Anonymous Content (AC) is an independent global

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company founded in 1999 by

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Steve Golin Steven Aaron Golin (March 6, 1955 – April 21, 2019) was an American film and television producer and the founder and CEO of Anonymous Content LLP, a multimedia development, production and talent management company and co-founder and CEO of ...

, Dave Morrison and

Gore Verbinski Gregor Justin "Gore" Verbinski (born March 16, 1964) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for directing ''Mouse Hunt'', '' The Ring'', the first 3 ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' films, and '' Rango''. For '' ...

. It is based in

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with offices in

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and

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History

Anonymous Content was founded in 1999 by CEO

, who had left Propaganda Films, Dave Morrison and

. The company initially had a deal with

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to produce its pictures. The company begin taking on the Anonymous Content name in 2000. In 2002, AC made its first foray into television with '' Crime & Punishment'', a reality show that ran for three seasons on

NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's ...

. 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. In May 2014, it signed a three-year first look production deal with

Paramount Television The first incarnation of Paramount Television was operated as the television production division of the American film studio Paramount Pictures, until it changed its name to CBS Paramount Television on January 17, 2006. History Desilu Pro ...

, where Paramount would produce and distribute scripted programming developed by AC. 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.

Divisions and ventures

AC Independent

In 2022, Anonymous Content launched its sales and finance division, AC Independent.

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.

The Lab

The Lab's projects have included branded entertainment projects directed by

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Mark Romanek Mark Lee Romanek (; born September 18, 1959) is an American film, music video and commercial director and photographer. He is best known for directing the films ''One Hour Photo'' (2002) and ''Never Let Me Go (2010 film), Never Let Me Go'' (2010) ...

, Pantera, Cara Stricker and Patrick Daughters for HP, Lime and Adobe.

Joint ventures

As of 2023, the company currently has five international joint ventures. Among them are a partnership with Spain's Morena Films, AC Chapter One in the UK with Casarotto and United Agents Anonymous Federation in France, AC Nordic, and AC Brazil.

In-development projects

Film projects

In December 2024, ''

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'' reported that Anonymous Content and

Alex Gibney Philip Alexander Gibney (; born October 23, 1953) is an American documentary film director and producer. In 2010, ''Esquire'' magazine said Gibney "is becoming the most important documentarian of our time." Gibney's works as director include ''T ...

was developing a documentary about the killing of UnitedHealthCare

Brian Thompson and suspect Luigi Mangione.

Television projects

In October 2021, AC announced it would adapt

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's play '' The Children's Hour'' into a television series, with Bess Wohl writing the screenplay. It also announced that it would adapt

Ursula Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin ( ; Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the ''Earthsea'' fantas ...

's 1974 novel ''

The Dispossessed ''The Dispossessed'' (subtitled ''An Ambiguous Utopia'') is a 1974 anarchist utopian science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, one of her seven Hainish Cycle novels. It is one of a small number of books to win all three Hugo, ...

'' as a series. In October 2023,

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announced that AC would be developing a live-action series within the universe of ''

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''.

Catalog

Films

Television

References

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