Gary Sanchez Productions Explained
Gary Sanchez Productions, LLC 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] The company's logo contains a hand pouring some coffee in a cup while a gun (later a whip) falls on the table. At the same time, a man's raspy voice says in Spanish, "¿Esta bien, duro, a'ight?" 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] It was later revealed the reason for the split was due to the fact that McKay cast John C. Reilly as Jerry Buss on the show , a role that Ferrell wanted, without letting Ferrell know.[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
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Budget | Gross
(worldwide) | Notes | |
|---|
| 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 | | 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 | | Tommy Wirkola | $50 million | $226.3 million | with Flynn Picture Company, MTV Films, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
| 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 | [7] |
| Daddy's Home | Sean Anders | $50 million | $242.8 million | with Red Granite Pictures | [8] |
| 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 | | David Dobkin | $35 million | N/A | with Gloria Sanchez Productions and European Broadcasting Union | [9] |
| 2022 | The Menu | Mark Mylod | $30 million | $79.6 million | with Hyperobject Industries and TSG Entertainment | | |
Television
| Year | Title | Network | Notes | |
|---|
| 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 | | Freeform | with Well Underway and Hyperobject Industries | |
| 2020 | Robbie | Comedy Central | | | |
External links
Notes and References
- 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.
- Web site: Fleming . Mike Jr . Paramount Sets First Look Deal With Adam McKay & Will Ferrell's Gary Sanchez & Gloria Sanchez Labels . . December 7, 2022 . August 15, 2018.
- Web site: Will Ferrell and Adam McKay to part ways as production team. Shepherd. Jack. April 8, 2019. The Independent. en. August 19, 2019.
- Web site: 'Who the Fuck Cares About Adam McKay?' (We Do, and With Good Reason). limited. November 29, 2021. Joe. Hagan. Vanity Fair. March 14, 2022. November 29, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221129184004/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/11/who-the-fuck-cares-about-adam-mckay. live.
- Web site: Andreeva . Nellie . Adam McKay Sets Jeffrey Epstein Limited Series Under First-Look Deal With HBO, Launches New Company . . July 25, 2021 . October 30, 2019.
- Web site: Porter . Rick . Will Ferrell's Gloria Sanchez Productions Signs First-Look Deal at Netflix . The Hollywood Reporter . January 24, 2020 . 1 April 2021.
- News: Goldberg. Lesley. 2 June 2015. Secret Will Ferrell-Kristen Wiig Lifetime Movie Confirmed Via Hollywood Billboard (Photo). TheHollywoodReporter. com. 8 June 2015. SecretFilm.
- Web site: Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg Set To Star in DADDY'S HOME. McCue. Michelle. November 5, 2014. We Are Movie Geeks. November 5, 2014.
- Web site: Will Ferrell To Star In Netflix Music Pic 'Eurovision' As Another A-List Comedy Star Tries A Streaming Vehicle. Fleming. Mike Jr.. June 18, 2018. Deadline Hollywood. en. August 8, 2019.
