Gary Sanchez Productions

Gary Sanchez Productions, LLC
Company type	Private
Industry	Production company
Founded	2006; 18 years ago
Founders	Will Ferrell; Adam McKay
Defunct	April 8, 2019; 5 years ago
Fate	Ferrell-McKay partnership dissolve
Successors	Gloria 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

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] 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 Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, 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	Ref.
2006	The Foot Fist Way	Jody Hill	$79,000	$245,292	with You Know I Can't Kiss You, Inc. and MTV Films; first film
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
2010	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
2013	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
2014	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
2017	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	^[9]
2022	The Menu	Mark Mylod	$30 million	$79.6 million	with Hyperobject Industries and TSG Entertainment; final film

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	Motherland: Fort Salem	Freeform	with Well Underway and Hyperobject Industries
2020	Robbie	Comedy Central

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.
^ 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.
^ Shepherd, Jack (April 8, 2019). "Will Ferrell and Adam McKay to part ways as production team". The Independent. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Porter, Rick (January 24, 2020). "Will Ferrell's Gloria Sanchez Productions Signs First-Look Deal at Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
^ Goldberg, Lesley (June 2, 2015). "Secret Will Ferrell-Kristen Wiig Lifetime Movie Confirmed Via Hollywood Billboard (Photo)". TheHollywoodReporter. com. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
^ 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.
^ 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.

External links

Official Website (Archive)
Gary Sanchez Productions at the Internet Movie Database

[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.

[deadline-10-19-5] 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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