Anonymous Content
Film and television production, and a talent management company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anonymous Content (AC) is an independent global entertainment company founded in 1999 by CEO Steve Golin, Dave Morrison and Gore Verbinski.[1][2][3] It is based in Los Angeles with offices in Culver City, New York City and London.[4]
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Predecessor | Propaganda Films |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Founder | Steve Golin Dave Morrison Gore Verbinski[1][2][3] |
| Headquarters |
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Number of locations | 3 (until 2019) |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Services | |
| Divisions | See § Divisions and ventures |
| Website | anonymouscontent |
History
Anonymous Content was founded in 1999 by CEO Steve Golin, who had left Propaganda Films, Dave Morrison and Gore Verbinski.[1][2][3] The company initially had a deal with USA Films to produce its pictures.[5] The company begin taking on the Anonymous Content name in 2000.[6] In 2002, AC made its first foray into television with Crime & Punishment, a reality show that ran for three seasons on NBC.[7]
In May 2011, it was announced that AC's talent management division had added managers Tony Lipp, Sandra Chang and Doug Wald, who brought several major talents with them.[8]
In May 2014, it signed a three-year first look production deal with Paramount Television, where Paramount would produce and distribute scripted programming developed by AC.[9][10]
In February 2016, Kevin Cotter was hired as Director of Literary Affairs at the company's New York office, where he would oversee researching books, articles and other intellectual property for development and production.[11]
Divisions and ventures
AC Independent
In 2022, Anonymous Content launched its sales and finance division, AC Independent.[12]
Representation
In 2017, Anonymous Content established a dedicated Media Rights division, co-led by longtime UTA partners and book department co-heads Howie Sanders and Kassie Evashevski. The department represents authors, journalists and other media creators.[13]
The Lab
The Lab's projects have included branded entertainment projects directed by Olivia Wilde, Mark Romanek, Pantera, Cara Stricker and Patrick Daughters for HP, Lime and Adobe.[14]
Joint ventures
As of 2023, the company currently has five international joint ventures. Among them are a partnership with Spain's Morena Films,[15] AC Chapter One in the UK with Casarotto and United Agents[16] Anonymous Federation in France,[17] AC Nordic, and AC Brazil.[15]
In-development projects
Film projects
In December 2024, Vulture reported that Anonymous Content and Alex Gibney was developing a documentary about the killing of UnitedHealthCareCEO Brian Thompson and suspect Luigi Mangione.[18][19][20]
Television projects
In October 2021, AC announced it would adapt Lillian Hellman's play The Children's Hour into a television series, with Bess Wohl writing the screenplay.[21] It also announced that it would adapt Ursula Le Guin's 1974 novel The Dispossessed as a series.[22] In October 2023, CD Projekt announced that AC would be developing a live-action series within the universe of Cyberpunk 2077.[23]
Catalog
Films
| Year | Title | Release date | Distributor | Box office (USD) | Reception | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budget [citation needed] |
Gross [citation needed] |
Rotten Tomatoes [citation needed] |
Metacritic [citation needed] | ||||
| 2000 | The Upgrade | October 12, 2000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | BigLove | January 19, 2001 | Apollo Cinema | — | — | — | — |
| Ambush | April 26, 2001 | BMW Films | — | — | — | — | |
| Chosen | May 10, 2001 | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Follow | May 24, 2001 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | March 19, 2004 | Focus Features | $20M | $72.3M | 93% | 89 |
| 2006 | Lake of Fire | October 3, 2006 | TH!NKFilm | $6M | — | 94% | 83 |
| Babel | October 27, 2006 | Paramount Vantage Summit Entertainment |
$25M | $135.5M | 69% | 69 | |
| 2007 | Rendition | September 7, 2007 | New Line Cinema | $27.5M | $27M | 47% | 55 |
| 2009 | 44 Inch Chest | October 19, 2009 | Momentum Pictures | — | $247.6K | 41% | 47 |
| 2010 | Winter's Bone | June 11, 2010 | Roadside Attractions | $2M | $16.1M | 94% | 90 |
| 2011 | The Beaver | May 6, 2011 | Summit Entertainment | $21M | $6M | 61% | 60 |
| 2012 | Big Miracle | February 3, 2012 | Universal Pictures | $40M | $24.7M | 75% | 61 |
| Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | February 22, 2012 | Focus Features | $10M | $9.6M | 55% | 59 | |
| Girl Most Likely | July 19, 2012 | Lionsgate Films Roadside Attractions |
— | $1.38M | 22% | 38 | |
| Fun Size | October 26, 2012 | Paramount Pictures | $14M | $11.4M | 25% | 37 | |
| 2013 | The Fifth Estate | October 18, 2013 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $26M | $8.6M | 36% | 49 |
| 2014 | Laggies | May 9, 2014 | A24 | — | $1.8M | 64% | 63 |
| 2015 | The End of the Tour | January 23, 2015 | — | $3M | 91% | 82 | |
| Spotlight | November 6, 2015 | Open Road Films | $20M | $88M | 97% | 93 | |
| The Revenant | December 25, 2015 | 20th Century Fox | $135M | $533M | 78% | 76 | |
| 2016 | Triple 9 | February 26, 2016 | Open Road Films | $20M | $23.4M | 53% | 52 |
| The Meddler | April 22, 2016 | Sony Pictures Classics | — | $3.9M | 85% | 68 | |
| Bastille Day | StudioCanal Focus Features |
— | $9.8M | 48% | 48 | ||
| The Good Neighbor | September 16, 2016 | Vertical Entertainment | — | — | 29% | 32 | |
| Collateral Beauty | December 16, 2016 | Warner Bros. Pictures | $36M | $88.2M | 14% | 23 | |
| 2018 | Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | July 13, 2018 | Amazon Studios | $3.5M | $4.2M | 76% | 67 |
| The Wife | August 17, 2018 | Sony Pictures Classics | |||||
| Boy Erased | November 2, 2018 | Focus Features | $11M | $11.9M | 81% | 69 | |
| Outlaw King[24] | November 23, 2018 | Netflix | $120M | — | 63% | 59 | |
| 2019 | The Beach Bum | March 29, 2019 | Neon | — | $4.6M | 56% | 55 |
| The Chaperone | March 29, 2019 | PBS Distribution | |||||
| The Laundromat | September 27, 2019 | Netflix | — | — | 41% | 57 | |
| 2020 | The Midnight Sky | December 23, 2020 | $100M | $62.6K | 51% | 58 | |
| Worth | September 3, 2021 | — | — | 78% | 66 | ||
| 2021 | Stillwater | July 30, 2021 | Focus Features | $20M | $16.9M | 75% | 60 |
| Star-Crossed: The Film | September 10, 2021 | Paramount+ | — | — | — | — | |
| Swan Song | December 17, 2021 | Apple TV+ | |||||
| 2022 | The Stranger | October 19, 2022 | Transmission Films Netflix |
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| The Independent | November 2, 2022 | Relativity Media | — | — | — | — | |
| Corner Office | August 4, 2023 | Lionsgate Films Grindstone Entertainment Group |
— | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | Foe | October 6, 2023 | Amazon Studios | ||||
| The Marsh King's Daughter | November 3, 2023 | STXfilms Lionsgate Films Roadside Attractions |
— | — | — | — | |
| 2024 | Which Brings Me to You | January 19, 2024 | Decal | — | — | — | — |
| God & Country | February 16, 2024 | Oscilloscope Laboratories | — | — | — | — | |
| The American | May 17, 2024 | Vertical | — | — | — | — | |
| War Game | August 2, 2024 | Submarine Deluxe Decal |
— | — | — | — | |
| Uglies[25] | September 13, 2024 | Netflix | — | — | — | — | |
| Union[26] | October 18, 2024 | Level Ground Productions | — | — | — | — | |
| Nickel Boys[27] | December 13, 2024[28][29] | Amazon MGM Studios | — | — | — | — | |
| 2025 | Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna[30] | March 11, 2025 | Hulu | — | — | — | — |
| Orwell: 2+2=5[31] | TBA 2025 | Neon | — | — | — | — | |
| TBA | Carnival[32] | TBA | Voltage Pictures | — | — | — | — |
| The Underwater Welder[33] | Waypoint Production | — | — | — | — | ||
| In the Garden of the King[34] | Made In Africa Films | — | — | — | — | ||
| Princeless[35] | Sony Pictures Releasing | — | — | — | — | ||
| Time After Time[36] | Lionsgate | — | — | — | — | ||
| Imagine Agents[37] | 20th Century Studios | — | — | — | — | ||
| Score![38][citation needed] | Warner Bros. | — | — | — | — | ||
| Burn[39] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| What If It's Us[40] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Television
| Year | Title | Air date | Number of | Distributor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seasons | Episodes | ||||
| 2002 | Crime & Punishment | June 16, 2002 – July 17, 2004 | 3 | 26 | NBC |
| 2014 | True Detective | January 12, 2014 – present | 4 | 30 | HBO |
| The Knick | August 8, 2014 – December 18, 2015 | 2 | 20 | Cinemax | |
| 2015 | Mr. Robot | June 24, 2015 – December 22, 2019 | 4 | 45 | USA Network |
| 2016 | Quarry | September 9, 2016 – October 28, 2016 | 1 | 8 | Cinemax |
| Berlin Station | October 16, 2016 – February 17, 2019 | 3 | 29 | Epix | |
| The OA | December 16, 2016 – March 22, 2019 | 2 | 16 | Netflix | |
| 2017 | 13 Reasons Why | March 31, 2017 – June 5, 2020 | 4 | 49 | |
| Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | September 17, 2017 – March 19, 2018 | 1 | 10 | Channel 4, Amazon Prime Video | |
| 2018 | Counterpart | January 21, 2018 – February 17, 2019 | 2 | 20 | Starz |
| The Alienist | January 22, 2018 – August 9, 2020 | 18 | TNT | ||
| Flint Town | March 2, 2018 | 1 | 8 | Netflix | |
| One Dollar[41] | August 30, 2018 – November 1, 2018 | 10 | CBS All Access | ||
| Maniac[42] | September 21, 2018 | Netflix | |||
| Homecoming[43] | November 2, 2018 – May 22, 2020 | 2 | 17 | Amazon Prime Video | |
| 2019 | I Am the Night | January 27, 2019 – March 4, 2019 | 1 | 6 | TNT |
| Bonding | April 24, 2019 – January 27, 2021 | 2 | 15 | Netflix | |
| Catch-22[44] | May 17, 2019 | 1 | 6 | Hulu | |
| Wild Bill | June 12, 2019 – July 17, 2019 | ITV | |||
| Dickinson[45] | November 1, 2019 – December 24, 2021 | 3 | 30 | Apple TV+ | |
| 2020 | Briarpatch | February 6, 2020 – April 13, 2020 | 1 | 10 | USA Network |
| Home Before Dark | April 3, 2020 – August 13, 2021 | 2 | 20 | Apple TV+ | |
| When the Streetlights Go On | April 3, 2020 – April 15, 2020 | 1 | 10 | Quibi | |
| Paradise Lost | April 13, 2020 | Spectrum Originals | |||
| Defending Jacob | April 24, 2020 – May 29, 2020 | 8 | Apple TV+ | ||
| Love in the Time of Corona | August 22, 2020 – August 23, 2020 | 4 | Freeform | ||
| 2022 | The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | March 11, 2022 – April 11, 2022 | 6 | Apple TV+ | |
| Anatomy of a Scandal | April 15, 2022 | 6 | Netflix | ||
| Gaslit | April 24, 2022 – June 12, 2022 | 8 | Starz | ||
| Angelyne | May 19, 2022 | 5 | Peacock | ||
| Shantaram | October 14, 2022 – December 16, 2022 | 12 | Apple TV+ | ||
| Random Acts of Flyness | December 10, 2022 – December 24, 2022 | 6 | HBO | ||
| 2023 | Unprisoned | March 10, 2023 – July 17, 2024 | 2 | 16 | Hulu |
| Saint X | April 26, 2023 – May 31, 2023 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 2024 | Boy Swallows Universe[46] | January 11, 2024 | 7 | Netflix | |
| Sexy Beast[47] | January 25, 2024 | 8 | Paramount+ | ||
| Time Bandits[48] | July 24, 2024 – August 21, 2024 | 10 | Apple TV+ | ||
| Disclaimer[49] | October 11, 2024 – November 8, 2024 | 7 | |||
| TBD | Neuromancer[50] | TBD | 10 | ||
| Life Is Strange[51] | TBD | TBD | TBD | Hulu | |
| The Savant[52] | TBD | 1 | 8 | Apple TV+ | |
| East of Eden[53] | TBA | 7 | Netflix | ||
References
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