Gary Sanchez Productions

Gary Sanchez Productions, LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustryProduction company
Founded2006; 19 years ago (2006)
FoundersWill Ferrell
Adam McKay
DefunctApril 8, 2019; 6 years ago (2019-04-08)
FateFerrell-McKay partnership dissolve
SuccessorsGloria Sanchez Productions
Hyperobject Industries
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States

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

History

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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, though all developed projects at that time would continue to be completed.[3] It was later revealed the reason for the split was because McKay cast John C. Reilly as Jerry Buss on the show Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (a role that Ferrell had been interested in) without Ferrell's knowledge.[4]

In October 2019, McKay founded Hyperobject Industries.[5] In January 2020, it was announced that Ferrell had become a partner at the company's former sister label and now successor Gloria Sanchez Productions, taking on new projects with a reorganized company with Gloria Sanchez partner, Jessica Elbaum.[6]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Director Budget Gross
(worldwide) 		Distributor Notes Ref.
2006 The Foot Fist Way Jody Hill $79,000 $245,292 Paramount Vantage with You Know I Can't Kiss You, Inc. and MTV Films; first film
2008 Step Brothers Adam McKay $65 million $128.1 million Sony Pictures Releasing 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 Paramount Vantage with Kevin Messick Productions
2010 The Other Guys Adam McKay $85–100 million $170.9 million Sony Pictures Releasing with Mosaic Media Group and 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 Magnet Releasing with Abso Lutely Films, Funny or Die Films, and 2929 Productions
Casa de mi padre Matt Piedmont $6 million $8.41 million Lionsgate with NALA Films and Pantelion Films
The Campaign Jay Roach $95 million $104.9 million Warner Bros. Pictures with Everyman Pictures
Bachelorette Leslye Headland $3 million $12.1 million RADiUS-TWC with BCDF Pictures
2013 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Tommy Wirkola $50 million $226.3 million Paramount Pictures 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 Warner Bros. Pictures with On the Day Productions, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, and New Line Cinema
Welcome to Me Shira Piven N/A $625,727 Alchemy with Bron Studios
2015 Get Hard Etan Cohen $40–44 million $111.8 million Warner Bros. Pictures with RatPac-Dune Entertainment
A Deadly Adoption Rachel Lee Goldenberg N/A N/A Lifetime with National Picture Show Entertainment and MarVista Entertainment [7]
Daddy's Home Sean Anders $50 million $242.8 million Paramount Pictures with Red Granite Pictures [8]
2016 The Boss Ben Falcone $29 million $78.8 million Universal Pictures with On the Day Productions
2017 The House Andrew Jay Cohen $40 million $34.2 million Warner Bros. Pictures with Good Universe, Village Roadshow Pictures, and New Line Cinema
Daddy's Home 2 Sean Anders $69 million $180.6 million Paramount Pictures
2018 Ibiza Alex Richanbach N/A N/A Netflix with Good Universe
Vice Adam McKay $60 million $76.1 million Annapurna Pictures with Plan B Entertainment
Holmes & Watson Etan Cohen $42 million $41.9 million Sony Pictures Releasing 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 Netflix with Gloria Sanchez Productions and European Broadcasting Union [9]
2022 The Menu Mark Mylod $30 million $79.6 million Searchlight Pictures with Hyperobject Industries and TSG Entertainment; final film

Television

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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
2018–2023 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

References

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  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. Archived from the original on August 15, 2018. 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. ^ Hagan, Joe (November 29, 2021). "'Who the Fuck Cares About Adam McKay?' (We Do, and With Good Reason)". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on November 29, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (October 30, 2019). "Adam McKay Sets Jeffrey Epstein Limited Series Under First-Look Deal With HBO, Launches New Company". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 30, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  6. ^ Porter, Rick (January 24, 2020). "Will Ferrell's Gloria Sanchez Productions Signs First-Look Deal at Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  7. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (June 2, 2015). "Secret Will Ferrell-Kristen Wiig Lifetime Movie Confirmed Via Hollywood Billboard (Photo)". TheHollywoodReporter. com. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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. Archived from the original on June 18, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
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