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Anonymous Content

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]

Company type

Private

Entertainment

Propaganda Films

1999 (1999)

Steve Golin
Dave Morrison
Gore Verbinski[1][2][3]

3 (until 2019)

Worldwide

Propaganda Films (1999–2002)

anonymouscontent.com

History[edit]

Anonymous Content was founded in 1999 by CEO Steve Golin, Dave Morrison and Gore Verbinski.[1][2][3] In 2002, AC made its first foray into television with Crime & Punishment, a reality show that ran for three seasons on NBC.[5]


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.[6]


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.[7][8]


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.[9]

Divisions and ventures[edit]

AC Independent[edit]

In 2022, Anonymous Content launched its sales and finance division, AC Independent.[10]

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.[11]

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.[12]

Joint ventures[edit]

As of 2023, the company currently has five international joint ventures. Among them are a partnership with Spain's Morena Films,[13] AC Chapter One in the UK with Casarotto and United Agents[14] Anonymous Federation in France,[15] AC Nordic, and AC Brazil.[13]

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.[16] It also announced that it would adapt Ursula Le Guin's 1974 novel The Dispossessed as a series.[17] In October 2023, CD Projekt announced that AC would be developing a live-action series within the universe of Cyberpunk 2077.[18]