Hyperobject Industries

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Hyperobject Industries
Company type Private
Industry Production company
Predecessor Gary Sanchez Productions
FoundedOctober 2019;4 years ago (2019-10) in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Founder Adam McKay
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Key people
Adam McKay (CEO)
OwnerAdam McKay
Website hyperobjectindustries.com

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

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History

The company's founder, Adam McKay in 2019 Adam McKay-7903.jpg
The company's founder, Adam McKay in 2019

Hyperobject Industries was founded in October 2019, by director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian Adam McKay. [1] McKay created the company after leaving Gary Sanchez Productions in April 2019, a production company he co-founded with Will Ferrell in 2006. [2] In October 2019, the company entered an exclusive five-year first-look television deal with Home Box Office, Inc., developing content for HBO and its on demand streaming service, HBO Max. [1]

In November 2019, the company entered a first-look feature film deal with Paramount Pictures. [3] Also in November 2019, Hyperobject Industries formed a multi-year agreement, joint venture with Adam Davidson, Laura Mayer, and Sony Music Entertainment to create Three Uncanny Four Productions, a podcasting company. [4] Hyperobject Industries and the joint venture's partnership will create, develop, produce, and distribute original podcasts. [4]

In July 2021, the company entered an exclusive multi-year first-look production deal, specifically scripted feature films, with Apple Inc. [5]

In December 2021, the company's debut film, Don't Look Up , began its limited theatrical release on December 10, 2021, and begin streaming on Netflix on December 24, 2021. [6] The film became the second most-watched film on Netflix within 28 days of release. [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorGross
(worldwide)
NotesRef.
2021 Don't Look Up Adam McKay $791,863 [lower-alpha 1] with Bluegrass Films [8]
2022 Fresh Mimi Cavewith Legendary Entertainment [9]
2022The Holly Julian Rubinstein TBA [10]
2022 The Menu Mark Mylod $79.6 millionwith Gary Sanchez Productions and TSG Entertainment [11]
2023 BS High Martin Desmond Roe
Travon Free
with HBO Sports, SMAC Entertainment, Moore Street Productions, The Athletic, and Matador Content [12]
2024 Wild Wild Space Ross Kauffmanwith HBO Documentary Films, Amblin Entertainment and Zero Point Zero Production [13] [14]
Upcoming

Television

YearTitleNetworkNotesRef.
2019–2023 [lower-alpha 2] Succession HBO with Gary Sanchez Productions, Project Zeus, and HBO Entertainment [21]
2020–2022 Motherland: Fort Salem Freeform with Gary Sanchez Productions, Well Underway, and Freeform Studios [22]
2020 537 Votes HBO with Rakontur and HBO Documentary Films [23]
2021–present Painting with John HBO [24]
2021 Q: Into the Storm HBO with Hyrax Films and HBO Documentary Films [25]
2021The Oxy Kingpins CBC Gem Premiered at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival
with Second Nature Films, Syd York, TYT Productions, and XRM Media
[26]
[27]
2022–2023 Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty HBO with HBO Entertainment, Steeplechase Amusements, Jim Hecht Productions, and Jason Shuman Productions [28]
2022–presentGame Theory With Bomani Jones HBO [29]
2022The Invisible Pilot HBO with Ample Entertainment [30]
2022God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty Hulu [31]
Upcoming

Podcast

YearTitleHost(s)GenreNotesRef.
2020Staying In with Emily and Kumail Emily V. Gordon Comedy with Three Uncanny Four Productions [40]
Kumail Nanjiani
2021–presentDeath At The Wing Adam McKay Sports, politics, socioeconomics with Three Uncanny Four Productions [41]
2021–presentThings You Don't Need to KnowAri Cagan Trivia, Knowledge with Three Uncanny Four Productions [42]
2022–presentRéunion: Shark Attacks in ParadiseDaniel DuaneKnowledgewith Little Everywhere and Sony Music Entertainment [43]
2022–presentBedtime Stories With Adam McKayAdam McKayComedywith Sony Music Entertainment [44]

Notes

  1. Limited theatrical release, currently the second most-watched film on Netflix within 28 days of release.
  2. While the series premiered in 2018, it was only since second season in 2019 that McKay separated from Gary Sanchez Productions that Hyperobject Industries got added as a production company in closing logos. Thereby, also making it the first ever credit for this venture across any medium even as McKay continues to be credited alongside his Gary Sanchez partner Will Ferrell in a single card as an executive producer.

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