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Gary Sanchez Productions

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Gary Sanchez Productions
TypePrivate
IndustryProduction company
Founded2006; 17 years ago (2006)
FoundersWill Ferrell
Adam McKay
Defunct2019; 4 years ago (2019)
FateFerrell-McKay partnership dissolve
SuccessorsGloria Sanchez Productions
Hyperobject Industries
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States

Gary Sanchez Productions was an American film and television production company founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.

History

Gary Sanchez Productions was founded in 2006 by comedians and filmmakers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. The company is named after a fictional "Paraguayan entrepreneur and financier", Gary Sanchez.[1] In 2007, McKay and Ferrell also founded the video site Funny or Die, under the ownership of the production company.

In August 2018, the company entered a three-year first look feature deal with Paramount Pictures.[2]

On April 8, 2019, it was announced that Ferrell and McKay would be dissolving their partnership, and that all developed projects at that time would continue to be completed.[3] In October 2019, McKay founded Hyperobject Industries.[4] In January 2020, it was announced that Ferrell opened the doors of Gloria Sanchez Productions, taking on new projects with a reorganized company.[5]

The company will continue to exist by name to release further remaining films that are in development.

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Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell

John William Ferrell is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Ferrell first established himself in the mid-1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he performed from 1995 to 2002, and has subsequently starred in comedy films such as Elf (2003), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Kicking & Screaming (2005), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Semi-Pro (2008), Step Brothers (2008), and Land of the Lost (2009). He founded the comedy website Funny or Die in 2007 with his writing partner Adam McKay. Other notable film roles include The Other Guys (2010), The Campaign (2012), Get Hard (2015), Holmes & Watson (2018), and the animated films Curious George (2006), Megamind (2010) and The Lego Movie film franchise (2014–2019).

Adam McKay

Adam McKay

Adam McKay is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian. McKay began his career as a head writer for the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2001. Following his departure from SNL, he rose to fame in the 2000s for his collaborations with comedian Will Ferrell and co-wrote his comedy films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys. Ferrell and McKay later co-wrote and co-produced numerous television series and films, with McKay himself co-producing their website Funny or Die through their company Gary Sanchez Productions.

Funny or Die

Funny or Die

Funny or Die is a comedy video website and film/television production company owned by Henry R. Muñoz III that was founded by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Mark Kvamme, and Chris Henchy in 2007. The website contained exclusive material from a regular staff of in-house writers, producers and directors, and occasionally from a number of famous contributors including Judd Apatow, James Franco and Norm Macdonald. The associated production company continues to make TV shows including truTV's Billy on the Street, Comedy Central's @midnight and Zach Galifianakis' web series Between Two Ferns.

First-look deal

First-look deal

A first-look deal is any contract containing a clause granting, usually for a fee or other consideration that covers a specified period of time, a pre-emption right, right of first refusal, or right of first offer to another party, who then is given the first opportunity to buy outright, co-own, invest in, license, etc., something that is newly coming into existence or on the market for the first time or after an absence, such as intellectual property or real property.

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production and distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global. It is the fifth-oldest film studio in the world, the second-oldest film studio in the United States, and the sole member of the "Big Five" film studios located within the city limits of Los Angeles.

Hyperobject Industries

Hyperobject Industries

Hyperobject Industries is an American film and television production company founded by director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian Adam McKay in October 2019.

Gloria Sanchez Productions

Gloria Sanchez Productions

Gloria Sanchez Productions is an American film and television production company.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Budget Gross
(worldwide) 		Notes Ref.
2006 The Foot Fist Way Jody Hill $79,000 $245,292 with You Know I Can't Kiss You, Inc. and MTV Films
2008 Step Brothers Adam McKay $65 million $128.1 million with Apatow Productions, Mosaic Media Group, Relativity Media, and Columbia Pictures
2009 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard Neal Brennan $10 million $15.3 million with Kevin Messick Productions and Paramount Vantage
2010 The Other Guys Adam McKay $85–100 million $170.9 million with Columbia Pictures
The Virginity Hit Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland $2 million $636,706 with Principato Young Management and Columbia Pictures
2012 Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim $3 million $201,436 with Abso Lutely Films, Funny or Die Films, and 2929 Productions
Casa de mi padre Matt Piedmont $6 million $8.41 million with NALA Films
The Campaign Jay Roach $95 million $104.9 million with Everyman Pictures
Bachelorette Leslye Headland $3 million $12.1 million with BCDF Pictures
2013 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Tommy Wirkola $50 million $226.3 million with Flynn Picture Company, MTV Films, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Adam McKay $50 million $173.6 million with Apatow Productions
2014 Tammy Ben Falcone $20 million (gross)
$16.4 million (net) 		$100.3 million with On the Day Productions, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, and New Line Cinema
Welcome to Me Shira Piven N/A $625,727 with Bron Studios
2015 Get Hard Etan Cohen $40–44 million $111.8 million with RatPac-Dune Entertainment
A Deadly Adoption Rachel Lee Goldenberg N/A N/A with National Picture Show Entertainment and MarVista Entertainment [6]
Daddy's Home Sean Anders $50 million $242.8 million with Red Granite Pictures [7]
2016 The Boss Ben Falcone $29 million $78.8 million with On the Day Productions
2017 The House Andrew Jay Cohen $40 million $34.2 million with Good Universe, Village Roadshow Pictures, and New Line Cinema
Daddy's Home 2 Sean Anders $69 million $180.6 million
2018 Ibiza Alex Richanbach N/A N/A with Good Universe
Vice Adam McKay $60 million $76.1 million with Plan B Entertainment and Annapurna Pictures
Holmes & Watson Etan Cohen $42 million $41.9 million with Mimran Schur Pictures, Mosaic Media Group, and Columbia Pictures
2020 Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga David Dobkin $35 million N/A with Gloria Sanchez Productions and European Broadcasting Union [8]
2022 The Menu Mark Mylod $30 million $47.8 million with Hyperobject Industries and TSG Entertainment
TBA Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 2 Bruno Aveillan TBA TBA with MTV Entertainment Studios and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [9][10]
Manimal TBA TBA TBA with Mosaic Media Group, Sony Pictures Animation and Columbia Pictures [11]
Untitled FBI comedy film TBA TBA TBA [12]
Bad Blood TBA TBA TBA with Hyperobject Industries, Excellent Cadaver, Apple Studios, and Legendary Entertainment [13][14]

Television

Year Title Network Notes Ref.
2009–2013 Eastbound & Down HBO with Rough House Pictures and Enemy MIGs Productions
2010–2011 Funny or Die Presents HBO with Apatow Productions and Funnyordie.com
2010 Big Lake Comedy Central with Motron Productions and Lionsgate Television
2011 Jon Benjamin Has a Van Comedy Central with The Little Guy, Abso Lutely Productions, and Funny or Die
2013–2019 Drunk History Comedy Central with Konner Productions, Funny or Die, and Comedy Partners
2014 Bad Judge NBC with Two Out Rally Productions and Universal Television
2015 The Chris Gethard Show Fusion with No Cool Kids, AGI Entertainment, and Funny or Die
2017–2021 No Activity CBS All Access/Paramount+ with Jungle Entertainment, Flight School Studio, Funny or Die, and CBS Studios
2018 LA to Vegas Fox with Briskets Big Yellow House, Steven Levitan Productions, and 20th Century Fox Television
2018–present Succession HBO with Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, and HBO Entertainment
2020–2022 Motherland: Fort Salem Freeform with Well Underway and Hyperobject Industries
2020 Robbie Comedy Central

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The Foot Fist Way

The Foot Fist Way

The Foot Fist Way is a 2006 American low-budget martial arts black comedy film directed by Jody Hill and starring Danny McBride. The film was produced by Gary Sanchez Productions that picked up distribution rights to the film and hoped for it to achieve a Napoleon Dynamite-like success. It premiered in 2006 at the Los Angeles Film Festival and at Sundance.

Jody Hill

Jody Hill

Jody Hill is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. In 2006, he directed, co-wrote, co-produced and co-starred in his first film The Foot Fist Way, which he based on his experience as a Taekwondo black belt and instructor. His follow-up film, Observe and Report, stars Seth Rogen and was released on April 10, 2009. Hill is also co-creator, director and executive producer of the HBO series Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals, and The Righteous Gemstones.

Step Brothers (film)

Step Brothers (film)

Step Brothers is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Adam McKay, produced by Jimmy Miller and Judd Apatow, and written by Will Ferrell and McKay from a story by Ferrell, McKay, and John C. Reilly. It follows Brennan (Ferrell) and Dale (Reilly), two grown men who are forced to live together as brothers after their single parents, with whom they still live, marry each other. Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen, Adam Scott, and Kathryn Hahn also star.

Adam McKay

Adam McKay

Adam McKay is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian. McKay began his career as a head writer for the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2001. Following his departure from SNL, he rose to fame in the 2000s for his collaborations with comedian Will Ferrell and co-wrote his comedy films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys. Ferrell and McKay later co-wrote and co-produced numerous television series and films, with McKay himself co-producing their website Funny or Die through their company Gary Sanchez Productions.

Apatow Productions

Apatow Productions

Apatow Productions is an American film and television production company founded by Judd Apatow in 1999.

Relativity Media

Relativity Media

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Columbia Pictures

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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Neal Brennan, produced by Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Kevin Messick and Chris Henchy, written by Andy Stock and Rick Stempson and starring Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, James Brolin, David Koechner, Kathryn Hahn, Ed Helms, Jordana Spiro and Craig Robinson. Originally titled The Goods: The Don Ready Story, the film was theatrically released on August 14, 2009 in the United States by Paramount Vantage and was released on DVD as a rental only with no special features November 17 and for sale December 15. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics and grossed $15.3 million against a $10 million budget.

Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, and podcaster. He is best known for co-creating and co-writing the Comedy Central series Chappelle's Show (2003–2006) with Dave Chappelle and for his Netflix stand-up comedy special 3 Mics (2017).

Kevin Messick

Kevin Messick

Kevin Messick is an American film producer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Picture for the films Vice and Don't Look Up.

Paramount Vantage

Paramount Vantage

Paramount Vantage was a film production label of Paramount Pictures, charged with producing, purchasing, distributing and marketing films, generally those with a more "art house" feel than films made and distributed by its parent company. Previously, Paramount Vantage operated as the specialty film division of Paramount Pictures, owned by Viacom.

The Other Guys

The Other Guys

The Other Guys is a 2010 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Adam McKay, who co-wrote it with Chris Henchy. It stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg with Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Ray Stevenson, Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson in supporting roles.

Source: "Gary Sanchez Productions", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 13th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Sanchez_Productions.

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References
  1. ^ According to McKay, on the podcast WTF with Marc Maron, the name came from a fake name Ferrell put on his BlackBerry; they decided this was a random enough name to give their company.
  2. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr (August 15, 2018). "Paramount Sets First Look Deal With Adam McKay & Will Ferrell's Gary Sanchez & Gloria Sanchez Labels". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  3. ^ Shepherd, Jack (April 8, 2019). "Will Ferrell and Adam McKay to part ways as production team". The Independent. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  4. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (October 30, 2019). "Adam McKay Sets Jeffrey Epstein Limited Series Under First-Look Deal With HBO, Launches New Company". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  5. ^ Porter, Rick (January 24, 2020). "Will Ferrell's Gloria Sanchez Productions Signs First-Look Deal at Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  6. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (June 2, 2015). "Secret Will Ferrell-Kristen Wiig Lifetime Movie Confirmed Via Hollywood Billboard (Photo)". TheHollywoodReporter. com. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  7. ^ McCue, Michelle (November 5, 2014). "Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg Set To Star in DADDY'S HOME". We Are Movie Geeks. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  8. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (June 18, 2018). "Will Ferrell To Star In Netflix Music Pic 'Eurovision' As Another A-List Comedy Star Tries A Streaming Vehicle". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  9. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (August 7, 2015). "Paramount Sets Bruno Aveillan To Direct 'Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters' Sequel". Deadline. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  10. ^ Kemp, Stuart (June 18, 2014). "CineEurope: Paramount Screens 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' One Day Before World Premiere". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  11. ^ Yamato, Jen (July 22, 2014). "'Manimal' To Roar With Will Ferrell, Adam McKay & Jimmy Miller". Deadline. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
  12. ^ "Gary Sanchez Productions and Paramount Team up for Untitled FBI Comedy". Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  13. ^ Jaafar, Ali; Fleming, Mike Jr. (June 21, 2016). "'Bad Blood' Bids Mobilize for Jennifer Lawrence-Adam McKay Package: 9 Offers". Deadline. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  14. ^ Jaafar, Ali; Fleming, Mike Jr. (June 23, 2016). "Legendary Wins Jennifer Lawrence-Adam McKay 'Bad Blood' Auction". Deadline. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
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