Finale | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pound Puppies (2010) |
| October 10, 2010 (2010-10-10) | November 16, 2013 (2013-11-16) |
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| My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic |
| October 10, 2010 | October 12, 2019 (2019-10-12) |
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| The Adventures of Chuck and Friends | Nelvana | October 15, 2010 (2010-10-15) | January 9, 2012 (2012-01-09) | The Hub |
| G.I. Joe: Renegades | Darby Pop Productions | November 26, 2010 (2010-11-26) | July 23, 2011 (2011-07-23) | |
| Transformers: Prime |
| November 29, 2010 (2010-11-29) | July 26, 2013 (2013-07-26) |
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| Transformers: Rescue Bots |
| February 18, 2012 (2012-02-18) | October 22, 2016 (2016-10-22) |
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| Kaijudo | — | June 2, 2012 (2012-06-02) | December 28, 2013 (2013-12-28) |
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| Littlest Pet Shop (2012) | DHX Media/Vancouver | November 10, 2012 (2012-11-10) | June 4, 2016 (2016-06-04) |
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| Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015) | Darby Pop Productions (seasons 1 to 2) | March 14, 2015 (2015-03-14)[52][53] | November 11, 2017 (2017-11-11) | Cartoon Network |
| Blazing Team: Masters of Yo Kwon Do | Alpha Animation | November 13, 2015 (2015-11-13) | September 9, 2017 (2017-09-09) | Discovery Family[54][55] |
| Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters | — | November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17) | September 7, 2018 (2018-09-07) | Netflix[18] |
| Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own | Boulder Media Limited | April 14, 2018 (2018-04-14) | January 26, 2019 (2019-01-26) | Discovery Family |
| Transformers: Cyberverse | September 1, 2018 (2018-09-01)[56] | June 7, 2020 (2020-06-07) | Cartoon Network[57] | |
| Hanazuki: Full of Treasures[58] | Titmouse, Inc. | December 1, 2018 (2018-12-01)[59] | May 4, 2019 (2019-05-04) | Discovery Family |
| Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy[60] |
| January 5, 2019 (2019-01-05) | June 5, 2021 (2021-06-05) | |
| My Little Pony: Pony Life[61] |
| June 21, 2020 (2020-06-21)[62] | May 22, 2021 (2021-05-22) | |
| Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy | July 30, 2020 (2020-07-30)[63] | July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29) | Netflix | |
| Zoids Wild[64] | August 14, 2020 (2020-08-14)[65] | October 3, 2020 (2020-10-03) |
| Title | Production partner | Premiere | Finale | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transformers: Combiner Wars (Prime Wars Trilogy – season 1) | Machinima, Inc.[66] | August 2, 2016 (2016-08-02) | September 20, 2016 (2016-09-20) | go90[67][68] |
| Transformers: Titans Return (Prime Wars Trilogy – season 2)[69] | November 14, 2017 (2017-11-14) | January 9, 2018 (2018-01-09) | ||
| Transformers: Power of the Primes (Prime Wars Trilogy – season 3) | May 1, 2018 (2018-05-01)[70] | July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03) | ||
| Hanazuki: Full of Treasures | Titmouse, Inc. | January 12, 2017[71] | July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14) | YouTube[72] |
| Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own | Boulder Media Limited[60] | October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04) | April 24, 2018 (2018-04-24) | |
| My Little Pony: Equestria Girls | DHX Media/Vancouver | November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17) | June 23, 2020 (2020-06-23) | |
| Chomp Squad | Flying Bark Productions, Huminah Huminah Animation | January 5, 2018 (2018-01-05)[73] | June 2, 2018 (2018-06-02) |
| Title | Production partner | Premiere | Finale | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless | October 22, 2010 (2010-10-22) | October 24, 2010 (2010-10-24) | The Hub | |
| Hubworld | Natural 9 Entertainment | November 5, 2010 (2010-11-05) | October 29, 2011 (2011-10-29) | |
| Clue |
| November 14, 2011 (2011-11-14) | January 1, 2012 (2012-01-01) | |
| Power Rangers Beast Morphers |
| March 2, 2019 (2019-03-02) | December 12, 2020 (2020-12-12) | Nickelodeon |
| Power Rangers Dino Fury |
| February 20, 2021 (2021-02-20) | September 29, 2022 (2022-09-29) | |
| Power Rangers Cosmic Fury |
| September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29) | September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29) | Netflix |
| Title | Production partner | Premiere | Finale | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trivial Pursuit: America Plays |
| September 22, 2008 (2008-09-22)[75] | May 22, 2009 (2009-05-22)[76][77] | |
| Family Game Night | ZOO Productions | October 10, 2010 (2010-10-10) | November 9, 2014 (2014-11-09) |
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| Pictureka! | Linda Ellman Productions | October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11) | January 3, 2011 (2011-01-03) | The Hub |
| The Game of Life |
| September 3, 2011 (2011-09-03) | April 15, 2012 (2012-04-15) | |
| Scrabble Showdown | Rubicon Entertainment | |||
| Monopoly Millionaires' Club |
| February 7, 2015 (2015-02-07)[79] | April 30, 2016 (2016-04-30)[80] | Syndication |
| Title | Production by | Year | Budget | Box office | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transformers | July 3, 2007 | $150 million | $709.7 million[81] | — | |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | June 24, 2009 | $200 million | $836.3 million[82] | — | |
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra |
| August 7, 2009 | $175 million[83] | $302.5 million[84] | — |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
| June 29, 2011 | $195 million | $1.12 billion[85] | — |
| Battleship | May 18, 2012 | $209–220 million[86] | $303 million[87] | — | |
| G.I. Joe: Retaliation |
| March 28, 2013 | $155 million | $375.7 million[88] | — |
| Transformers: Age of Extinction |
| June 27, 2014 | $210 million | $1.104 billion[90] | — |
| Ouija |
| October 24, 2014 | $5 million | $103.6 million[91] | — |
| Jem and the Holograms |
| October 23, 2015 | $2.3 million[92] | [3][93] | |
| Ouija: Origin of Evil |
| October 21, 2016 | $9–12 million | $81.7 million[94] | [95] |
| Transformers: The Last Knight |
| June 21, 2017 | $217 million | $605.4 million[96] | [97] |
| My Little Pony: The Movie | Allspark Pictures DHX Media Lionsgate | October 6, 2017 | $6.5 million[98] | $61.3 million[99] | Animated[100][101] |
| Bumblebee |
| December 21, 2018 | $100–137 million[102] | $468 million[103] | [97] |
| Title | Production partner | Premiere | Released | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Little Pony: Equestria Girls | DHX Media/Vancouver | June 16, 2013 (2013-06-16) |
| — |
| Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising |
| October 4, 2013 (2013-10-04) | Hub Network[105] | Series finale ofTransformers: Prime. |
| My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks[106] | DHX Media/Vancouver | September 27, 2014 (2014-09-27) |
| Originally planned to be broadcast on Hub Network. |
| My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games[107] | September 26, 2015 (2015-09-26) | Discovery Family | — | |
| My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Legend of Everfree | October 1, 2016 (2016-10-01) |
| First premiered on Netflix, launched on Blu-ray and DVD on November 1, 2016, and premiered on Discovery Family following Netflix's premiere. | |
| My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Magical Movie Night | June 24 (24-06) – July 8, 2017 (2017-07-08)[109] |
| Three 22-minute TV specials:[110] "Dance Magic", "Movie Magic" and "Mirror Magic". | |
| My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Forgotten Friendship | February 17, 2018 (2018-02-17)[111] | Discovery Family | 44-minute special episode. | |
| Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters: The Breakout | — | March 13, 2018 (2018-03-13)[112][113] | Netflix | Interactive special episode. |
| My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rollercoaster of Friendship | DHX Media/Vancouver | July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)[114] | Discovery Family | 44-minute special episode. |
| Power Rangers Legacy Wars: Street Fighter Showdown |
| October 8, 2018 (2018-10-08)[115] | YouTube | Live-action crossover short film betweenPower Rangers andCapcom'sStreet Fighter, based on the video gamePower Rangers: Legacy Wars. |
| My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever | DHX Media/Vancouver | October 27, 2018 (2018-10-27)[116] | Discovery Family | 44-minuteChristmas-themed special episode. |
| My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Spring Breakdown | March 30, 2019 (2019-03-30)[117] | 44-minute special episode. | ||
| My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip | Boulder Media Limited | June 29, 2019 (2019-06-29)[118] | 60-minute special episode. | |
| My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Sunset's Backstage Pass | DHX Media/Vancouver | July 27, 2019 (2019-07-27)[119] | 44-minute special episode. | |
| My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Holidays Unwrapped | November 2, 2019 (2019-11-02) | 44-minute Christmas-themed special episode. |
| Title | U.S. release date | Length | Composer(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truly Outrageous: A Tribute to Starlight Records | August 7, 2015 (2015-08-07) | — | — | Legacy Recordings |
| A Pony Kind of Christmas | November 6, 2015 (2015-11-06) (original) October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07) (expanded edition) | 27:45 (original) 37:44 (expanded edition) | — |
My Little Pony: The Movie is a Canadian–American animated musical fantasy film produced and financed by Hasbro Studios' film label Allspark Pictures and animated through DHX Media.
The movie, created by Hasbro Studios, the company's production division, will then be released in more than 200 theaters nationwide;
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