Anonymous Content

Anonymous Content

Company type	Private
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	1999
Founder	Steve Golin, Dave Morrison, Gore Verbinski
Headquarters	Culver City, California , United States
Area served	International
Key people	Steve Golin (CEO)
Products	Film production, television production, talent management, branded entertainment

Anonymous Content (AC) is a privately held international entertainment firm founded in 1999 by CEO Steve Golin, along with Dave Morrison and Gore Verbinski. The company maintains offices in Culver City, California, New York City, and London.

History

After departing from Propaganda Films, CEO Steve Golin co-founded Anonymous Content with Dave Morrison and Gore Verbinski. The company initially secured a production agreement with USA Films. The brand name Anonymous Content was officially adopted in 2000. By 2002, AC ventured into television, producing the reality series Crime & Punishment for NBC.

In May 2011, the firm enhanced its talent management division by recruiting managers Tony Lipp, Sandra Chang, and Doug Wald, significantly broadening its roster.

Anonymous Content entered into a three-year first-look production arrangement with Paramount Television Studios in May 2014, granting Paramount rights to produce and distribute scripted projects developed by AC.

In February 2016, Kevin Cotter was appointed Director of Literary Affairs in the New York office to lead the research of intellectual properties for development and production purposes.

AC Independent

Launched in 2022, AC Independent is a division dedicated to sales and financing activities, aimed at diversifying revenue sources and optimizing the company’s business framework.

Representation

Founded in 2017, the Media Rights division represents writers, journalists, and creators across media platforms. Co-headed by former UTA executives Howie Sanders and Kassie Evashevski, this division has strengthened AC’s position in literary representation markets.

The Lab

The Lab specializes in branded entertainment projects for clients including HP, Lime, and Adobe. It collaborates with directors such as Olivia Wilde and Mark Romanek to produce innovative marketing content.

Joint ventures

As of 2023, Anonymous Content operates five international joint ventures to enhance global reach and market presence: Morena Films (Spain), AC Chapter One (UK) in partnership with Casarotto and United Agents, Anonymous Federation (France), AC Nordic, and AC Brazil. These alliances facilitate strategic expansion and local market integration.

Film projects

In December 2024, Vulture reported that Anonymous Content is collaborating with Alex Gibney on a documentary concerning the death of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson and suspect Luigi Mangione.

Television projects

In October 2021, Anonymous Content revealed plans to adapt Lillian Hellman's play The Children's Hour, with screenwriting by Bess Wohl, as well as a series based on Ursula Le Guin's novel The Dispossessed. In October 2023, CD Projekt announced that AC is producing a live-action series set within the Cyberpunk 2077 universe.

Films

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Film productions by Anonymous Content

Year	Title	Release Date	Distributor	Budget (USD)	Box Office (USD)	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic
2000	The Upgrade	October 12, 2000	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
2001	BigLove	January 19, 2001	Apollo Cinema	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
	Ambush	April 26, 2001	BMW Films	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
	Chosen	May 10, 2001		Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
	The Follow	May 24, 2001		Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
2004	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	March 19, 2004	Focus Features	$20 million	$72.3 million	93%	89
2006	Lake of Fire	October 3, 2006	ThinkFilm	$6 million	Template:N/A	94%	83
	Babel	October 27, 2006	Paramount Vantage, Summit Entertainment	$25 million	$135.5 million	69%	69
2007	Rendition	September 7, 2007	New Line Cinema	$27.5 million	$27 million	47%	55

Television

Television series produced by Anonymous Content

Year(s)	Title	Original Air Dates	Number of Seasons	Total Episodes	Distributor(s)
2002–2004	Crime & Punishment	(June 16, 2002 – July 17, 2004)	3	26	NBC	-
True Detective	(January 12, 2014 – ongoing)	4	30	HBO	-
(August 8, 2014 – December 18, 2015)	2	20	Cinemax	-
Mr. Robot	(June 24, 2015 – December 22, 2019)	4	45	USA Network	-
Quarry	(September 9 – October 28, 2016)	1	8	Cinemax	-
(October 16, 2016 – February 17, 2019)	3	29	Epix	-
(December 16, 2016 – March 22, 2019)	2	16	Netflix	-
13 Reasons Why	(March 31, 2017 – June 5, 2020)	4	49	-
(September 17, 2017 – March 19, 2018)	1	10	Channel 4, Amazon Prime Video	-
Counterpart	(January 21, 2018 – February 17, 2019)	2	20	Starz	-
(January 22, 2018 – August 9, 2020)	2	18	TNT	-
(March 2, 2018)	1	8	Netflix	-
(August 30 – November 1, 2018)	1	10	Paramount+ (CBS All Access)	-
(September 21, 2018)	1	10	Netflix	-
(November 2, 2018 – May 22, 2020)	2	17	Amazon Prime Video

(Note: To emphasize strategic business insights such as production timelines, episode counts, and distribution partnerships reflecting market presence and collaboration networks, the original extensive table has been streamlined.)