Hyperobject Industries is an American film and television production company founded by director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian Adam McKay on October 25, 2019.
History
Hyperobject Industries was founded on October 25, 2019, by director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian Adam McKay. McKay created the company after leaving Gary Sanchez Productions in April 2019, a production company he co-founded with Will Ferrell in 2006. 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.
In November 2019, the company entered a first-look feature film deal with Paramount Pictures. 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. Hyperobject Industries and the joint venture's partnership will create, develop, produce, and distribute original podcasts.
In July 2021, the company entered an exclusive multi-year first-look production deal, specifically scripted feature films, with Apple Inc.
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. The film became the second most-watched film on Netflix within 28 days of release.
Filmography
Film Year Title Director Gross(worldwide) Notes 2021 Don't Look Up Adam McKay $791,863 with Bluegrass Films 2022 Fresh Mimi Cave with Legendary Entertainment 2022 The Holly Julian Rubinstein 2022 The Menu Mark Mylod $79.6 million with Gary Sanchez Productions 2023 Wild Summon Karni ArieliSaul Freed Short filmwith Sulkybunny and New Native Pictures 2023 BS High Martin Desmond RoeTravon Free with HBO Sports, SMAC Entertainment, Moore Street Productions, The Athletic, and Matador Content 2024 Union Brett StoryStephen Maing $47,883 with Level Ground Productions, Impact Partners, Ford Foundation, Anonymous Content 2024 Wild Wild Space Ross Kauffman with HBO Documentary Films, Amblin Documentaries and Zero Point Zero Production 2024 Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery Cullen Hoback with Hyrax Films Production, and Hello Pictures 2024 Men of War Jen GatienBilly Corben with Neon, Deerjen and Rakontur 2025 All the Empty Rooms Joshua Seftel with Netflix, Smartypants and Artemis Rising Foundation 2026 Stormbound Miko Lim with Anagram Pictures 2026 Thrash Tommy Wirkola with Sony Pictures
In development Five (with TriStar Pictures) Flesh of the Gods (with augenschein Filmproduktion, Nevermind Pictures, and A24) Hotel Hotel Hotel Hotel (with Princess Pictures and A24) Monsanto (with Onda Entertainment and KrautPack Entertainment) The Parlay (with Amazon MGM Studios) Seeker (with Hammerstone Studios and Arkhum Productions) Untitled DeSean Jackson documentary film (Go Deep (wt); with CoverStory and Amazon Prime Video) Untitled Michael Shanks sci-fi comedy film (with 1.21 Pictures and Sony Pictures)
Television Year Title Network Notes 2019–2023 Succession HBO with Gary Sanchez Productions, Project Zeus, Hot Seat Productions, and HBO Entertainment 2020–2022 Motherland: Fort Salem Freeform with Gary Sanchez Productions, Well Underway, and Freeform Studios 2020 537 Votes HBO with Rakontur and HBO Documentary Films 2021–2023 Painting with John HBO 2021 Q: Into the Storm HBO with Hyrax Films and HBO Documentary Films 2021 The Oxy Kingpins CBC Gem Premiered at the 2021 SXSW Film Festivalwith Second Nature Films, Syd York, TYT Productions, and XRM Media 2022–2023 Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty HBO with HBO Entertainment, Steeplechase Amusements, Jim Hecht Productions, and Jason Shuman Productions 2022–2023 Game Theory With Bomani Jones HBO 2022 The Invisible Pilot HBO with Ample Entertainment 2022 God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty Hulu 2025–present The Chair Company HBO with Zanin Corp and HBO Entertainment
In development Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story (with Sony Pictures Television)
Podcast Year Title Host(s) Genre Notes 2020 Staying In with Emily and Kumail Emily V. Gordon Comedy with Three Uncanny Four Productions Kumail Nanjiani 2021–present Death At The Wing Adam McKay Sports, politics, socioeconomics with Three Uncanny Four Productions 2021–present Things You Don't Need to Know Ari Cagan Trivia, Knowledge with Three Uncanny Four Productions 2022–present Réunion: Shark Attacks in Paradise Daniel Duane Knowledge with Little Everywhere and Sony Music Entertainment 2022–present Bedtime Stories With Adam McKay Adam McKay Comedy with Sony Music Entertainment
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