20th Century Studios (formerly 20th Century Fox) is an American film studio currently owned by The Walt Disney Company. They distributed many US Thomas & Friends DVDs from the ninth to eleventh series for HiT Entertainment from 2006 until 2008, when video distribution moved to Lionsgate.
The brake sound effect from the first two seasons of Thomas & Friends was originally used in Fox films such as The Sand Pebbles, Emperor of the North and the original Planet of the Apes.
In 1998, reruns of the second and third seasons of Shining Time Station used to air on Fox Family Channel (later called ABC Family, now called Freeform), as well as Storytime with Thomas and Mister Moose's Fun Time, which both had Thomas stories as a regular feature.
Releases
- Calling All Engines! (date unknown)
- Songs from the Station (2006 re-release)
- Thomas' Sodor Celebration! (2006 re-release)
- Tales from the Tracks (23 May 2006)
- Come Ride the Rails (12 September 2006)
- Track Stars (7 February 2006)
- Milkshake Muddle (6 February 2007)
- Carnival Capers (7 August 2007)
- Hit Favorites: Winter Wonderland (20 November 2007)
- It's Great to be an Engine! (2007 re-release)
- HiT Favorites: Springtime Fun! (29 January 2008)
- Engines and Escapades (4 March 2008)
- HiT Favorites: Summertime Fun! (13 May 2008)
Trivia
- As shown in an early trailer for The Great Discovery, Fox was originally going to distribute the movie in the US, but Lionsgate was instead chosen to distribute the movie.
Gallery
VHS
Tales from the Tracks
Reprints
Calling All Engines! (reprint, year unknown)
Songs from the Station (2006 reprint)
DVDs
Track Stars
Tales from the Tracks
Come Ride the Rails
Milkshake Muddle
Carnival Capers
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Engines and Escapades
Winter Wonderland
Springtime Fun!
Summertime Fun!
Reprints
Calling All Engines!
Songs from the Station (2006 re-release)
Thomas' Sodor Celebration! (2006 re-release)
It's Great to be an Engine (2007 re-release)
It's Great to be an Engine with Bob's Favorite Adventures
