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Anonymous Content
Anonymous Content (AC) is an independent global entertainment company founded in 1999 by CEO Steve Golin.[1] It is based in Los Angeles with offices in Culver City, New York City and London.[2]
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Predecessor | Propaganda Films |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Founder | Steve Golin |
| Headquarters | |
Number of locations | 3 (until 2019) |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Services | |
| Parent | Propaganda Films (1999–2002) |
| Website | anonymouscontent |
History edit
Anonymous Content was founded in 1999 by CEO Steve Golin. In 2002, AC made its first foray into television with Crime & Punishment, a reality show that ran for three seasons on NBC.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5][6]
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.[7]
Divisions and ventures edit
AC Independent edit
In 2022, Anonymous Content launched its sales and finance division, AC Independent.[8]
Representation edit
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.[9]
The Lab edit
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.[10]
Joint ventures edit
As of 2023, the company currently has five international joint ventures. Among them are a partnership with Spain's Morena Films,[11] AC Chapter One in the UK with Casarotto and United Agents[12] Anonymous Federation in France,[13] AC Nordic, and AC Brazil.[11]
In-development projects edit
Television projects edit
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.[14] It also announced that it would adapt Ursula Le Guin's 1974 novel The Dispossessed as a series.[15] In October 2023, CD Projekt announced that AC would be developing a live-action series within the universe of Cyberpunk 2077.[16]
Catalog edit
Films edit
| Year | Title | Release date | Distributor | Box office (USD) | Reception | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budget | Gross | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | ||||
| 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[17] | 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 | ||||
| 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[18][19] | November 3, 2023 | STXfilms Lionsgate Films Roadside Attractions | — | — | — | — | |
| TBA | The Uglies | TBA | Netflix | — | — | — | — |
| Carnival[20] | Voltage Pictures | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Underwater Welder[21] | Waypoint Production | — | — | — | — | ||
| In the Garden of the King[22] | Made In Africa Films | — | — | — | — | ||
| Princeless[23] | Sony Pictures | — | — | — | — | ||
| Time After Time[24] | Lionsgate | — | — | — | — | ||
| Imagine Agents[25] | 20th Century Studios | — | — | — | — | ||
| Score![26][27] | Warner Bros. | — | — | — | — | ||
| Burn[28] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| What If It's Us[29] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Nickel Boys[30] | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | — | — | — | — | ||
Television edit
| 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 | 24 | HBO | |
| The Knick | August 8, 2014 – December 18, 2015 | 2 | 20 | Cinemax | |
| 2015 | Schitt's Creek | February 11, 2015 – April 7, 2020 | 6 | 80 | CBC Television, Pop |
| 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 | Netflix |
| 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[31] | August 30, 2018 – November 1, 2018 | 10 | Paramount+ | ||
| Maniac[32] | September 21, 2018 | 10 | Netflix | ||
| Homecoming[33] | 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[34] | May 17, 2019 | 1 | 6 | Hulu | |
| Wild Bill | June 12, 2019 – July 17, 2019 | 6 | ITV | ||
| Dickinson[35] | 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 | 10 | 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+ | |
| 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 – present | 1 | 6 | HBO | |
| 2023 | Unprisoned | March 10, 2023 | 1 | 8 | Hulu |
| Saint X | April 26, 2023 – May 31, 2023 | 1 | 8 | Hulu | |
| TBD | Time Bandits[36] | TBD | TBD | TBD | Apple TV+ |
| Disclaimer | TBD | TBD | TBD | Apple TV+ | |
| Savant | TBD | TBD | TBD | Apple TV+ | |
| Life Is Strange[37] | TBD | TBD | TBD | Hulu | |
References edit
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